Aims and Context

Josh Holtby

Aims and Context.

A short film drawing inspiration from Post Apocalyptic Thrillers of the last 20 years.
It will appeal to a mainstream audience (16 – 25 years old) who range from A-E in the Social Classification spectrum who prefer to watch a film with an in depth narrative rather than expensive action sequences.

My aim will be to introduce the stylistics and techniques learned in FM1 and show them in as best way possible in our film. The main skills I will be using from last year are how to actually frame our shots, knowing how to use cinematography to show emotions and using our time given effectively.

As I am using the basic outline of a thriller for my film, My stylistic and formal influences came from such films as Mad Max and Video Games like Fallout 3. The basic theme we will be following is that a person has arrived home to find that he is alone.

I intend to interest my audience in the storyline by using techniques such as high angle shot and cantered angles, along with eerie and empty locations. I feel these will show the mood of the film and will allow the audience to recognise that our protagonist is truly alone, and if done correctly, may even be able to empathise with him.