The Basic Idea...
After looking over several ideas, we decided that the strongest one and the one we found most interesting to complete would be an abstract story called 'Abandonment'.
It follows a young girl who has been left abandoned in Edale. She sees scenery and animals, but never any people - she's all alone. As she explores, we see her miss trains out of the area over and over again, showing her desperation (they just speed right past her - like she isn't there).
Near the end it becomes more panicky, the shots are quicker and therefore add more tension.
So..
The girl will only be shown from behind (over the shoulder). It adds mystery to her character. What has she done to deserve being left abandoned on her own in this deserted place? The shot is at the train platform in Edale, whilst no trains or people are present. This is to symbolise her loneliness and abandonment straightaway, but still poses the enigma as to why she is being here. This question is left up to the audience to decide, to give them an active role in the feature.
The scenery will be used to show how deserted and quiet the area is, it's miserable and empty (like her life?) - the only thing she has here is the animals and nature.
The flashes of shots of the train leaving is representing each chance to leave gets ignored. The train goes straight past her, never acknowledging her desperate need to leave Edale. The shot is basic and quick, to represent the speed of the train, and the speed of the chance slipping away...
Near the end, the scenes will intertwine with each other, scenery, animals and trains, as well as the final shot of the train slowly stopping at the platform for her to finally leave. Using fast snappy repetitions shows tension and depressing idea that nothing changes here, there's no-one here, it's abandoned itself as a place. However the shot at the end is slow, to show her relief of finally being able to leave.
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