test footage

idea of a possible metafilm
based around this film making process

maybe the film story i orriginallycame up with

sound

Music

Always look on the bright side of life - monty python, the life of brian
you will be found - benn platt from dear evan hansen

shots

Dan feels lonely and that his life is aweful
- long take of the world going by
- overlay of Dan walking slowly as the world goes by
He receives a text from an anonymous person to get on a train at a specific time,
- over the sholder shot of the phone
- text bubbles shown on screen
He bumps into a person who drops a book, he goes to give the book back but the mysterious man has disappeared,
- shot revers shot, when giving book back
- shot of train arriving, mid shot
On the train he puts the book down and it opens on its own,
- closeup of book
He reads, it turns out the book is his own story, he looks away and a quill appears with a note telling him to write your own story,
- shot reverse shot of the pen and whats going on around him
So he tests it out when he gets off the train
- cut to him getting off the train,
Arriving at home he writes that he has a really nice car,
- close up of writing in the book.
- shot reverse shot of the door
He goes and checks the garage,
- over shoulder shot of garage door
- car in mid frame
- music ???
So he goes on making his life better, until he has everything he dreamed,
- Montage
 , he learns that the life he has is fine and burns the book,
- close up of fire with book burning in it,
-  shot of him walking away
-fade to white
Wakes up, it was all a dream and he tries to make life better looking at the bright side of life
- fade in shot of him waking up, spotify - always look on the bright side of life plays,
same shot from before of him walking but this time he becomes part of the crowd.

Props

influences of short films

INFLUENCES

THE GUNFIGHTER -
Omniscient narrator - comedy - the narrator tells the story as it happens, the characters are aware of the narrator.

Curfew - dark, - sad - the protagonist tries to take his own life, nothing seen behind him when this happens, close up of his wrists to imply it.

connect -

in my film i want to take the omniscient narrator and twist it so that its something telling the story, that the characters are aware of. i also want the film to be dark yet comedic,
the dark element will come from the unhappy life that the protagonist has. and when doing this life i want to do a shot where the world is sped up around him whilst he walks alone and slow. showing his sad life.

film plan

STORY

Dan feels his life is lonley and aweful, he receives a text from an anonymous person to get on a train at a specific time, he bumps into a person who drops a book, he goes to give the book back but the mysterious man has disappeared, on the train he puts the book down and it opens on its own,  he reads, it turns out the book is his own story, he looks away and a quill apears with a note telling him to write your own story, so he tests it out when he gets off the train, arriving at home he writes that he has a really nice car, he goes and checks the garrage, it worked, so he goes on making his life better, until he has everything he dreamed, , he learns that the life he has is fine and burns the book, he wakes up and learns to look on the bright side of life.