Pre-Production Planning - Short Film Ideas [Keelan]

• Short film starts with the end, then flashes back to the beginning

• At the final end of the film, it could show a different perspective to what was shown at the beginning

• Could end with man being forced to shoot himself/commit suicide

• Another ending could be a man being shot by someone else

• Actual story of the film could be focused on how gambling goes wrong

• Main event - Guy gambles with 'the wrong people', bets more than he actually owns to give up. Loses game, a group of notorious thugs come after him to collect what is rightfully theirs.

• Upper class or lower class persons to be the notorious thugs?

An example of Higher Class Thugs



An example of Lower Class/Common Thugs

• A heavy use of editing would be needed for a realistic gun shot and bullet wound, I think that Adobe After Effects would be the most suitable program to use for this.

• Both a fast and slow paced movie. Most probably would be listed in the Thriller, and Horror and genres.

• Possibly could use green screen for a car crash effect. Car crashes, man gets out, crawls away, then gets shot.

 

• Filming locations - Riverbanks, the sea, a bridge, reservoir. Basically somewhere quiet, with a 'cold' atmosphere.