Short Fim-First Ideas


Short Film Planning

Basic Ideas/Themes
  • Dystopian Setting                                                                                         Genre-Sci-Fi/Thriller
  • Post Apocalyptic world
  • Devoid of human life 
  • Abandoned Strcutures
  • Isolated Filming locations
  • Dark and Emotional storyline
Would love to include:
-A car chase/stealing scene
-A realistic fight scene
-Flashbacks of the world before the event (Prague)
-An opening which jumps straight into the action + And also doesn't include the character waking up.

Basic Plot

The protagonist (A) can be seen speeding down a long empty road, constantly glancing at her mirrors. She is dazed and confused, and collects resources on her way to a location she doesn't quite remember. During her journey, we see flashbacks of how the car was stolen from the 2nd character who plays a scavenger (B), who was also able to give 'A' memory loss after trying to fight her off. It is not fully explained at this point how dangerous 'B' is and why 'A' had to steal it. Once home (Sanctuary), she finds bandages to heal her wounds as we view images of the world before whatever 'event' took place.  (This is further shown through a dream sequence after 'A' collapses on her bed after a long day.) She is awoken early in the morning by a noise downstairs, which results in a fight sequence that closes the film with 'A' and 'B'.  

Cast/Planning of settings and props

A-India Ashby       B-___________

(Car will either be my own, once I have one, Annabelle's, or someone else's)

Settings (For Scavenging) will be as isolated as possible as I have to get across the sense of loneliness and just how silent the world is.

Settings (For the Sanctuary scenes) must feel homely but also abandoned, with the feeling of everything having aged greatly. -Perhaps India's house or B's house. 

Settings (For Driving) could be around Arbury or other quiet country roads.

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