Design Plan - Original Plan (later to discarded)

Plan One

Close-up of Charlotte stood at the start of the cliff/pier looking ‘normal’ – start a parallel soundtrack that creates a happy and upbeat atmosphere.
‘Drive-By’ tracking shot of empty Highstreet.
Long Shot of empty beach

Montage of Happy shots – On rollercoaster (handheld)
                                                - Sat on beach (long shot)
                                                - Walking down the beach (wide shot – slow-motion)
                                                - Arcade (mid-shot)
                                                - Different characters of rides (close-up and split screen)
                                                - Characters at a party (range of shots – layered images)

Cut to black – soundtrack changes, pace becomes staccato and ominous
Cut to Charlotte walking (long from the side)
Cut to Maisie and Oliver kissing – “I love you”
Slow motion long shot as Charlotte walks up behind and catches then – use of Composition (background, mid-ground & foreground)
Cut to Maisie and Charlotte – “ please don’t tell anyone, I think I love him”
                                                     “ but Maisie its wrong!”
                                                     “ you can’t tell anyone Charlotte, please!”

Sound Bridge – Maisie “you know how they’ll react” over a mid-shot of Charlotte walking looking slightly frantic.
Cut to Smithy sniffing drugs on the table – point of view shot – extreme close-up of his hands
Out of focus foreground – background Charlotte walks in
High angle shot from opposite direction looking at Smithy (point of view shot from Charlotte) – “C’mon, don’t look at me like that”
Close up of Charlotte
“ I need it – you know how hard it is for me Char, I need some release!”

Low angle shot of Charlotte walking out
Mid-shot from side showing Smithy sat with hands in head
Sound Bridge – smithy shouting “I need it” played over a close-up of Charlotte walking
Cut to close-up of her feet walking faster
180 degree shot of Ella and Izzie talking – “you know what’s up with Charlotte?”
                                                                       - “no, why”
                                                                       - “she’s acting really weird”
                                                                            (Ella nods)
                                                                       - “ I’m worried about her!”
                                                                       - “ She’s not the only one with problems!” (shouted)

Shot reverse shot – Ella walks out the door
Mid-shot of her stood against the door looking up – Ella slides down the door, action followed by a tilt.
Mr Black shouting at Charlotte – wide shot (no dialogue heard) – Chucks sheets and walks off
Close-up and slow motion shot of sheets falling through the air
Close-up of Charlotte and her friend stood on the cliff, pans from friends face to charlottes – happy disposition.
Shot fades to close-up of Charlotte stood on cliff make-up smudged and crying.
Camera arcs around Charlotte who is shaking and crying – non diegetic dialogue “ I can’t do it anymore, I can’t keep your secrets and my own!”
Cuts to black screen, white writing ‘Out of Season’ – BBC1 – “the secrets are coming out”