We have chosen the roles which each member of the group will have when we are filming our short film. We have discussed the roles and allocated them to each member based on preference, our personal skills and what would benefit the group.
Joe
-Lighting Operator
-Sound Recording
-Camera Operator
Alex
-Director & Producer
-Costume, Hair & Make up
-Camera Operator
Imogen
-Props Organiser
-Health & Safety Officer
-Camera Operator
Showing posts with label Planning. Show all posts
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Monday, 7 November 2016
Friday, 14 October 2016
Lighting
We have a number of different lighting techniques for all of our unique locations in the short film. We are filming both inside and out, so we need to vary our use of light in order to create the right atmosphere.
The first location is in Churchill Square, Brighton. This location could vary lighting, because it is a shopping centre. There will be both natural (from the glass roof) and artificial lighting (from the inside lighting) inside. Depending on the weather, one of these may be more prominent than the other. Our best option would probably be to film sometime in the morning, before the day is too bright, and whilst there may still be lights on within the shopping centre. Hopefully, the artificial lighting will suffice, and be appropriate for our film. The other problem would be setting up our own lighting in the centre, as this may be a problem, particularly with lots of people walking by and lots of shop windows surrounding us. That is why we will need to set the white balance, and chose a day where the lighting will be appropriate for us. For the first scene, we want to have natural appearing lighting, as this scene is meant to appear normal at first.
Our second location is outside Pryzm, by the seafront. If the weather is nice, there will be lots of natural lighting here which we can use. However, the building is slightly over the footpath, meaning that we can move closer if we need more shade in which to film. This also means we could use our own lighting if we so wish, and there will be far fewer people walking by than in the centre. This choice will be great, as we can chose whichever lighting will be more appropriate with the conditions of the day. We will want a similar style of lighting to the first, as it needs the same natural feel to the scene.
The next location will be the alley where the protagonist is kidnapped. We may use less lighting during this scene in order to add a darker tone to the visuals of the film as this is where the narrative also takes a sharp turn for the worst. We can use our own lighting to bring out the protagonist, and make her stand out in the dark street. This will add a sense of innocence ot the protagonist and unnatural theme to the scene, which is appropriate to this point in the narrative, as it is the transition from a very surreal earlier few scenes to a dark scene of kidnapping.
Our last scene will be shot in the darkroom at college. In this room, we will use a combination of the rooms artificial lighting, and our own lighting. We want to have the scene shot with red lighting, much like a traditional darkroom. If the college's room has this, then we will use this feature to film. If not, then we will use standard lighting, and alter the scene during editing. We want the light to spotlight both the protagonist and the antagonist. This will add to the shot/ reverse shot sequence with both the characters. We will use lighting above the protagonist, to show that she has very little power in this scene, as the light is shining down on her, and she will be composed lower within the frame. As well as normal shots, we will also have a POV shot of the protagonist waking up, where we will use the rooms lighting to add distortion to the scene by having it very bright and central in the frame.
The first location is in Churchill Square, Brighton. This location could vary lighting, because it is a shopping centre. There will be both natural (from the glass roof) and artificial lighting (from the inside lighting) inside. Depending on the weather, one of these may be more prominent than the other. Our best option would probably be to film sometime in the morning, before the day is too bright, and whilst there may still be lights on within the shopping centre. Hopefully, the artificial lighting will suffice, and be appropriate for our film. The other problem would be setting up our own lighting in the centre, as this may be a problem, particularly with lots of people walking by and lots of shop windows surrounding us. That is why we will need to set the white balance, and chose a day where the lighting will be appropriate for us. For the first scene, we want to have natural appearing lighting, as this scene is meant to appear normal at first.
Our second location is outside Pryzm, by the seafront. If the weather is nice, there will be lots of natural lighting here which we can use. However, the building is slightly over the footpath, meaning that we can move closer if we need more shade in which to film. This also means we could use our own lighting if we so wish, and there will be far fewer people walking by than in the centre. This choice will be great, as we can chose whichever lighting will be more appropriate with the conditions of the day. We will want a similar style of lighting to the first, as it needs the same natural feel to the scene.
The next location will be the alley where the protagonist is kidnapped. We may use less lighting during this scene in order to add a darker tone to the visuals of the film as this is where the narrative also takes a sharp turn for the worst. We can use our own lighting to bring out the protagonist, and make her stand out in the dark street. This will add a sense of innocence ot the protagonist and unnatural theme to the scene, which is appropriate to this point in the narrative, as it is the transition from a very surreal earlier few scenes to a dark scene of kidnapping.
Our last scene will be shot in the darkroom at college. In this room, we will use a combination of the rooms artificial lighting, and our own lighting. We want to have the scene shot with red lighting, much like a traditional darkroom. If the college's room has this, then we will use this feature to film. If not, then we will use standard lighting, and alter the scene during editing. We want the light to spotlight both the protagonist and the antagonist. This will add to the shot/ reverse shot sequence with both the characters. We will use lighting above the protagonist, to show that she has very little power in this scene, as the light is shining down on her, and she will be composed lower within the frame. As well as normal shots, we will also have a POV shot of the protagonist waking up, where we will use the rooms lighting to add distortion to the scene by having it very bright and central in the frame.
Sound Design
We will need to plan for our sounds during the filming and editing of our short film. This will include foleys, dialogue, ambient sound, and diegetic and non-diegetic sound. It is important to plan for sound because we need to know what equipment we will need for each type of sound, and we will need to know what we will be recording/making and when.
Location
Our location could be a problem, as we will be filming in Brighton, which is nearly always very busy. There will be lots of sounds going on at once, particularly within Churchill square shopping centre, such as the sound of people talking, cars, music, etc. We can chose when we film to try and cut down on the amount of noises. This would mean choosing to film on a day that would be less busy, such as a weekday as opposed to the weekend, where it will be busiest. If we film in the half term, it might be a bit more busy than usual, due to schools having a week off. I think mid-week would be the best time to film this, as it should be the least busy during this time.To avoid picking too much of this extra sound up we will use an external mic, so that we only record the sounds that we want from filming in that location. The only other problem would be filming near the seafront, as the wind might be strong, which could affect our sound recording. I think the best way to avoid this would be to check the weather forecast in advance, and pay attention to wind.
Dialogue
Our film will not be very dialogue-heavy. In fact, there is only two scenes of dialogue in the whole five minute stretch. We will be filming one of these scenes in the dark room at college. This will be a fairly easy process, as we will be the only ones in the room at the time, which means we can control our filming and the sounds that can be heard. We will use an external mic to pick up the dialogue when we are filming. We have done this before, twice in our first year at college, so we know that this will work in that location. The second bit of dialogue will be in the shopping centre, and is only a very brief back and forth exchange between two people. We will, again, use an external mic in order to pick up the dialogue. The problem here would be the background noise of all the other people in the centre. To avoid this, we will get the mic as unnoticably close to the people in the scene as possible. This should cancel out most of the background noise, but if not, at least make the dialogue the most prominent sound heard.
Foleys
We will need to use foleys for our short film. The most obvious would be a gunshot sound, which we will have to find during editing, as we cannot record a real gunshot for obvious reasons. This will be the most noticeable foley, however, in the same scene we will need the sound of a door opening, lights turning on, and the sound of a gun cocking. These will all need to be added during the editing process. We can find the necessary sound effects either on Garageband, or we can find it non-copyright online. We will have to chose the most realistic and most fitting sounds In order for our film to be believable. We will also need the sound of a busy shopping centre, which we can either record during filming on the day, or we can find during editing. This will be added to add a sense of depth to the scenes in the shopping centre. The last foleys we need will be the sounds of a car slowly driving, then stopping, and the doors opening. These, we can all find during the editing stage, as we will be filming near the seafront, so any sounds that we do record during the day may be affected by the wind. Choosing the sounds during editing makes eliminates this problem, as they will be clearly recorded sounds.
Location
Our location could be a problem, as we will be filming in Brighton, which is nearly always very busy. There will be lots of sounds going on at once, particularly within Churchill square shopping centre, such as the sound of people talking, cars, music, etc. We can chose when we film to try and cut down on the amount of noises. This would mean choosing to film on a day that would be less busy, such as a weekday as opposed to the weekend, where it will be busiest. If we film in the half term, it might be a bit more busy than usual, due to schools having a week off. I think mid-week would be the best time to film this, as it should be the least busy during this time.To avoid picking too much of this extra sound up we will use an external mic, so that we only record the sounds that we want from filming in that location. The only other problem would be filming near the seafront, as the wind might be strong, which could affect our sound recording. I think the best way to avoid this would be to check the weather forecast in advance, and pay attention to wind.Dialogue
Our film will not be very dialogue-heavy. In fact, there is only two scenes of dialogue in the whole five minute stretch. We will be filming one of these scenes in the dark room at college. This will be a fairly easy process, as we will be the only ones in the room at the time, which means we can control our filming and the sounds that can be heard. We will use an external mic to pick up the dialogue when we are filming. We have done this before, twice in our first year at college, so we know that this will work in that location. The second bit of dialogue will be in the shopping centre, and is only a very brief back and forth exchange between two people. We will, again, use an external mic in order to pick up the dialogue. The problem here would be the background noise of all the other people in the centre. To avoid this, we will get the mic as unnoticably close to the people in the scene as possible. This should cancel out most of the background noise, but if not, at least make the dialogue the most prominent sound heard.
Foleys
We will need to use foleys for our short film. The most obvious would be a gunshot sound, which we will have to find during editing, as we cannot record a real gunshot for obvious reasons. This will be the most noticeable foley, however, in the same scene we will need the sound of a door opening, lights turning on, and the sound of a gun cocking. These will all need to be added during the editing process. We can find the necessary sound effects either on Garageband, or we can find it non-copyright online. We will have to chose the most realistic and most fitting sounds In order for our film to be believable. We will also need the sound of a busy shopping centre, which we can either record during filming on the day, or we can find during editing. This will be added to add a sense of depth to the scenes in the shopping centre. The last foleys we need will be the sounds of a car slowly driving, then stopping, and the doors opening. These, we can all find during the editing stage, as we will be filming near the seafront, so any sounds that we do record during the day may be affected by the wind. Choosing the sounds during editing makes eliminates this problem, as they will be clearly recorded sounds.
Audience feedback - Planning - Alex
After showing people our storyboard we asked them what they thought:
One person said that they thought it was a good idea and could work but they would be skeptical of filming in the mall because there are a lot of people there that could get in the way and also that the car scene will be hard to film because we need to find a road where there aren't too many cars so that we are free to film.
Another person said that our idea sounded a little complicated but could work if we put the work in and find the right supplies and enough actors. They also said that if it works that it will be amazing.
Location
We have decided that the two locations that we will film our short film in are Brighton and our College. We have chosen brighton because it works well with the contrast of locations in our narrative. It has busy high streets and an often packed shopping centre, which will be good to use for our scenes where the protagonist is surrounded by people. Brighton also has lots of often very quiet alleys, where we can easily film the kidnapping scene. The scene we will shoot in the college will take place in the dark room that the college has. This will be the scene where the protagonist wakes up and is surrounded by photos of herself.
I have been to brighton to see where we could film our scenes. Churchill Square shopping centre is probably the best place to film the first few scenes, as it always has people walking through. This will work well with our narrative and animatics, as the protagonist receives looks from lots of people as she walks through somewhere busy. The shopping centre is usually busy, however it will definitely be less busy during the weekdays than the weekends. I went to visit on thursday around midday, and it was not too busy. I think the best time to film this will be mid-week, probably in the morning around 9 or 10, as there will be some people there, but not too many to get in the way of our filming. Lighting could vary in this location, as there are glass panels on the roof, but also artificial lighting inside. The weather will definitely determine which lighting is most prominent, so we can check the weather in order to get the lighting we want.
For the scene where the protagonist finds the poster of herself on a wall, we have chosen to film outside of Pryzm. This is right by the seafront and the cinema. We have chosen this location because it has lots of posters on the outside of the building, and the addition of our poster will not seem unusual. As well as this, it is usually quite quiet along the path beside it, which helps for easier filming. The only problems with filming here would be that it is right next to the seafront, and we may have to get permission to film outside or to film the poster. The fact that it is right next to the seafront means that wind could be a problem, as it could affect our audio quality. We will try and avoid this by using an external mic, and picking a day to film where it is less windy.
The next location would be the alley in which the kidnapping takes place. This alley will need to have a road going down it, as we have planned for a car to be used during the kidnapping. There are several narrow streets in Brighton by the seafront, before the Laines. They are fairly secluded, and not too many people walk down them. During my visit, not one car drove down, so it is fair to say the roads in the narrow streets are seldom used. This will be a good opportunity to film, as the lack of people will suit the secluded nature of the scene, and the lack of cars will make it much easier to film.
The last location we need is the dark room at college. Imogen has been inside and photographed the room, and it looks perfect for our film. We will need permission from visual arts in order to use the room. We will get permission once we have decided when to film this, and permission shouldn't be difficult to get because one of my other subjects is a visual art. The room is dark, and has the exact lighting that we need. We will use artificial lighting, probably in the form of the rooms lights and direct spotlights, for this scene because we can emphasize the characters distortion, and show that this is a kidnapping. As well as this, there will be no one else here when we are filming, so our filming here can be very conrolled.
I have been to brighton to see where we could film our scenes. Churchill Square shopping centre is probably the best place to film the first few scenes, as it always has people walking through. This will work well with our narrative and animatics, as the protagonist receives looks from lots of people as she walks through somewhere busy. The shopping centre is usually busy, however it will definitely be less busy during the weekdays than the weekends. I went to visit on thursday around midday, and it was not too busy. I think the best time to film this will be mid-week, probably in the morning around 9 or 10, as there will be some people there, but not too many to get in the way of our filming. Lighting could vary in this location, as there are glass panels on the roof, but also artificial lighting inside. The weather will definitely determine which lighting is most prominent, so we can check the weather in order to get the lighting we want.
For the scene where the protagonist finds the poster of herself on a wall, we have chosen to film outside of Pryzm. This is right by the seafront and the cinema. We have chosen this location because it has lots of posters on the outside of the building, and the addition of our poster will not seem unusual. As well as this, it is usually quite quiet along the path beside it, which helps for easier filming. The only problems with filming here would be that it is right next to the seafront, and we may have to get permission to film outside or to film the poster. The fact that it is right next to the seafront means that wind could be a problem, as it could affect our audio quality. We will try and avoid this by using an external mic, and picking a day to film where it is less windy.
The next location would be the alley in which the kidnapping takes place. This alley will need to have a road going down it, as we have planned for a car to be used during the kidnapping. There are several narrow streets in Brighton by the seafront, before the Laines. They are fairly secluded, and not too many people walk down them. During my visit, not one car drove down, so it is fair to say the roads in the narrow streets are seldom used. This will be a good opportunity to film, as the lack of people will suit the secluded nature of the scene, and the lack of cars will make it much easier to film.
The last location we need is the dark room at college. Imogen has been inside and photographed the room, and it looks perfect for our film. We will need permission from visual arts in order to use the room. We will get permission once we have decided when to film this, and permission shouldn't be difficult to get because one of my other subjects is a visual art. The room is dark, and has the exact lighting that we need. We will use artificial lighting, probably in the form of the rooms lights and direct spotlights, for this scene because we can emphasize the characters distortion, and show that this is a kidnapping. As well as this, there will be no one else here when we are filming, so our filming here can be very conrolled.Hair and Make-up - Planning - Alex
Scene 1: Brighton street
Louise (the protagonist) will have straightened hair in this scene because we are trying to represent her as being famous so her hair needs to be neat and tidy. It has to be an ideology of what girls would want their hair to look like.
Her make up will be light at this point but evident and this is so we can show the change in her make up later on in the film.
The little girl won't be wearing any make up but her hair will be as like Louise's as we can get it to show that she is a fan of hers and wants to be like her.
Scene 2: The mall
Louise's hair and make up will stay the same as in the first scene because there would be no reason for this to change yet.
For when Alex is in the background her hair will also be straightened but a little bit backcombed for the purpose of the flashbacks later in in the film and to again show that she is a fan of Louise's. The backcomb will give the impression that she is a little bit crazy.
Alex's make up will be bold, particularly in the way that she will be wearing bright red lipstick because this becomes the thing that the audience will identify her with. We also want her to be noticed which is why the rest of her make up is bold.
Scene 3: Nothing changes
Scene 4: Outside Pryzm
Louise's hair hasn't changed but her make up is a lot bolder now to show her development due to fame.
Alex's make up doesn't change for the rest of the film.
Scene 5: Brighton alley way
Louise's hair will have become a little messier because she will have been running.
Alex's outfit will have changed but her hair and make up won't have done. The audience will see the red lipstick and associate it with what they have seen before. We will keep applying Alex's make up to keep it bold.
Scene 6: Dark Room
Louise's hair will now be completely messed up to make the transition of finding out that she is homeless a little better and also it shows that the dream is coming to an end as her true identity is starting to come through.
Louise's make up will be smudged and we will use more make up to create cuts and bruises on her face and arms. This will make the kidnapping part of the plot more realistic.
Scene 7: Brighton Streets
Louise is homeless now so her hair is to look as though it hasn't been brushed for weeks and she won't be wearing any evident make up. We may use make up to help with making Louise look as though she has taken drugs and/or is very tired.
Alex will walk past with her same red lipstick which will make the audience realise it's her.
Script - Planning - Alex
Thursday, 13 October 2016
Update: Aims for october 13th
During this double lesson we aim to get both our animatics done. We have roughly 2 hours to get this done, as well as continuing with our individual roles for the blog posts (listed on previous blog post) in order to meet the deadline.
Individual roles
Imogen- Complete the first animatic, make the second animatic
Joe- Complete sound design, make the second animatic
Alex-Absent during lesson, continuing individual posts at home
Update:
The double has finished, and we have finished the first animatic, and have posted about the changes we made from the storyboard. We have also recorded the audio for the second animatic, and have started to edit this on final cut. Finally, we have planned what we each need to do during the next two days in order to finish the planning before the deadline.
Individual roles
Imogen- Complete the first animatic, make the second animatic
Joe- Complete sound design, make the second animatic
Alex-Absent during lesson, continuing individual posts at home
Update:
The double has finished, and we have finished the first animatic, and have posted about the changes we made from the storyboard. We have also recorded the audio for the second animatic, and have started to edit this on final cut. Finally, we have planned what we each need to do during the next two days in order to finish the planning before the deadline.
Animatics 1
This is our Animatic 1 video. We had some problems with our timings on being too short, click here to see Joe's blog post about what happpened.
Changes from storyboard to animatic
Whilst making our first animatic, we ran into a unforeseen problem with our short film. We had written the timing on our storyboard, and once they were all in sequence, the film was far too short, lasting only a couple of minutes.We had not anticipated this whilst designing the storyboard, and we had to change the animatic in order to get as close to five minutes in length as possible. We decided between us what shots we would make longer, why this would be so, and for how long each shot would then last. We decided, in particular, to extend the shot lengths during the kidnapping scene. The shots in this sequence were able to be longer because holding the shots builds the pace slower, and as this is a scene where the protagonist if followed then kidnapped, the slower pace will make for a greater build up to the final scene. We also focused on the scenes within the shopping centre, deciding that slightly longer lasting shots would add more context. After we made the changes to the duration of the shots, our sequence lasted about 4:48 without title or credits, which was long enough to meet the criteria.
Tuesday, 11 October 2016
Genre, representation and audience - Planning - Alex
Genre:
The genre we have chosen is a hybrid of comedy and fantasy and we will use the established film style of social realism as it is about poverty. Our genre is similar to the short film "About a girl" because that is also a comedy which is about real life issues. However "About a girl" hasn't got a fantasy aspect like ours does. A film that has a similar fantasy feel like ours is a film called "Inception" which is where we got the inspiration for the dream idea.
Representation:
Our film both positively and negatively represents the life of a famous person. For example at the beginning our protagonist starts off being really happy and is enjoying the attention. Then we show the negative sides to being famous as our film progresses and we show this through the character getting more and more unhappy.
The negative representation is also shown when we see her look at herself in the window reflection behind the poster. We will use a shallow depth of field to do this and to imply to the audience that she doesn't like the person she becomes.
Our film gives a negative representation of homeless people because it supports the stereotype that homeless people are involved with drugs.
Audience:
Our target audience are 17-18 year olds because that is the age that we are so we know what they relate to. Females are who we are mainly aiming our film at because they are the ones that dream about being famous but we hope to interest the male audience as well. We feel as though females would relate to it more. We aren't aiming our film at a particular social class because it shows both extreme sides of life (poverty and being famous). We would use social media to show our film to raise awareness to everyone about the issues shown in the film but we would also try to get our film shown in an independent cinema.
The genre we have chosen is a hybrid of comedy and fantasy and we will use the established film style of social realism as it is about poverty. Our genre is similar to the short film "About a girl" because that is also a comedy which is about real life issues. However "About a girl" hasn't got a fantasy aspect like ours does. A film that has a similar fantasy feel like ours is a film called "Inception" which is where we got the inspiration for the dream idea.
Representation:
Our film both positively and negatively represents the life of a famous person. For example at the beginning our protagonist starts off being really happy and is enjoying the attention. Then we show the negative sides to being famous as our film progresses and we show this through the character getting more and more unhappy.
The negative representation is also shown when we see her look at herself in the window reflection behind the poster. We will use a shallow depth of field to do this and to imply to the audience that she doesn't like the person she becomes.
Our film gives a negative representation of homeless people because it supports the stereotype that homeless people are involved with drugs.
Audience:
Our target audience are 17-18 year olds because that is the age that we are so we know what they relate to. Females are who we are mainly aiming our film at because they are the ones that dream about being famous but we hope to interest the male audience as well. We feel as though females would relate to it more. We aren't aiming our film at a particular social class because it shows both extreme sides of life (poverty and being famous). We would use social media to show our film to raise awareness to everyone about the issues shown in the film but we would also try to get our film shown in an independent cinema.
Monday, 10 October 2016
Rejected ideas - Planning - Alex
In our spider diagram it shows the ideas that we rejected from being in our short film. The first one that we ruled out was the idea of animals being in it because we thought that it would be quite difficult to film because it would be hard to get the animals to act accordingly to our instructions.
Another idea that we rejected was that our film would be set in the future and we rejected this because we didn't have the right equipment to give a futuristic real. Also it would be above our budget.
We were thinking of shooting inside a coffee shop but we decided against it as there were easier ways to shoot the specific scene. It would have meant that we would need to get permission and also get more people to act.
Because we were basing our short film around a dream we had a thought that the person who is dreaming would have been in a wheelchair and they would have been having a dream about walking. However we felt as though the idea of poverty would be more striking for people to watch. It may have also been too depressing and we feel that people wouldn't enjoy it.
We also realised that a magazine would work better than a book because it supports the idea of our short film with the idea of fame. A book may have been harder to relate to than a magazine is.
Thursday, 6 October 2016
Allocation of Roles- Imogen Evans
Allocation of roles- Imogen Evans
Pre-production roles
Alex Wilkins
- Location Scout
- Sound designer
- Hair and Makeup Designer
Imogen Evans
- Animatics Designer
- Lighting Designer
- Costume Designer
Joe Major
- Prop buyer
- Camera Operator
- Storyboard Artist
All
- Screenwriter
Pre-production tasks
All
- Write a script for dialogue
- Experiment with camera techniques
- One audience feedback each
- Sound design plans
- Write a shoot schedule
Alex Wilkins
- Location research
- Organisation of Actors
- Research into hair designs for characters
- Research into make up designs for characters
- Apply the concept of narrative into plans
Imogen Evans
- Record commentary for Animatics
- Location permissions
- Write up health and safety considerations for your plan
- Apply the concept of genre into plans
- Apply the concept of audience into plans
Joe Major
- Lighting decisions
- Draw animatic
- Research into props for characters
- Write a synopsis for the film
- Apply the concept of media language into plans
Brief Story Outline
Our story for our short film will be about a girl who is unknowingly famous, only to wake up and realize that it was all a dream. Our narrative will loosely follow most of Todorov's stages, however due to the fact that the ending reveals that all the events weren't real, there will be no 'new' equilibrium.
The film will open with a fade from white, with the girl walking down the street.The atmosphere will appear normal until she realizes that a lot of people are looking at her. There are people whispering and pointing at the girl, and she is confused as to why this is happening. She then gets approached by a child asking for an autograph, and the girl signs a poster, still confused as to what is going on. She then goes into a shop, and walks back out again with bags of clothes, implied that they have been given to her by the shop free of charge. Walking back out, there will be a time-lapse of the girl walking, ending at the cinema (Odeon in Brighton). There, she sees a poster with her on it, with something sinister written over, it. Upon seeing this, the girl runs into an ally, only to be followed by a black car. Shortly after, the girl is kidnapped, and wakes up in a dark room. The rooms walls are lined with photos of the girl, revealed in blurred POV shots. The kidnappers enter the room and walk menacingly towards the girl. At this point, she wakes up only to be sleeping in the streets, and all the previous events in the film were just part of a dream.
The film loosely follows Todorov's narrative theory, however, the twist at the end changes the narrative completely. The dream follows Todorov's theory, only it starts at the disruption, this makes it confusing and non-nonsensical like dreams usually are. It also means that both the protagonist and the audience have the same lack of knowledge, allowing for more empathy to be built for the protagonist. The twist at the end changes the narrative because it reveals that everything prior to it was just a dream. This means that there is no new equilibrium, however the equilibrium prior to the dreams narrative will now appear to be the 'new' equilibrium.
The film will open with a fade from white, with the girl walking down the street.The atmosphere will appear normal until she realizes that a lot of people are looking at her. There are people whispering and pointing at the girl, and she is confused as to why this is happening. She then gets approached by a child asking for an autograph, and the girl signs a poster, still confused as to what is going on. She then goes into a shop, and walks back out again with bags of clothes, implied that they have been given to her by the shop free of charge. Walking back out, there will be a time-lapse of the girl walking, ending at the cinema (Odeon in Brighton). There, she sees a poster with her on it, with something sinister written over, it. Upon seeing this, the girl runs into an ally, only to be followed by a black car. Shortly after, the girl is kidnapped, and wakes up in a dark room. The rooms walls are lined with photos of the girl, revealed in blurred POV shots. The kidnappers enter the room and walk menacingly towards the girl. At this point, she wakes up only to be sleeping in the streets, and all the previous events in the film were just part of a dream.
The film loosely follows Todorov's narrative theory, however, the twist at the end changes the narrative completely. The dream follows Todorov's theory, only it starts at the disruption, this makes it confusing and non-nonsensical like dreams usually are. It also means that both the protagonist and the audience have the same lack of knowledge, allowing for more empathy to be built for the protagonist. The twist at the end changes the narrative because it reveals that everything prior to it was just a dream. This means that there is no new equilibrium, however the equilibrium prior to the dreams narrative will now appear to be the 'new' equilibrium.
Tuesday, 27 September 2016
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