New idea

In recent discussions that our group has had we decided that our main narrative for our film and the teaser trailer which is based around this that we will be creating is too complicated. As our film is a Rom-Com we wanted to portray love and humour at the same time. Our new idea for our film is that when our two main characters (which will stay the same) were younger in school, he was the geeky, clumsy normal guy at school (the same) but she is the girl who doesn't associate with these boys and has an attitude along with a high opinion of everyone (kept the same). In there school days he has a crush on her but she will not give him the time of day, the young boy (Lewis) makes a fool of himself in front of her such as stepping in a puddle, dropping books and walking into doors which makes her embarrassed and therefore she doesn't see him the same way. This relationship that he wanted to happen doesn't. When they leave school and go their separate ways he becomes a star in the acting business while she becomes a journalist. They meet while doing a broadcast at a cinema about his new film and instantly recognise each other, Lewis then thinks of how he used to be and how he is now. She falls for him but he doesn't fall for her as if the tables have turned. We she get the guy in the end????

As we have changed the narrative of the film, we needed to rethink our teaser trailer, as it needs to be short and effective without showing too much of the story as this is what a teaser trailer is used for.
Our new idea is:
She is the journalist filming outside a cinema, meeting the new actor which is Lewis for his new film, not knowing they will meet once again after the drama of their younger years. She starts her broadcast, noticing the new actor in the corner of her eye and realises who it is and he does the same. The expressions on there faces is very important as she needs to look surprised to see how successful he has become and he is just pleased to see her. The camera will zoom in on his eyes and dissolve into his memories of what he was like as a teen such as dropping books, stepping in a puddle and walking into doors. This first scene will be quite short, about 15-20 seconds. The flashback is very fast as we just want to suggest how different he was from what he is like now. We may also add some music in the background, but upbeat as it is a Rom-com and we want to suggest this throughout. In between scenes will also edit in some titles which will illustrate what is happening in the scenes and also to tease the audience to want to watch the film.
I think this new idea will be a lot more modern and have the typical narrative of a Rom-Com as boy and girl fall in love but have that twist which is that he was the geeky, clumsy guy who couldn't get the girl but now he is the star, the girl needs to win his heart. I think this is better than our original idea as the teaser trailer will be a lot shorter and effective, but also doesn't mean we have to change other conventions that we have already decided on. As we have a new narrative for the film this wont effect our filming of the trailer, but give us more guidelines for what will appear in the film, as we don't want to give the whole plot away to the audience.