Final Proposal (updated)

Proposal

The social and political outcomes of war will be depicted in my films. This will include the soldiers and political figures who were made out to be heroic as well as the violent, brutal reality of war and families being pulled apart. 

Horror - Using war as my theme I plan the first film to show the scare and shock of war. Old documentary commentary will be overlaid onto fast footage. The voice over is talking about how many deaths were caused and questioning what was going through Hitler’s head as he spoke in front of his thousands of followers. The footage will show soldiers, Hitler and war scenes in fast cut scenes to shock the viewer. All footage will be monochrome. Close ups of Hitler and other significant people in the war will be used with high angle shots to show their power. This will be contrasted with long distance and establishing shots of the battles and planes shooting in the sky so the viewer understands how many deaths were caused. Medium shots of dead bodies will be shown to horrify and demonstrate the outcome of war. 

Rewind - Starting from the deaths, the footage will rewind in fast motion to the battlefield, the family preparing for war and eventually back to a time before war where everyone is happy at home and living a normal life. For example, there will be footage of soldiers fighting and it will rewind, the soldiers putting their weapons down and running backwards and out of the scene. Because this film is showing a rewind of war and life before the war many different types of shots will be used to show diversity such as close ups, medium shots, high and low angles, establishing shots and birds eye view. Cross dissolves will be used to blend the shots together showing the progress of time going backwards.

Honor - The third film will glorify war while also showing flashes of the horrible reality. It will seem like a soldier’s dream or memory of the war and the praise he was given being a soldier. The film will show happy families then cross fading to scenes of soldiers receiving metals and being seen as heroic. Flashes of horrible war scenes will appear to show the true reality. Peaceful music will be overlaid but as the horrible scenes appear real war sounds will be overlaid instead of shouting and guns, this music will be louder compared to the music track. Close ups of metals being awarded and smiling soldiers will be used as well as high angle shots of the soldiers marching to enhance the idea of being heroic.