Primary and Secondary Research for Short Film

Primary research:

The primary research that I have done is my location recce on the (lab) I am going to use for my short film. Here is the link to my blog post including my recce.

When is my short film set?

My film is set in the present as I want it to be very realistic and relatable to today's times. Although because my story is based around science, there are going to be very modern technologies that might come across quite futuristic, however this is the case even now in the present day. Also I think the formula discovery would come across more incredible, as this could happen in real life with the advanced equipment and technologies that we now how. Whereas in the future it might not be that fantastic, as they may already have alternative to fossil fuels.

Secondary research:

Within the scenario for my short film, a scientist discovers a formula that could change the world. This could be the answer to making renewable energy and would no longer need the use of fossil fuels. However, this could cause a lot of problems for other countries who depend on selling their fossil fuels to other countries like England and would cause them to miss out on a lot of money. This could then result in their country losing their main source of income and could severely effect the countries way of living and could even make their government go bankrupt.

I have done some research into cold fusion to help me understand the topic further. I have watched a few videos on Youtube explaining what cold fusion is, and a short definition is a nuclear fusion usually occurring at room temperature. Here is a link to the clip I watched on cold fusion.

3 Act Structure

I researched a 3 minute short film on YouTube and chose "Different Paths" to analyse the 3 act structure.

Here is the short film:

Act 1- in this act it shows the one actress that is featured in this film. It shows her as the first character and is represented as a well educated, intelligent girl, who is overall represented as being a typical, innocent girl.

First Tipping Point- when the girl pulls out the photo of her father.

Act 2-  here, it shows the character missing her father, this is shown in the photo that she is holding. It shows the fact that she does not blame him and still loves him because of the messages on the back of the picture. It also introduces the same actress and character, but with a different mind-set, hence the title 'Different Paths'.

Second Tipping Point- the appearance of the second character who has a more edgy, rebellious look.

Act 3- finally, it shows the character with the more negative mind-set, where the character is more anger and hurt by her fathers disappearance rather than just sadness. This is also represented by on the back of the picture and when she starts to get angry/annoyed.