Element | |
Chosen Role | Director |
Influences (Practitioner/Film Example) | Phoebe Waller-Bridge/Charlie & Daisy May Cooper. |
Specific Techniques | |
Genre | Documentary/Comedy |
Story Outline | |
Location | St. Helier/ St. Ouens |
Kit Required | Camera, lighting, microphone, |
Additional Crew | |
Cast | 3 or 4 people. |
Monthly Archives: October 2023
Filters
Short film plan
Short Film
3-Minute Short Planning
Working Title: Natural Causes
Chosen Role | Screenwriter |
Influences | Alfonso Cuaron (Y Tu Mama Tambien) |
Specific Techniques | -Character study -Intellectual montage: juxtaposing footage of nature with the events of the protagonist’s life -Still shots of natural weather events |
Genre | Coming of age, Psychological, Queer |
Story Outline | Depicting the destructive effects of nature before it reaches a stable state. Act 1: Destructive weather events/ strong waves are intellectually montaged with an exploration of a male protagonists borderline abusive relationship with his girlfriend. It is hinted that his abusive personality is as a result of suppressed homosexual desires Act 2: show protagonist accepting his identity and leaving his toxic masculine personality in the past. This will be montaged against tranquil shots of the weather/ the sea |
Location | -St Ouens (sea shots) -Park above The Good Egg (shots of trees and nature) -My mums house (for demonstrating the abusive relationship in act 1) -Curiosity coffee shop (for shots depicting hidden homosexual desire or events of Act 2) |
Kit Required | -Tripod -Lighting -Sound recorder |
Additional Crew | Possibly a sound designer |
Cast | 3 actors needed |
Independent Short Film
Element | |
Chosen Role | Cinematographer |
Specific Techniques | Symmetry, Whip pans |
Genre | Comedy |
Story Outline | “How to make a bowl of cereal”. Someone is trying to make a bowl of cereal but faces countless challenges on their way. |
Location | Kitchen, Neighbourhood |
Kit Required | Tripod, Camera, Lights |
Additional Crew | Lighting |
Cast | 2 characters? |
Influences | Wes Anderson |
Map, Hero’s Journey
Independent Short Film Plan
CHOSEN ROLE | EDITING |
INFLUENCES | Stanley Kubrick, Quentin Tarantino, Edgar Wright |
SPECIFIC TECHNIQUES | Montage, 180 degree rule, match cut, match on action |
GENRE | Romance |
STORY OUTLINE | The narrative follows a young couple as they split up and try to move on |
LOCATION | Parks, restaurants, a house, an office, two cars |
KIT REQUIRED | Camera, tripod, lights |
ADDITIONAL CREW | Sound designer (soundtrack) |
CAST | Two main characters, 4 or so faceless extras |
Collaborative Project Production Meeting 6 – Scene/Shot Planning
We met up at Jardin d’Olivet in Trinity to plan and shoot part of our collaborative project, discussing different areas where we could shoot our burial scene at the end of our film.
We came up with the idea of this shot as an establishing shot for when our protagonists arrive in the car late at night, the car entering from the left side of the shot, illuminating the car park. The shot should be long enough for the car to park.
We then planned to have an overhead shot of the boot of the car as it opens, transitioning to a worm’s eye/POV shot from the boot, facing our characters looming over the body. One of the characters pulls a shovel from the boot that they previously took from the house.
We then plan to have the next shot follow the characters through the gap in this slot in one of the abandoned buildings as they moved the body deeper into the woods. We should probably open this part with a shot showing the building so that the audience knows where we are before looking through the slot.
Similarly, the next shot would have the characters moving the body through a more wooded area to emphasise their struggle as they move further.
Again, we can have the characters pass this small castle-looking structure before finally stopping to bury the body.
This small window could be used for a distant shot of them burying the body, as it overlooks a large slope where we plan to shoot the final shots of the burial scene.
We then shot some rushes of Noah digging the shovel into the ground in preparation for when we shoot the rest of the scene with everyone, which should hopefully save us some time later down the line.
We also discussed how we will light our scene, which I think we can do on a particularly bright night with a full moon, given that it isn’t too cloudy. Otherwise, we plan to use torches and the flashlights on our phones as they’re a universal, convenient source of light that would fit in more with our characters.