The Vision

The Story-

In desperation to escape her life of poverty and neglect, school girl, Harriet Young, attempts to find a job. One night, when vulnerable and reluctant to return home to her alcoholic father, she meets a woman whom she believes will improve her life. Eventually Harriet is manipulated and begins to lead a life of criminal activity and prostitution. She want to get away but fears both the failure to support her father and his debts and harrassment from her pimp. Will she ever get out of this situation?

When creating our storyboard we knew we wanted to use a lot of close-up shot 

1. Split screen (black), girl walking out the house in school uniform, versus, in tight skirt and laddered tights.
2. Father in front of television, flashing blue lighting coming from TV (only) booming sound
3. Empty fridge, match on action, crab/compartment shot in fridge. Blue tone.
4. Broken shelf, weird jar of condiment 
5. Job searching, montage: different people saying no, different locations
6. Lying down on bed, stained sheets
7. Over shoulder shot, opening card with £16 in change 'Happy Birthday, Dad.'
8. Close up '16' cupcake, focal point = orange candle light (voice over, "so, how old are you?" "18." Low angle = focal point face, onto cupcake, focal point candlelight (orange)
9. Quick fade: orange street lighting, night time
10. Meets guy, looking into car, night time (promise)
11. Shot looking into cafe, protagonist with food, eating quickly. Male not eating.
12. Stroking leg shot, gradual moving up the thigh, high angle. (Grab thigh?). No tights, same tight skirt.
13. Bedroom, mid shot, frustration and anger: hitting mattress, scream into pillow (mascara stains on pillow) 
14. Lipstick mirror shot, (numb look, unhappy) (continues throughout trailer, milli seconds) 

• Montage: More lipstick shots, smoking, male pushing down, falling into bed (slow-mo), leaning against brick wall (one leg up), putting tights on

1. Protest shots, slow-mo, shouting 
2. Ambiguity: "He won't let you go now, it's too late"
3. No music. Girl directly looking into camera "It's never too late."
4. Credits