2. Short summary
This short film will highlight a suicide attempt. We will have our main actor getting
from point A to B and in this case from home to standing on a bridge just thinking
before they plan to take their own life. Meanwhile through his journey we will be
showing flashbacks to why he has come there and wants to take his own life.
3. Audience
We want our audience to be 18-23 year olds because our main character is a teenager so
we think that having an audience a similar age would be better as they can connect and
relate more to the film.
Length
We will stick to the brief and keep the film to a maximum of five minutes .
4. Inspiration
This has come from a short film called 'This girl that lived'. This film shows how
schizophrenia can affect a persons mind set which can easily lead to suicide. However, our
idea may differ to this as we do not yet know if our character will have a mental
disorder/illness. We have also gotten editing techniques and camera views from 'Crooked
Smile - J.Cole.
6. Logistics & Feasibility
We may need lights as we will be filming in the evening. We are planning to have a track
playing over the majority of our short film. We may also have a minimal amount of dialogue
but we have not yet decided. We will need a tripod because we will have some steady shots
other than point of view shots.
We will be filming in someone’s home for flashbacks . We will also be filming in the Olympic
Park Canal or Regents Canal, we need a place that has a bridge.
We will have more than one character within our short film, we will need an extra person for
the flashbacks. As we have not chosen the root cause for our character committing suicide,
we are unsure how many people we will really need for our flashbacks. We would not want
no more than 3 people.
As our main character is a teenage male he will be wearing casual clothing such as jeans,
hoodie and trainers. Depending on the weather when we are filming our character may need
a coat.
7. Ethical Issues
We have to consider others feelings in the way we show suicide, as for many people
it could be a sensitive and serious situation. We have not yet chosen the main cause
for the reason of suicide but we have got a few options that we need opinions on
such as:
• Alcohol abuse
• Illegal drugs
• Eating disorder
• Guilt
• Anxiety
For anyone of these ideas we choose we have to be careful how we portray them.
