The document evaluates 5 potential short film ideas: Anxiety, Sorrow, Lost, The Process of Falling, and Wilt. For each idea, it lists pros and cons in terms of required acting, locations, filming difficulties, and other production factors. It concludes that after discussing with teachers and classmates, the filmmakers decided to make a short film called "Sorrow", with some changes to the plot to reduce locations and filming time.

1. EVALUATION OF SHORT
FILM INITIAL IDEAS
POLINA ZALEVSKAYA
A LEVEL MEDIA STUDIES

2. 1. ANXIETY
Pros
• not a lot of acting required
• one main character
Cons
• filming in school can cause
difficulties
• depicting the story through editing
can be hard

3. 2. SORROW
Pros
• storyline is compelling
• we, my partner and I, already know
who can play the main role
Cons
• few locations will be needed
• filming in hospital would take
additional time
• a lot of actors will be needed for
adult roles (parents and doctors)

4. 3. LOST
Pros
• an interesting topic which depicts
children’s grief and imagination at
once
• not a lot of actors required
Cons
• working with animals might be hard
• filming on the street will require
additional time and might cause
difficulties

5. 4. THE PROCESS OF FALLING
Pros
• it is more likely to be relatable to the
audience than other storylines
• abstract – giving a lot of creative
freedom
Cons
• lots of locations will be required
• storyline might not be as unique as
millions of films, short films and
scripts have already been produced
about love and how people
experience it

6. 5. WILT
Pros
• there is only one character, and
therefore, one actor required
• not many dialogues - easier to film
Cons
• might be hard to keep audiences'
attention as there is not a lot of
action
• professional and believable acting
will be needed

7. FINAL DECISION
• After my partner and I discussed our initial ideas with our teacher and
brainstormed on some of the storylines with our classmates, we decided that we
will be making a short film ‘Sorrow’. As that is one of the hardest projects to
film, some changes to the plot were made, in order to still, keep the storyline
compelling, but without the need to film in different locations and waste time,
which could be spent more productively, on other tasks.