The 3 act structure

The three act structure is how a lot of narrative fiction is structured. It consists of a beginning, conflict and resolution of the conflict. The beginning is the character development where you meet the characters and learn a little about them before the main part of the story. The next part in the story is the conflict where the story element of the film starts. It initiates the start of the resolution which might entail the protagonist learning new skills to defeat the obstacle or overcome a problem. The last part of the 3 act structure is the resolution where the obstacle or problem is overcome by the main protagonist. usually ending by the main character winning or getting what they want.

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Getting inspiration from existing shorts

To help me think of ideas for my short film I used YouTube to find some short films to watch for inspiration. I found that there are so many different types of short film but one short film stood out to me. This was a short called "deep it"done by million youth media and put on their YouTube channel. it shows the regularity and frequency of stabbings in London. I like the style of it as it has a deep meaning and hits hard especially at the end. after watching this I liked the idea of making a video that had some sort of deep meaning. This short stood out to me personally because a lot of the characters are around my age and the story follows people a similar age to me. I also enjoyed it because I thought it was very well made in terms of the camera angles and shots used. There are a lot of shots that are close up to the characters making the audience feel like they are closer to the characters. I thought that this was a good feature of the film as because its so ...

plot synopsis

Two brother trolls live on the edge of society, under a bridge by a river. The most intellectual brother has been growing tired of the life of an outcast troll, so packs up and decides to pursue a job in the town. After finding tracks to his brother the other troll decides to hunt him down.

Trying to make fake wounds

We tried to make realistic looking wounds for something to do in our short films. We used wax to make the outline of what we wanted the wound to look like and then used a paste we made form flour, water and red food colouring to add the open flesh wound effect. Also to make it look as if the blood had dried up, we used tea leaves and mud to make the blood look darker and congealed.

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