Story Outline

 Finalizing the Plot

In previous blog posts, I mentioned the idea that me and my partners had for our film opening. Today in class, we had a long, thorough, discussion in which we brainstormed a large variety of ideas we had for the plot. I will insert an image of our *nearly* final idea and plot. We made sure to include the ideas of all members as well as work off of each other's suggestions.

One thing I would like to add is that we verbally discussed further details of person B's death. This was important for us to discuss as we want our film in its entirety to bring light to the struggles that come with drugs and addiction, and so we want to show that the cause of death comes from an overdose. In the scene of person B's death, we plan to imply the character's cause of death with a shot of a pill bottle with pills spilling out of it, similar to what can be seen in the image inserted to the left.

Additionally, I referenced the video below as inspiration for the death scene. I was reminded of this scene as the character 'Violet's' death was also caused by an overdose in a bathroom, as well as the male character 'Tate's' strong emotional reaction. My partners and I can reference this video during our storyboarding, shooting, and editing for inspiration on what the shots and pace of editing may look like during the scenes leading up to person B's death as well as when it actually occurs.

I was also interested in the use of a running shower to subtly hint to the viewer the idea that life moves on after death. This particular idea was inspired by Psycho (1960), in the scene in which a woman is murdered, but towards the end of the excerpt the camera focuses on her blood flowing into the drain to reinforce this idea. This will likely not be strongly apparent or emphasized in the film opening, but it is, hopefully, going to be present to hint to the viewers that the rest of the film would theoretically cover the main character's (Person A) journey overcoming her difficulties in life after her sister's (Person B) suicide.