The proposal for my short film

The Proposal 

When someone wants to make a film they have to send whats called a proposal to the producers which tells some brief information about the idea and making of the film. They do this to try and get funding for the film. The whole point on a proposal is to sell the film to the producers in a very brief description. 

What is included in a Proposal ? 

• Name, Contacts, Company name 
• Working title for the project
• The intended auidence
• Brief explanation of the content 
• Brief description of the main sequences 
• Name of any other major creative participants in the project 
• Any major technical or stylistic considerations  

My Proposal 

Name = Matthew Flower

Contact = South Essex college

Company Name = mdf productions 

Working Title = Game Boy 

The intended audience = 15 - 20 year olds -

Content = About a boy who plays what he thinks is just a normal video but what he doesn't know is he is controlling a real person someone in the world

Main Characters = Mason, A boy who is addicted to video games, He is very unsociable with little friends, He spends most of his days in front of the TV
Shane, A guy who has a nice personality, but seems to do bad stuff without meaning to, He is being controlled by Mason

Description of main sequences = Mason plays hid video game along side we see Shane doing the stuff that mason is making the character do. In the game he kills someone so shane kills someone in real life and gets arrested. In the game mason makes the character brake out of jail and go on the run.

Three Act Structure 

Equilibrium = Where the setting and the characters are introduced
Disruption = This is where there is conflict and disruption in the story
Resolution = This is where the disruption is solved

My Three Act Structure 

Equilibrium = The Equilibrium for my short film starts off with seeing Shane going on a rampage, attacking people and vandalising the city, it then cuts to mason playing the game and doing the same thing on the game, showing to the audience he is controlling shane.

Disruption = Shane gets sent to prison

Resolution = On the game Mason makes the character escape from prison ad go on the run.