This Still shot from our Drama Short-film ‘Lost Friendships’ shows our cast acting out a scene in which the characters Gavin and Jeremiah (James Walker and Paul Davidson) are having an argument with Giovanni and David (Lachlan Sinclair-Anderson and Ben Savage). Gavin and Jeremiah caught the two smoking with Chris around the corner whilst walking home from school in an alleyway. The shot includes all 4 characters which is the only scene that does so.
The shot includes the dialogue ‘Why can’t I have other friends too?’ and this shows deep meaning as the whole story is based around how Gavin left David for someone else and he spiralled into dangerous friendships with Giovanni doing the wrong things. He believes that, although Gavin is allowed to have other friends and it is completely fine that he also hangs out with Jeremiah, he is Gavin’s only friend and since he betrayed him he would be allowed to have Giovanni as his new best friend.
The scene is portrayed in an alleyway on a cloudy day to show the sketchiness of David’s acts of smoking. The shot is an over the shoulder shot (over both Gavin and Jeremiah’s shoulders) so that you can still see all 4 of them but have it still look like they are having a conversation without breaking the fourth wall.
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