Pitch

I am aiming to create a short film with my friend and media studies partner, Rebecca. we are working as a pair and have decided on the storyline of a short film however our genre is flexible. We will be using a mix of conventions that are carried out in different genres and different short or ordinary films that we have seen to fit with our story.

The time it is set varies due to the flashbacks that he has but it will roughly from 1930's, possibly late twenties onwards until the age that he is presented as the current time. this is a testing time period because of the change in fashion and buildings and many other props that we may have to use so we have thought a lot about being careful and not using too many props as these may be difficult to get.

The setting will be unclear except from the flashbacks so there is a sense of revelation within the story and hopefully there will be a twist to the tale at the end. We do plan to use a room and various places for the flashbacks such as outside in open areas where there is no buildings or cars that could give away the true time and spoil the period the film is set in.

The basic story for it begins with a man reminiscing which triggers him to have a series of flashbacks of him growing up and the unfolding of different events that has happened in his life. The events will vary in emotion to get a sense of the character. The twist will be at the very end which is a common convention and that will be how the story ends. Many plot twists lave the story on a cliff hanger however that is not the aim we're going for. It would be more suitable for a short film to have the revealing what is truly happening in the current state.

I don't want to have much dialogue so it doesn't reveal too much throughout the film. The most dialogue will be in the flashbacks to give a sense of character but to also question what he is like now.

I will be posting videos pictures and other information about setting, props and sound so it gives you a clearer view of the short film.

Questionnaire results

Questionnaire

The questionnaire that I created was made on Survey Monkey, an online survey maker, but to gain a larger response from more people I have also printed the survey out so I can hand it out around to people. Tis way I can get a larger response but it also means that I can give it to people of specific ages, for example my own age by handing them out around school. Also, not everyone will see this survey online so this will ensure that I get people to take the survey and that I get a response. Here is the survey that I handed out:

Online Questionnaire

I have created an online questionnaire about short films and what you think of them, you can take the questionnaire here.

Ideas

Here are some ideas that I have came up with of what I could do, I used WiseMapping to create the mind map:

Short Film Ideas

Rebecca and I have been brainstorming together to think of what to do for our short film. We decided on a short film as we think it will be more interesting and we could really stray away from the trailers. With trailers having common conventions and ways of putting things together we thought we could be more adventurous and have less conventions to go with, with a short film to make it out of the ordinary to ensure people want to watch it. Looking through various films has given us ideas and inspiration about what we could do ourselves.

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