Characters and Casting

Katie

• 15-18 yrs old
• Brunette
• Caucasian
• Shy
• Reserved

Richard Swipe

• 20 yrs old - Age is not clear due to his unusual appearance.
• Confident and obnoxious.
• Very awkward when he first meets Katie because he doesn't speak.

Anna

• 15-18 yrs old
• A friend of Katie but does not help her when she is in need - A bad friend.

Filming locations

Locations:

A forest - Beverley Westwood
An almost empty street - Bricknell Avenue

Short Film Information

Production Company: Left Hand Productions

Film title: Wayward

Certificate: 18 (minor drug use,  strong language, scenes of violence)

Budget: £223,000
Target audience: Adults

A young girl gets lost on her way home from an isolated town, she finds herself becoming homeless and can't find a way back.

Short film synopsis

Katie, after a party in an unknown town, and falling out with her parents. Not knowing where she is causes this vulnerable girl to get home in a way of living made for the tough and cold hearted.

The Brief

We have been set a brief for a short film no longer than two minutes.

For the filmed sequence these materials should include:

• a synopsis
• a storyboard
• a written script for the five-minute sequence
• a recce report
• evidence of casting considerations
• a shooting/editing log
• a risk assessment