The document discusses plans for a short historical drama film about a World War 1 veteran. It will take place partly in the past during the war from 1914 to 1918 and partly in the late 1990s, showing the present-day veteran. The film aims to incorporate the veteran and the war through an heirloom that connects his past experiences to his family in the present and reveals a hidden story.

1. Context
Ruth Brady

2. Drama
A drama is “A play for theatre, radio, or television”. We
are doing a historical drama because we want parts of
the film to be in the past and have almost real events
that could have happened or did happen. A historical
drama is “Historical people, situations, or things existed
in the past and are considered to be a part of history”.

3. World War 1
Our short film is about a World War 1 veteran. The first World War took
place during 1914 and 1918. It lasted for 4 years, 3 months and 1 week in
total. There were many casualties in this World War. Not only did
people fighting in the war die, but normal people. The war was
between Germany and most of Europe. We have decided that the
veteran should be approximately 17 when the World War started
because this is the average age of a man who fought in the war. We
have to take this into account when we pick a time to set our short film
not to make it too late, so he would be too old and it would be
believable. Our film could not be set in present times because he
would be far too old. We have to think of a way to incorporate the
veteran in the film. One way in which we could incorporate the veteran
in the short film is to based the present day in the short film as the late
90’s.

4. Heirlooms
We believe that an heirlooms is an important thing for a
family and can connect a family on an interesting level.
There is a hidden story that can be uncovered when it
has an importance. This is the base of our story and it is
an interesting concept. Most families have heirlooms
and could relate to what we want to convey.