I am aiming to create a short film with Alex. We have decided on the storyline of the short film however our genre is rather 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 without story.
The time period fluctuates as we use flashbacks from the man’s life. The short film is about a man who has a un- said illness that affects him in a severe mental way. Throughout the film, (which is mainly set at his home, and then the memories are in varies other places) he reminisces with old memories by looking at old photos, war medals...etc. He is overcome by emotion and basically has an episode. The episode is hearing his deceased wife talk to him and when he turns around he isn’t in his lovely home but in a sterile looking white hospital room, where a nurse talks him down in a very condescending tone.
The setting appears to be unclear but from what you can gather from his small movements to where he mainly sits in the film (at a desk/mirror+desk area), it is in a sitting room/ warm and comfy looking bedroom. The flashbacks will be set in various places like a forest or a grassy area. We will be using a lot of open areas but places that wouldn’t give away the time we are filming in which is obviously 2014. It wouldn’t look very convincing if we had the metrocentre in shot when we were trying to resemble the 1930s/40s.
In our film there won’t necessarily be a lot of dialogue but there will be some towards the end which drive the story to a climax where you discover his illness.
We thought of having old war music in the background and then when he becomes anxious and starts getting emotional, the music will start to distort, which drives the shots. They get faster and faster and then music stops. The short and quiet dialogue comes in till the end of the film.
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