07/01/2011

Brainstorm of ideas as written on word document whilst discussin was in process:

Diary extracts: lost in the bus

Boy finds it, takes German at school, she is in the same class, finds out diary-owner is in same school (school bus), could be one of the 4 German students of his class

Tries to find out who it is, not too obviously 

Character ideas:

female foreign exchange student,

male foreign exchange student,

bully, “popular” people,

teacher, friends,

extras,

tarty clothed… and the other being very mature type clothed.

queue’s on the bus

money problems

clothes (no uniform) over the top?

Cover teacher scenario?

Foreign exchange students – differences

Scene 1 house- breakfast- Bus queue

Shop scene..

Bus stop

Instant enemy (l

Tour of school

Taken to class… (teacher scenario)

Date/year

Boy’s journal voice over about this story.

Girl leaves diary on bus. (Camera shows her neck downwards… no face)

Boy picks it up

Notice board to take German (to find out what is in the diary)… about to write his name… friend comes along, embarrassed about what he is trying to do and so doesn’t write his name.

He walks into a German class without actually taking the subject. Thinks it’s a beginner’s class but the class has been moved, so ends up in an AS class.

Two German girls who notice that he is not meant to be there try to expose him, make him read stuff out loud etc.

Gets thrown out of the class, into a friend who is with a girl (the diary girl’s best friend) they exchange pleasantries. The girl takes a liking to the boy but he doesn’t really care.

In the Library surrounded with German books and dictionaries, gets annoyed and says “I can’t do this” etc.

Phone call comes from friend asking to go to a party, he says that that girl is coming, and her friend who is German is also coming. First disagreeing… he agrees.