· world
· character
· problem
The world for my short has been set in the Sixth Form college area of a secondary school based in Banstead, a mainly middle class area. The main protagonist in my story is called Luke, and he is 17 years of age, starting his second year in the Sixth Form. He is part of the metalhead culture, with long hair, dark t-shirts and jeans as his constant form of dress. His problem is the bullying and abuse his culture and its respective sub-cultures receive.
-Does the story encompass a single moment/event? Describe it.
It encompasses around the event where the main character Luke is being bullied by the antagonist group, taking insults at his personal image, but when he ignores them, they ignore him. That’s the point in time where Alice enters, which allows for the secondary stage of bullying to occur which starts to bother Luke. Until the point where he intervenes.
-The most successful shorts are those that deal with a single event (unity of action), take place in one location (unity of place) and happen within an unbroken continuum of time (unity of time). How far does your story conform to the unity of time, place and action?
My short conforms to the unity of place due to the fact it is held within a sixth form, except for the final scene which is situated just outside of the sixth form centre. It also conforms slightly to the unity of time due to it all happening in one continuous time frame there aren’t any specific jumps in time apart from the cut between the locker scene and the computer scene with Luke. They are minor jumps which really don't effect the time because the two different scenes at the beginning and end of the short 'bookends' the main time frame, but it works because every scene is close enough in time to not disrupt the unity. It also conforms with unity of action because it revolves around the one ‘bullying’ scene and then shows it’s consequences.
-From whose POV is the story told? Is this clear? How?
The POV is shown from the main character, Luke’s perspective, this is clear because it is all been written for his POV, plus he is the one who takes action, which reinforces the fact that it is from his POV.
The POV is shown from the main character, Luke’s perspective, this is clear because it is all been written for his POV, plus he is the one who takes action, which reinforces the fact that it is from his POV.
-Explain what motivates your protagonist.
The motivation for my protagonist, is the motion for change and equal treatment. Not just to be judged on the way you look, style yourself or what you’re in to.
The motivation for my protagonist, is the motion for change and equal treatment. Not just to be judged on the way you look, style yourself or what you’re in to.
-Is the main problem the heart of the film? Explain.
The main problem of the film, the victimisation, or bullying of a certain style or culture, has been made the heart of the film. Seeing as the main bulk of this short is based around the main problem of bullying.
-How successfully have you set up a predicament for your main character which presents them with a choice between two equally difficult paths (the dilemma)?
The dilemma has been set up in a way that the protagonist has been put through the situation himself, but then when he is sitting there, watching it happen to someone like him, he has the choice of saving his own skin or in other words making his life worse for himself or actually intervening and helping Alice out.
-Is there a sense of internal or external conflict for you protagonist (often emanating from the predicament) and is it credibly developed?
I think personally that I have tried to include both within my short for the protagonist in the way that he has internal conflict in the way that he feels he should help Alice on principle, but he also has external conflict fighting his principles to act in the way that if he gets involved in the current conflict physically, it is the human nature response of fight or flight, if he stays and 'fights', he will possibly make his own life worse, where as if he 'flies' and doesn't intervene he is giving the antagonists more power.
-What use is being made of:
· familiar settings
· familiar rituals
The main problem of the film, the victimisation, or bullying of a certain style or culture, has been made the heart of the film. Seeing as the main bulk of this short is based around the main problem of bullying.
-How successfully have you set up a predicament for your main character which presents them with a choice between two equally difficult paths (the dilemma)?
The dilemma has been set up in a way that the protagonist has been put through the situation himself, but then when he is sitting there, watching it happen to someone like him, he has the choice of saving his own skin or in other words making his life worse for himself or actually intervening and helping Alice out.
-Is there a sense of internal or external conflict for you protagonist (often emanating from the predicament) and is it credibly developed?
I think personally that I have tried to include both within my short for the protagonist in the way that he has internal conflict in the way that he feels he should help Alice on principle, but he also has external conflict fighting his principles to act in the way that if he gets involved in the current conflict physically, it is the human nature response of fight or flight, if he stays and 'fights', he will possibly make his own life worse, where as if he 'flies' and doesn't intervene he is giving the antagonists more power.
-What use is being made of:
· familiar settings
· familiar rituals
It uses a familiar setting in the way that it is set in a sixth form college common room, a familiar setting for the teenage audience, Plus it also makes use of familiar rituals in the way that sitting down chatting with friends and sitting and doing your work is a familiar ritual, plus as teens we are very used to seeing bullying, because at one point in our lives we have seen or been the victim of bullying.
-Are the stakes high enough? Explain.
The stakes are high enough in the way that he has a lot on the line with his social reputation, but he has a lot on the line morally in the way that it is against his way of being if he doesn’t intervene. Furthermore they are also high enough with Alice in the fact that she has been physically and emotionally abused by this group, and it seems like nothing is stopping it.
-Is there at least one clear meaning that the audience can take away? What is it?
One clear meaning the audience can take away from the film, is the effect that bullying and victimisation has on a teen, but also how one thing can change everything. Moreover that people have to take a stand, which is easier as a unified group.
-Are the stakes high enough? Explain.
The stakes are high enough in the way that he has a lot on the line with his social reputation, but he has a lot on the line morally in the way that it is against his way of being if he doesn’t intervene. Furthermore they are also high enough with Alice in the fact that she has been physically and emotionally abused by this group, and it seems like nothing is stopping it.
-Is there at least one clear meaning that the audience can take away? What is it?
One clear meaning the audience can take away from the film, is the effect that bullying and victimisation has on a teen, but also how one thing can change everything. Moreover that people have to take a stand, which is easier as a unified group.
-Is the film achievable on a zero budget?
Yes, the film is achievable due to the fact i have a ready made location, free for use, i have all the required equipment at my disposal, freely available, plus i have untrained actors who i can also recruit free of charge.
Yes, the film is achievable due to the fact i have a ready made location, free for use, i have all the required equipment at my disposal, freely available, plus i have untrained actors who i can also recruit free of charge.
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