Forms And Conventions For The Short Film

I have chosen to create a five minute - short film as I then have enough time to get an issue based message across to the audience in a short and impactful way. This in turn will challenge the audience as it will force them to think about what they are watching and the message I am trying to get across. The issue I will surround my film around will be a real issue – a true story, this is because I want my film to effect the audience watching as it is based on a real life issue that needs to be made aware of. The audience will recognise that it is a true story as it is based on a real life issue. I want to highlight the issue in an artistic way using historical influences i.e. Cinéma-Pur (Pure Cinema) and German Expressionism. Both convey a message on emotions of a character through the set of the scene being symbolic (distorted sets) and the way the camera is angled; tilted and distorted/out of focus images. I will also combine artistic camera shots to capture the truth about the scene and the characters emotions. My short film will contain a voice over of narration maybe in an alternative language rather than English so that the audience feel uncomfortable from the beginning. By having the narration in a foreign language it causes the audience to have to pay closer attention to what is going on in the image/scene causing them to have/want to rewind so that they understand exactly and therefore making the message clearer. I will use music to convey the emotions of the characters involved.