Directions Unit - Portrait Film treatment

As a part of our directions unit, I have been asked to create a short portrait film, roughly 1-2 minutes long, and should introduce introduce myself and my directorial vision. This can take the form of a certain style, approach or even a director while still remaining original and to our own.

For my portrait film, I have decided to take a similar approach to the one taken in the film Memento by Christopher Nolan. In the film the entire story is told backwards without giving anything away in the beginning.

Guy Pierce starring in the film Memento

In my film I have decided to have the film begin at the end of the day and finish at the beginning of the day, like Memento. However unlike Memento the story will still be progressing forward. Throughout the story the main character will be making countless errors and then by the end of the film will return home to find that their goal has been achieved. The idea is that the backwards day is a representation of what the characters day has been like (backwards) and the mistakes followed by the  achieved goal supports the message that if you keep making mistakes you will eventually learn from them and achieve your goal.

As for sound, dialogue must remain minimal and there can not be any music. I will feature a number of different ambient sounds throughout, all relevant to the story with scripted dialogue used only in the final 5 seconds of the film.