SUB DIPLOMA Creative Media Production – Film & Television - Y1

Semester 1- 2018-19
Unit 16: Film and Video Editing Techniques
Level: 3. Credit Value: 10

P1:
My Social Action Hero is my Mum. I chose her as my Social
Action Hero because my Mum is a very kind-hearted and
honest person, who always tries to see the best in people
and help them be who they want to be. She’s a very spiritual
believer and has helped me to feel more comfortable with
myself and my way of thinking.

P2:
When researching for a topic to choose for my Social Action, I
wrote down a few different ideas with my partner. We had
multiple different topics to use from, varying from Cancer
Focus to Suicide Prevention groups. We eventually decided
to go with Depression and Anxiety Awareness as we both
have experience in how people feel while they’re going
through Depression.

We picked Aware Defeat Depression to work with on this

project and we even got an interview with one of their main
employees. She told us a lot of facts about Depression and
Anxiety, how many people they come into contact with
seeking help and how they can help them.
I made pitch to present to my class about my partner and I’s
plan for our Social Action idea.

Along with this, Patrick and I attended a two day event called
‘Let’s Talk’ that spent their times with the people there,
explaining who they were, what they did to help people and
how we ourselves could help people dealing with Depression
and Anxiety. They had us participate in the talk and little
activities together to show how they helped.

ADD Website: https://www.aware-ni.org

P3:
CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT
For the concept of my Social Action, Patrick and I got
together and discussed our experiences with Depression and
how we felt during that period of time. We then decided to
make a short film of us re-enacting our most painful
experience but as our own characters. For Patrick’s side of
the story, he was dealing with a bad break up and the death
of a close friend, and for my side I was being bullied by a
group of past friends.

We wanted to show that; there are different ways of

suffering and feeling the pain of Depression and that there is
a way out of that hell. Sometimes people find it difficult to
escape, but all they need is a little push. So the both of us
researched what Aware does to help people who have
Depression and facts about people with it.
MY TEAM
Patrick Maher H&S, Director, Actor,
Producer, Editor,
Cameraman
Jessica O’Hara Actor, Editor, Cameraman,
Director, Producer, Script
Writer
Joshua Curran-Kelly Actor
Conor Rabbet Actor
Aaron Gordon Actor
Laurie McClelland Actress
Morgan Stevenson Actress
Niall Doherty Actor
Josh Kuzma Cameraman

SCRIPT
Simplified:
The story behind this film is finding a way to fight your
'demons' and get to your happiness. Depression is the main
part of the story and it shows two main protagonists. They're
both college students but one is a 20 year old male who has
just been through a very tough break up, and the other is a
16 year old girl who gets bullied by a group of former
friends.
At the start of the story we follow Patrick as he enters the
college behind his ex, Claire. They're very awkward and he is
very distant, blocking out anything and everything by
listening to the music going through his headphones. Once
they get to class, Claire attempts to ask him if he's alright
since she noticed his behaviour change, but he doesn't hear
her because of having his headphones on.
It then switches to the girl, who avoids going to the classes
properly so she doesn't have to go through the bullying she
endures everyday. So she goes to the top of the staircase to
be alone and ends up falling asleep before rushing to class.
Time skip to lunch time of the same day, the girl is at the top
of the staircase drawing when she hears a group of voices
approaching and she tries to pack up fast to be able to leave,
but they get to her faster and start to taunt and bully her. Bar
one of the boys who doesn't do anything to make her feel
less than human. He actually feels bad for her but doesn't
admit it in front of his friends.
Meanwhile, the other character just left his class to get some
fresh air and ends up witnessing the fight and jumps in to
stop it. He gets up in one of the bullies faces and gives the girl
enough time to get away and she runs off before he can ask if
she's alright.
Afterwards, the bully's friend goes to check on the girl when
he notices she isn't in class. He finds her bag and ripped up
artbook and picks them up before leaving to look for her. He
finds her under the stairs and suggests for her to go to
Aware, a group that helps people with depression.
Meanwhile the man is approached by his friend who offers to
take him out for a few drinks to unwind, but he declines and
gives them the excuse that he's "busy".
The next day, the man sees the girl sitting alone
and approaches her, asking if she's alright from the day
before. He has to cut the conversation short as his phone
rings and the girl leaves. He talks to his Mum about his
breakup and throughout the day he also finds out that his
close friend has died. He's under a lot of stress and his
emotions are pent up so he leaves the college, passing the
girl who is confused by his sudden absence, and runs to the
forest and litchis frustration out.
While in the forest, his Mum rings again and has gotten him
an appointment with Aware Defeat Depression.
As he gets there, it turns out that the girl also had gotten
an appointment and they both walked in together.

SHOTLIST
PADDY’S SIDE

 SCENE 1
Paddy waking up and getting ready for Tech
 SCENE 2
Paddy arriving at Tech with Clair
 SCENE 3
Paddy rushes into the elevator to try and escape Clair
but she ends up on the elevator with him
 SCENE 4
Paddy rushes out of the elevator, forgetting he’s in the
same class as Clair.
 SCENE 5
Paddy has his headphones in and blocks out everyone,
Michael comes over and starts to annoy him
 SCENE 6
Class ends and Paddy leaves, only to walk passed a blue
haired girl who walks into the class and sits in his seat
SAPPHIRE’S SIDE

 SCENE 7
Sapphire goes straight up to Loop once she’s in Tech,
and ends up falling asleep and rushing to class.
 SCENE 8
Sapphire goes to the bathroom and a group writes over
her books
 SCENE 9
She returns and sees the insults and gets upset, so she
leaves the class
 SCENE 10
She goes up to Loop and starts to draw and not go back
to class
 SCENE 11
After a while, her classmates come up and bully her, to
which Paddy hears and comes to stop it. Sapphire runs
to the bottom of the staircase and stays there

PADDY’S SIDE

 SCENE 12
Paddy goes to walk into class, but as soon as he sees
Michael he turns back and goes to the top floor. There
he overhears some shouting and goes to check it out.
There he finds a girl being thrown into a wall and
confronts the group. When he gets them to leave he
turns to see where the girl went but she already started
running down the stairs and looked up to meet eyes.
 SCENE 13
 Not really knowing what else to do, Paddy heads back to
his classroom because he forgot his gloves and there he
sees a lot of Sapphire’s books with insults on them. Clair
comes over to talk to him and looks at the books in
confusion.

SAPPHIRE’S SIDE

 SCENE 15
After running to the bottom of the stairs, a while later
Karl goes up to Loop and sees that Sapphire’s things are
still there. He picks it all up and heads out to look for
her. Once he finds her he talks to her and suggests that
she should go to Aware to help with her depression.

PADDY’S SIDE

 SCENE 16
The next day Paddy comes into Tech in a solemn mood,
remembering the bullied girl. As he’s walking across the
bridge between buildings, he sees Sapphire sitting
somewhere in front of the Tech and decides to go over
to her.

 SCENE 17
They talk for a little while and introduce each other,
before talking about the previous day. Then Paddy’s
phone rings and he answers it and talks with his Mum as
Sapphire leaves.

SAPPHIRE’S SIDE
  SCENE 18
Up in loop again, Sapphire remembers the piece of
paper Karl gave her and looks at it before going down to
the third floor. While walking out she sees Paddy
running out of Tech and looks at him worriedly before
continuing to walk out of Tech.

PADDY’S SIDE

 SCENE 19
Running as fast as he can through the park, he collapses
and screams in frustration and sadness before getting a
call from his Mum suggesting that he go to Aware.

BOTH SIDES

 SCENE 20
They both end up going to Aware and meet each other
at the same time before walking in together

PROPS
Phone x2
Headphones x1
Bag x2
Book x1

EQUIPMENT
Camera x1
Tripod x1
Mic x1

TIMESCALE
We spent around 2 weeks doing all of the planning and
starting the paperwork. Then we had around 3-4 weeks to
actually make the product. With a lot of hard work with
trying to find ways around everyone’s different timetables
and even some mishaps, we eventually got something
together. But we will have to reshoot certain shots due to
inconsistencies with clothing and props.