This story is about a woman who stole almost £15,000 from her aunt was finally jailed after pretending to be pregnant to avoid prison. I think this story could be made into a British Social Realism film, as the story could focus around her, perhaps someone who is well-known for petty crime in her area finally being caught and then being afraid of facing the penalties. The main themes of the film would be poverty and petty crime. The film would follow her story mainly, the struggles she faces to get by and then also the problems she causes her family. The figure she stole from her aunt in the film would most likely be reduced dramatically so it fits the theme of poverty. The location would most likely be her living in a block of flats, whereas her aunt might be slightly better off. I think that her aunt could be someone trying to help her niece by interfering with her life, but not something that the main character would want. I also think I would have the main character younger than Lisa Phillips, maybe a teenager around 18 or 19. This could emphasise a bad childhood as her parents aren't around hence why her aunt is trying to take care of her and change her ways. 
This story I think could be changed into the dangers of driving under the influence especially amongst teenagers. I think the film could be based around school lives, for example similar to "Kidulthood," where a massive party is planned but things go wrong. I think alcohol and drugs could already be a massive part of their lives, and many of the characters have experimented with them before, some are perhaps regular users. The story could follow one character in particular, a young boy who just passed his driving test, who later in the film is responsible for many in the vehicle where the car collides with another causing injuries and many casualties amongst his friends. The main themes would be first love, alcohol and drugs and corrupted youth. First love is a theme as I think the story could focus around the main character's infatuation with a girl, who he is trying to impress. This story would focus on the constant peer pressure he receives, and the causes of this peer pressure. The location can remain in Doncaster, where the characters would live in normal houses. I think the main character would have a best friend that always convinced him to do things, the person who in the film who would have convinced him to drive under influence who would have a broken home and a considerably harder life than the friendship group around him. He would feel he had to impress his friends. In a way, the audience would empathise with this character, and indirectly this character's story is the one that we follow.
This story I think could be turned into a British Social Realism film, perhaps presented in a similar way to the film "ill Manors." This news story has similar themes to that film, but shows the downfall of someone with minor fame/popularity. It looks at drugs and prostitution, the more extreme themes common in BSR films. I think it could start off with the girl's life just after winning this contest, but as the fame disappears the film could show her life swindling into a deep depression where she meets a drug dealer who gets her hooked on heroin. I think she could leave home after meeting this drug dealer moving in with him where their flat becomes known as a place to get drugs. Next I think the drug dealer could die from an overdose, leaving her to take over the business but she gets caught.
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