These posts are still in progress until the day they are due. I will be coming back to edit throughout this week.
Linear, fiction, narrative.
Drama
Length: 3-5 min
Target audience: teens through 25.
Tagline:
The heart does not forget
Treatment:
This video follows a young sensitive girl about ten years old. The viewer can see her everyday life. It starts with how she wakes up in the morning with the sound of alarm. The first thing she does is cross off the day in the calendar. A couple of weeks are left till the day she circled with a red marker and drew a heart in it. Then she follows her normal morning routine. Packs her backpack, breakfast, short conversation with mom. She goes to school. During one of her classes she draws a card which she signs: "I miss you so much! Love, name." Short conversation with friends. Skip to dinner at home. At the dinner table she throws a longing look at one of the empty seats. Mother puts hand over hers and squeezes. Nighttime. Before turning her light off she pulls out a picture of her mother, a man, and herself. Everybody is smiling. Kisses the man. Lights off. The sound of alarm. It is morning and she wakes up. Goes and crosses off another day. Montage of her hand crossing off the rest of the days and stops at the red heart. The girl turns around. Mother asks her if she is ready. Girl nods. Skip to them getting out of the car. Camera pans after them and reveals a cemetery. Girl puts the card she made on one of the graves and says:"Happy birthday, daddy."A long shot of them standing there, hugging.
I imagine this video shot with the effect of a hand held video camera. A lot of mobile frames following the protagonist with a view over her shoulder, tracking.
The protagonist of this story is based on my daughter. This is pretty much what we go through every year on my late husband's birthday. I guess the moral is that it does not matter where he is, she still loves him as much.
Visual:
Linear, fiction, narrative.
Drama
Length: 3-5 min
Target audience: teens through 25.
Tagline:
The heart does not forget
Treatment:
This video follows a young sensitive girl about ten years old. The viewer can see her everyday life. It starts with how she wakes up in the morning with the sound of alarm. The first thing she does is cross off the day in the calendar. A couple of weeks are left till the day she circled with a red marker and drew a heart in it. Then she follows her normal morning routine. Packs her backpack, breakfast, short conversation with mom. She goes to school. During one of her classes she draws a card which she signs: "I miss you so much! Love, name." Short conversation with friends. Skip to dinner at home. At the dinner table she throws a longing look at one of the empty seats. Mother puts hand over hers and squeezes. Nighttime. Before turning her light off she pulls out a picture of her mother, a man, and herself. Everybody is smiling. Kisses the man. Lights off. The sound of alarm. It is morning and she wakes up. Goes and crosses off another day. Montage of her hand crossing off the rest of the days and stops at the red heart. The girl turns around. Mother asks her if she is ready. Girl nods. Skip to them getting out of the car. Camera pans after them and reveals a cemetery. Girl puts the card she made on one of the graves and says:"Happy birthday, daddy."A long shot of them standing there, hugging.
I imagine this video shot with the effect of a hand held video camera. A lot of mobile frames following the protagonist with a view over her shoulder, tracking.
The protagonist of this story is based on my daughter. This is pretty much what we go through every year on my late husband's birthday. I guess the moral is that it does not matter where he is, she still loves him as much.
Visual:
I like the way you take us through one day with the girl and then fast forward through the montage to the special day. You foreshadow that this is about her father but it's unknown to the viewer why he is not there, is he away on a business trip, does she split households? This keeps your audience intrigued and invested. The reveal of the cemetery is handled with maturity and emotion. Well done.
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