Research task: Genre

Last year, my team and I created a thriller short film opening that featured no violence and used limited props. This year, I decided to take a different approach by focusing on a more realistic topic. I wanted something that addresses a real-life issue and feels relatable to people my age. Initially, I planned to explore psychological problems like depression or anxiety. However, while drafting a brief plan, I realized the storyline felt predictable and too similar to many projects that had already been done. I then decided to stay within psychology but shift my focus to a different issue: social media and phone addiction. I also wanted to show how this addiction can connect to or even cause other psychological challenges. I found this topic especially engaging because it lets me address multiple psychological issues through a single, relatable problem.

As I am planning to do an animated film, this short film found on YouTube did give me an idea of the different types of ways each scene can be portrayed.

This short film makes use of a grey background (which was mainly used in films before the introduction of coloured films), which adds a kind of negative emotion (portrayal of sad feelings), showing how people are not even aware of the world around them due to being addicted to their screens.