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Introduction 

For my short film I want a light-hearted storyline that focus on the performance and micro elements within the film to portray chaos.

 

Themes

 

The key theme I have focused on is the chaos of food and cooking. I have been interested in how we can show the different aspects of food through, cinematography, lighting, and diegetic sounds. 

 

My initial idea was to explore the chaos of relationships and compare this to the chaos created by the food. 

 

I have researched other films and Tv that portray food and have been particularly interested in the tension created by cooking for example time pressure as well as using food in a satirical way.

 

Links to other short films

 

I really liked the tone created by the short film the fly which portrays tension in a comedic way. As well as this I like the use of close ups in the Ellington Kid of the preparation of e.g., the kebab meat. I also want my short film to be a similar structure to the Ellington Kid as I liked the use of narration to tell a story and revealing a slight twist at the end. 

 

Act 1

 

starts off with us seeing a girl in the kitchen cooking. Close up of knife chopping onion, frying it etc. then cuts to a guy walking down the road/waiting at the bus stop. we see the boy enter greet each other etc… then cuts to them eating the spaghetti, he has a mouth and is like omg this is so good how did u make it? She answers… well basically….

 

Act 2

 

Cuts to her preparing the sauce and then realising she forgot spaghetti, while cutting back to her telling the story to the boy as they are eating. She leaves to go to the shop peacefully walking down the street. Whilst she’s gone everything goes wrong in the kitchen, something falls other to turn the heat up where the sauce is cooking, their dog jumps up to grab the food so tomatoes spill on the floor etc. while this is happening keeps cutting back to the girl listening to upbeat music completely calm, buying spaghetti and coming back from the shop. When she walks into the house and into the kitchen the fire alarm has gone off, smoke, food everywhere.

 

Act 3

 

 Boy is shocked and says no way, but you still pulled it off though! Then gets up and clears his dish. Opens the bin and sees package of a delivery Cuts to zoom of inside the bin. Flashback of her ordering the Deliveroo. Cuts forward in time and get close ups of both of their reactions.

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