Having a good story in a short film is crucial, more so than a feature length film as you have less time to tell your plot and introduce characters. In fiction films storytelling is crucial, and good filmmaking really can bring to life any story, old or new.
This time last year I helped create a short play called ‘Solitude’ that was written by a friend called Ricky Sweet and co-produced by me. The play was performed at Falmouth University and I starred as one of the characters. Based around the subject of death, Solitude follows a main character who is about to die but in the moments before death he is taken back to review his childhood until finally, he accepts he isn’t scared of the unknown.
I was given the script for Solitude recently, but it is 15-20 minutes long, whereas my film needs to be 5 minutes in length. I will try to cut the script right down as I turn it into a screenplay so that it can still fit in the criteria, but I have to be careful of what I cut down, because I still need the story to flow.
This play fits into the drama category, which is ideal because my audience research told me that they would rather go and watch a drama over any other genre. The film will be very powerful too, which is something that I love about film, how it can change peoples minds, open their eyes or change their opinions.
I will post the original script up as soon as I can
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