Initial Planning: 'Dream' Idea

Transition between (Dream world and reality/split persona)

Dream Ideas:
- Barbers
- Musically influenced (band/singer)
- Bathroom sounds
- Drugs/alcohol/cigarettes

Reality Ideas:
- Coach/Train/Bus journey
- Apartment
- In a park on a bench

Official Dream Theme:

Combination of the (musically influenced) idea and the (drugs/alcohol/cigarettes) idea.

Official Reality Theme:

Coach Journey. Coach journeys are normally long journeys, being more tranquil with less distractions, unlike trains and buses which are constantly stopping when people get on and off.

-Ambition of becoming a rockstar, influenced by his love for music. However, he knows he will never fulfil his rockstar dream which creates anger and depression. He resorts to Alcohol, Drugs and Cigarettes to dampen his emotions.

Original Structure:

1) Dream - 50 seconds
2) Reality - 10 seconds
3) Dream - 50 seconds
4) Reality - 10 seconds
5) Dream - 50 seconds
6) Reality - 10 seconds

Our original structure wasn't effective. The surreal sounds and distorted images in the dream contrasted the reality sections too much. Every 50 seconds, the dream was interrupted by normality.

After our first attempt we changed this around and included two reality sequences from the coach journey. The first at the beginning of the film and the second at the end.

Official Structure:

1) Reality - 20 Seconds
2) Dream - 2 Minutes 20 Seconds
3) Reality - 20 Seconds

This allowed us to express different emotions through visual and audio within the dream sequence. Our official structure has gave us control over the pace of the film, allowing us to build progressive tension without the constant interruption of reality every 50 seconds.