It is important that all of the reality sequences are filmed in the same day for continuity of how the main character looks in terms of hair, makeup and costume. The first dream sequence will have the students looking the same as how they do in reality but the main girl looking different. In order …
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Use of Colour
The film is split into three sections each with a key colour. Each colour is simultaneously symbolic of how the main character is feeling at that time, but also how she wishes to feel. The negative emotions she feels build up and are caused by the different situations she finds herself in. Section 1: Blue …
Influence: Carrie (1976, Brian De Palma)
My ideas for the first sequence of my short film have been influenced by the film Carrie (De Palma, 1976). One of the ways in which this has influenced my own ideas is Sissy Spacek’s performance which I intend to take inspiration from in the way the girl will act during the first imagination sequence which takes …
Narrative Synopsis
A teenage girl struggles to come to terms with reality and uses her imagination as a form of escapism when she cannot cope with being present in the real world. A lack of positive relationships means that she wishes she could improve things for herself but simply doesn’t know how. She is sat alone at …
Task 3: Other Cinematic Influences
David Lynch Auteur signature: Lynch uses surreal and dark visuals which is something that has influenced my ideas for the mise-en-scène of my short film. I will use the dark mise-en-scène to reflect the main character’s emotions during certain parts of the short film. David Lynch’s films also often have a sense of claustrophobia which …
Task 2: Short Film Influences
The thematic ideas of the short film Connect (Abrahams, UK, 2010) have influenced my own ideas for my short film. For example, the binary opposition (Claude Lévi-Strauss) between what is real and what she is imagining. This presents the idea that she is oblivious to the real world and wants to escape the monotony. Connect also demonstrates themes of …
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