* Traumatic realistic events occur throughout the film.
I think that Flight does cover realistic and traumatic issues. We follow the character Sophie and see her struggle to keep the balance of her passion for ballet and her social life. Many people may be able to relate to Sophie and the events which occur throughout the film.
* Narrative often contains elements that may upset and disturb.
Our narrative will contain the issue of drug use, isolation/emptiness and the characters struggle to find her identity which audiences may find upsetting and be affected by.
* Portray realistic characters.
Sophie is an average teenager which many teenagers will be able to relate to.
* Main character is often well developed.
Our character Sophie will be very developed and the audience will get to follow her and see her develop even more throughout our production.
* Character is often in conflict with either themselves, others, or forces of nature.
Our film will follow Sophie Evergreen and the conflict she has with herself, the audience will get to see her struggle with balancing her 'two lives'.
* Realistic settings. Our film will follow Sophie Evergreen and the conflict she has with herself, the audience will get to see her struggle with balancing her 'two lives'.
We plan on using realistic settings throughout Flight. All the settings are every-day places which many people will often visit.
* Mise-en-scene relates very carefully to main character.
All the props and locations we are using relates to Sophie and her life. For example, within Sophie's room we plan on having lots of ballet objects relating to her passion for Ballet.
* Costume is often kept simplistic yet personalized.
Sophie's costume will be simple, she will be wearing simple ballet clothes for the first half (this also is personalized as it represents Sophie's love for ballet) and average teenagers clothes for the second half.
* Lighting tends to go from extremities.
We have stuck to this convention as our film will suddenly switch to the bright natural bedroom scene to the outside street scene.
* Close-up shots are often used.
During our film we will have lots of close-ups of Sophie to draw the audience in and get them to connect with her. Close-ups will also help us to show Sophie's emotions.
* Simple editing techniques used only. No special-effects.
We are going to oppose this convention as throughout our film we plan on having jump cuts and stop motion. We wanted to give our film an edge and make it stand out from the rest, this is our reasoning for using quite complex editing techniques.
* Clear dialogue between characters used throughout.
We will not have any dialogue within our film.
