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1. Working Title: More Than A Feeling
Genre: Short Film
Duration: Approximately 3-6 minutes. Time may vary depending on final cut/edit.
Target Audience: The target demographic for my audience will be the categories C1 and down. The film
is not aimed at any specific ethnicity nor is it necessarily aimed at one gender. However,due to the
practically all-male cast it is likely that men will be more attracted to it than women. Also, the film deals
with various emotions and feelings of men, so males may be able to connect with it more. However,the
general themes of love and decision making along with the comedy are gender neutral. The age of people
this film will be targeted at will be around 15-25 year olds.
Scene 1:
An awkward looking male teenager is stood at a bus stop, leaning against the bus shelter. A car roars past
before a similarly aged girl approaches the bus stop and stands a short distance away from him. A few
seconds pass and the girl walks closer to the boy. Following another brief pause, she turns to him and the
two have a short conversation. After a couple of jokes the girl finally drops the biggest question the
teenager has ever had to answer: Can I have your phone number? The boy hesitates, which allows his
emotions and inner-feelings to make the decision for him.
ALTERNATE SCENE 1 (This is an alternative scene which I may choose to produce rather than the one
above):
A teenage male is on the phone to a girl and the two are clearly not (as of yet) too close with eachother as
they discuss trivial things such as college and the weather. After a brief conversation, the girl then asks if
the boy would like to go on a date. The boy is taken aback and after restating what she just said, the boy
freezes and the film then moves into his head where his emotions debate on what decision to make for
him.
Scene 2:
Several emotions, identities and characteristics of the teenage boy are sat together in a room and one
answers a ringing phone, which relays the question the girl had just asked moments earlier. Shocked at
the importance and pressure of the question, he then summons the rest for a debate in what the response
should be. All of the anthropomorphic emotions all look like the teenage boy, with slight clothing and
physical differences. The characteristic taking charge of the debate is ‘Common Sense’,while he is joined
by Sadness, Anger, Libido, Supressed Intelligence, Paranoia and possibly others.
Scene 3:
The following engagement between the emotions is a humorous one, with each inputting their reasons and
concerns. Their is also arguing amongst them as they attempt to come to a suitable decision. 'Common
Sense' struggles to control their rowdiness as they all bicker and become increasingly hostile towards each
other. Their will be bullying amongst the emotions which will make up the majority of the comedy.
Scene 4:

2. After each of the emotions/characteristics/feelings have made their choices known, Common Sense rallies
them for a vote. They all cast their votes on the matter and the ultimate choice is to accept the proposal.
He then relays the message to the boy.
Scene 5:
The boy repeats the words of Common Sense through the phone to the girl, who is realy excited at the
prosect of a date with the boy. They then briefly discuss the idea of a relationship before the boy
references the title of the film while also breaking the fourth wall. The boy then hangs up and walks off.
Characters:
The main character in my film is a teenage boy, who is somewhat awkward looking and not necessarily
the 'coolest' of people. He is white and approximately 18 years old. The female love interest will be of a
similar age and more relaxed and confident than he is. They are both students and will discuss this during
their conversation. The other characters in the film are feelings, emotions and characteristics of the male
and will appear in his mind. They all have the same appearance as him , with slight differences such as
different clothes and hairstyles.
Common Sense is the characteristic in charge and will lead the debate amongst the others. He is the
natural leader and though he has to remain neutral to the others, he often bullies them and is quite an
arrogant figure.
Sadness is an emotion that remains very unsure of the choice to go out with a girl. He constantly cites
reasons,statistics and figures for failed relationships and marriages, which is something he desparately
wants to avoid. He very easily becomes upset at any sign of confrontation.
Anger is quite literally an angry emotion and gets annoyed easily with what is happening around him. He
doesn't offer much to the debate and often ends up arguing with the others.
Intelligence is the smartness of the boy and is a calm and collected figure. However,Common Sense
frequently gets annoyed at him for his perceived lack of trying. He does not take anything seriously and
does not bother too much with what is occuring.
Libido is the literally the boy's libido and has a high sex drive- something which the others find revolting.
He clearly wants to date the girl for a certain reason and he has a habit of finding double entendres in
many circumstances. He will be dressed like a typical 70's disco male.
Sloth is the boy's laziness and can think of nothing better than sleeping and quite literally 'slothing
around'.
Happiness is the opposite of sadness and has a very optimistic look on life. Happiness is one of the more
positive ones in the group and tries to keep everyone on friendly terms with eachother.
There may also be cameos from other emotions/ feelings but these will most likely written into the script,
when I am in better control of the story and can more easily assess the situation and see what it needs.

3. Rationale:
I have decided to create this project as comedy is something I enjoy and I have wanted to attempt to
create a short comedy film for a while. I plan to utilize writing skills I have acquired over the years for the
script, as well as editing skills for the post-production phases. I hope that the project will be good due to
it's unique story and themes, as well as the effects I intend to use.
Budget:
My project will be completed with no costs, as this is a college project and therefore will receive no
funding. However,I may use a small amount of personal money to buy props for the short film, if
necessary.
Primary and Secondary Research:
I have conducted much research during the pre-production phases for this project which I hope will result
in a more professional outcome. I have watched many tutorial videos on how to effectively create clones
for the short film and have read many articles and documents on how to write the comedy short. I have
also spent some time looking at existing products, so I can look at how a similar premise has been created
and conducted.
Legal and Ethical Constraints:
The short film should hopefully not breach many legal constraints, as I will not be using any copyrighted
material nor will I be committing plagiarism. Any third-party material I use will be used in a minimal
way, such as through sampling. A possible ethical issue I may have to take into consideration is the fact I
will be depicting a person’s emotions and feelings arguing amongst each-other. It is meant to be a parody
of people’s tendencies to have varying personalities and emotions, though there is a slight possibility that
it will come across that I am mocking people with mental health conditions such as split personality and
bipolar disorders. Thus, I will ensure that my various characters’ actions are done in a humorous and
sensitive way. I have no intentions whatsoever to parody or mock mental health disorders.
Constraints and Contingency:
A few problems I may encounter are continuity and cloning editing. As there will be a sole actor
performing for the majority of the film, I must ensure that if scenes are filmed on separate days,the
clothing and positioning of the character is the same. The sole actor will be playing multiple characters
that appear in the same scene and to create this effect I will be using a cloning tool in Adobe Premiere
Pro. If I encountered any problems with the cloning tool, I would have to seek alternative editing
arrangements which could include using different approaches as well as possible reshoots.
Requirements and Resources:
The cast and crew required for this project is extremely limited, as I am directing and acting within the
short film. As I am the only actor, I will only need someone to operate the camera. This could be anyone
available at the time, such as a friend or family member. There will most likely, depending on production
needs, be a maximum of 3 cast and crew members.