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An Unlikely Friend

The story start off with the main character being shown as isolated from all of his friends and family.  We get the sense that he is very unhappy and is clearly not involved in anything important.  We start off seeing a number of different scenes involving him with his supposed group of friends and also around his family.  Both of the scenarios highlight to the audience how he is not acknowledged or spoken to by anyone. 

The story takes us through his day-to-day life for both school days and weekends and we get a sense that he is still not wanted anywhere.  We start to feel sorry for the character as it is clear that he has no-one to talk to or that understands him.  As the story progresses we get flashbacks to a few years previous that highlight how he used to be a very lively young boy who was appreciated by all of his friends and also how his family used to be so proud.  We are then taken through a period where he falls into a deep depression due to his parents divorcing.  We are taken into his everyday activities around his friends and we can gradually see a change in his behavior but his friends take no notice and simply ignore him because they think he wants attention. 

The story unfolds to highlight how he finds ‘An Unlikely Friend’ in an old lady.  He sees the woman every Saturday morning and one morning he sees her struggling and builds up the courage to offer her help which is something that he would not usually have the confidence to do.  The story is going to go back to normal for a while leaving the audience wondering whether or not he is going to help the lady again the next time he sees her. 

The story then takes us to him seeing her again and helping her once again.  The old lady offers him inside for some tea and the unlikely friendship begins.  His mum, whom he lives with, starts to see a change in him as do his friends.  As the story progresses it is clear that his life has changed back to how we see it to be in the flashback.  

Much in the future we are shown him going over to the old lady’s house.  He rings to doorbell but no-one answers… He continues to ring the doorbell and when she doesn’t answer he goes around the back to the door that he knows is always open.  He enters he house to find her asleep on the sofa.  He wakes her up and all is well.  A few days later he goes back to the house and the same situation arises, however this time he is unable to wake her up and devastation kicks in.

He returns home to sit in his room and decide what to do.  We are left seeing him slowly returning back into his reserved state when suddenly he begins to realize everything that she told him.  He begins to come out of his state and stays the same energetic lively boy that he was whilst she was alive.  Flash forwards are used to show him happy with his friends and at home with his mum.

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This is the final version of my conversation video and I think that it has worked out really well.  Despite the shakiness of the camera the shots are generally pretty good and I especially like the way that the door shot worked out.  It flows very well and I like the overall way in which it blends into the video.

I added music and titles to the video to make it seem more professional and it has worked really well.  I especially think that the music has worked really well with the video because the beat works with the changing of the shot types, which is highly effective.