The first draft was just based on some of the ideas we had been discussing as a group but after reading it we realised that our idea of making the genre of the film a Romantic Comedy wasn't really fitting with the synopsis, as the synopsis was sounding more like a deep romantic movie and less like a teen flick!
We decided to add more of the comedy element and changed the main plot of the film so that it wasn't just about the main character falling in love, but it was also about who she got revenge on those who wronged her.
We also finally came up with a title for the film after brainstorming through a number of different, and very random, ideas including "Trouble", "Love Switch" and "The Rise and Fall of Naomi". We finally settled on "The Naked Truth"
After I re-wrote the synopsis, this was what our ideas had accomplished:
"The Naked Truth Synopsis
At the age of 18, in her second year of college, Naomi (Phoebe Bower) is the “queen bee”. She loves being adored by people and the attention she receives from boys. She will resort to anything to keep the power in her hands, even at the expense of her own dignity. Underneath her sweet exterior she is a girl who is very insecure about herself and feels the only way she can be popular is to give boys what she thinks they want (sex).
After having multiple flings with multiple guys she sets her sights on the main prize, the alpha male of the school, Aiden (Daniel Walsom). When she finally lands a date with him they hook up and she feels as though she has accomplished something great; however, much to her shock, Aiden has a girlfriend and not only is she popular but also ruthless.
Katelyn, Aiden’s girlfriend decides to get make it her job to get revenge on Naomi and posts a naked picture that Aiden took of her all around the school and online. When the rest of the school sees these images Naomi is alienated and a lot of her friends reject her, except for her two best friends who have been with her though everything, even with her bad reputation.
Naomi, however, is not willing to take things lying down; she aims to get her own back. Over a number of months Naomi and her best friends Abigail and Lauren plot and plan ways to get back at Aidan and Katelyn. Naomi puts ant powder in Aiden's jock-strap, cuts up Katelyn's school clothes, dyes Katelyn's hair pink and spreads a rumour about Aiden having a tiny penis, but both Katelyn and Aiden are able to find ways of styling them out and their reputations don’t get damaged. Naomi however begins to gain more and more friends after doing each prank as everyone who ever felt victimised by Katelyn decides to take her side.
Since none of their plans have worked, Naomi and her friends decided that they need to do something that will really hit Katelyn hard, so Naomi decided to go after Katelyn’s brother, Oliver. They plan to use as a source of information and find ways of humiliating Katelyn, just as Naomi was humiliated beforehand.
Oliver ends up liking Naomi and becomes close friends with her, much to his sister’s dismay. Naomi also begins to realise that that she likes Oliver as more than a friend and she feels something for him that she had never felt for another boy. She decides that she can’t keep using him and lying to him and so calls of the whole revenge plan thinking that she will go to him and explain everything to him, making everything fine.
Meanwhile one of Katelyn’s friends finds out about Naomi’s plan through the schools grape vine and rushes to tell Katelyn. Katelyn rushes to Oliver and tells him everything and although he is crushed, Katelyn is filled with joy over the fact that her brother no longer likes Naomi.
When Naomi and Oliver next see each other he ignores her and, after seeing the smug look on Katelyn’s face, she realises that Oliver has found out everything. Naomi is heartbroken and begins to give up hope. After many sleepovers filled with chocolates and tears, Naomi’s friends convince her to do something because nothing will ever change if she sits around crying.
The next day at school a large crowd gathers and Naomi tells the whole school that she is sorry for what she has been doing as she had dropped to Katelyn’s level and most of all she is sorry for what she did to Oliver. Oliver forgives her and they become friends again, foreshadowing a possible relationship in the future.
At the end of the film, Naomi is walking round the back of the sports centre at school when she sees Aiden making out with the football captain Luke - we find out that Aidan is bisexual. Naomi wastes no time and decides to take a picture, bringing the film to a close as she sends the picture to a bunch of people."
(Please note: all of the discussions we had done about the synopsis were on text, over facebook and via video chat! :D)
No comments:
Post a Comment