Character: Outcasted boy who comes home from school one day to find his mom laying on the bathroom floor with a pill bottle in her hand.
Setting: House school and bathroom
Backstory: we see pictures of a family who is really tight and united and we later see that his mom is dead and his dad got so depressed he became an alcholic and a crack addict.
Goal: The boy tries to overcome the adversity of not having a mom and practicly not having a dad.
Time: We see that he struggles with the adversity to the point where he finds a pill bottle and is sitting on the toilet whn his brother comes in and stops him from doing it.
Relationship: We see the strong relationship between the mom and the boy and the boy and his little brother through flashbacks and pictures.
Obstacle: Trying to cope with his moms loss and his dads addiction
Mood: seariuos and sad
Unknown: He told his mom he ner wants to see her again and storms out of the house before school the morning of her death
Discovery: Its only A dream and he wakes up and tells his parents he loves them and starts to respect them more after his trageic dream
This plot line has the potential to become a great compelling movie. The concept of a young child discovering the horrible death of his parents and eventually succumbing to the same drug is a perfect story of irony and works well to show the ways children will follow their parents. A climax could easily be established for this movie, which will help the audience understand the struggles the main character has to face when his/her parents die. I also enjoy the resolution of the movie from the climax, which ties well with the emotional content for the audience to be able to understand the morale of the movie. Therefore, the movie will not simply revolve around the death of a family by drugs. “You are lucky to be alive” would be an appropriate morale of this movie, as this is the main purpose of this movie. On the other hand, it would help if you could arrange all your ideas into a two column script for your intents of this movie to be shown. Great idea!
ReplyDeleteI believe this has a very good foundation for a film and is very dramatic. It might be a little cliche and some of the themes might be a little hardcore for a junior film class. Mr. Bigue might not approve of some of the ideas, but it can morphed into a very good film with a very good lesson at the end. Some of the shots might be hard to produce too but if you can do it, go ahead. It sounds like a good idea.
ReplyDeleteA dark and depressing story that unfortunately has been told often... kind of hard to tell the story in a short film and have us really care for the main character. What direction could you take this that might be unpredictable?
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