Final synopsis overview
- 1. Final Synopsis Overview TEODORA RADOVANOVIC A2 MEDIA STUDIES
- 2. - FinalSynopsis For my final synopsis, I have chosen Option 5, from the various film ideas I have constructed. It is an adaptation of Option 4 due to a easier and tangible location for filming. Due to the filming being done on a spacious yet confined terrace as opposed to a broad pedestrian street, it would be substantially easier to film without any distractions from possible bystanders or unexpected background noise. Furthermore, the main premise being a deserted street, an early morning shooting would be required in order to ensure a more precise mis-en-scene. Moreover, an additional benefit to shooting on a terrace is that various angle can be implemented in filming and therefore enlivening the visual aesthetic of the short film.
- 3. - Flashback Screenplay Inner motivation: Both guilt and regret embody the inner motivation of the main character in my short film. Being an air traffic controller he was held responsible for a relatively recent airplane crash, a situation he was helpless in, due to a disconnection between him and the pilot for a short but poignant period of 45 minutes. Therefore, he feels accountable and mortified for the lives lost. Outer Motivation: The main character’s goal and desire is to overcome this anxiety and proceed on with his life. However, the consistent foreboding reminiscences haunt him and thus enclose him mentally so that he cannot progress.This positive goal and desire however is not shaped through the main character’s mental perception, but rather his subconscious which is depicted through a separate human, the bubble person, in order to emphasize the goal being directly pinpointed to the main character.The position of the two characters mirroring each other metaphorically depicts a visualized self-reflection of the main character.The sharp visual appearance of both further emphasizes this notion.
- 4. - Conflict Throughout the short film, the main character has come to opposition with two sources. One being his mentally fabricated individuals and the other being the bubble person, which coincidently is himself.The opposition with the numerous individuals is illustrated as a form of repeated helplessness as he is not protecting the passengers yet again but letting them flee to their inevitable future which he is aware of.The second and more poignant opposition is with the bubble person. Representing his subconscious, the bubble person therefore demonstrates the main character but from a different point of view.This visualization therefore makes the main character’s conflict even more poignant.
- 5. - Theme Through various vivid symbols and metaphors, most poignantly being the bubble character, the theme of self- reflection and criticism is ever-present in this short film. During the cycle of self-deprecation, a form of guilt and regret arises and grows uncontrollably. A sense of enclosed escape is ubiquitous.This state can be only freed by the notion of critical and direct confrontation which the bubble character embodies as the subconscious.Therefore, the only method of resolves an inner turmoil is to find peace within. Symbolically, the this freedom of conflict is demonstrated through the bubble character’s main prop. The structure of a bubble represents a problem which has been resolved is therefore flying away leaving the main character gradually becoming less turbulent.
- 6. - Character Profiles Main character: The main character in my short film remains unnamed since he solely embodies the abstract notion of worry and mental instability. He is a middle aged man of a middle socio-economic level. He is reserved and depicted as an unsocial person. His appearance is not signified by any visually vibrant details as his mental state is the only concept that should stand out to the audience. His mental state is comprised of the struggle to overcome his guilt and regret of being held responsible for an airplane crash. Bubble Person: The bubble person coincidently also remains unnamed as he symbolizes the main character’s subconscious as a form of an abstract notion. His lurid and poignant appearance of colorful and scruffy clothes act as a visual contrast to the main character and aids to depict to the audience that he signifies the detached subconscious the main character is trying to implement and listen to. He is of a casual and carefree nature and additionally his approach is very direct, another sharp contrast to the wearisome main character in order to express the difference between the two.