Component 3 - Short Film

SHORT FILM

40 Marks for Film - 20 Marks for written evaluation (1600 - 1800) makes reference to all the short films we've watched. 

Up to 10 seconds of found visual material - Example: Drone shot of London. 

ONE OF THE FOLLOWING;

- A narrative twist,

- A narrative which begins with an enigma,

- A narrative which establishes and develops a single character,

- A narrative which portrays a conflict between two central characters.

TITLES:
- Grief
- Stages
- Loss


Inspired by swimmer as they express feelings in different ways.


A normal man who had a normal life but one day had to work late and was late to picking up his daughter from dance class. She stood outside and waited for him and started playing in the road and got killed by a drunk driver. He then goes through many stages of grief during work the day after the funeral. The Boss gets very annoyed at him due to his work performance that day and how his emotions change. The daughters voice rings through his head. The crash sound constantly is in his mind.



- Searches up the man who killed his daughter
- Man who had a daughter who died from his fault and he goes to work the day after her funeral
- Each stage of grief has a different colour
- We don't know that he's grieving until the end of the film
- Show all 7 stages of grief

- If he didn't do this maybe she would still be alive - maybe at the office
- At the end there are multiple shots of each stage in different ways and different days. Then a cut to the first shot. 
- 40 seconds each shot.
- End with Man in car with hands still on the wheel then it all cuts to the different stages quickly then changes day to the morning and his hands are shaking. Therefore starting the whole process again. His hands are covered in blood. 
- Objects in the scene show the stages. More prominent colours than others in the scene. 
IS HE THE ONE WHO KILLED HER?



ALL IN BLACK AND WHITE - PROPS ARE THE DIFFERENT COLOURS
CONSTANT MUSIC IN THE BACKGROUND?

SHOCK & DENIAL = Black
Getting to work and constant shaking of his head. He denies this happening and tries to act like nothing happened. He doesn't say anything, he just stares out into the distance constantly. 

- Daughter in background saying naive sentences such as: "I may still be alive". "You could have saved me, I could still be living."

PAIN & GUILT = BROWN
Man sitting in office and having pains in his head and stomach. Scene ends with Man hyperventilating from this guilt.

- Constantly touches his head in agony. 
- Daughter talks to him in his mind as he starts to overthink everything.

ANGER & BARGAINING = Red
Man starts to become angry as he starts to clench his fists as the music gains more eerie in his mind. He starts to become violent as he starts to mistreat co-workers?

- Daughter starts to say heart-breaking things: "You're the one that did this to me". "You could have prevented this". 

"DEPRESSION", REFLECTION, LONELINESS = Cold blue
Man sits in the corner with upset facial expressions. He feels alone as even the voice in his mind is gone. He stares at the wall and reflects on what has happened.  

- Multiple flash backs of what could have occurred.
- He just stares at the wall. 


THE UPWARD TURN = Orange
"It had to happen".
"she wasn't happy".
"she's happier now". 

RECONSTRUCTION & WORKING THROUGH = Green


ACCEPTANCE & HOPE = Yellow

"It was a good thing".
"What you did was right".
"She's happier now".
- Hands are covered by blood