Wednesday, March 16, 2022

Updated Film Outline

The film is going to open on two characters hanging out together in a teenager's room, with colored lights and a dark atmosphere. The blinds will be closed and the lighting of the room is initially going to be a a dark blue. One character is going to be a boy (Ethan) and the other a girl (Celia). 

Ethan is going to be sitting in a chair near the far side of the room, with Celia rummaging around the room and investigating trinkets while making backhanded remarks, concealing her mocking behind a joking tone. Ethan will not try to defend any of her attacks, instead simply laughing awkwardly and agreeing.

Celia will then come across a handwritten note, hidden under some books on the shelf. Ethan will instantly get nervous, telling her to put the note down and give it back to him. Celia, who thinks that it's some kind of elaborate joke, will dance around Ethan, reading the note to herself. As she reads the contents, though, she will stop in place, with her back towards Ethan. There will be an uncomfortable silence. 

The lights will turn to red as she turns around and angrily asks Ethan if the letter she found is a suicide note. He will uncomfortably stammer out an answer, which she will not even bother listening to.

As they go back and forth, Celia will get increasingly upset, even going as far as crying and raising her voice. As she gets more and more confrontational, she will get closer and closer to Ethan, and the shots between them are going to get tighter and tighter. The camera is going to go from stable to hand-held during this altercation as well.

As she finally backs him into a corner, she is going to knock something off of the shelf in anger and make one final proclamation. This will be Ethan's breaking point, in which he raises his voice back for the first time and snaps at her. There will be a moment of silence, and the camera will cut from Ethan's face back to Celia as she looks upset. Then, as a door opens off camera, the light on her face will slowly go from red to white. The scene will end as she turns her attention to the source of the light.

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