Brainstorming Part 2!

Hey guys! Nick and I have continued to brainstorm some potential ideas for our short film over FaceTime last night and here are some ideas we thought of. 

One of the movies we are most inspired by is Stranger Than Fiction. We liked the idea of the opening of that film and wanted to follow a similar path to show the repetition of the character’s lifestyle. 

Idea 1

We want the opening to be similar to the film opening of "Stranger Than Fiction” to represent the loop in our character’s life. This person is happy to be stuck in the loop since they are able to know what is going to happen before it occurs. Once that is shown, the character is broken out of the loop and wish to get back into it. We wanted the audience to interpret how the character fell out of the loop, however as we kept talking about it, we thought that the story might feel incomplete if we don’t properly portray it. This is the breakdown as to how we thought the story would be broken apart:

-act 1: establishing the loop (2-3 times repeated)

-act 2: loop breaks/conflict occurs (character wakes up late 6:46am, instead of 6:45am)

-act 3: resolution 

Alternate endings

1. We liked the thought process of this idea, however we were unsure about the ending. I thought of maybe having the character be in a coma and the character stuck in the loop would represent their day to day life in a coma. Once the loop breaks, it would represent the character waking up from the coma and how their life has a purpose. With this idea, we were thinking that the audience wouldn’t learn that the main character was in a coma till the very end, however as we kept discussing it, Nick brought up the valid point that it seemed cliché.
2. We also thought of just forcing the character to adapt to their new way of life as the ending. The character would be unable to get back into the loop and would be forced to alter their way of life. This was our back up idea in case we couldn’t think of any other storyline or ending. 
3. Another tweak we thought to this idea was if there was a specific object or idea which triggered the character to break the loop. The character would then have to figure out what the trigger was in order to place themselves back into the loop they are comfortable with. The issue Nick and I had with this idea is that it would be a lot to fit into a five minute short film.

These are just some ideas that Nick and I have narrowed it down to. Be sure to stick around for my next post to find out our finalized idea for our short film! Until next time…

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Sources:

https://media.giphy.com/media/1YhRc4YE5FeZKBWh2m/source.mp4