Plot Development And How To Show The Bollywood Influence

Summary


The brother went missing a long time ago and his younger sister was so distrort by this it drove her insane. The brother was found but the protagonist could not accept how and why he went missing in the first place so she became mentally ill and ignores this information. We shall show her ripping pieces of newspaper articles and drawing on photos to show her distressed situation. After the title appears we will then show the brother looking smart and relaxed to convey the juxtaposition between both their lives. This will reinforce her obsession over him and how she is unable to deal with his disappearance. 

We have not decided on a detailed shot list yet, however, this is a rough idea of of the sequence of events in our opening.

• Shots to introduce the title of the film company
• Shots of the protagonist looking distressed and mentally unstable
• The first scene will build to a climax which will cut to the title
• The antagonist will be shot looking smart, and relaxed to contrast the opening scene and reinforce the juxtaposition between the two characters.

My group and I still have a lot to discuss and this includes how we are going to present certain ideas to the audinece through:

• Costume
• Lighting
• Camera shots/angles
• Editing
• Mise-en-scene
• etc.

Where Bollywood comes in

As talked about a lot in previous posts a "Bollywood" influence is something that we would like to incorporate and to do so would have develop the ideas seen above. 

Upon researching Bollywood one thing that I discovered was that with the mise-en-scene lots of candles are used and there is also an exaggerated use of diegetic sound with breathing, footsteps and clocks as well as other small features all often magnified. Religion almost always takes up some part of the productions such statues and refernces to the Gods are something frequently included. Most Bollywood films are made in Hindi the language spoken by predominantly poeple of the Hindu faith.

The costume is also one of the most iconic things of Bollywood with very elaborate, traditional costumes used for the females. Males often where traditional clothing however do sometimes where a modern western suit for some occasions depending on the narrative etc.

Performing art, music and dance is something that are common themes within Bollywood producitons. It would be hard to produce a dance as they often use large studies along with casts however music is something that we could use within our own and reflect the Bollywood influences. A possible idea that may not be used is that we still use music as a key theme however change it to western music. If we were to put it over the the screenplay when showing characters in Bollywood style clothing and also used the mise-en-scene to support it might be seen as contrapuntal sound as it is in reservoir dogs where the music doesn't match whats on screen.