Film brief idea 3

Film Brief 3
An independent movie featuring a young protagonist
Your film should appear to be financed through regional funding
Example - This is England (Shane Meadows, 2006)

This is one of the wider briefs, and the fact that the movie should appear to be financed through regional funding pulls it back and this could be a problem. Also the fact it is an independent movie would be difficult too - as there will be less examples to find and help with ideas. The film could have British regional funding and would therefore need to be set in Britain or whereever the funding is from. The young protagonist could be quite a simple storyline to have and his reminds me of the film 'About A Boy' which has a young male protagonist. Another good example is 'Mean Girls' which has a young female protagonist and 'Angus, thongs and perfect snogging' is yet another example with a young main character. These storylines are quite effective and i think they are both american, therefore having USA regional funding perhaps? All three films are good example and could be used as a base for an idea.

My idea is similar to the film 'The boy in striped pyjamas' below. It is a German film and it features a young protagonist who grows up in Germany during world war 2. Set during World War II, a story seen through the innocent eyes of Bruno, the eight-year-old son of the commandant at a concentration camp, whose forbidden friendship with a Jewish boy on the other side of the camp fence has startling and unexpected consequences. I think i could also combine my history with this idea too as i am currently learning about world war 2. I think this would be a good idea for me and an idea based on a story similar to 'The boy in striped pyjamas'. My idea would be a young girl moves to Germany from Russia, (the opposing side in world war 2) she sees life as a German at this time and starts to see what effects and substantial devestation world war 2 caused not only Russia, but her own country.