Establishing my genre and area of focus.

After my audience research, research into codes and conventions and my research into real short films, I feel I can now pin down my idea and develop it. Ideas that have caught my attention have focused around memorable reflections of a protagonist that is shown in two different situations. For example, after watching 'Sliding Doors' I want to create a split narrative. The film uses this idea of a split narrative and it plays with the idea of fate. It portrays two situations: one where the protagonist misses the train, and the other where they don't miss the train. The opposing story lines develop and compare each other throughout the film. At the end of the film, one of the stories finishes, but results in the other story to start where the other one began. 

With my short film, I want to do something similar. I have noticed that a student has done this idea before but with a split screen. I personally don't want to portray my film in that way so at the moment I want to film the same way 'Sliding Doors' does. I now have to develop this idea further and include my originality to make the story unqiue and interesting. I also have to consider where I want to film and which actors I want to include as in my AS production, this was constantly an issue which slowed down progress.

I now know what my area of focus is going to centre round: a split narrative where a protagonist is put in contrasting situations. The genre I want to focus on is a type of short film which typically breaks boundaries and includes many alternative ideas. I will develop this idea further and research and plan into the different routes I can take.