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1. This short film called “Glass People” is a drama
about social anxiety. It starts at a house party in
what I assume is America where the girlfriend
complains that the couple never do anything. The
pair then get in an argument which contributes to
his anxiety. This setting won’t be one that we use in
our short film as social situations like this would be
extremely hard to set up as you would have to hire
countless extras. Also we want to highlight the
isolation that people with anxiety can suffer at
times, by having a focus on just our main character I
believe we can achieve this.

2. After waking up from the previous night, the main character looks at
himself in the mirror and has bloodshot eyes and a zombie like
appearance. These mirror shots are done very well, coming in and out of
focus to give us a dazed perspective and to show us how the character is
seeing things. The main character then walks around his campus feeling
different. His vision is blurred as he sees people as having “zombie” like
features. Colour correction is also used to show a greying effect and there
is a lack of colour in these scenes. I feel that this is an important concept
for a short film about anxiety. Showing how the character sees things is
crucial to telling a compelling story and making sure that people
understand what it is like to have anxiety. This is something me and Greg
will strive to do, meaning we will have to first research into the topic and
then try to accurately portray what it is like to have anxiety in the film.

3. Our main character then attends a lecture where he
continues to be distracted by the things causing him
anxiety. This includes his appearance in the mirror, his
girlfriend might call him, the party last night and how he
saw the other people on campus. They portray this by
using the narrative technique of a cross cut, this is done
extremely fast and creates a flicker technique. I think it’s
very effective because it shows what is causing him
anxiety without him having to tell us this through
dialogue, the pace of the cuts is meant to replicate how
everything feels fast to him. This is a technique that I
could easily replicate on Sony Vegas, this is a simple cut
where each cross cut would be on screen for a few frames
before changing to a different stress causer. I think this is
a technique that me and Greg may take into consideration
for our short film, we just have so many ideas to try and
cram into a 5 minute film.

4. We then cut to him getting help from a
councillor which in Freitagg’s triangle
would be the falling action following the
climax of the anxiety attack. This
conversation is done through shot-
reverse-shot and focuses on the main
character receiving professional help and
that it is not a bad thing to admit your
problems and talk to someone about it.
This will constitute for the main message
and falling action/resolution of our own
short film.
Later on we see the main character look
at a reflection of himself and he no
longer has the zombie appearance, this is
used as symbolism to show he is now
fixed following his counselling and
treatment. This is an important message
that I want to convey in our short film.

5. These two images show confidence as he doesn’t feel
the need to hide his feelings anymore from his girlfriend
or anyone else. He feels much better for talking about
his issues and is now portrayed as a confident extrovert.
This will be a different resolution to our short film as I
think that ours will end with him getting help as I feel
this is more appropriate. Glass People is a 10 minute
short film while our short film can only be 5 minutes.
We are far more constricted by time than this film so I
think that the resolution will be simple as him getting
professional help.