Narratives - 2 Minute Film - The Plot

At the beginning of the meeting we had quite a few exciting ideas being thrown around based on the theme of hierarchy. Initially our favourite was an idea for our film to be based around the topic of War. The more we talked about this idea we decided that practically it would not be the easiest choice to make because it would take a lot more time than we actually have. Some other ideas were based around hierarchy in prison, in schools and in the office. The office had been coming up a lot and we thought that this was a good basic idea which we could begin our planning for.

Plot Outline

Our character is a business man, well dressed in a suit ready for his day at work. A wide angle shot will show his luxurious office space which is neat, tidy and organised. We intend to have big close up shots of his luxury items such as flowers, coffee maker and most importantly a photograph of our character with the rest of his family. This moment of serenity is interrupted by an email alert from the boss pressuring our character. To represent the boss we intend to use non-diegetic sound saying 'you have e-mail' or to find an AOL e-mail alert and use diegetic sound. As the email alerts from the boss get more frantic, so do the calls on the mobile phone from our characters family. Piles of paper begin to pile up and up and up causing our character to not return home to his family due to his increasing work load. Using a flash animation we intend to show the hierachy ladder of the work place, and the ladder for the family. Quickly the work ladder dominates the family ladder. To show time passing by we hope to use time-lapse-photography on the hands of a clock whilst our character begins to grow a beard and sweat under the pressure from his boss. Slowly, but obviously the walls will close in on our character as if there is no escape. The luxury items from the beginning of the film are now non-existent and his family portrait has been forced on to the floor due to lack of space in our characters claustrophobic office space.