Alena Fitzgerald has a split personality disorder caused by a lifetime of obeying strict rules suppressed upon her from her proud parents, and pressures from school, the agony of pushing herself to be the top achiever throughout her schooling life. She is at a breaking point and therefore, a rebellious side of her slowly unravels to reveal her lack of personal control and stability.
To portray this, we plan to contrast her innocent side with the rebellious, using a completely new morning scene in the opening.
Things to include: Setting
- Girly bedroom
- Morning daylight
- Bedding, cushions, mirrors, books, fairy lights, glasses, school supplies, sensible clothes hanging up, neat, ordered and tidy
- Train journey
Costume, hair and make-up:
- Plaits
- White nightgown
- Slippers
- Face-cloth
- Mascara
- Natural nails
- No make-up
- Sensible clothes/ school uniform
- School bag
We plan to use jump cuts to form a more impactful, clearer montage to show the contrast of her two personalities. This way, the narrative is made evident, as we experienced some confusion when showing the opening to fellow students. Many said that the story was "weird" or hard to grasp, so by including the new idea of Alena having an innocent side should help boost our opening's strength and impact, but also to establish what the film is about if it were to carry on.
During a peaceful morning routine scene, we will see Alena brushing her hair, wiping her face and putting on some mascara. She will see a slight cut and bruise on the side of her eye, of which she doesn't remember getting. This is the signal to show how she does dangerous things in an unaware state, and to notify that there is something wrong. Then we will cut to the fast-paced running scenes and bath scenes to establish the difference in the way she acts when she is released from the constraint of her parents and teachers - her sudden rush into maturity that breaks away her sanity.
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