So, after all the preparation, the quiet location searching, actor gathering, I have now widdled my ideas for potential shorts down to just two main ideas. Both are Romantic Comedies and both are based around the idea of boy meets girl scenario. So here following are there synopsis' and any background info into how they would be filmed, locations etc.
Idea 1:
We begin in a girl's bedroom where the one girl is at her make up desk contemplating something but we don't know what. At that moment, two of her friends burst into the room all excited and giggly about something. We learn that the first girl has a date today, and they begin chatting amongst themselves about how best to prepare and fantasising about the boy in question.
Meanwhile, the girl's date is just rolling out of bed. He is the exact opposite to what we hear the girls talking about. He's very lazy, dirty laundry is strewn everywhere across the floor, untidy desk etc. The boy gets up and wonders through to breakfast where his flat mate is waiting for him. They too begin talking about the date but the friend is in a much more cynical and dismal mood about it than the boy, about how he shouldn't be doing this, keeping his horizons open etc.
Later that day we cut to the meeting point of these two people at a local park. The three girls are already there and are waiting patiently behind a nearby tree. The two friends are offering the girl last few moments of encouragement before sending her to wait on the bench. At that moment, the two boys arrive. The friend offers a few moments to make sure his friend is sure of going through with this, which of course he is. The boy then walks over to the bench and introduces himself. They exchange a few moments of dialogue before they both get up and walk off leaving their friends behind.
As an after thought to this, the friend of the boy sees the two girls still standing beside the tree and goes over to them to try and chat them up. As he does so, he receives a slap from both of them and picture cuts to black.
This idea would require 3 separate locations, 5 characters (minimum). I think this idea would be the easiest to pull off to be a comedy piece while still being romantic and would certainly be the most visually impressive. However, I do feel with more locations to pull off, there is a higher chance that not all my actors would be able to be in one place at any given time and may make filming it impossible. We would also be very weather dependant for the final location, and may need to obtain a permit to film in a widely public area.
Idea 2:
We see three men walking up a high street, one man is very jolly and constantly ruffling up one of the other two. As they get closer, we realise the gay man is much older than the other two, and that one of the two other men is slightly older than the 3rd. The three of them suddenly turn off the street into a pub.
*Cut inside the pub* We learn as they walk to the bar the eldest gentleman is the youngest's father and we quickly establish that tonight is the youngest's 18th birthday. We soon realise the 3rd man is the boy's older brother. They quickly order 3 beers and the father quickly relishes the moment as his youngest has his first truly legal pint!
Meanwhile all this happens however, the youngest has noticed a young lady in the bar which he is obviously attracted too.
Soon after, the father quickly leaves leaving the two brothers at the bar. The eldest has noticed his younger brother's spying and they soon end up working together so that the youngest eventually plucks up the courage to go talk to her.
And from there the youngest soon woos her and they end up spending the rest of the evening with each other.
By the end of the evening, the boy and girl walk out the pub, agree they'd like to see each other again, exchange contact details and the rest is left to the audience's imagination!
As an after thought for this, the father then comes out being carried by the eldest brother as he's blind drunk!
For this idea, I think would be far simpler to film as it only requires one location, very little outdoor filming and would only require 4 actors + extras.
However, in order to get the real mise-en-scene of a pub, I would need to gain the permission to film in a real pub. This would then either mean recording out of hours, or during service which would be a nuisance not only for us, but also for the pub and its customers with our equipment constantly getting in the way along with all the actors and crew.
As they currently stand, I am more inclined toward idea 2 as my final idea for my short but I am still wavering on idea 1.
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