Final Synopsis.

Short film Synopsis
Title: "Possibility Pakistan"
Media brief : Short Film
Genre: Docudrama 

Genre: Docudrama

Target audience: age 13 onwards

Media institutions: internet, television

Duration: 7 minutes maximum

We are naming our short film ‘Possibility Pakistan’ as it revolves around Pakistan and the room for new possibilities, new hopes and a revolutionary change in its people. It will tackle Pakistan as how it is under the dark cloud of extreme poverty, illiteracy, energy crisis, corruption, and terrorism, international interference disrupting diplomatic relations with other nations, unemployment, inflation, overpopulation and major health issues. It will be based on how, under this dark cloud, Pakistan and its people are still emerging with new talent coming forth every day. It will revolve mainly around how people are still surviving, working and earning, and how they are enjoying just the same. Each new day, in their lives, commences with a fresh start, a new ray of hope, hence, one step ahead towards a better future, every day.

We intend to capture a minimum of seven very effective scenarios in our film. For example, one of our shots will revolve around a huge family of 10 members in a two-room house in the village. Amidst this entire disturbance, a 16 year old is struggling to study and when he finally manages to do so when the house quiets down in the way hours of the night, the electricity goes out. Irritated yet determined to study he leaves the house with a dimly lit lantern and finally manages to study for his better future, for his family’s future and for his nation’s betterment.

However, our short film will commence with a vista shot of Pakistani streets and a series of quick images of the culture being followed amidst the lower class of Pakistan, which will be followed by the rest of the shots.

The second idea was to shoot a vendor in a street selling plastic products and how, after a day’s work, he is tired and eager to go home but a fruit stall catches his eye. He moves to the stall, buys fruits from the vendor with whatever money he earned for his children and wife at home. At home, giving the shopping bag to his wife, we will show how they are happy and how their eyes enlighten when their father gets home. More so when they see the tasty luxuries their father has bought and the look of gratefulness on the father’s face for whatever, less it maybe, he has been blessed with.

Our third shot could revolve around how, in the absence of electricity, a child with his limited intellect comes up with a handmade circuit to create enough light for him to finish his drawing for the T20 World Cup to support Team Pakistan. The determination and the eagerness in that child of not more than 5 years old to support his team and play an important part in its success will be an integral part of this shot. How he jumps at each six and four and how his expression changes at each wicket would have to be shown with proper care in order to create the desired impact on our audience.

Our fourth shot will be based on how NGO’s in Pakistan and the various welfare institutions are providing for the poor people in our society, how the young children who previously played a major role in earning for a large family of 10 are taken in by these organizations and how they are educated to pave their way towards a better future. It will focus on how children are used against their rights and how, even now, during high inflation and low employment opportunities, people are still willing and able to do something for the needy. Edhi, SEPLAA Foundation, Arfa Karim Foundation, Next Generation Pakistan are only some of the organizations who are already at work, helping young children, providing free education, accommodating the homeless and the orphans, etc.

The fifth shot will revolve around how relatively rich teenagers are driven by the need for change and coming up with various groups and new ideas to introduce these changes in Pakistan for the benefit of the nation as a whole. Voluntary groups are set up and the response to these campaigns is quite unexpected. This shot highlights how the only lacking factor in the Pakistani culture is that of taking an initiative. It takes only one to make the others stand up for their rights. Various mobile networks came up with effective campaigns recently, persuading Pakistanis to take a stand against the wrong.

The sixth shot will revolve around how during an epidemic or a weather hazard, Pakistanis unite and help the victims through the shock of their lives, consoling them through the shock of losing their families, their homes and everything else that got pulled in. The floods last year and the earthquake of 2004 are perfect examples of how people go about when half the nation is in need.

The seventh shot in this short film is likely to be the closing scene whereby people are gathered in a mosque with candles in the front signifying hope for a better tomorrow, for change. The people gather to pray for the nation and its betterment as now we need these prayers more. Pakistan is not safe anymore and needs these prayers to help them through. Karachi and Quetta are perfect examples of why we need to pray. This shot of ours ends with the camera deep focusing on the candles whilst zooming in.