Scene Analysis for Directing Actors Workshop

This is the final scene of the short.

Concept: The entire story is told mainly from our protagonist Amos’ POV, and this scene rebuilds to a rather intense moment for Amos where he makes a decision.

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In this scene, there will be 2 main characters:

Amos – 14 year old boy faced with a moral issue of joining his friends in shoplifting.

Man – a passer-by who noticed the boys (Amos’ friends) taking things in the shop.

Breakdown

1: Amos standing a distance away from the shop (at a bus stop) but decides to go over to take a look

2: Man parks his bicycle outside the shop. As he did, he notices the boys inside.

3: Amos notices the man, hesitates, but confronts him with a lie of borrowing a phone.

4: Man struggles to stop the boys from stealing but instead getting stopped by Amos

5: Phone drops, man is distracted, boys escapes, Amos apologises profusely.

6: Amos walks away as the man continues into the shop. Amos receives a text message from the leader friend saying ‘thanks’. Amos is unsure of how to react.