3-Minute Short Planning

Working Title: Natural Causes

Chosen RoleScreenwriter
InfluencesAlfonso 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
GenreComing of age, Psychological, Queer
Story OutlineDepicting 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 CrewPossibly a sound designer
Cast3 actors needed

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