Task 1: Concept

I have decided to work around a genre and build my narrative upon that. I have chosen a western film, with a slight modern twist on it. The name of my film is yet to be decided but i have a few ideas, such as Eugene Out West, Small Town Hero, Eugene and a few others. I wish to explore the ideas of anti-bullying and sticking to your morals. I also want to show how being the small guy in the background and having good morals gets you far in life, and the bullies get punished. I want the viewer to have sympathy for the nerd in the opening, when we are shown his hard life. I want the viewer to fall in love with the nerd, then, when he defeats the bully I want the viewer to have a sense of pride for the nerd. As for the bully, I want to continuously portray him negatively, and the viewer develops a sense of hatred for the bully. I want them to feel happy for the nerd, and particularly i want them to realise the hurt that bullies can do. I also want to show that bullying is not OK and I hope that when they go away from the event and see a case like this on the street, they will do something about it.


The story will be set in a small town. The main character, Eugene is a bit of a nerd and socially inept. He is being bullied by the town tough guy, Big Bill "The Bulldozer" Brown. A 'fight' (or showdown) is organised for the afternoon and all the town's people are there to see. Eugene ends up 'accidentally' killing Big Bill and the towns people see him as a hero. There is where it will stop but the rest of the movie will be set up that he will go to other towns to defeat the enemy. I want to have no dialogue. I want to do this to avoid getting poor quality audio I will use a range of P.O.V and CU and Long Shots. I have friends that do drama that are happy to be actors and some friends with little acting experience to be extras a the town people. I will use the school cameras and possibly my friends camera and I have the adobe suite at home to edit it with. This will be interesting to a student audience because the idea of bullying is common at schools.