Film Ideas

Film 1: Comedy

Concept - A story that follows the life of a man who is based on all of the stereotypes of a 'normal guy'. It follows his life as he finds himself in tricky situations trying to find a 'normal girl'.

Opening - An upbeat sequence of the 'normal' guy getting ready to start his day. Includes waking up and getting dressed etc. Music will be very happy and match his movements. In terms of mise-en-scene, there will be bright colours and props to make the 'getting ready' more realistic.

Film 2: Romantic Drama

Concept - This film is entirely filmed hand held from the perspective of the main characters with the odd camera shot not on the camera. It shows the lives of a teenage couple and their struggles as the girl of the couple becomes extremely ill and is told she doesn't have long left. The boyfriend decides to film their perspective on the struggle and films all of the things that make her laugh so that she can watch them back when she feels down and can be reminded that she had a good time over all of the bad.

Opening - The opening would show the boy getting out the camera for the first time and filming himself explaining what he is doing for her. It would be a simple shot of him and her sitting down talking about the struggles they're going to face.

Film 3: Action Comedy

Concept - Two contrasting guys that grew up together have moved in together and have been living rough for years. However the sensible of the two loses his job therefore the guys have next to no money between them. To creat an income, the slob of the two creates a drug and it suprisingly becomes very popular.

Opening - The opening could be the guys getting ready to start the day and it could end with the sensible one losing his job. This allows a range of camerawork and you could include a fair few props.

Final Choice:

I like the overall storyline idea for number 2 but hte only problem with doing that idea is that the opening wouldn't be very detailed. By this I mean that even though there would be a lot of sound and maybe even props, there wouldn't be any oppurtunites to use a range of camera angles and explore camera work and mise-en-scene. However, I like the idea of doing synopsis 3 as it would be a great oppurtunity to use a range of camera angles and also include lots of dialogue, props and other features. Therefore I am going to go with film idea 3 as it is a better oppurtunity to explore techniques.