3.evaluating short films

















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1. Research into existing, professionally made, short films

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Watching short films Operator: By the title of this short film, I expect that it may be relatively tense. I think that there will be one main character, who is the operator, and they may be controlling something very important. These expectations were relatively right, it was about a call operator for the fire service, they were directing a very stressful call where a woman and her child were trapped in a burning house, waiting to be rescued. We were focused on the operator the whole time and despite the fact that she sounded like she was staying calm throughout, we could see on her face that she was worried herself. As the short film ends, the phone call cuts off and she moves straight onto a new phone call, without finding out the end of the traumatic experience. I found this idea for a short film to be very creative as it challenged how with generic film, the audience are focused on the location where all the action is whereas here we are the other end of the phone c...
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10. Story Ideas, Plot Synopsis and Story Board

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Ideas for the film Narrative Plot Synopsis: The beginning of my film will show the morning routines of my two characters (a rich man and a homeless man) It will cut between the two characters doing different things e.g. getting dressed, and having a drink. With each different part of there routine, I will have something which set's the two different characters morals apart. When the characters go for a drink, the rich man will have run out of juice, which makes him clearly angry that he has to drink tap water, but then the homeless person will happily drink out of a dirty water bottle. These two scenes happening one after another will show to the audience that the rich man does not appreciate how lucky he is to have his standard of life. One other key point in the story is that we see the homeless man count his money, and although there is not a lot there, he is very happy about it and leaves with the money to go to the shops. As the rich man leaves, we see that he leaves ...
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13. Evaluation

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Representation:   I have created a short film showing the contrasting lives between that of a wealthy individual, and someone much worse off. In order to portray to the  audience  the severe differences between my two characters, I made use of the microelements of film form. The setting is the most prominent part of mise-en-scene that helps me show the difference between their lives. With one waking up in a horrible ,  abandoned building, and the other in a warm looking double bed, it is instantly clear that they are two very different people.      In a similar way to this, I have used costume to put one character in a clearly more privileged position (by wearing a suit) whereas the poor homeless man is wearing scruffy looking, dirty clothes. In one part of the film, I attempted to use both props, and character expression to show the more specific differences between their lives, the rich man had to drink tap water as he had run out ...
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