Short film

Solitude with my thoughts

By Troy Harris
 Aesthetica short film festival

 Early Bird Submissions | 1 - 31 December 2020

 Regular Submissions | 1 January - 31 May 2021 
 Late Submissions | 1 - 7 June 2021 

About client
Founded in 2011, Aestetica is an international film festival which takes place
annually in York, UK, that the beginning of November.  It a celebration of
independent film from around the world, and an outlet for supporting and
championing filmmaking.

Outline
A young man gets tired of repeating the same thing repeatedly until one
night he can’t sleep. He ends up going out on a drive asking himself
questions about existence and purpose.

Target audience
18 – 24

Male and female

technical formatting
Aesthetica is a digital festival and we only accept Quicktime files. We do
not accept playable DVDs, DCPs, tapes, or film reels.
 Quicktime wrapper – Apple ProRes 422 codec (h.264 will be
accepted in bandwidth if an issue.)
 Audio Codec – Integer 16bit 48KHz Stereo
 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Progressive

Rules and regulations

 Short films should have a maximum running time of 30 minutes.

 Feature films are considered to have a runtime of 60 minutes or
over. Films of medium length that do not qualify as shorts may be
considered as features in some cases, but please contact the team
at asff@aestheticamagazine.com
 For 360 films, please ensure that your work is compatible with Oculus
Go headsets as well as cardboard headsets. Please provide a
downloadable link to your project as an mp4 file
 For VR and Immersive experiences, please provide a link to a fully
build of the project. Please also include a setup reader and full
technical requirements. The festival does not supply any additional
equipment beyond headsets and VR laptops.
 All films in languages other than English must have burnt in subtitles.
 There is no premiere requirement. We will accept submissions of
films that have previously screened elsewhere, including at other
festivals.
 There is no required completion date for screening, but films
completed in the past 2 years are preferred.
 Only submissions through Filmfreeway will be considered.
 Your entry form must include your name, address, telephone number
and email so that we can contact you.
 Your film must not be in breach of any copyright, including music or
sound used in your film.
 The link to your video included in your submission form must not
expire.
 Aesthetica is unable to grant waiver requests.
  Aesthetica does not cover screening fees.
 Submissions are final and subject to a no refund policy.
 All submissions are watched in their entirety and given the full
attention of our team of programmers. The date of submission has
no reflection on our selection decisions.

Production schedule
Week beginning Plan of action Evaluation/behind the scenes
Context
01/02/2021 Proposal section 1
 Production schedule
 Bibliography
 Solving problems
Proposal section 2
 Competition
 Idea generation
 Idea outline
 Idea detail
 Why it should be
made.
Proposal section 3
 Social context
 brief

Research
08/02/2021 Theme of short film
Primary research
 Focus group
 Send surveys out
Create infographic.
Research genre styles
Narrative structure
15/02/2021 Codes and conventions
 ‘How to’
 Practice shots
Rough script
Character theory
 Analysis 4 short films
 Traits
 Looks
 Act
 Age
 Character profiles
 Image
 Physical appearance
 Personality
 Traits
Auditions
 Auditions for main
character
 Read from script.
 Write how they did.
 Final caste
22/02/2021 Location research
Mise-en-scene from 4 clips
 Props
 Outfits
Analyse 4 short films
 camera
 lighting
 music
Analysis 4 clips on sound
 what sounds
 sounds used -foley?
Planning
01/03/2021 Storyboards
Improved script.
Crew
 confirmation of crew
 crew list (time and
location)
 contingency crew
organised.
Actors
 actors confirmations
 actors schedule
(where and what
clothes to wear)
08/03/2021 Locations
 permissions
production schedule for
filming

15/03/2021 Add to any additional

research done and change any
last minuet plans
22/03/2021 Filming
29/03/2021 Filming
5/04/2021 Filming
12/04/2021 filming
19/04/2021 Editing
26/04/2021 Re-shoot
3/05/2021 Re-shoot
10/05/2021 Re-shoots
Edit
17/05/2021 Editing and pitching
24/05/2021 Final submission day
Half Term
07/06/2021
09/06/2021 Final deadline