Scriptwriting
What happens in your short film idea?
A girl (Molly)
goes on holiday to Athens and meets a boy who she falls in love with as soon as
they lay eyes on each other. She becomes very attached to him and spends the
whole holiday with him making new memories and experiencing new things with
each other. She faces the difficulty of leaving him and going back home or
continuing her life with him in Greece.
What is it about? (i.e. what does the
conflict/transformation symbolise?)
It is about a
couple who meet on holiday that have to face the difficulties of living in
different countries.
What is the Ordinary world?
Ordinary world is
her home life. She goes on holiday expecting just to have some sun.
What is the extraordinary world and what takes it the
character into it?
Extraordinary
world is when she gets to Athens and meets the love of her life. She continues
to live in the extraordinary world until she comes to the realisation that she
has to go home and leave him.
What is the goal of the main character?
The goal of the
main character is to convince her lover to move back to her hometown with her.
What obstacles do they face?
They face the
obstacles of leaving each other and coming to an agreement. Whether they want
to be together forever or to go their separate ways.
What External conflict is there?
What internal conflict (if any) is there?
The internal
conflict they face is the difficulty of making a decision of where to spend
their lives.
What (if any) are the conscious desires and
unconscious needs of the main character?
Conscious desire:
She wants to stay in Greece to live with the love of her life and spend the
rest of her life there. She loves Athens and wants to stay.
Unconscious
needs: She needs to go home to her family, friends and life.
Describe your first scene/sequence, beat by beat, up
to the moment the main character enters the extraordinary world.
1.
Molly
jumps out of the taxi.
2.
Takes
a deep breath of warm Athens air
3.
She
sighs with relief, admiring her surroundings.
4.
She
begins to walk into the hotel
5.
A hand
grabs her bag off her
6.
Before
she has chance to say anything he says “Let me Madame.”
7.
She
looks up and notices the man
8.
They look
into each others eyes for a few seconds
9.
He winks
at her
10.
She smiles
back
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