Rough Storyline for My Film

I have used the research I have done into existing romantic comedies, to outline a very rough storyline for my film.

The main female and male characters are introduced to the audience and they will both be presented as clumsy and ditsy, but loveable, characters. She is an undergraduate and is doing a journalism course at university, where she meets the graduate - the love interest - (the main male character), who is just as clumsy and ditsy as her.

They spend more time together and have very farcical situations, including her super glueing her hand to a frying pan, and then hitting her head with it when she's trying to act cool. The couple learn to love each other, bonding over their collective clumsiness.

 

The male protagonist then gets some devastating news from his boss, that he has to move his whole life to their Hawaii offices. This puts a strain on their relationship while he's deciding what to do. The obstacle is not, in fact, the characters' traits, but instead a situation that arises about him having to move away. Does she move to Hawaii with him? Does he knock back the career opportunity of a lifetime? Will their relationship end happily? I will flesh these elements of the narrative out later.

Intended Effect

The intended effect for my marketing campaign is to showcase the clumsiness of the main female and male leads, but also to show that they are very much in love I am keen to establish both characters' traits but also to make sure that they are likeable, so that the audience position themselves with them and roots for them to overcome the obstacles in the way of their happiness. I hope that it will feel like a 'feel good' film to the audience.