Brainstorming

In class on Thursday, we were given the task of coming up with a short film idea which involved the basic elements of a story: a hero (protagonist), a villain (antagonist), a buddy (mirror) and a romance and/or resolution. Lizzie, Lily, Beatrice and I came up with two ideas which are explained below.

IDEA 1:

A Protagonist is released from jail and seeks to discover his identity. As a result being hit by a car in an effort to escape a crime scene, the Protagonist loses a sizable chunk of his memory from before the crash. He has no idea whether he was guilty or innocent and, unable to provide a sufficient defence at his trial, he is condemned to prison. With the assistance of a prison warden (who he has grown close to during his time in prison), he searches for clues and revisits areas that might remind him of the night the accident took place. Meanwhile, he spends his spare time rebuilding his life in other ways. When no clue acts as a cue for his memory, he continues his life as usual - his belief in himself and his genuine kindness leads him in believing that he must have been innocent.

CREDITS ROLL.

As an old man, the Protagonist walks along a street, and notices two men of a similar age to himself. He instantly makes a connection; and we are brought back to the night of the crime as the Protagonist sees the two men for how they used to look. The two men, at the sound of the sirens, run away from the scene that the Protagonist was involved in, but leave him to get caught. For the rest of his life, the old man lives with the guilt that his new life relieved him of.

The Characters:

The Protagonist – The Convict

The Antagonist – Also the Convict (conflicting against himself and his past identity)

The Mirror – The prison guard

The Resolution – To discover what happened on the night that the crime occurred.

Idea 2:

A small boy with a kite is unknowingly linked to an older gentleman, through his kite. The flight of the kite determines the fate of the gentleman i.e. when it soars, the man is going through a positive time in his life; when it drops, so does his mood. A rip could show the loss of someone in his life. Getting caught could mean he's struggling with making decisions. When sunlight illuminates it, he could be in love.

The boy is in charge of the man’s life without knowing it and although the audience see both characters, the characters never meet. The boy could be a reflection of his childhood, suggesting the vulnerability of the man as he's faced with new hopes and fears - and reminder of then and now.

The Characters:

The Protagonist - The older man

The Antagonist - The young boy (even though he doesn't appear to be, he is the one trapping the older man in his fate) 

The Mirror -