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15 minutes of short film brainstorming #1

So me and a friend of mine have a pact to make a short film together so I gotta get brainstorming. So far I have...a title. I like the title and will not change it :P

Alone in the Moonlight

  • About dementia
  • Unclear that main character has dementia in beginning
    • ideas on how to demonstrate
      • have the main character ask repeated questions
      • have post-its all over the place that have phone numbers and other reminders on them
      • have the main character talking about holidays that are out of season based on calendar and/or how outside looks through a window
      • maybe it's one long conversation cut up to look like multiple
      • try to make the movie dream-like
  • Other possible characters in film
    • Child of main character
    • Care taker of main character
      • Main character is unsure why they're there
  • Maybe character realizes they have dementia during it, like they journey with the audience to realize it
  • Maybe the last scene is just like the first scene
  • Possible topics to cover in conversation between main character and other(s)
    • job of other(s)
    • time of year
    • holidays
    • memories of long ago
      • childhood of both main and other characters
      • college time of both main and other characters
      • parent(s) of main character
      • sibling(s) of main character
    • relationship status
    • education status
    • health
    • maybe have the conversation be very vague or muffled
  • Child of main character
    • Concerned
    • Tries to be patient
    • Takes note of inconsitencies around them
    • Tidies out of anxiety
    • a little prim
  • Caretaker
    • Kind
    • Patient
    • Respectful
    • Insistent
    • Tidy
  • Main character
    • has dementia (maybe hint at cause being alcohol?)
    • male (I could easily be swayed female)
    • short term memory very bad
    • has better memory of things long ago
    • still knows who child is (assuming we have this character)
    • still tries to do mental things like read books and do crosswords
    • wears glasses, but loses them
  • Maybe no real plot at all and make it more dream like and vague
    • would require more work on my friend's end, but maybe she's up for it? (Are ya?)
    • maybe POV filmwork
    • series of very short scenes
      • post-it notes
      • caretaker appearing and vanishing
      • child appearing and vanishing
      • seasons seeming to change constantly (or maybe not at all though the calendar has changed)
      • half-read books
      • half-done crosswords
      • clutter (caretaker and child tidy)
      • constantly lost glasses (blurry shots?)
      • half-eaten trays of food
Boy I need to do another one of these because I am not ready to start writing. Or maybe I should just start writing and see what happens. What do you think?

(Prompt by me but also kind of Amelia Sacco)
"Helen Taft, May Allison (LOC)" posted by The Library of Congress

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