After a few days of research and planning, I come to realize manipulating space and time in a film might be a little more complex than I expected it to be. The first problem that I encountered when planning out the idea was because there will be two stories being carried out simultaneously, its hard to get audiences hooked on to both stories at the same time while jumping between both stories. It may turn out well if I pull it off right, but for a 3 minute video it can be quite a challenge.

Besides getting people hooked on to the story, planning it out is another long process that requires a lot of thinking. My idea was to tell a non linear story, and experiment with different film techniques, but it seems pretty some consuming and a lot of manpower will be needed if it were to be carried out. I’ve managed to gather a few people and shared with them my idea, but in all the film seems hard to shoot.

What I’ve come up so far is a murderer who is cleaning up the body, while jumping back and forth of the time he prepares for the kill, and the same time showing the victim getting prepared for work. This jumping between space and time shows two perspective, which is the victim and the murderer. The big reveal happens towards the end of the film, but I have yet to plan that out. So far the idea seems promising and interesting, but I would have to do more research and thinking before starting the actual shoot.

Due to the restriction and all the problems I would be facing, I’m even considering to change my idea in to something a little more simple, but I am determined to pull this off because I believe this would be a useful tool to understand and apply one day in the future.