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.
