Annabel Stow

NOTES FOR PITCH ‘Time Stood Still’ - FACTUAL/ROMANCE GENRE: I was thinking about how we are living now and thought I would use the Coronavirus as a film basis for a short film showing the story of a young couple. The film would follow a couple who have recently met at university and are enjoying the freedom of university life and the freedom to be able to do whatever they want. The lockdown is imminent and as they are originally from London and Cornwall therefore the pandemic throws a curveball at the young, dynamic couple. They both study at the University of Bath therefore as this is a new relationship, distance is the centerpoint of this film. This is a story of how the pandemic evolves over weeks and moves their relationship to a different level almost immediately as they are now together 24 hours a day.  I thought the film could be shown in independent cinemas to show limited screenings of the film. Afterwards, the film can be broadcasted on TV and released on DVD s

Inception (2010) - Throwback Trailer (IMDb) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SVw2tlfVAI&list=PLRDnnvx-4xZ2W5pHYzHLV1wq19OXN25kD The opening shots combined with the sound of the characters voiceover is part of the exposition, setting up the key concept of the film and its ideas  One scene that stands out is the slow motion shot which see's a man falling into a bathtub. The motif of water is used a lot throughout the trailer which could lead the audience to start to wonder what the significance of it is The exposition allows the characters and key themes to be introduced. The high angle shot of the girl shows that she is being taught something or introduced to something new. The next CGI long shot of the road being uplifted and rolled over, shows that there is a fictional element to the film A series of confusing close up and long shot images all lead up to the complication. The pace of shots change from relatively slow paced long clips, to faster shorter ones in compari