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Equilibrium:
Emily is a geeky teenage girl who doesn’t have any friends at school. She spends most of the time by herself in her own world. She has a major crush on Chris, who is the most popular guy in her school. There’s a geography school trip being held to the Amazon rainforest in Brazil and Emily and her class (including Chris) set off to Brazil where they’re going to look at the wildlife there.


Disruption:
Emily finds the Flower of Immortality which gets stolen off her the same night by Mr. Johnson, who appears to be the chaperoning teacher. Chris and Emily both go searching for him in the heart of the rainforest. On their search for him, they come across a trapped bear who they free from danger. After freeing the bear, the bear shape shifts into a human and is called Drafogus. Drafogus tells Chris and Emily that Mr. Johnson is actually a shape shifter, called Crabioid, who’s been searching for the flower for ages because every time he shape shifts, he’s gets a little bit older and eventually he will die, so he wants the flower to stay immortal and still be able to shape shift, as well as to help him take over the world. Drafogus then helps Emily and Chris find Crabioid.


Restoration:
Drafogus, Emily and Chris come face to face with Crabioid and there’s an epic battle between them, but only the Safagus Sword can kill shape shifters, which Drafogus has given to Emily to use. Whilst Drafogus distracts Crabioid, Emily comes from behind and stabs Crabioid in the back, instantly killing him. She then retrieves the flower and destroys it before any more damage is caused. At the end, Chris and Emily get together and they declare their love for each other and they all live happily ever after!


Propp




Heroine – Emily – Rachel Petladwala
Villain – Crabioid – Hugo Weaving
The donor – Drafogus – Shia LaBeouf
The helper – Chris – Taylor Lautner


Plot (shortened)




Emily is a geeky teenage girl who doesn’t have any friends at school. She spends most of the time by herself in her own world. She has a major crush on Chris, who is the most popular guy in her school. There’s a geography school trip being held to the Amazon rainforest in Brazil and Emily and her class (including Chris) set off to Brazil where they’re going to look at the wildlife there. On the plane trip on the way to Brazil, a chaperoning teacher, Mr. Johnson, shows the students a picture of the Flower of Immortality. This flower gave whoever had it the power to live forever and legend had it that it was somewhere in the Amazon.
When the students arrive at the Amazon, they explore the new environment. As Emily doesn’t have any friends, she goes wandering around by herself and that’s when she finds the Flower of Immortality. At first she’s hesitant to take it as she’s scared of the consequences, but she soon gives in and takes the flower. At this point, Chris notices that she’s found something and she tries to quickly hide it from him but she ends up caving in and tells him everything. Chris insists that she tells one of the teachers about the flower but Emily argues against this and makes him promise not to tell anyone either. Whilst Emily and Chris are having this conversation, Mr. Johnson overhears it but he pretends as if he doesn’t know anything. On that same night, when everyone has gone to bed, Chris knocks on Emily’s door and he asks her to come on a walk with her and she happily agrees. Chris takes her on a romantic walk through the rainforest and they end up sleeping outside together under the stars. When Emily wakes up the next morning she finds herself alone. She walks back to her room. When she enters her room she finds it totally destroyed. Somebody had been in her room that night and they were obviously looking for something. Then she suddenly remembered that she hid the flower at the bottom of her suitcase. She quickly rummages through her suitcase but the flower was gone. She runs to Chris’s room and tells him what happened. Chris is confused when Sophie talks about her walk with him to the rainforest. That’s when they both realise that something very strange is going on. They soon find out that Mr. Johnson is missing as well and they come to the conclusion that it was him that stole the flower. Chris and Emily both go searching for him in the heart of the rainforest. On their search for him, they come across a trapped bear who they free from danger. After freeing the bear, the bear shape shifts into a human and is called Drafogus. Drafogus tells Chris and Emily that Mr. Johnson is actually a shape shifter, called Crabioid, who’s been searching for the flower for ages because every time he shape shifts, he’s gets a little bit older and eventually he will die, so he wants the flower to stay immortal and still be able to shape shift, as well as to help him take over the world. Drafogus then tells Emily and Chris that it was Crabioid that trapped him and that they must go and find him and kill him before it’s too late. The three of them then set off to find Crabioid. When they come face to face with Crabioid there’s an epic battle between them, but only the Safagus Sword can kill shape shifters, which Drafogus has given to Emily to use. Whilst Drafogus distracts Crabioid, Emily comes from behind and stabs Crabioid in the back, instantly killing him. She then retrieves the flower and destroys it before any more damage is caused. At the end, Chris and Emily get together and they declare their love for each other and they all live happily ever after!


Target audience


The target audience for my film would be boys and girls aged between 13 and 24. The main hero is a girl, so this attracts girls to go watch the film and also girls would aspire to be like Emily as she gets the hot guy at the end and she’s quite brave and adventurous. Boys would want to watch this film because they aspire to be like Chris and it also gives them escapism from real life. As well as that, the fights and a sense of mystery appeals to them.