3. Market Research - Genre
Genre: Crime Drama
1868 short films nominated Festival de Cannes (1402 of the short films are
drama.)
Stutter directed by Benjamin Cleary won the academy award in 2016 for the best
live action short film. This film has also gone on to win five other awards. This film
was distributed through YouTube but is not a public video, instead it is available to
buy from the website for £1.45.
My film will be distributed as a public YouTube video as this means more people
will be able to access it. This film will be funded by the adverts played on the
video.
4. Technical Constraints
Time Constraints:
● Create a schedule before you start the shoot so you can keep organized and filming everything you
needed. Without a schedule you may run out of time before completing the tasks of that shoot
● Schedule extra time in case you do run over.
Equipment:
● Equipment may break or batteries may die. Backup of important equipment if possible and have
spare batteries.
● List what props and costumes are needed for each scene to maintain continuity.
Location:
● Permission to film there
● Set up before filming is set to start to save time.
5. Legal and Ethical Constraints
Privacy - “Law that deal with regulating, storing, and using of personally identifiable
information of individuals, which can be collected by governments, public or private
organizations, or by other individuals.”
Copyright - “Creator of an original work exclusive rights for its use and distribution.”
Libel Law - “Method of defamation expressed by print, writing, pictures, signs, effigies,
or any communication embodied in physical form that is injurious to a person's
reputation, exposes a person to public hatred, contempt or ridicule, or injures a person
in his/her business or profession.”
Equality Act - “The Act simplifies, strengthens and harmonises the current legislation to
provide Britain with a new discrimination law which protects individuals from unfair
treatment and promotes a fair and more equal society.”
6. Synopsis
Dalton and Mason are together playing football. Dalton looks away and returns to find his friend wounded
from a stabbing on the floor of the football pitch. As the emergency services arrive it’s clear that mason
isn't going to make it.
After some time has passed Dalton decides to go on a mission to find out what happened to his friend and
who could have done such a thing. When he logs into Mason’s social media account he found out that
Mason had been taking drugs and owes a dealer money. When Dalton tries to investigate further he finds
out that no one can see or hear him, he is a ghost.
Mason then appears to Dalton, from beyond the grave. He reveals that Dalton is actually the one with the
drug problem and what he has been experiencing was in fact a dream. He also reveals that Dalton was
also hurt, as well as Mason and that, unlike Mason, Dalton still has a chance to live and changing his life.
Dalton then wakes up and realises all the past events were just a dream. The dream was a warning to him
to what could happen if he doesn’t stop taking drugs and stop encouraging his friend to use drugs.
7. Budget
Crew x 4 - £200*
Cast x 4 - £300
Location - £500*
SD Card 32gb - £13.99 x2*
Softbox - £40 per day (rent) £39.99 (buy)*
Canon EOS 700D - £32 per day (rent)*
Tripod - £11 per day (rent)*
Costume - approximately £30 per actor. *
Props: fake knife £5 , fake blood £3, laptop £200*, mobile phone £20*, football £2.
Estimated Budget: £2957.98 per day.
*Already acquired for no charge.
In the originally the story is a dream within a dream but for my version of Eyes in the Sky I would remove the second dream. This would mean the film would end on Mason dying. This would give the story more purpose and leave the audience feel a bit more fulfilled.
