Film Summary and Meaning

We are only making a trailer for our film. However, we thought it would be a good idea to do a full summary of what would have happened in the film, if we were to make the whole thing.  Evidently with the time scale we had, and lack of money, it would have been near impossible to make the whole film, so this would have been out of the question plus it wasn't our task, buut here is what direction the film would've taken.
Plot synopsis
The film will have started at the bands early days, before they were really famous, and the guys were just friends, writing and making music from their home made music studio (this part of the film will have revealed information fans of the band may not have known). The band got famous, simply by uploading one of their tracks onto the 'BBC introducing' system, and from here they went from strength to strength. It will have shown the people the met along their road of fame, some of the extraordinary gigs they got to play, and some of the thousands of fans they had.
It will also show a lot of exclusive behind the scenes footage of the band, on their bus, in houses, and various different venues.

It would then go on to, showing some of the band members drunk, and having a laugh, but it beginning to escalate further, as one of the band members would have began to be constantly drunk, and getting further and further into drugs. It will have shown some behind the scenes arguments, but them still going on stage and performing their set. The film would have portrayed some of the trouble some of the band members get into, whether it was playful banter or something more harmful (hence the mug shot in the trailer of Joel). this is popular within popular bands and so it wouldn't have been different for ours and that is something we wanted to portray- that fame is fragile.

Even throughout the problems the band were having, the film will highlight, the friendship and love the band members shared between each other. Home footage of weddings and anniversaries would have been shown, to show the happy and pleasant times the band shared even though some of them were having problems. We were going to include an interview with a fictional 'famous' friend of the bands, but it was later decided we were going to leave it out as it didst match the fast pace of the trailer.

It would then cut to news articles and headlines announcing the death of one of the band members. It would have shown the heartbreak and pain the remaining band members went through, and show snippets of the funeral for the late band member. It would then go on to show the hate the rest of the band members had for the paparazzi, and how little they wanted to be seen in the public eye. It would show the rage of the remaining band members, and what their grief was doing to them.
The film will then cut the present day, and an interview with Alex, one of the band members. He would be talking about what it did to him when Joel died, what they had together, and the love he shared with him. It will reveal answers to questions such as why the band will never play again, and whether they would ever go back on tour. This was the meaning that is hidden in our trailer. It depicts Alex running through an empty hall full of empty seats that is a metaphor for the fall of the band, going from playing in front of thousands of people to an empty hall. The empty seats have a huge impact and is quite daunting and emphasis the loss of a band member. Moreover, Alex is wearing a dark suit, like one you would wear for a funeral. The flowers on the piano also adds to the meaning, having connotations of funerals and venerability further adds to the revelation of a band members death.
We edited this to be black and white to enhance the idea of death, it made it more effective because flowers, known for their beauty, and in monotone and dark colours. by including all this, we were hoping that with a little thought the audience would get the message and the meaning and be able to tell form the clues. If that doesn't help, at the very end of the trailer when the title is displayed writes 'In memoriem' , so we leave it to the very last few seconds to make it absolutely obvious that something has happened.

The film will end with slow motion shots of the bands happy times together, showing the band laughing and having fun together. This is when the titles will come on, while the footage is being show.

Holly and Alex