story board

film story board:

Creating this story board helped me to visualise the film before production, and therefore i could see if certain shots or angles were possible, and which ones most effective. 

film script

Script: 

Writing the script meant that during production there was direction, and made the process quicker. it also allowed me to give the characters personality and certain traits which help develop the story.  During the process of writing the script, i decided on a different ending, which complemented the film more appropriately.  

The script begins with Julia walking to a blind date...

short film inspiration

Short Films:

Ideas form the short films that we watched that i appreciated and have used in order to inspire many of the aspects in my own short film:

Stutterer:
the internal thoughts of the protagonist allow the audience to view both the internal and external performance of the character. we see how a person can appear differently externally in front of others to how they really are internally. we connect with the protagonist primarily through listening to his internal thought process. without this we would, as the audience, be disconnected form the character, and would consequently mean that the final scene would become less effective. i took the idea of internal thought against external action and based my short film on this. the audience will also connect to the main character through her internal thought process, rather than her external set of actions.

Wasp:
the staggered and unfixed camera work is congruous with the lives of the characters on show. their lives are disjointed and arguably broken. we see this even from the beginning of the film, where a fight begins, and then through the rest of the story. the camera is evidently handheld and therefore reflects the characters impulsive and reckless actions, like the fight we see at the beginning. this technique of using the camera to reflect a certain situation or feeling is portrayed in my own short film.