When coming up with our first plot line we wanted to play around with a mostly minimalistic approach to props and actors as we believe it can produce a more powerful image and it works within the budget we had to work with. One of our original ideas was to show a piece of jewellery travel throughout the ages, showing a possible sentimental value to the item, however this would prove difficult to make sets look convincing and we would possibly have to think of fifteen different ime eras to place in in. We could however have showed it throughout someone's like from birth to death but then we would have use three/four different actors of various ages.
An idea we kept coming to again and again resolved around cards and card games and how we could play around with that. We especially like the idea of giving certain cards significance so that they give meaning to the characters action or add to the narrative in a way. We went straight away to an idea of a serial killer who chooses his targets based on what he draws. Although this idea seemed an interesting concept, it wasn't very original and we struggled heavily to figure out the images we would take as we could literally go anywhere if we could think of a card that fit.
Our final idea was to play around with the idea of isolation and spending Christmas away from family and friends. This worked more in our favour as Swansea (at the time) was filled with various Christmas themed decorations meaning we were not too limited with sets especially Winter Wonderland which would provide a nice contrast to the dark nature of the story. To show the passage of time within the plot with an advent calender which shows the protagonist is trying to enjoy the holiday, but just can't. One thing we really wanted to do with his project was play around space and colour and how that could show the isolation and loneliness (e.g. having him dressed in mostly black clothing and having a mostly blank facial expression).
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