5 Minute Short Film

Short Film title: Rage
The main character is facing some problems at home and as he comes to school he confides in his friends but as he does that someone hears what he is saying in the background and makes a joke of it. As this is offensive the character's anger increases which gives him the idea to have a fight with the person who makes the joke however as he approaches him after school whilst his walking home he hits him from behind with a weapon which kills him following by which he runs away then there is a heart rate monitor to indicate his death.

This short film is going to be non-linear. Therefore the start will be the target getting attacked and the main character running away followed by a rewinding scene back to the start then the film playing from the start of the story to the end.

Script

Within our short film the start will be the main character hitting the person in which he has anger towards. This will then be followed by the film start scene as a flash back will occur in which it will show the main character walking into the classroom and going towards his friends. As he goes to his friends they will start having a conversation that lead to him explaining his issues at home. This is when the problem evolves as one of his friends laughs at him therefore causing him to be enraged. As the character continues his tasks during the day is anger increases and decides to fight his friend after school. However as he tries to attack him things get out of hand as he kills his friend.

Misc En Scene

Within this blog I am going to state what the camera will be seeing. Therefore I am going to look at all the different aspects of our 5 min short film meaning that I will look at the characters and the way they will be portrayed.

Clothing/make up

Firstly the clothing is a very important part of the storyline as this is the representation of the environment that the characters will be in. Therefore as the short film will be based in a school environment and sixth formers the characters will be wearing formal clothing or casual due to this being the form of clothing within the environment of the film. In terms of make-up this will not be required as the characters will be trying to convey the look of being normal day to day students.

Locations

The locations that will be used within the short film will be firstly Cox Street in which the main scene will occur were the main character attacks another student. Another location will be a scene within the school in which a conversation will be shown between the students.

Props

The props that will be required will be:

· Weapon for the scene in which the student will be attacked

· School environment props for example computers, tables, chairs etc.

Lighting

As the main aim for this short film will be making it come out as a natural image no lighting will be used therefore the film will be filmed during the day as it will also make sense due to students attending school at this time.

Actor movement/expressions

This will be a slow paced movie and also looking at the expressions there will be a range of expressions used in order to show the emotions of the characters depending on what will be occurring. Therefore as an example when someone says something offending to another character within the movie they will have to interpret their anger through their expressions.

Treatment

The video type will be narrative as this will be based on a storyline. However it will be non-linear meaning that the events will not be in a sequential order. The overall look and feel in which the short film will be aiming to make the audience get will be different reactions as there will be a range of events in which will be shocking and there will also be some funny scenes and in terms of the overall look the short film will have to look like an actual normal school environment and the scenes will have to look natural meaning that it should not look like the characters are acting but actually carrying out their daily lives.

Camera shots

The camera shots within this short film will be very important as one of the important things will be trying to show expressions and the feelings of the characters. However consideration of introduction to the environment will also be implemented as they will have to be aware of were the characters will be and what they will be doing therefore meaning that they are aware of all the things that will be occurring meaning that use of long and close up shots will be important overall along with other shots.

Context

The purpose of the video will be mainly to express the lesson to the storyline which is that people should learn to control their anger. However also looking at the angry character’s point of view another lesson that should be learnt is the cause of anger meaning that people should try not to offend others.

Risk assessment

Location	Risk
Cox Street	Cars, bikes and Props
School	Computers ( cable electrocution risk) and running students

Crew list

Name	Role
Haris Zulfiqar	Actor and Directing
Munashe Mukandi	Actor and Editing
Curtis Fletcher	Actor and Camera work

Budget:

Equipment/ other	Cost
Camera	£800
Tripod	£50
Editing software	£ 650
Stationary (for planning)	£20
Actors	£50 for each actor