Directions Unit: Portrait Film Update

Seeing as I was unable to use one of my locations, I have decided to change how the story of the film is set out, however the idea and directorial vision remain the same. The original story was a young boy looking to make it into a football team, however frequent mistakes and errors in simple day to day activities puts him in a situation where he starts to doubt himself before coming home to a letter congratulating him for making it into the team. The new story is of a young man preparing for his very first job interview, however he becomes worried and disorganised, with toothpaste ruining his suit and tea ruining his change of suit. All before he gets a call from his potential boss telling him that the interview has been moved to another date, allowing him more time to get reorganised.

The idea that the time of day will go backwards while the character progresses forwards however will remain the same. Shots starting from the window will enable the audience to recognise that the day is going backwards though some shots will be more subtle than others, depending on what is going on in the scene.

The clothes the character will be wearing will be grey and blue, grey representing the bleak day the character is having and blue representing his mood. The clothes will be somewhat out of place and will look scruffy as I feel that this will best convey that he is nervous and in a hurry. Though the film will appear to span over a period of a whole day, the characters actions will only take place over a period of about 30 minutes and the rapid progression from the night sky to day time represents how quickly his day is going backwards.