CHARACTER PROFILE

WEATHER

We have decided to put off filming for the week due to the weather. The snow and ice isn't practical to film in and the equipment could get destroyed.

Further research into Charlie Chaplin

Creating a silent black and white short film Katie and I decided to look closer into the work of Charlie Chaplin, a man playing a significant role in the change of film making. After watching the silent film City lights and researching further clips on Youtube Katie and I are certain our film could be really effective following the typical conventions. 

In this time most short films were based around the male chasing the female, however, we have chosen to modernise our short film and make it the girl being head over heels for the boy, but it doesn't always stay that way.

 Significant points in Charlie Chaplins films:

• Follows the conventions as seen in many of Charlie Chaplin's silent films (slapstick humour, black and white and dressed in a similar style to Chaplin)

• Music is fast paced to link with the energetic movement in the moving image

Chorus

The main reason for Katie and I deciding to include a chorus in our work was the seen fairly abstract, a typical conventions of a stinger. With the chorus symbolising the relationship between the two main characters, it allows us to be experimental and make it as abstract as we wish. A chorus normally consists of many people often wearing masks, hiding thier faces, they show no emotion and are all in one colour.
Although we have taken the idea of the chorus we have decided to use one character and allow the character to be their emotions expressing when they are happy and sad rather than revealing no emotions.

Prop ideas

Concept development

With the concept being based around the deterioration of a girl's life we have chosen to relate the reason to her meeting a boy who ends up breaking her heart. We have came up with a few different reasons as to why the relationship takes a turn for the worst but we will choose the one the audience prefer once recieving feedback.

Another thing we are planning to include is a chorus, these are mostly seen in the typical Greek tragedy however we have decided to use a more modernised type which we will keep cutting back to throughout; this will show the audience what is going on throughout the film as the character that is the chorus is a symbol of Zoe's emotions. We are going to give the character in the chorus a prop which will be key to reflecting Zoe's feelings.