~The Vision~

Welcome back to the Portfolio in Progress. Now that Lexi and I have overcome our major problem and actually have an idea, we can now begin the process of refining and adding details in this week so that we can start filming next Tuesday, which is a super testing day so we don't have school.

I will do my best in this post to articulate the vision for the 2-minutes:

  • Establish the main character as a musician in the first frames with diegetic sound of a piano melody playing (I'll either use a pre-existing track or create a new one with GarageBand)
  • The sound of the song is interrupted by the protagonists' father who gestures her/him to follow him
  • Scene cuts to a brief montage sequence which will build the character development of both the protagonist and her father. Narration will also begin in this sequence, which will continue for the duration of the 2 mins. Lexi and I have discussed the montage and are thinking that it will include shots of a father playing guitar and watching the protagonist play piano.
  • The script has yet to be written, but we have decided that the protagonist must narrate something to reveal the bond between the protagonist and their father, as well as their corresponding relationship with music.
  • The scene will then take a shift and begin explaining otosclerosis--the genetic disease that caused the protagonists father to lose his hearing. The narration will explain that their father was an aspiring musician like them but had to give it up. 
  • The next shot will cut back to the initial setting and reveal that under the protagonist's headphones there is a hearing aid...the narration will divulge the main conflict of the movie that will follow: the musician has inherited his/her father's disease and will continue to lose her hearing.
Image result for hearing aid
The plot conflict will be introduced when
the main character reveals their hearing aid




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