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  Plot Outline My short film is about a teenage boy, seemingly normal, who gets involved in the wrong situation and cant decide whether or not to carry on down the path he’s going. At the same time, he does not know how to get out of the situation and wants to help himself. I want it to almost be a informational film that shows the distress that could come out of the situation, and how rough the path could get, as the character has multiple flash backs and flash forwards showing what he thinks he could be affecting like his future work or his past friendships and how it could put a stop to all of this and more. He also thinks of how it could be affecting the people around him in his community and what he thinks could happen if they got accidently involved and how it would make him feel to watch someone participate in the same self-destructive behavior. The whole film is set on a train with an inner monologue, possibly a lot of long cuts to properly show the passage of time and how ...

  Final Setting: I have chosen for the final setting of my film to be my local train station. Due to Covid-19 I may have to film slightly later due to restrictions being lifted but i simply need the character to be on a train and i need to see the window behind them showing movement to show time passing so his decision seems hastened, i also need the actual train station but this will be easy to film without going against restrictions. 

 Daniel Chandler's conventions of content: My film typically conforms 'Daniel chandler's conventions of context' using props, themes etc, as the genre of my film relates to drama, using the dramatic effects of long shots, elements of debating morals and other things seen in a lot of dramas, it also uses intense facial expressions and a very intense ‘Score’ towards the end to create tension as you wait for the cliff hanger. I also have realistic characters within my film, especially the protagonist as audiences can relate to them very easily. Narrative Techniques: My film challenges Todorov's narrative theory as my plot/ story does not typically follow the same path as it has a variety of flashbacks and flash-forwards to the effects and people he would be affecting. My film does not begin with the character feeling content and happy, because he’s to busy thinking about what he’s getting himself into meaning there is no equilibrium therefore naturally it is unab...

   Audience research In my eyes there should be a target audience, with an approachable yet very specific main character and he should fit the part of a normal British teenager, so he can be related to, most people I have spoken to about this have said it’s a good idea to try and relate my protagonist to the audience that its targeted at and I want to achieve it through micro elements. Using the way they dress or perhaps their character expressions, movements and speech etc. this will really help my audience see the main character as someone they could know, someone this could happen to. However making the main character a ‘typical’ teenager from 17 – 19 could come across as non relatable depending what the audiences view on the norm of what a teenager looks like, and it could come across with the wrong idea and then it becomes almost like the comedic idea of what a British teen looks like, and that is not relatable and is not the intent behind the character. I want my cha...

  Brainstorm ideas Having discussed with my teacher about my idea, I wasn’t completely sure on the location of my short film that I proposed, I was thinking a bus or a train but using these would mean I have to cancel out the noise of the train completely with the voice over. My main idea was to have a lead character sitting down on his seat on the train (next to a window preferably to show the passage of time and space) and then have an inner monologue of a troubling and maybe even dangerous situation he’s involved himself in to do with maybe a drug deal, as in the journey on the train or bus is the journey to what is going to happen. Im also quite stuck on how to end the short film, I was possibly thinking that I could end it with getting g a very low angle and show him getting of the train or bus and letting the audience decide whether or not he decided to do it, or is he chose safety and good conscience. Almost like a battle of inner good and evil. My inspiration for this idea ...

  IDEA: My main ideas is going to follow a new comers trip on a train to collect drugs and re sell them for a profit, whilst having an inner monologue of the thoughts about what he's doing and what can happen to him and how he could ruin the lives around him. SETTING: The setting would be on a train or a bus with faint background noise of the bus and the outside cars to add a sense of realism as this kind of event occurs more often than though. It would be a trip spliced into three individual scenes on different areas on the bus/ train so it would seem like the character was restless  COSTUME: My costume is going to look like the average 17 - 25 year old dress wear to show that the character is somewhat normal but is becoming involved in crime. MAKEUP:  N/A CINEMATOGRAPHY:  My short film will consist of a lot of medium/close up shots of the male character when he is on the train or bus. This is because these scenes highlight the characters emotions, i want...

  Why are there short films? What is the point of them?    The point of films is to entertain, distract, inform and educate.  Who makes them? Who is in them?   Films are made by a range of people for a range of reasons.  Money A release of creativity To promote or to advocate   Some filmakers choose big stars so that it draws more attention and revenue. Others choose to use up and coming actors so that they are easier to relate to.       How and where are they exhibited?   Film festivals Cinemas Digital viewing websites and subscriptions (i.e. Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, etc...)  Has this always been the case?   Film has progressed and become more available to everyone.   Who watches short films? Students Film critics People who want to escape reality  People who desire entertainment People who wish to be educated on a topic