Essay

I created a step outline for 5 scenes of a film that I have created. The film (which is currently unnamed) revolves around a group of youths who steal a car and one youth begins to have second thoughts about his criminal lifestyle. However, he is indoctrinated to stay by his best friend.

The film I wrote a step analysis for portrays a stereotypical view of young people as being careless about authority and the law. That is why I attempted to create characters that the viewer can understand and emphathise with, to attempt to say these stereotypes are untrue and my depiction of Ricky is my attempt at communicating to the audience that a criminal may be a criminal but they may not be happy being a criminal.

I focused on different mise-en-scene aspects in each scene because I felt that not every scene had the same priority regarding mise-en-scene. For example acting and camera in scene 4. Good acting and use of shots is vital in this scene as Ricky's desire to leave becomes more and more conspicuous while Michael softens up a little and encourages him to stay. A use of close ups and two shots will be necessary in this sequence as the emotion the characters are able to communicate in this scene is vital. The two actors need to show that the two characters both have different objectives in this scene.

In my opinion I created a compelling plot which has enigmas throughout which leaves the audience pondering answers until the end credits with some still left unanswered because interpretation can make a film great. I also feel that I made each character an individual so that the audience can feel attatchment to whomever they wish. I feel as though my scene descriptions could be longer because I feel that anyone reading, if they wanted to perfectly replicate my image they wouldn't have much detail to base it off because I have little-to-no shot description or images to accompany what I say.

I feel that my step outline is good because I think my plot is entertaining and could change at any minute. I also feel that I chose appropriate mise-en-scene aspects to fit the scene and I feel that I made my reasons for doing so very clear in the scene description.

I could have done a film but I chose not to as I feel that I could have created as little confusion as possible about what I was trying to create and communicate with my scenes. Maybe my scenes are unclear to some people but there isn't a huge spectrum for interpretation which may result in people disliking or not understanding the film, This option also let me create more scenes than I would be able to if I were restricted to a time scale.