1. Silent Film - "ERROR 404"

"Error 404" is a 1-minute silent film satirizing modern tech frustration. A cashless vending machine rejects every payment attempt (NFC, QR codes, cards) with glitchy errors, building rage until a reveal: a "CASH ONLY" sign. It critiques society’s over-reliance on brittle digital systems—with a darkly humorous twist.

Opening (00:00–00:12)

1. Wide Shot (Construction Site Vending Machine)

A worker taking a rest at a resting shelter
Worker walking towards a vending machine for a refreshment
Sound: Distant electronic hum, footsteps approaching.

2. Medium Full (Worker buying refreshment via vending machine )

Worker buying refreshment drink from a vending machine
Sound: Optimistic beep

Middle (00:13–00:29)

3. Above shot (making payment)

Selecting a refreshment drink from vending machine
Making payment with NFC card, QR Code Scan
No response
Select again, still no response, becomes impatient
Frustrated hands swipe violently at the screen.

Climax (00:29–00:42)

4. Medium shot - Hero View at LED screen of Vending machine

Repeated selection for drink and making payment with no response
Angrily hit on the vending machine
Sound: Glitchy static, like a crashed app.

5. Low angle POV (Re-try buying)

Select again
Still no response
Becomes impatient
Sound: Optimistic beep, shaking vending machine

Ending (00:42–00:60)

5. Medium shot - slight above

LED screen running with "Connecting to Server"
Machine screen dies → reveals "CASH ONLY"
Sound: Dial-up tone followed by beeping sound

Ending Wide Shot

Worker walks away disappointedly

Behind the scene:

Storyboard images - Photoshop

Footage editing - Premiere Pro

Vending machine - Casting Yard, CRECJV, Yuen Long South Development

Types of Shot:

Wide Shot at Opening
Medium Full
Above Shot (POV at making payment)
Medium Shot (Hero View at angry worker)
Slight Above (POV at LED Screen)
Wide Shot at Ending

Silent Film - "ERROR 404"

This website is designed for assignment submission of Portfolio A for

Bachelor Degree MC016 - BA (Honours) Media Production - COMM5049-1128AW - Screen Languages

Student Name: Mak Wai Keung Patrick

Student no.: 20286151

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