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Nayani Vijayaratnam
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Action: Tanya leans against the closed
kitchen door distressed and in tears.
Description: She is wearing an
all black attire to connote death,
which is a major theme in our
short film. Her hair is disheveled
and her make up is smudged
highlighting her agony.
Shot: Medium Shot
Duration: 27 seconds
Sound: non-diegetic soundtrack
Editing: Fade in
Action: She hurries over to the counter
and grabs the bottle of wine. She
opens it and
drinks it straight from
the bottle.
Description: The alcohol is a coping
mechanism for Tanya and becomes a
motif, which symbolizes her
vulnerability.
Shot: Point of View
Duration: 7 Seconds
Sound: Non-diegetic soundtrack
Editing: Continuous, which allows the
audience to follow Tanyas action and
uncover the enigma created.
Action: She opens the alcohol and
drinks it straight from the bottle.
Description: This highlights her
desperation as she drinks it straight
from the bottle.
Shot: Wide Shot
Duration: 5 Seconds
Editing: Fade to flashback scene of
young Tanya and Angela.
Action: Angela leans over and kisses
younger Tanya.
Description: The audience see the
interaction between a mother and a
daughter, yet the daughters identity is
not clear to begin with which creates
an enigma.
Shot: Low angle
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Duration: 3 Seconds
Sound: Non-diegetic
Soundtrack
Editing: A white filter is used to create
a reminiscent atmosphere. Fades back
to present day.
Action: Portrays Tanyas house to the
audience.
Description: Emphasizes Tanyas
isolation without her mother as she in
living in a large house on her own.
Shot: Establishing Shot
Duration: 4 Seconds
Editing: Fades to a flashback
Action: Angela carries young Tanya in
her arms while walking.
Description: This portrays Angela as
caring as she carries her. The
conventional location of a park
suggests that Angela has taken Tanya
out to play.
Shot: Long Shot
Duration: 3 Seconds
Editing: White filter to differentiate the
different time periods to the audience.
Fades to present day.
Action: Tanya runs to her bedroom and
sits down at her desk.
Description: Mise-en-scene of her
bedroom allows the audience to identify
her youth and aids the verisimilitude of
a 23 year old.
Shot: Point of view
Duration: 2 Seconds
Editing: Continuous editing to allow the
audience to follow Tanyas actions.
Action: Tanya sits at her desk crying uncontrollably, unsure of what

to do.
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Description: Allows the
audience to witness her
instability and from the flashbacks they
are able to insinuate that it has
something to do with her mother.
Shot: Medium Close Up
Duration: 3 Seconds
Editing: Fades to a
flashback of young Tanya
and Angela.
Action: Angela kisses younger Tanya.

Description: Angela is tucking young
Tanya into bed, which adds to the
realism of a mother and daughter, as
well as creating sympathy from the
audience, as it is an intimate scene.
Shot: Close Up
Duration: 2 Seconds
Editing: White filter id s motif for her
happier past with her mother. Fades
back to present day of Tanya in her
bedroom.
Action: Tanya takes out a notebook
and a pen and begins to write the
words Dear Mum.
Description: From the words Dear Mum
the audience can insinuate that her
mother is not with her.
Shot: Close Up
Duration: 3 Seconds
Editing: Continuous editing used
allows the audience to follow the
process of her writing her letter.
Action: She attempts to stop crying and continues to write.
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Description: The
audience is able to see
the tears streaming down her face,
highlighting her pain. Also, her messy
hair is reflective of her mind state.
Shot: Medium close up
Duration: 6 Seconds
Editing: Continuous editing is used to
enable the audience to view the letter
closely.
Action: Tanya is writing the letter.

Description: The audience are given
the opportunity to read for themselves
what Tanya is writing, allowing them to
connect with her words further.
Shot: Close Up
Duration: 12 Seconds
Sound: Non-diegetic soundtrack and
nondiegetic voiceover, which
reveals to the audience why she is
writing the letter.
Editing: Cuts to a shot of Tanya
writing the
letter, in her bedroom.
Action: Tanya continues to cry as she
pulls on her hair.
Description: Her action of pulling on
her hair highlights her frustration with
herself. She pauses from writing the
letter, which emphasises how difficult
it is for her to write and creates
sympathy from the audience.
Shot: Wide Shot
Duration: 4 Seconds
non-diegetic voiceover
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Editing: Fades to a
flashback scene of Angela
and young Tanya.
Action: Angela and younger Tanya are

spending time together at the mini
animal reserve.
Description: Through their body
language the audience can identify the
close bond, which they had.
Shot: Wide shot
Duration: 3 Seconds
Editing: White filter, Fades to present
day scene of Tanya in her bedroom.
Action: Tanya puts her head down

and continues to write her letter.
Description: Her inability to look up
depicts her feeling of vulnerability.
Shot: Mid Shot
Duration: 3 Seconds
Editing: Fades to a flashback scene of
young
Tanya writing.
Action: Angela helps younger Tanya

write and read.
Description: A binary opposition
between the present and the past is
created as Tanya talks about the
things her mother taught her,
including how to write.
Shot: Two Shot
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Duration: 5 Seconds
Sound: Non-diegetic
soundtrack and non- diegetic
voiceover
Editing: A fade to present day Tanya in
her bedroom to portray a clear
juxtaposition.
Action: Tanya stops writing the letter
to her mum, crying.
Description: The various jump cuts of
Tanya depicts her at her lowest point
which allows the audience to feel
sympathetic towards her.
Shot: Medium Shot
Duration: 8 Seconds
Editing: Jump cuts to highlight Tanyas
despair, followed by a fade to a
flashback.
Action: Angela and young Tanya are

feeding the squirrels together.
Description: Natural high key lighting
will be a key element in this scene to
highlight Tanyas happiness and
peace, which she had and then lost as
her mother passed away.
Shot: Long Shot
Editing: White filter, fades to present
day.
Action: Tanya continues to write her letter.
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Description: The
audience is able to read
the letter for themselves, giving them
a better insight into Tanyas thoughts
and feelings.
Duration: 4 Seconds
Editing: The continuity of the film is
carried through as the camera cuts to
Tanya sitting at her desk.
Action: Tanya thinks about what to

write as she tries her best to keep it
together.
Description: The black wallpaper
connotes the darkness in her life
without her mother, which creates
stark contrast between the white
filters on the flashbacks.
Duration: 6 Seconds
Editing: Fades to a flashback scene.
Action: Angela and younger Tanya are

at the park playing.
Description: Presents a idealistic
relationship between a mother and a
daughter as they partake in
conventional activities.
Shot: Wide Shot
Duration: 4 Seconds
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Sound: Non-diegetic
soundtrack and nondiegetic voiceover
Editing: White filter, followed by a fade
to
present day.
Action: Tanya continues to write the
letter.
Description: The main focus is on the
line I will never love anyone else as
much as I loved you. Which
insinuates the strong bond, which
continues to live on even after
Angelas death.
Duration: 8 Seconds
Editing: Cuts to a card on the table.
Action: The card, which Angela gave
to Tanya, is shown.
Description: The card is a motif for
Angela and is the only time the
audience get to witness Angelas
love for her daughter in writing.
Duration: 5 Seconds
Sound:
Non-diegetic soundtrack and nondiegetic voiceover.
Editing: Fades to flashback scene of
young Tanya and Angela.
Action: Angela gives younger Tanya a tiara as they play dress up.
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Description: This
possess connotation of
a fairytale yet the audience are
aware that Tanya does not get her
happy ending like in a fairytale which
makes the audience feel empathetic
towards her.
Shot: Two Shot
Duration: 5 Seconds
non- diegetic voiceover
Editing: White filter, cuts to another
flashback scene of Angela and Tanya.
Action: Angela buys younger Tanya a

drink at the local caf.
Shot: Two shot
Duration: 6 Seconds
Editing: Fades to present day scene
of Tanya in her bedroom.
Action: Tanya looks at the picture of

her and her mother and then turns
back and shuts her eyes.
Description: Highlights Tanya
coming to terms with the fact that
she now only has photos and
memories of her mother.
Duration: 5 Seconds
nondiegetic voiceover.
Editing: Cuts to Tanya writing the
letter.
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Action:Tanya continues her letter.

Duration: 3 Seconds
Action: Angela teaches younger

Tanya to read.
Description: Juxtaposition is created
between the notebook, which Tanya
is using to write her letter and the
childrens book, which she is
reading from, which portrays a
binary opposition between then
and now.
Shot: Close up
Duration: 6 Seconds
and non-diegetic voiceover
Editing: Fades to present day
Action: Tanya pauses and tries to
wipe her tears.
Description: She continues writing
her letter and sharing her
memories, through the intimate
experiences, which we learn about,
the audience, feel involved.
Shot: Mid shot
Duration: 3 Seconds
Editing: Fades to a
flashback scene.
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Action: Angela and
Tanya are playing on
the swings at the park.
Shot: Wide shot
Duration: 2 Seconds
and non-diegetic voiceover.
Editing: White filter, cuts to
another flashback scene.
Action: Angela is pushing Tanya

on the swings.
Shot: Wide shot
Duration: 5 Seconds
Editing: White filter, which fades
to present day of Tanya in her
bedroom.
Action: Tanya continues her letter.
Description: She is realising that
she will never be able to do
simple things with her mother
again, which makes the audience
feel sorry for her.
Duration: 5 Seconds
Editing: Fades to a flashback of
young
Tanya and Angela.
Action: Young Tanya runs into her
mothers arms.
Shot: Long Shot
Duration: 5 Seconds
Editing: Cuts to another flash back
scene (interior)
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Action: Angela and young Tanya

are playing games together in
their living room.
Description: Adds to the
verisimilitude that Tanya was a
child.
Shot: Two Shot
Editing: Fades to present day in
Tanyas bedroom.
Action: The card from her mother

is shown again, Tanya touches it.
Description: A repeated motif to
remind the audience of everything
Angela has taught Tanya over the
years.
Shot: Medium Close Up
Duration: 5 Seconds
non-diegetic voiceover.
Editing: Fade to a flashback.
Action: Angela and Younger Tanya

are walking in the park together.
Description: Angela is seen talking
to young Tanya and with the aid of
the voiceover we are able to
identify what Angela may be
advising young Tanya about.
Shot: Tracking/ Long shot
Duration: 7 Seconds
Editing: Fades to Tanya in her
bedroom.
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Action: Tanya crying,
as she continues to
write the letter.
Shot: Close up
Duration: 4 Seconds
Editing: Cut to another shot of the
letter.
Action: Tanya is nearly finished

writing the letter.
Description: The end of the letter
signifies Tanya attempting to
move on from her mothers death,
which is what she tries to do by
writing this letter n order to feel a
sense of closure.
Shot: Close Up
Duration: 6 Seconds
Action: Angela and young Tanya
are walking past a bridge.
Shot: Wide shot
Duration: 5 Seconds
Editing: White filter, Fades to
present day.
Action: Tanya cries
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Description:
Tanya is thinking
of how much her mother
taught her and how she took
her teaching for granted as she
though she had all the time in
the world.
Shot: Mid Shot
Duration: 6 Seconds
and
scene.
Action: Young Tanya runs

towards her bed.
Shot: Point of view
Duration: 3 Seconds
Editing: White filter, continuous
editing as another flashback
scene appears.
Action: Young Tanya climbs into

bed and gets under the covers.
Shot: Medium Close up
Duration: 4 Seconds
Sound: Non-diegetic
soundtrack and non-diegetic
voiceover
Editing: White filter, fades to
present day.
Action: Tanya is nearly finished

with her letter.
Description: She tries to focus
on the future rather than the
past as she writes about all the
things her mother will miss out
on such as seeing her have her
first child.
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Shot: Close up which zooms out to a wide shot
Duration: 12
Seconds
scene.
Action: Angela tucks young
Tanya into bed.
Description: Angela tucking
young Tanya into bed at the end
of the night is reflective of
Tanya nearing the end of her
letter.
Shot: Wide Shot
Duration: 5 Seconds
Editing: White filter followed by
a fade to Tanya in her bedroom.
Action: Tanya looks at the picture of

her and her mother by her window.
Description: Reinforces the idea
that she only has pictures and
memories to live with.
Shot: Wide Shot
Duration: 5 Seconds
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Action: Young Tanya
is sleeping.
Shot: Close up
Duration: 5 Seconds
Editing: White filter. Cuts to
another shot of young Tanya and
Angela in bed.
Action: Angela kisses young Tanya

who is asleep.
Description: Depicts unconditional
love, which, Angela had for her
daughter.
Shot: Close Up
Duration: 5 Seconds
Editing: White filter is used, which is
followed by a fade to Tanya in her
bedroom.
Action: Tanya signs the letter as
she has finished writing.
Shot: Medium Close up
Duration: 7 Seconds
Editing: Continuous editing is
used to allow the audience to
follow her actions.
Action: Tanya folds the letter

and places the pen on top.
Description: Signifies the end
of the letter.
Duration: 7 Seconds
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Sound: Non-diegetic soundtrack and non-diegetic
voiceover
Editing: Dissolves to another
scene at a different location.
Action: Tanya visits her

mothers grave.
Shot: Over the shoulder
Description: This reveals any
enigmas the audience may have
had about what happened to the
mother or why Tanya was
crying.
Duration: 8 Seconds
and
Editing: Continuity editing is
used to follow Tanya as she
makes her way to her mothers
gravestone.
Action: Tanya takes out an

envelope from her pocket.
Duration: 7 Seconds
Editing: Continuous editing to
enable the audience to identify
what she does
with the letter
and the whole purpose of writing
it.
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Action: Tanya
reads the front of
the envelope which says, Mum
x
Description: The audience
realizes that this is the letter,
which she had been writing for
her mum who has passed away
and therefore has brought it to
her grave.
Shot: Over the shoulder
Duration: 5 Seconds
Sound: Non-diegetic
voiceover
Editing: Continuous editing.
Action: Tanya places the letter

on top of the flowers on her
mothers grave.
Description: The flowers are a
motif for life and death as just
as flowers slowly die so does
a person.
Duration: 6 Seconds
Editing: Continuous editing.
Action: Tanya places her hand

on her lips.
Description: Depicts the action
of giving her mother one last
kiss as she vows to make her
proud.
Shot: High angle
Duration: 5 Seconds
Editing: Continuous editing as
the audience put all the pieces
together and allow them to
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comprehend the
narrative as a
whole.
Action: She places her hand

along the bottom of her
mothers gravestone.
Description: The stone reads,

Gone but never forgotten which
is an intimate and sentimental
message to end the film on,
ensuring that the audience have
emotionally invested into the
film and fully sympathize
with Tanya.
Shot: Wide shot
Duration: 5 Seconds
Sound: Non-diegetic
voiceover
Editing: A dissolve to a black
screen is used to signify the end
of the short film. Fade out.

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Nayani Vijayaratnam

Action: Tanya sits at her desk crying uncontrollably, unsure of what

Action: Angela kisses younger Tanya.

Action: Tanya is writing the letter.

Action: Angela and younger Tanya are

Action: Tanya puts her head down

Action: Angela helps younger Tanya

Action: Angela and young Tanya are

Action: Tanya thinks about what to

Action: Angela and younger Tanya are

Action: Angela buys younger Tanya a

Action: Tanya looks at the picture of

Action:Tanya continues her letter.

Action: Angela teaches younger

Action: Angela is pushing Tanya

Action: Angela and young Tanya

Action: The card from her mother

Action: Angela and Younger Tanya

Action: Tanya is nearly finished

Action: Young Tanya runs

Action: Young Tanya climbs into

Action: Tanya is nearly finished

Action: Tanya looks at the picture of

Action: Angela kisses young Tanya

Action: Tanya folds the letter

Action: Tanya visits her

Action: Tanya takes out an

Action: Tanya places the letter

Action: Tanya places her hand

Action: She places her hand

Description: The stone reads,

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