After some deliberation, we decided to neglect our original idea for our short film project. The initial idea was to present the issue of young children growing up too fast, and we were going to place a young girl of eight years old, within a social group of troublesome teenagers. However, our decision to abandon this idea was made when we were having trouble with the script, as we felt the language we were using for the teenagers dialect was unnatural, as we found it difficult to relate to the characters in the film. We also had trouble trying to get the actual theme across, and we found that the message wasn't getting across as strongly as we would have liked.
So, we decided to take a new approach, with an issue that tends to go rather unnoticed in the group of general issues within teenage society. We also have decided to represent a class that also is un-popular within short films, and hardly ever represented. Rather than going with the generic lower class characters, we are taking a different edge with a higher class of characters; more so middle class.
Our new idea is to represent a girl going through one of the most difficult stages in her life. The stage in which school, A-levels, choosing Universities, work and relationships all mound on top of the eighteen year old, causing an almost unbearable amount of pressure. Our aim is to provide a realistic insight into the life of a middle class student, dealing with the pressures this stage in life brings. The whole point in this film, is to portray, realistically, how particularly hard-working students cope with life, all in an attempt to do well in school, to do what is expected of them, and to get into the university they want. It faces the issues of real life teenage pressure, and how it is realistically dealt with, with a few dramatic breaking points, but in the end, just getting back up and dealing with it all.
As director of Mise-en-Scene I want to portray, through costume and set, a bleakness surrounding our protagonist, with dark clothes, a lack of make-up, and dark features and props in her bedroom, for example, a black duvet cover. An example of a short film which possesses similar elements in regards to the bleakness I aim to portray through costume and set is Lynne Ramsay's Gas Man;
So, we decided to take a new approach, with an issue that tends to go rather unnoticed in the group of general issues within teenage society. We also have decided to represent a class that also is un-popular within short films, and hardly ever represented. Rather than going with the generic lower class characters, we are taking a different edge with a higher class of characters; more so middle class.
Our new idea is to represent a girl going through one of the most difficult stages in her life. The stage in which school, A-levels, choosing Universities, work and relationships all mound on top of the eighteen year old, causing an almost unbearable amount of pressure. Our aim is to provide a realistic insight into the life of a middle class student, dealing with the pressures this stage in life brings. The whole point in this film, is to portray, realistically, how particularly hard-working students cope with life, all in an attempt to do well in school, to do what is expected of them, and to get into the university they want. It faces the issues of real life teenage pressure, and how it is realistically dealt with, with a few dramatic breaking points, but in the end, just getting back up and dealing with it all.
As director of Mise-en-Scene I want to portray, through costume and set, a bleakness surrounding our protagonist, with dark clothes, a lack of make-up, and dark features and props in her bedroom, for example, a black duvet cover. An example of a short film which possesses similar elements in regards to the bleakness I aim to portray through costume and set is Lynne Ramsay's Gas Man;
These elements will convey to the audience a sense of dullness and sadness about the girls life and her frame of mind. Through the set of Amelia's bedroom, I want to convey elements of her life before schoolwork took over. I want to allow the audience to see, through posters, pictures, props etc, around her room, that she is an ordinary teenage girl, with similar interests to a vast majority of teenage girls in this day and age, (i.e. I will place evidence of her interest in the popular female teen film Twilight around her room via posters and books). I also want to allow the audience to understand Amelia's character more, through the things around her, especially in her bedroom. For example, I want to highlight the fact that she is ambitious, with magazine/brochure cutouts of exotic destinations, university campus's, and preferred living locations. I want to also show the fact that she's from a family of encouragement and pride, with a few occasion cards placed in her room, of the 'congratualations on passing your test' nature. This will convey the idea that she is a hardworker, and her efforts don't go unnoticed, however unhappy she may be.
Outside of her bedroom, for example in the kitchen which is the first place we see after her bedroom, I want the set to be bright and cheerful with a contrasting colour scheme of white, and other characters' clothing to contrast with Amelia's, in colour, complexity and pleasantness. For example, Amelia's mother, the first other character we see, I would like to be clad in bright, stylish clothing, with attention to detail, contrary to Amelia's plain and dull attire.
Outside of her bedroom, for example in the kitchen which is the first place we see after her bedroom, I want the set to be bright and cheerful with a contrasting colour scheme of white, and other characters' clothing to contrast with Amelia's, in colour, complexity and pleasantness. For example, Amelia's mother, the first other character we see, I would like to be clad in bright, stylish clothing, with attention to detail, contrary to Amelia's plain and dull attire.
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