Pre-Production: Planning and Development/ Scripting

We were long due to meet up as a group and decide on some important questions yet to be answered for the progress of our script.
Points of order were:

• Auditions
• Script
• Treatment
• Exact storyline
• Character development

We used the two hours we had been given to discuss what issue would be the cause of conflict in the relationship of our two characters. We had decided on an important progression throughout the story - the focus is no longer on getting them to fully appreciate each other, but in fact to admit defeat and voluntarily end their relationship.

The theme of Transience remains important throughout the entire story, the lesson shall be only that sometimes the end of things should be appreciated and welcomed, or even set to an end voluntarily.

Our female main character will decide to continue on her own, rather than be torn away from her partner by death. It is a positive, independent and selfdriven ending to a lovestory that has never worked in the first place.

We hope that this ending puts mutual breakups into a better light and underlines that a happy ending does not always need to be a romantic get together. We shy away from the typical romantic happy endings and decided instead to make our happy ending all about independence and letting go. 

Still, we needed to discuss how the story would get there. To assist us with that, we got up  a character sheet from deviant art and skipped through it to answer a few more questions about our characters. By now we have a fairly good idea of what they are like, and named them.

The male lead will be called Adrian, and the female lead is called Caitlin, shortened by him to Cat.

Here are a few things about the characters that we have decided on.

Adrian:

• Is a confident, independent person. He does not require the approval of others.
• He is practical and decisive, get things done when they need doing, and often cuts down to the necessities.
• he is blunt, making him appear rude sometimes.
• He is emotionally a little reserved, and although he cares for the people he loves, he can appear as cold or lacking of affection.
• In arguments, he is patient for a long time and does not get easily angered. There is a breaking point however at which he will no longer calmly stand by.
• He does not know how to deal well with other peoples emotions, especially grief and tears.
• He is not religious.

Cait

• She likes to please people. Her priorities are other people and herself, and she looks a lot for emotional happiness in herself and others.
• She is insecure and requires a lot of affection to reassure her.
• she is not very decisive, but does not necessarily mind wandering aimlessly sometimes.
• she is more emotionally tuned than her parnter.
• she is honest and can be blunt, but tries harder to be sensitive about the subject.
• she is easily angered and gets into arguments quickly. When she perceives something as an insult, she is quick to jump onto that topic and point it out.
• She is a worrier.

Sach has mailed the film society and is looking to arrange a location for auditions with them. Once we have a location, we plan to hold auditions in maybe three weeks time, by which time the script and maybe storyboard should be mainly done.

Sach and I will collaboratively write the script. For now we decided to each prepare a few scenes for the different times in the film, and compare and patch them together later.

The storyline so far is still fairly vague and needs to be filled with locations and exact details.

1. Cait receives the call from Adrian's mother, telling her that he has died.
2. Time passes, and we see Cait go through the various stages of grief within her room.
3. Adrian returns - Cait reacts emotionally confused, both happy and sad.
4. They have a reunion, and enjoy the abilitiy to spend time together again.
5. After some happy hours together, tension arises. Small things ruin the good mood a little.
6. The start fighting. Little things are blown out of proportion.
7. The couple is upset and questioning their relationship.
8. Cait decides to break up.
9. They spend some time mending each other, saying goodbye. Their break up was mutual, understanding and forgiving. They leave on good, almost loving terms, but decide that this must be their final goodbye.
10. He disappears in the morning.