TV/Film Moments task

Even though I had not been in the lesson that day, I was told that we had a task to complete about a moment from our favourite film or TV show.

There are many moments that happen within film or TV, every story that is told is made up of many different moments but certain moments will stick out to the audience in different ways, we all see things differently when it comes to things like this, but the audience will remember the most important ones when a story is told.

I chose this scene from the film The Fault In Our Stars, many moments stood out to me in the film, however, this is the one that I always remember when I think of the film. The film may not be for everyone out there but the film tells a continuous story of how and boy and a girl met and fell in love. This particular scene stood out to me because throughout the whole film Augustus had stayed positive throughout everything, he was by Hazel's side when she needed him, but in this scene he cant be strong for her anymore.

I just found this scene speaks to me more than any of the other scenes, I think in a way it is showing you that you shouldn't give but sometimes it is okay not to have everything go the way you had planned it, the moments in the film tell a story.

Soft - Simon Ellis

Dad - Insecure 
        - Passive 
        - Introverted 
        - Working
        - Simple 
        - Everyday 
        - Routine 
        - Organised 

Goal - Get on in life 
         - To get milk 
         - Influence his son 
         - Role model 
         - More responsibility 
         - Bond with son - better relationship 
      
Conflict - Thugs/gangs 
              - Father wants to protect son but is too coward 
              - No milk for the tea 

Change - Father/son relationship 
             - Son can now defend himself 
             - Son lost respect for father 
             - Opinions of each other change 
             - The world around them change 

Soft in 25 word - 

- Contemporary 
- Conflicting 
- Complex relationship 
- Issues
- Inner conflict 

- Drama 
-Father/Son
- Urban 
- Working class
- Masculinity challenged 

A contemporary drama concerning the relationship between a father and son which reveals how masculinity is challenged when an urban gang attacks.

Story Telling: Short Project

Short Project 

We were given a task to create a short story, using a random location and two random characters, we had been given the location of a garage and the characters of a gangster and an unemployed teenager. 

Below I have added a mind map of the two characters development. 

  GangsterUnemplyed Teenager

Location
The location that we have been given is mostly set in a car garage that we have chosen to be owned by Terry Johnson, within the garage is Terry's office.

The story 
The story starts with Mark's parents arguing and his father walks out. With no financial support, mark has to find a job so that he can support his mother, however with no qualifications he is told by a friend to go and talk to the local gangster Terry Johnson.

The Plot
A short film that is set in East End showing the struggle of an unemployed teenager who turns to a notorious gangster for quick cash. The story starts with Mark's farther leaving the house for good, which leaves Mark and his disabled mother financially unsupported. From this moment onwards Mark feels that he needs to step up and become the man of a house, to do this he must find a job. However, he has no qualifications because he had got expelled from school.

In conversation with his friend, he is told that Terry, the local and well known gangster in town, is always in need of people who can do the 'job' right. Mark visits Terry's car garage and finds Terry who is drinking whiskey in his office. After being laughed at by Terry, Mark is given a chance to prove that he can do the job of selling drugs.

A few months down the line Mark is no longer unemployed and is a successful shadowing Terry in the buisness of drug dealing. He is no longer wearing a tracksuit but now a suit and is now able to support and care for his mother.

One night as mark is sleeping the police raids his house and arrests mark, leaving his mother to go into care.

Summer Project introducing me.