In film class, we were tasked to make a short narrative film. We were asked to use all the skills we had learned in the past and add dialog and lighting. We Had multiple months to work on this project, so we went through a lot of steps.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pitch\/Logline<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n We started with thinking of a story we wanted to do, we eventually came up with pitches and gave them to the class. My original idea was to do a film on a brother and sister lost in the woods. Along with out pitches, we had to write log lines for our stories. Mine was \u201cTwo siblings get lost in the woods, but end up finding themselves there.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Synopsis<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n After we all gave pitches, I fell in love with my friend, Sydney\u2019s idea. I decided to work with her on an idea about a brother and sister struggling through a day together. We were asked to write a synopsis of our story. Don\u2019t read mine if you don\u2019t want spoilers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n A boy sleeping in his bed wakes up to his alarm. As he gets up, his sister bursts in the room, excitingly dancing around and cheering that it\u2019s their birthday that day. He doesn\u2019t seem to want to acknowledge his birthday and is dismissive of the sister, who continues to try and get his attention. They go downstairs and the mom is in the kitchen. She says good morning, but the boy does not respond. He pours himself a bowl of cereal and sits next to his sister. His mom says she knows it\u2019ll be a hard day for him. He still refuses to respond, but looks up at her. She asks if he wants to visit but he cuts her off with a sharp \u201cno\u201d before she can finish her sentence. Without finishing his breakfast, he grabs his backpack, gets up, and leaves, the sister trailing behind. Before he leaves, he spares one last look at his mom. \u201cSorry, I just\u2026\u201d she smiles softly at him, waving him off. On the walk to school, the sister asks if they\u2019re going to visit their birthday tree like they do every year. He refuses, and the sister argues slightly but eventually gives it up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At school, the kids are wary of him, looking at him and whispering, and they ignore the sister. Someone tries to say happy birthday, but another student cuts them off and says \u201cdon\u2019t.\u201d A teacher in class attempts to sing them happy birthday. The sister is excited about this, but the brother gets so frustrated that he storms out of the class, the sister following behind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On the street, they get into a huge argument, the sister angry the brother can\u2019t even just enjoy their birthday, and the brother frustrated that the sister just doesn\u2019t understand what he\u2019s going through. This results in a yelling match where the brother reveals the sister isn\u2019t alive. He turns around in anger, but when he turns back to try to make some sort of amends, she\u2019s disappeared. He immediately becomes frantic and concerned that she\u2019s no longer there, and tries to figure out where she is, before understanding where she\u2019s gone and running away. He arrives at a tree to see the sister underneath it, alone. They sit in silence for a minute. The sister talks about how she wants him to be happy, but she doesn\u2019t know what to do anymore. He realizes that though he loves her and wants her to stay, to truly be happy, he needs to move on and let her go. She makes him promise to still go to the tree on the birthday, and he finally lets her go, watching her fade into the wind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He walks home alone to find the mother there, worried sick as the school had called saying he left class. He hugs her and apologizes, and they reconcile. He tells her he wants to visit the grave, and they go together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The next morning he wakes up, and his sister isn\u2019t there anymore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Acting scene<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n We took a break from our stories to learn how to do a dialog scene. We learned how to use multiple camera angles and a mic to create a scene. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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