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Planning the production of a Short Film

Student Name:
Aser

Short Film Title:

Difficult Covid-19 Situation

You are required to complete the following sections for your short film production.
1. Film Overview
2. Film Storyline
3. Film Storyboard
4. Character Descriptions
5. Voice over
6. Engaging the Audience
7. Background Music / Sound
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1. Film Overview: Description of the overall film – What is the film about? What information do
you hope to get across to the viewer? What is the setting of the film? Who are the main
characters? Why have you chosen this type of film – what message are you trying to get
across?
The film is about the hard situation during covid-19. This film could change
people’s life by spreading the information of regretting by being aggressive then
the person started to be kind after the regret. The film is going to be in an
outdoor garden and then indoor in the bedroom, so the son can visit his father.
The main characters are John ( Son & seller ), Joshi ( Friend of John’s father )
and Michael ( Father of John ). I have chosen this type of movie to spread the
regrets, what’s right and what’s wrong to all over the world. The message that
I’m trying to say is “ Always help someone in need” since that someone can
help back.
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2. Film Storyline – Narrative of your film from start to end (imagine you are narrating your film
to another person.)
Description Narration

A guy that went out to buy the emergency supply for her sick friend.
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He went all over the place to find an open pharmacy with full stock but Joshi “Hey hey hey! Wait up! Don’t close yet! I’m just here to buy the
sadly they are all closed or they are all closing. supplies”

The worker said “Sorry, sir we are out of stock, so we had to close
early”

Luckily he found a young guy who bought all the supplies but he Joshi “ Hey! Where did you buy all of this?”
refused to give it to her when she asked.

2. “Can I have this pack of syringes? I really need it”

John “ I just got it from the store and lucky for me, it’s out of stock”

2. “No! I have a business to do”

3. “Completely waste of time”

10 minutes later, he found the same guy who refused him selling those John said with a raise of his voice “ Emergency supply for sale! Come
emergency supplies but it was doubled or tripled the price that she can’t and get it!”
afford many of them.

Joshi said “ Hey! How much is this pack of syringes?”

John said” That will be AED 125”

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He was begging him for at least a free discount and again he refused Joshi said “ Why is it so expensive? “
and all she can do is to buy what he can afford but at least he can only
afford a vaccine and the syringe which is the most needed. It all cost
her $69.99 which was so overpriced but luckily he can barely afford it Joshi said “ At least give me a discount”
then he bought it after a few minutes finding the rest of the change
from her hand bag.
John said “You take it or leave it! No discount! “

The guy just received a call from his father, he just noticed that his Father called (Michael) “ Hi son”
father got sick from his voice and his mother said that he needed him to
“coughs coughs”
go to her house.
“I don’t feel so well”
“Can you come home real quick?”

John said “of course dad!”

When he came to his father’s house, his father doesn’t look good and John said “Hey dad”
she said that she had to go out to buy some syringe and antibodies
“You don’t look so well”
vaccine since she ran out during covid-19 with this age but luckily the
same guy came to his father’s house for the treatment that he bought
from him which could save his father. He felt so bad that he had to pay
back but she refused and asked him to pay back by just helping Father (Michael) said “ Son, I went outside just to buy syringe and
someone in need. medicine which I ran out”

John said “ Dad, you are diabetic and shouldn’t go out”

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Father (Micheal) said “ But I had too”

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As the same person arrived

Joshi said “ Hey! I have the syringes”

As he saw the same person who bought the syringes from

Joshi said “You!”

John said “ Do you know my dad?”

Joshi said “Yes, he is a friend of mine”

John said “ Please, how much do I owe you?”

“This could save my father’s life”

Joshi “Please, no need to give me anything, just promise me giving

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those supplies to others in need”

John said “I promise”

John started to giveaway all the emergency supplies that he bought for John said “ Free supplies! “ come and get it!
free to many people in need.

A random person appeared..

“ this toilet paper is free?”

John said “ Yes, sir”

“ Oh thank you so much! I have been looking for this everywhere”

4. Film Storyboard – 8 key shots from your 5minute film. (What would the audience see if they
were to pause your film at the specified times below?)
(Image) (Image) (Image) (Image)
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Seconds: Seconds: Seconds: Seconds:

Description: A guy that went out
to buy the emergency supply for
her sick friend.
Audio / Text:
Description: He went all over the
place to find an open pharmacy
with full stock but sadly they are
all closed
Audio / Text:
Description: Luckily he found a
young guy who bought all the
supplies but he refused to give it
to him when he asked.
Audio / Text:
Description: 10 minutes later, he
found the same guy who refused
him selling those emergency
supplies but it was doubled or
tripled the price that she can’t
afford many of them.

Audio / Text:

(Image) (Image) (Image) (Image)


Seconds:
Description: He was begging him
for at least a free discount and
again he refused and all she can
do is to buy what he can afford
but at least he can only afford a
vaccine and the syringe which is
the most needed. It all cost her
$90 which was so overpriced but
luckily he can barely afford it
then he bought it after a few
minutes finding the rest of the
change from her hand bag.
Audio / Text:
5. Character Descriptions – Describe each of the characters that will be in your film.
Character 1:
Character Name:
Characters Personality:
Seconds:
Description: The guy just
received a call from his father, he
just noticed that his father got
sick from his voice and his father
said that he needed him to go to
her house.
Audio / Text:
John
- He is a son of Michael.
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Seconds: Seconds:
Description: When he came to his Description: John started to
father’s house, his father doesn’t giveaway all the emergency
look good and she said that he supplies that he bought for free to
had to go out to buy some syringe many people in need.
and antibodies vaccine since she
ran out during covid-19 with this
age but luckily the same guy Audio / Text:
came to his father’s house for the
treatment that he bought from
him which could save his father.
He felt so bad that he had to pay
back but he refused and asked
him to pay back by just helping
someone in need.
Audio / Text:
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- His age is in mid 20s

- Used to be a secretly drug dealer before Covid-19 and sells
medicines instead for much expensive cost.

Characters Physical - 6 feet tall

Characteristics: - Wearing a hoodie
- Wearing a sun glasses

Character Profile: - He is a university student

(Background information
about the character)

Character 2:
Character Name: Joshi
Characters Personality: - He is a friend of Michael.
- His age is in mid 40s.
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- An average citizen

Characters Physical - 6 feet tall

Characteristics: - He has a mustache
- Wearing casual clothes

Character Profile:
(Background information - He works as an assistant manager in a restaurant.
about the character)

Character 3:
Character Name: Michael
Characters Personality: - He is a father of John and a friend of Joshi
- His age is in high 40s.
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- Affected by Covid-19

Characters Physical
Characteristics: - He has a mustache

Character Profile:
(Background information - He is an a Director
about the character)

6. Voice Over – Write what will be included in the voiceover. If there are different points when
there will be a voiceover, please add separate text with clear duration of when the voiceover
will be played. Please see example below.

Text Timeline
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(Example: Covid 19 has changed the way we (Example: 0-10 seconds)

live.)

Text: During this pandemic, everyone had a 0 - 15 seconds

difficult time finding their supplies that they
wanted.
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7. Engaging the Audience – what techniques will you use to engage the audience?

I will start with a sad emotion with a good ending. I may as well go off script which makes it easier
for me to make the character more powerful.

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8. Background Music / Sound – What type of music will be used in your production? When
would the music be played?
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