The document discusses conventions used in the creation of a short film. It analyzes three reference films that influenced its storytelling: Sandcastle (2017), about a young soldier entering an unknown war; Land and Freedom (1995), following a UK communist joining the Spanish Civil War; and Secrets and Lies (1996), about a woman seeking her birth mother. It then describes conventions used for editing, sound, mise-en-scene, lighting, and the social groups and issues represented, including loss of a father, army families, and single mothers from the UK working class.