Term 2: Reflection/Evaluation

1. I had a little bit of trouble doing my film treatment because I had to shorten words down but still explain it, not in a detailed description though. I had to do the treatment quite a few times to see if it was right or not, checking for errors and using present tense speech (bit hard to write because I’m not use to it)

2. Didn’t really plan or research that much before doing my treatment because I already had my story in my head and I wrote it down, but I mainly got the idea from watching ‘The Lovely Bones’ but I changed things differently to make it into a short story

3. Doing the activities on learning about different angles and shots help me imagine what kind of angles/shots I wanted to
introduce in my storyboards so I could get a better understanding of how I wanted my scenes to look like. The template was good in the knowing what detail I wanted to put into the storyboards. On the side of the storyboard there was sections saying: shot type, camera positing, action/dialog/ detail and notes. This actually made me on task with what I was suppose to be doing with my storyboards. It was really easy for me to start off with drawing the images then writing what I wanted the scenes to be scene like.

4. I thought I would have trouble with drawing the storyboards but in matter a fact I was surprised with the final results. I had trouble with how many storyboards to draw, like the main parts or the small parts. I learnt that doing all of the shots are important because then you get lost and no one knows what going on when you start filming.

5. Write the story first because it helps you create you film treatment then use the treatment to incorporated that into the storyboards. Better in pencil to draw the storyboard, rather than taking photos because then you have to put the arrows in and that takes a while. Draw the arrows while you finish drawing it because then you’ll forget to put in the arrows in storyboard.

1. Yes I am happy with the final results because when we were in the group, we talked about the story and what to add and what to take out, and everyone participated in the ideas of the film. There were some edgy bits that we rushed like the pre-production. I believed that we rushed the pre-production stage because we were so excited to be getting started that we didn’t have a scripted or plan any angle/shot list. But overall we worked well as a team and our ideas together are somewhat good.

2. We didn’t mange our time well because while we were in pre-production we talked for a while about where we wanted to set the scenes, how we were going to do it and mainly we changed the storyline. We didn’t really talk about the angle/shot sequences, the scripted, plan B and mainly we rushed everything. The time of shooting was very rushed because when we started filming we took a longer time on the first scene and then we rushed the scenes that we did during the end of the day.

3. I would change the idea of the story, the location, scripted, the time of day and some scenes that was taking. The story because it’s a bet complicated and it’s quite hard to follow throw some parts of the story. Scripted because we didn’t really write a whole scripted down and learn from that we just made it on the spot which was a bit edgy because ever take we shot we changed the lines every time. The time of day wasn’t that right compared to what was planned on the storyboard. Most of the scenes were set during the day and were quite bright. The beating up clip wasn’t how the storyboard was like, being set in the day inside of a night scene. The location links over towards the time of day that was set, such as the beating up scene (explained previously).

Film Treatment

Bright Light

A girl finds herself thrust into a world where there is no escape; with the help of her dead best friend, can she ever escape this world.

Story By

Emily Bennett

Key Characters

Susie: Teenage abuse victim who is in between two worlds. She meets best friend, Letty, who had past away due to a collision of another car. She recalls what happens to her.

Letty: Was Susie’s best friend who had been in a car accident due to a car collision of another car. She encounters Susie in this mystery world.

Four Men: Men surround Susie in a dark alleyway, happening to beat her up to uncertain death.

Susie’s Family: Four family members’ of Susie, including: mother, father and two siblings. They are oblivious to Susie’s appearance, they can’t hear or see her.

Susie’s Friends: A group of Susie’s friends who have the same appearance as her family.

Key Locations

Front/ Back Yard: Front yard of a house, her house is at the end of the cul-de-sac with a deserted street. A dark cloud surrounds the sky with sunlight shining brightly upon the yard. Back yard with a pool, tall trees surrounding the yard and a concrete bench.

Big house: Large lounge in front of the front door, a dinning room table with a candle stand in the middle. A bar with an extension room connected to the bar.

Street: A deserted street with streetlights looming above the street.

Alleyway: Dark alleyway with rubbish bins along the wall, light is dim, water on the floor and graffiti on the walls.

SYNOPSIS

A vista of a deserted neighbourhood street slowly comes into view, with a girl lying on the front lawn of her house from a bird’s eye view. There is no music. The girl’s face is shown before moving slowly towards the door. The door slowly opens showing a full perspective of the room with intense thrilling music. Thrilling music crescendos as a dinning room table comes into view, showing four people. The camera moves slowly towards a man, zooming in on his face, before moving to the girl shaking the man. Shifting towards a candle burning in the middle of the table after changing scenes to another room. A medium shot of the girl’s face exposes the screen with a gathering over her shoulder. She walks to the group as soft violins play. The camera views each solemn face from a low angle then moves upwards to an eye level position. Backing out into a mysterious garden, camera zooms onto a bench where girl runs towards it. Low shot of the girl seating down with another girl from a distance. Both girls circle each other as the music crescendos after a flash back of a deserted street. Dark night, streetlights shine on the street from a bird’s eye view, following the girl running away from four men by a dolly shot as the music increases with the intensity of the chase. The girl starts walking faster when the men jump in front of her from a dark alleyway, the music decrescendos but a deep tension is playing. A bird’s eye view of the alleyway after a dolly shot of the men circling the girl. A medium/low shot of a man pushing the girl onto the ground with dramatic music. Side of her face is beaten up with blood gushing out of her mouth and nose. A bird’s eye view of the antagonists starts to fade revealing the scene in the garden. Looking up towards her friend, the girl discovers there is no way back. Shifting towards the house, life returns with the girl watching her family like a silent ghost with music increasing with brightness and happiness, the scene fades to reveal the end.