After my tutorial with Matt, we highlighted that the current version of my story is far too complicated and there is too much going on in the script; in other words, over complication. However, Matt liked the idea of peeling back the layers of a human to define who they are. We discussed that the story does not have to be linear in terms of going from A to B to C etc. Instead, Matt suggested the idea of a "Visual Poem". Having key simple ideas that when connected, create the meaning of a complex idea for the film.
With this in mind, I aim to rewrite the script; simplifying it to a much more basic layout. The key events that will be connected in the film are as follows:
- The protagonist has an unrequited attraction to another person that they put above themselves
- From loving the other person before themselves, they wallow in the fact that they are empty and in effect 'non-existent'
- In the resolution, they discover who they really are by learning to love themselves above anyone else
Connecting these events together, you have a film they explains the concept of what it is to be human. Beneath all the layers that make up a person, what is their true nature. This idea also brings in to play the concept of the world navel as mentioned before. This being that the events in the film are connect by means of an underlying beat of the Earth that synchronises with every living thing on earth. This is what the protagonist needs to discover who they really are.
The overall message is to make the audience take a step back and reflect upon who they really are; in other words, make them more aware of their nature.
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