The Henley College 62441

Libby Clark 980406

March 20th, 2020

‘Knowing You’

Short Film

CLRK Productions

Unit 8 - Final Major Project

Brief
Deadline: Friday 5th June
Information on competition:
Raindance Film Festival

I have chosen to complete my Final Major project as a submission for the

Raindance Film Festival.
Raindance Film Festival is the largest independent film festival in the UK. The
festival welcome submissions from producers and filmmakers in both the UK
and internationally. The aim of the festival is to showcase the best new cinema
from the UK and around the world, while specialising in first time directors and
discovery.
There are multiple categories in which you can submit, these include:
• Narrative Feature
• Documentary Feature
• Narrative Short
• Documentary Short
• Animation Short
• Music Video
• Queer (Feature)
• And Virtual and Augmented Reality Experiences
The festival welcomes projects of all lengths and genres.
There are three key deadlines for the festival, each with a different submission
fee. These deadlines are as such:
Date Deadline Feature Fee Shorts Fee Music Video
Fee
24th April Early £55 £25 £25
2020 Deadline
22nd May Regular £70 £35 £35
2020 Deadline
th
6 July 2020 Late Deadline £100 £50 £50
I plan to submit a narrative short into the festival, in time for the regular
deadline.
Final Idea
For my final major project I have decided to produce a short narrative film. The
main topic of the film will be ‘obsession’.
I plan to produce a piece of work that is between 6-8 minutes long and follows
a teenage girl as she becomes obsessed with her classmate. The film will focus
predominantly on the main character, but I hope to include a third character
who works as her best friend and someone who provides the audience with a
second point of view.
I will cast the classmate over whom she obsesses but the audience will only see
them as the main character does, meaning their view of the classmate is
biased and altered to fit her reality.
My main goal for the piece is to lead the audience to believe that the pair do
know one another and create a reality as realistic as possible to communicate
this idea. However, at the end I will reveal the true nature of their relationship,
which is that they have never met.
My ideas and aims for the production may change as I expand on my research
and develop the idea as a whole.

Target audience
My target audience for this production is ages 16-24 though I feel that with my
topic of obsession I may be able to reach a wider target audience. I hope for
my short film to appeal to everyone who is interest in or relates to the topic.
Overall, I will reflect my target audience within my casting choice. I hope to
find an actor between the ages of 17-20 to play my main character as I feel
they will be able to communicate my message well while portraying the image
of a school student.
By having an actor in their late teens I will also be able to appeal to the higher
end of my target audience as they will be able to recognise themselves within
the actor.
Rules and regulations
There are no set rules I am required to follow for the Raindance Film Festival.
All short films must be under 45 minutes, which I will be able to conform to as I
plan to produce a short that is between 6-8 minutes.
My production must also have been completed after 1st January 2019, in order
for my work to be eligible for the competition.
Throughout Unit 8 I must follow the rules and regulations of my college and
exam board. These are displayed below. The required deadlines can be found
in my production schedule.
Production Schedule
Below is the production schedule I intend to follow throughout the process of
this project.

PRODUCTION SCHEDULE
Date – Week beginning Plan of Action Evaluation
16th March Context* Weekly blog
Idea Generation
23rd March Research Weekly blog
30th March Research Weekly blog
6th April (Easter) Pre-production* Research Evaluation
13th April (Easter) Pre-production / Film Test shoots / Weekly blog
20th April Pre-production / Film Test shoots / Weekly blog
27th April Film Planning evaluation
4th May Film / Edit Weekly bog
11th May Edit / Re-shoot* Weekly blog
18th May Production Evaluation Weekly blog
Interim Deadline
25th May Marking Week
1st June Pitch / Improvements Pitch evaluation / Final
Final Deadline evaluation

*Context – idea generation, proposal, brief

*Re-shoots may involve contingency actors / location

*Actor auditions this week