With the airports, ports and main roads closed, sea evacuation was considered the best option. Due to a high volume of evacuees and the priority being getting as many people as possible, only one rucksack full of valuables per person would be permitted aboard. 


The first sea evacuation took place on Tuesday when around 180 of the "highest priority" Britons were taken to Limassol in Cyprus on board HMS Gloucester, which was granted a brief "window" to sail through the Israeli blockade around the port of Beirut.

Amongst an estimated 12,000 British nationals and 10,000 dual nationals in Lebanon, 5,000 wanted to evacuate. 

Following the journey about a young girl who gets evacuated with her mother and brother from Lebanon to Cyprus on a HMS ship amongst other families. The journey follows her from receiving the news, to having to pack just a small rucksack filled with her belongings before leaving everything behind. Into an exciting but unknown new environment.


The mood board shows the general idea that I am aiming to achieve based on what has influenced me throughout the research process. Firstly my opening scene is based around war life and following an individuals life. I really wanted to emphasise the impact that experiencing a war can have and that it is happening all around the world leaving extreme damaging memories that many people aren't aware of. This is why I plan to have some quite intense shots within the short film shown in the mood board, including several quotes and disturbing pictures surrounding the subject. Secondly I had to focus on setting a formal respectful representation seeing as it is a sensitive subject. This why I wanted to include facts without directly telling the audience, meaning I have drifted away from making it seem wholly like a documentary. Thirdly I had to think of a key idea that would make my film stand out and seem original. To do this I decided to take advantage of my personal experience and use some authentic footage featuring a look into an interview on a news article done shortly after the evacuation.