2. Concept
The concept of our short film “Life is a Journey” is that Tom
and Anna have been in a long term relationship, which is
no longer going as well as it used to be. This will be shown
in the opening scene of the film followed by a rewind
and a montage of how good the relationship used to be.
The montage will contain themes of “Life”, which will then
fade out and fade back in to the “beginning of the end”,
which is them fighting etc. The genre we are aiming for is
Romance/Drama. This can easily be conveyed through
the three key roles of any good production; directing
(Good casting, location and organization), camera work
(variety of camera shots and movements) and editing
(temp/flow of the video, colour correction and sound
incorporation).
3. Logline
Anna has just about had enough of Tom’s antics, as a
result she decides to pack her stuff and leave, which
enrages Tom and results in him grabbing her as he
doesn’t want to lose her. A variety of slow paced
shots and editing will be used throughout this “break
up” scene as well as a non-diegetic soundtrack,
which will add to the mood of the sequence.
4. Narrative
Throughout our short film, Todorov’s narrative structure will be mixed around
compared to what it should be. In our case we will start of with the
disequilibrium of Tom and Anna in an argument. This will then be followed
by the rewind, which is in term the recognition of the problem Tom and
Anna have. The rewind will show the good times that Tom and Anna had
which then results to the attempt to repair when Anna messages Tom
stating that she misses him. As well as this, at the end of our short film we
will add the element of Barthes ‘Enigma’ code. This is because the
audience will not know exactly what happens at the end of the film apart
from the fact that Tom and Anna’s love is a cylcle
5. Cast
As a group we sat down and began the casting
process. Initially we had many different actors in
mind who we believed would do well in the
production. We only wanted to include 2 actors,
which makes the whole film better suited for a
romance it is only about Tom and Anna’s
relationship. After careful consideration we
chose to cast Arran Sharma, as Tom and Jordan
Hewitt as Anna.
6. Themes
1. Love
2. Affection
3. Similarities
4. Beginning of the End
5. Struggle
7. Target Audience
We have decided to target group E, which is classified as
unemployed individuals such as students. We believe
that our short film is likely to appeal the lower groups of
the socio economic groups due to the fact that the
younger generation tend to fit into group E, and
therefore they are more likely to understand and enjoy
what we have to offer. As well as this the themes we
portray such as young and in-love are more commonly
found within teenagers and young adults who are just
beginning their lives.
We also decided to aim for the slightly older adults aged
around 28 who are most likely to fit into group D,
considering that they have most likely experienced the
themes that we aim to portray in our short film. It also
means that they will naturally understand the
synopsis/narrative of our film
8. Inspired by
Both of these films are about the love and connection that couples
can make. Once they make these connections it can be really hard
to let go of the person you love, which these films show and
hopefully ours will to.
