Iconography (props): Lighting (colours):

Car- The use of a car will give us the greatest tension of all within the short film. The For our short film, we will be making sure that we use a
reason for this is because this is the location of the drug dealing will be which will allow range of dark/dull lighting, this consist of low key lighting.
the audience to understand the difference between to characters and how they have The reason for this is because we will want to make sure
changed over time. This will also allow us to show the audience what teens get up to that we show the use of tension between the two
when driving around and hanging out with the wrong people. characters and how the character played by Liam is in a
Illegal supplements- Illegal supplements are going to be a huge part of one particular dark place due to the illegal supplements. To make sure
scene within the short film, this is because it will show how one of the characters are that we will be using dark lighting within our short film, we
Fictional Film Production: getting into trouble helping the audience understand what teens get up too. To allow will be filming a lot at night which will help create the use
this to happen, a range of cinematography will be used to create a high amount of of suspension but will be having specific lighting such as the
tension. car lighting to allow us to show the facial expressions of the
Narrative/Performance/Concept: Football- the use of a football will show how the other character is keeping fit and characters and what they are exactly doing in the specific
the story behind this short film is about a relationship between two mates healthy compared to his old mate who is seen to be doing illegal supplements. This use point. Due to many of our scene being filmed at night we
which ends in a conflict. the friendship these two mates had was really good of prop will show the difference between the characters and how they have changed will be making sure that our overall shots are clear and
all through primary school all the way up until they started school where over time. dark which will help the overall film fit into the genre we
things started to get hard for one of the characters. the characters started to have chosen.
distance themselves because of different friendship groups, for Liam it was all
about to change because of the bad group of friends that he chose to hang With the use of darkness linking to the character played by
about with. Liam started to take illegal supplements to take the fear from Liam being in a black hole, we have decided to make sure
school away from him which dark mental place, but what he was unaware of that the character played by Ben is seen to have a high key
was the fact that no speaking about the negatives things in his life and Genre:
lighting to help show the audience the difference between
resorting to bad things was making it worse and worse. Ben the best friend Thriller- The genre that we have chosen to use for our
the characters and how being involved with illegal
was always cruise of the group of friends that Liam was hanging around with short film is thriller. This is because it is seen to have a
supplements can affect your lifestyle. This use of lighting
until one day on his way back from football training he saw a group of Liam large target audience due to a lot of teenagers being
will be helped by the use of lighting located within the
mates hunched over someone on the floor and it was Liam! the friends told interested in thriller and suspense. There are a handful of
house we will be filming in. This will then show the contrast
Ben to go away and started to give Ben abuse so Ben ran off straight to Liam’s conventions found within the genre thriller, and as a group
between both characters.
mum to tell her what he saw, then moments later while Ben was we will be making sure that every convention in covered
explaining the story Liam walked through the door... within our short film by the use of micro aspects such as
props, lighting, sound etc.

Characters:
Within our short film, we have a range of characters going from
teenagers to adults. The two main characters are going to be two
teenagers between the ages of 16-18. These two characters are seen to
have been mates for several of years and are seen to be parted due to Typography for title- Location (setting):
school. For our short film, we will be set in multiple places but will mainly be recorded in streets
at night, which will create suspense and tension for the audience. We will also record in
We will be using Liam and ben as the main two characters, where ben From above we can see that this use of typography is seen to be our school to show flashbacks of the characters in the video, which will show the
will be used as intelligent and protective character whereas Liam being suitable for our overall short film called “Split”. The reason for reasoning towards the current issues within the video. This will therefore explain the
the easy influenced character. Liam will be shown how he has changed this is because the use of the fade within the typography shows problems between the two characters and give the audience members a better
of the years being mates with ben and how he is seen to hang of with the relationship of the two characters and how they are parting understanding of the situation. We will be using the zoom effect to show the audience
ban influences, who will be Leo and Asa within the short film. The use of away from each other slowly but painfully. In addition to this, the the expressions of the characters and also to show close ups of what is happening late at
diegetic sound is going to be used to show what they speak about when use of bold text will help create a great amount of attention and night based on the drug deals.
with each other showing the difference between the characters. This is seen to be very eye catching for the audience. When we are showing the drug deals that are happening with the car late at night, we
will then create a huge suspense. will be recording in an area that is very quiet to show that there is something suspicious
going on. The best place for this would likely be in a car park of a park on down a quiet
In more detail, we will have Leo and Asa as the two bad influence mates From above, this use of typography is seen to be very suitable for side road. By recording in these areas, we will create tension for the audience and also a
of Liam and will be showing the audience how they have changed Liam our overall short film because it is seen to link to the genre sense of mystery.
and the way he acts which is causing Ben to be annoyed. This will be thriller with the help of bold and dark letters. This will then We will also be recording at a house to show the good character talking to the drug
helped by the use of props we will be using such as the car and the attract the audience eye and will help create the scene of abusers mum (the two friends) where he will be complaining and telling the truth to her
illegal supplements. tension. about her son and what he is getting up to outside of school. This will then go to the
other character entering his house and causing an argument to occur between him and
his mum where we will then be using close ups to show anger.