We decided to do a 5 minute feature film. All that was needed to do now was to have a genre to work from and create a story.
One of my original ideas was to have a film based on war & conflict. Based around WW2, I planned out a 5 minute film that would involve various different media conventions, such as music, camera angels and lighting.
The following is a narrative of what happens (surviving copy) :
Skull & Crossbones
(Forest Scene- Royden Park)
'Set in the forest of France 1944. A German officer, carrying a pistol and a briefcase is running through the forest, escaping from British forces who invaded the German command post some miles away.
The German officer begins to walk slowly and quietly, being weary of British patrols. A British captain had been following the German for some time. After a certain amount of time, the British Captain jumps out and fires his weapon, shooting the German officer in the arm. The Brit attempts to shoot again, but no bullets left in his magazine clip in his gun. Both the German & the Brit look down at the gun on the floor that got knocked out of the German’s hand when shot. The German lays down his cap in preparation for a physical battle, the Brit does the same. The two soldiers have a massive physical confrontation. They punch, kick and do everything they can to survive…
The Brit ends up getting the gun, pointing it down at the floor where the German is laying. Putting pressure on the trigger, he looks at a shiny object around the German Officer’s neck, a picture in a silver frame of his wife and children. The Brit has a moment of hesitation, and resists shooting the German, as he throws the pistol on the ground and helps the German up, they both stare in shock. Suddenly, a German solider creeps up behind the Brit and smacks him from behind with his gun.
[BLACKOUT]
(Interrogation Scene- Drama Studio)
The Brit wakes up, in a dark, empty room, tied up in a wooden chair. A door opens as a German Officer walks in the room with a bandage on the arm where he got shot. The German Officer takes his hat off, pulls out his hand and thanks the Brit for sparing his life, so he can live another day to see his family.
They both introduce each other and talk. After some time, the Brit explains his hate for the Germans, describing how as a child, the skull & cross bones, used to be a symbol of childhood, playground games of pirates. And now every time he sees the symbol, all it reminds him of now is a representation of evil and he goes deep and explains his hate for the Germans, and how people in his own country suffer… On an ending note… The screen goes blank… End of the film.'
When planning visually, we had many complications. In result, the project had to be scrapped and we had to restart from scratch and work our way up again. We finally came to an agreement based on doing a comedy film.
The comedy film we decided to base it upon, was about high school life and stereotypes. One of the things that influenced us to do this project, was a British sitcom show called 'The Inbetweeners', the show consists of four main characters, all four based on different high school/6th form stereotypes.
Inbetweeners Cast
William, stereotyped as a swat (clever, intelligent), carrying around a briefcase as a stereotype for this high school type. This character/stereotype is also referenced as a 'bully victim', for being clever and intelligent.
Jay, stereotyped as a cocky, immature high school student. His character also exposes that he is a liar, another quality common for a high school stereotype.
Niall, the not so intelligent individual, mainly loud and he is also a sheep (crowd follower). This is a more common stereotype, but unlike Will, Niall is not a bully victim.
Simon, the more less stereotyped individual, just a typical teen more than anything, although he is quite unlucky with women, which possibly states a stereotype of an 'unlucky with the ladies' stereotype.
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