CONCEPT FOR PT2

The Soldier

Target Audience = Our target audience is anyone who would enjoy a thriller based action film. The use of the soldiers can relate to some audience members that may have family who serve in the army or anyone who enjoys seeing soldiers in battle and how they operate. 

Genre Conventions

• Blood
• Guns
• Explosions
• Death
• Soldiers
• Terrorists
• Knives

Characters:

1. Sully
2. Ben
3. Jack
4. Nathan
5. Terrorist 1
6. Terrorist 2
7. Target

Setting/time: Is in Russia in a large forest with some open plains, present day. 

plot: The plot for our short film contains a group of soldiers trying to hunt down a terrorist leader and make sure that their group stays alive while doing so. 

Props/ costumes:

• Guns
• Knives
• Army Uniform
• Fake Blood and wounds
• Medical equipment 

Sound and music: Music will be very intense and will cut in and out of the film. Some sound effects will be used in order to tell the audience what is going on. 

Camera Shots/Editing: We are gonna use a lot of close ups in this film so that we can hide a lot of things and almost trick the audience into think we are on a very large set. For some of our scenes we are gonna use darker lighting to give a suspenseful tone. We will be putting in some vfx to set the scene and also tell the audience what is going on, other than advanced cgi the only editing we will be using is basic cuts on premiere pro.

Plot Synopsis: 

First shots of sequence:

1. Run down room that the soldiers are staying in or a campfire at night time. 
2. The next day marching in a line
3. On top of a hill spotted the main target
4. Shot of target and one soldier on the ground.

The action and pace of the film will start slow and the suddenly get very intense and then drop again and then build up to the final scene.

Camera will mainly be focused on the character of BEN as he is our main character and what he experiences in battle.

We will include one explosion and we will have to make sure that on set it looks as best as we can make it before post production. 

Character Names:

• Sully - captain very serious, is the leader of the group and we see that through how he delivers his lines. 
• Ben - is the medic of the group and we see that through his costume and what he is carrying. He is our main character.
• Jack - is the joker of the group and we see him not really taking anything seriously, he provides comedic relief in serious situations. 
• Nathan - is the kind one and no one knows why he became and soldier because it is like he will never hurt a fly, he is the oddball in the group but very nice and relate-able to the group.

Practicalities of filming:

• Our film is very realistic if we can organize our costumes. The location is set and we have changed the setting to match our location.
• The only health and safety issues is the explosion and our characters falling to the ground, there will be no explosion itself as it will be added in post. However we will need to make sure our actors aren't hurt when falling to the ground.
• We do not need location permits as one of our crew members is allowing us to use their property.
• Timing will need to be a Saturday and a night after school.
• Weather will need to be clear so we will need to make sure we plan to shoot on a day that has good weather. 
• Equipment will be all school gear besides the camera as I am going to film on my own camera.