Idea Planning
Idea 1: Rashomon-inspired murder mystery Rough Planning Concept: 4 students go on a trip somewhere. some time during the trip, someone dies. The short film opens with the remaining 3 being interrogated. As each corroborates their story, scenes of their perspective are provided for visual aid. However, each is telling only a part of the story, but when all put together the big picture is revealed on what happened etc. Idea 2: Romance-Thriller Concept: Starts with acoustic love song, non diegetic fades out and diegetic guitar playing in field with a couple fades up and becomes the scene. (One month later, close up shot of him stapling a missing person poster to a pole with the girls face on it. ) She disappears and he becomes prime suspect. Concept Two (building on the first concept): A couple is in a holding cell in prison because they got into a physical fight. The policeman behind the camera (his face is not revealed) asks them both to recount the series of events. As...