More Ideas

After reading through the ideas that we have compiled thus far, we have decided to opt for a slightly different approach towards the way in which the film is delivered. We mostly came to the conclusion that many of our ideas may have been a little too ambitious for a five-minute drama; especially considering our time constraints and equipment limitations. Instead, we have decided to opt for a more minimalist approach to the film's narrative. This idea revolves around our previously established concept of an unreliable narrative; where Luke will reveal details of his life which, when juxtaposed with a related cutaway, are revealed to be slightly inaccurate or exaggerated as a result of his deluded mental state. For example, Luke may say that he has "found a new job"; the cutaway revealing the disturbing truth that he is actually working as a contract killer. What Luke says is technically not incorrect, but is twisted in some disturbing way; as we plan to do so for much of the information he reveals. We also had the idea of the 'therapy session' just being another part of Luke's delusions. Being schizophrenic, Luke may well have multiple personalities, and it may be that in fact, in his own head, he is simultaneously the patient and the psychiatrist. This would be achieveable within the film by constantly keeping Luke as the subject of the shot when in the 'session'; not letting the viewer see who he is talking to. At the end of the film, a wide shot of both 'speakers' would reveal that Luke is also the psychiatrist (achieved through a split-screen effect) and that he has been speaking to another of his personalities and not another person.