Broadcasting- Week 1

This week we started a new stage, Broadcasting. Broadcasting was the pathway that I was looking forward to the most so was extremely excited to get started on the project. Were told that our task was to produce a one minute chase sequence. We were told to pick groups to make our film sequence, my groups was the same as my sound design group. We all decided to work together again as we had worked so well and accomplished a lot during our 2 weeks of sound design. We started the week by watching chase sequences, from films such as 'french connection' and 'new york stories'. Out of the two films, 'New York stories' stood out for me the most because it wasn't an obvious chase sequence, unlike the car chase in 'french connection'. This gave me a completely different view of how our film could be, as it didn't have to be an obvious chase sequence, therefore giving the group a much wider range of storyline ideas to explore. 

After a group discussion it was decided to go with my story idea:

A person is sitting in a cafe and another person comes and sits next to them. The main character rushes off to catch a train. As they are walking through the train station they get the sense that someone is following them. Suddenly the other person from the cafe grabs hold of their bag. The main character then realises that they picked up the wrong bag in the cafe.

After a crit on friday and a discussion with the tutors, it was said that the story idea had a lot of potential but the idea of accidentally picking up someones bag had been done many times because and should be changed, the object should also be something that the audience can connect with more (emotional response). 

The final verdict of the group was that we would use a cat box instead of a bag. In doing so the audience could have a stronger connection with the story, as it focuses on the loss of a pet.