Film ideas

Film ideas 2 

Plot 

A woman finds out she is seriously ill and thinks about the value of her life. 

How it will be shot 

Begins with a shot of the door with a postman delivering a letter through the door. 

A long shot of the protagonist picking up the letter.  

A reaction shot of the protagonist reading the letter.

A close up  of the protagonist's eyes as she wakes up. 

A mid shot of the protagonist frantically rising up from bed.

A reaction shot of the protagonist looking relieved. 

A point of view shot of her seeing the letter on her bedside table.
A reaction shot of the protagonist looking shocked.

A long shot of the protagonist walking through a canal. A long take as the shot carries on and the protagonist falls to her knees crying.
A close up of protagonist's eyes as she looks into the distance.
A jump shot, she walks into the house with her dog.
A close up of her face as she lies on the bed with the door in the background.
A long take as she gets out of bed.            

Film ideas

Film Ideas

Name of film:

Characters:

Sangma- the main character, we see the story through her eyes 

Her Dad- she has conflicts with her dad the main problem revolves around  

Her Mum

Her brother
Her Sister

Plot:

A daughter struggles to control her life with her over bearing parents and many conflicts with her father seems to drive her relationships with her family apart. As she asks her siblings and friends for advice she tries to repair her relationships however there is a twist as the father suffers from a severe heart attack and soon dies. This leaves her feeling upset and left with regrets.

Setting:

• Home
• Park
• Canal 

Inspiration:

Connect: Couple good shots I liked for example the quick editing of people tapping their oysters to show passing of time. I also liked the fact that we were able to see what she was seeing in her head with the poeple dancing which showed her emotions.  

The Gunslinger: I liked the voiceover narrative, which I may include to reveal charcteristics about my characters.

Story Circle:

You: First person shown is the protagonist 

Need: Wants to stop arguing with parents 

Go: Tries to change by having normal conversations

Search: Parents find mean messages written about them

Find: Is able to find a therapist and is able talk about her problems and receives professional advice

Take: Father dies

Return: Is able to repair relationship with her mum 

Change: Has matured and is able to talk to her now only parent as if they are close friends

How will the story go:

First scene: Begins with end of argument of protagonist and father, shown by shot of protagonist running to her room while crying and shouting at her father while father shouts from the bottom of the room. Is crying in her room and eventually falls asleep. 

Second scene: wakes up late and searches for jobs on laptop. Talks to friend on the phone about relationship with dad and the argument. 

Third scene: Tries talking normally to dad as if nothing happened. There is an awkward atmosphere. Eventually they can talk normally.

Fourth scene: Parents find mean messages written about them on daughters phone. Relationship is ruined again.

Fifth scene: Daughter sees a professional about her problems

Film Evaluation

I think that my short film was decent but it could've been better. The good parts of our film I would say are some of the shots that we had used such as a long shot of the girl walking to her house in the evening and the camera pans to follow the girl. I also thought that we had a good go at creating a dialogue which not many other groups had so this made our film stand out a bit. We also used quite a bit of fades to smoothen out the transition from the different days we were filming as continuity was hard to achieve. Another good thing our film had was lots of point of view shots which were used to put the audience in the same shoes as the protagonist but also the stalker. For example the shot where the stalker is hiding in a bush and is peeking at the girl was a good shot as the blurred bush was in the foreground and the girl was the focus in the background. This looked like a genuine point of view shot so I was quite happy with that. Another good shot in our film happened by complete accident but it made the guy seem ever weirder and scarier. It was a tracking shot where the camera follows the girl walking down a pathway and the guy was supposed to jump out from behind the tree however in the camera the guy gets blocked by the girl so it looks like the guy jumps out of thin air and this puzzled the audience as he appears out of nowhere. 

There were quite a few areas we could've improved upon in our film. The genre of our film was thriller/horror where a girl goes on a date and meets a weird stalker and I feel we didn't express the genre of our choice very well in the film until the last scene. We could've improved this by maybe shooting at a darker period of day and maybe adding an ominous instrumental throughout the video to tell the audience that something was off. Though we did use fades which seemed to have worked well there were a few times that it wasn't so smooth and I think we should've shortened the fade or maybe not even had one as it didn't look right in the final product. Furthermore we decided to use jump cuts in the last scene where the guy was walking through the church to cut down the length of the video and also the length of the shot. Though it was a good idea it was not executed correctly as it looked weird and funny and I believe this was because the time between the jumps were not equal so it didn't look nice. 

Screenplay

Storyboard

Cinematic ideas

Cinematic ideas

Mise-en-scene

• Lots of red - This links to the genre of both romance and thriller, red links to romance as it connotes with love, and hearts, valentines day. Red also links with thrillers as it is the colour of blood, and danger, and warning. The meaning of red within this film is significant especially to the woman, as it is her signature lipstick look, and also gives her an aura of lust, romance and danger too.
• Newspapers - Inside the newspaper or on the front page, it usually contains a murder or killing of some sort  - this is ironic within the storyline as she is reading about murder, and is supposed to shock or scare her, but in fact she may be planning a murder herself.
• Based around time/clocks - The clock links into the storyline as it is always counting down to the day that the man dies, and is a sense of realism within the story too as clocks are seen around us all the time.
• The aesthetic of a train station, primary colours, trains - The trains remind the audience of the woman’s day to day life, and it is also a constant reminder of how the two meet. The fast rushing of the train can also link to the thriller genre, as thrillers are usually fast paced and dangerous, like a train.
• Asda bag - This is significant to the man, as it is his signature item. He seems to carry this bag whenever we see him, and by seeing this bag, it will constantly remind the audience of the man.
• Post it notes - This links with the narrative as she begins to get involved with the man’s life - it is her way of communicating with him indirectly.
• Eyes and lips - These extreme close ups of the eyes and lips allow us to show the audience the characters reactions without giving away the entire face - this creates a sense of mystery which links with the thriller genre.
• Polaroids - This links in with the narrative at the end, as it shows the audience how many victims the woman has potentially murdered.
• Lipstick - This, along with the red lips, are a convention of the romance genre as lips and red connotate with kissing, and love. This is alo a key signature of the woman.
• Heels - The heels show the womans maturity and sense of style. This links with the romance genre as heels are usually used to make a woman look sexy.

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