Change Of idea

For my original idea I wanted to do a gory horror film,however due to lack of time and the fact that I would have a hard time adding in all the detailed gory effects and I feared that the storyline would not be good and quite cliche.

Instead I have decided to go down the route of an action film, I looked at a variety of short films and one that really caught my eye was a romantic comedy starring David Tennent about a traffic warden who witnesses a woman breaking up with her boyfriend and dropping a handkerchief, because he has feelings for her he chases her throughout london in order to give her handkerchief back. I wanted to use ideas and concepts from this short film but however relate them more to an action genre.

My Idea is based on this and includes a spy and his journey to find a specific person, however he is not given much detail about this journey and is only given half of a torn up photograph. Below is the full synopsis of my short film:

Rough Synopsis:

1. Our main character (the spy) is given a package/ envelope by "the Boss" and is briefed on his mission, the only thing he is told is to keep that package safe as it is the key to his happiness in life The spy agrees to this and accepts his mission and is told to open the package in due time.

2. The spy leaves the main building and thinks nothing of the package and merely places this package in his pocket and merely walks around town for a bit (the camera shall follow him)

3. The spy goes on his mobile phone and makes a call to the boss, meanwhile someone bumps into him and apologises, what the spy doesn't realize is that he has dropped the package.

4. The man who has bumped into him looks around and sees the package on the floor and picks it up, he decides out of curiosity to open it, inside is half a torn of photograph of a baby.

5. The camera now focuses on the man's reaction as his face suddenly drops into shock as he pulls out of his coat an envelope similar to the spy's addressed to him and opens it inside is the other half of the torn photograph.

6. A look of shock and of urgency as the man runs after the spy, he follows the spy in different places e.g. train car bus etc.

7. The man is determined not to lose the spy and so we see him jumping over walls and fences determined not to lose the spy.

8. eventually the man catches up to the spy, who is shocked at the fact that the man who had bumped into him has been following him

9. The man shows the package and puts together the two halves of the photo which go together to show two babies being held by a mother.

10. The spy's reaction to the photo is shown and a shot reverse shot shall be used to show both the man and the spy's reactions.

11. Man says "I haven't seen you since we were separated when we were children brother"

12. The final shot of the short film is of the man saying to the spy (who are long lost brothers) "dad gave you the other half of the photograph.