The document summarizes a proposed 6-minute film called "Midfield" about a retired footballer going through a mid-life crisis. He attends a football match in disguise but is noticed by a young boy. While watching the match, the man has flashbacks to his playing career. He develops a relationship with the boy, coaching him for an upcoming school football event to help overcome his crisis.

1. Blog post 26 – 6 minute
challenge
By group 23

2. The location, prop and random article
• The location that we got was a football
stadium
• The prop that we got was a hat
• The random article that we got on Wikipedia
was about a retired footballer called Juan
Carlos Cubillas

3. The name of our film
• We decided that we would name our film
‘Midfield’ as it shows that the main character
is going through a mid-life crisis, it also
represents the position that he once played

4. The genre
• For this film we decided that it should be
drama film with a sub-genre of sports
• This will attract a varied audience of both men
and women

5. The concept/plot
• A retired footballer is going through a mid-life crisis. He decides he wants to watch
his old team play so attends a match wearing a hat and sunglasses to hide his
identity in case he gets recognised by a fan. His hat flies off and he is noticed by no
one except a young boy. It’s been years since someone recognised him in public
and it makes him happy.
• He sits with this child during the match and while it’s going he has numerous
flashbacks of his football career. The flashbacks show his old boss and the
pressures he faced, his relationships and his family life.
• When the match ends the man feels an attachment to this young boy and decides
he would like to see him more often. He decides to coach the boy at football and
the main challenge they face is getting the boy ready for a major football event at
his school. Throughout the film their relationship develops.