Posted by Eyesonly at host217-39-93-71.in-addr.btopenworld.com on May 07, 2003 at 17:48:23:
In Reply to: any ides for a short film? posted by morning_star_productions on May 07, 2003 at 17:31:09:
: I have just been given an assignment college, and i have to write and direct a 5 minute short film, it has to have a beginning middle and end. Now I am totally lost for ideas, which is wired as I am always writing (but there on a bigger scale!) How can I say something with only 5 minutes to do so..:S
: So far I have come up with the idea of following an item. For example kid losses a comic or something, and it passes through a few different hands/Scenarios until it gets back to its original owner.
: Or I have a vague idea for a split personality, stoners, or skater kind of things!
: Action/thriller may be a bit dumb as 19 yr olds running round with guns may look to stupid...unless it’s to do with teen angst,Pier pressure, acceptance kind of storys.
: All I know for definite is that I want do some cool shots with camera, and cool dialogue! I love writing dialogue
: Any ideas guys?
: I SUCK!
How about the idea of two guys sat on a bench talking (the cool dialogue!). Use plenty of tight camera angles and keep the aperture wide so that the background is always out of focus and therefore undefined. Only at the last second does the camera pull back to reveal a wide shot, defining the location, one which would have been totally unguessable from the conversation - a sort of punchline scene.
eg Two guys talking about how safe it is to travel by sea these days - camera pulls back to reveal they are sat on the deck of the Titanic. (OK, I know you can't actually do this for a school project - it's just an illustration).