Narrative

Our short film focuses on the troubles faced by a young teen, abusive father, aggressive mother, distant sister, our character has no stable role model in their life to confide in or turn to. The twist within our story is the way in which the teen portrays their life, in a positive fulfilled manner. Through a series of images and video clips, the teen will speak about a certain aspect of their life and then be contradicted by the following scene showing the harsh reality. The way in which the teen addresses the audience will always be in an upbeat, joyous manner making a harsh comparison and prompting question of her sanity and well being.

Scene one
We see the main character setting up a webcam on a tripod, from a mid-long shot. Its then cut to a shot from the webcam, as the main character adjusts it, a mid close up of the character.
Muffled noises of movement while the webcam is being set up no other sound can be heard until the webcam is ready and a slight ringing noise coming from the machinery due to recording can be heard , located in the privacy of the characters bed room.
The lighting will be artificial, the source being a bedroom lamp as this scene is set during the evening when natural lighting would not be sufficient.
The character shuffles uncomfortably on the seat, as though being interrogated as he nervously looks straight at the camera and begins "I've been planning to do this for a while now...ever since the family party"
The costume will be neutral, everyday clothing jeans and a tee-shirt or jumper as we want to give the impression that even the most average looking people can be bearing secrets, whilst making our character more believable and relatable. In terms of colour we are deciding around gloomy colours, grey, black, inky blue to reflect how invisible and miserable the character feels.
One the charatcer has finished speaking, he looks down at his lap, then slowly turns his head to the side looking wistful and deep in thought although a slight smile is playing around his lips.

Scene two
Immediatety after the character has turned his head sideways, the camera cuts so his head is in the same position, but in a different location. The family party shows the character being ignored and assulted while his sister does nothing to help.
Sound of absent chatter, music, noise from the party, characters costume remains casual.

Scene three
The camera cuts back to the boy, appearing more at ease as he smiles whilst saying "my dad really loves me". The way the words are spoken almost represent a sense of pride the character has about his special relationship.
A note slips under the characters door from the father mentioning meeting in the bedroom, it is heavily implied that the boy is sexually abused by his father.

Scene four
The camera cuts back and the boy less enthusiastic then before says "mum loves me too, shes always letting me know she cares"
The camera then cuts to the character walking towards a fridge laden with post-it notes, criticising him about personal life, school, moaning about things he hasn't done and expressing a great deal of disappointment.
Emphasis is on the fact that the communication between the two is through post-it notes, rather than speaking.

Scene five
Cuts back to character leaning back in chair reminising "my friends are amazing (slight laughter as he speaks) we always have a laugh"
Cuts to a scene showing the boy home alone whilst 'friends' are out and about.

Scene six
Cut back to bedroom as character says "my sisters always there for me".
Cuts to a point of view shot trailing down a corridor after sister, trying to get her attention as she reaches her bedroom door and promptly slams the door closed in his face, making the boy shudder slightly with the force.
He then says "she was great at the family part" implying she provided support and assistance, when the audience clearly sees she did nothing to help, nor did she express any distress while the incident occurred.

Scene seven
The final scene is the characters ineviateble suicide, although you do not fully see the entire event just the character pushing a chair away and his legs suspended mid air.