Monday, 3 November 2014

Fiction Adaptation: My Idea

My idea hasn't changed much since the start of term when we was given the handbook and the information for we had to do. Using world war 1 poems chosen by Helen we have to chose one and make a short film on it, for the first couple weeks back I have been focusing on my Digital News project so I haven't given this much thought of organisation so I now have to pull it together quicker but I feel confident I can do it as I know what I want I just need to put it in an order which I can follow and script.
I originally had 2 ideas which was the memorial one with candles, flashbacks and emotion through music. I also had the modern day approach idea which was interpret the poem differently and use the words to translate to a nightout/house party so have the blinds come down as the sun rises after a night out and watch the girls go home doing the 'walk of shame' but unfortunately Helen didn't think this would be very easy idea so I decided to use my other idea instead and add stuff to it making it a secure and finished idea here is the ideas:

  • boy crying over a loved one/soldier 
  • Candles flickering (lots of candles filling a room) 
  • POV of the person so the audience can feel and see everything through them 
  • See the main characters hands when open doors and maybe a look down at the ground and see there feet
  • Emotion piece so no talking or anything except natural buzz track and music.
  • Sunset over the fields as the blinds come down over the day.
  • A look at he sky to see the stars, one for every man sacrificed 
  • A group of girls chatting outside the cinema causes da ja vou and we see a quick flashback a few years ago when he was younger and the girls were doing the same thing
The only critical stuff with all this is I need to find where I am going to film and if it fits plus I see that I can't just hid my character and that the audience needs something to relate to so I need to show more of him which I can plan to put into the script but I don't want to show there whole identity I wan tot keep some as a mystery, also I can see that the POV is going to make some trouble for me as its not going to be steady and could loo really bad so I need to work on the hand shake and use everything I can to stop the bouncing around and as smooth as possible, this might mean making more cuts and doing the filming over and over till I get it right and as smooth as possible I just need to be careful if its over a day as the weather can change.

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