Friday, 18 February 2011

"The Meeting"... ideas continued.

Here are some of the ideas from my post about the meeting that i did a few days ago, but i have added some detail into them this time;

Love Story-

  • Boy meets girl- could be a variety of locations e.g on a date, bump into each other at the supermarket, work etc.
  • Boy loses girl- she has to move away, change of circumstances etc
  • Boy gets girl back- re united after a certain amount time.
As much as i think this could be a good idea for my short film, I also have in the back of my mind that a tale of 2 people falling in love has been done a fair few times before and so i may well run the risk of running along the same fine line as them and not doing anything original!
I would like to explore some of my other ideas that are a bit more different and edgy.

Chat room-

  • A woman goes onto a chat room site looking to meet someone for friendship and possibly a relationship.
  • After talking and getting to know a guy on there and via telephone conversations, the guy suggests they meet up and the woman agrees.
  • When they meet they go for a walk and end up in a secluded location. This is when the male character takes a sinister turn. But is it too late for the woman to escape?
I think this idea is one of my best out of the ones i have thought of. Even though it relates to real life and could be quite harrowing to watch, it would give a message out to people. I think this idea is more original then the idea of the love story above. 

Bully meets victim-
  • After years of abuse from his bully a bullied youngster decides to set up a meeting with his abusive peer to confront him about his reasoning for making his life such hell.
  • Both meet in a room and get the chance to explain to each other what has made them how they are and how they feel.
  • After the bully pours his heart out about his violent home life and how this links with him being violent, he has to make a decision, does he give up the life of violence or continue to make ruin his victims life?
This idea was the one that i really got into and have a lot more that i could add to this small description. I would aim to make this film quite hard hitting but not to the point that the viewer would find it too hard to watch.

These are my ideas that i think would work best for a short 10 minute film. I have kept to the theme of "the meeting" but all of these ideas show this in different ways. I would appreciate your thoughts on which you think sounds best or if you think i could use any improvements!  


1 comment:

  1. I like the chat room one as the genre could be social/realistic drama, not only does it relate to real life it has a hidden message about the risks of talking to strangers online. If your target audeince was for parents and making them aware of what their children might be doing on the internet it might shock them in realising the internet is so powerful and in the virtual world you can be anybody you want. I think the stranger could be a paedophile as it could leave a strong message! :D xxx

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