I finished writing the script for my idea and gave it a really on-the-nose title: "The Minimalist." I'm pretty proud of the way it came out and I'm excited to get to work on the storyboard.
I named the main character Ricardo because nobody watching will actually know the character's name, I'm acting in it, and the film is largely a critique on myself and my own stupidity.
I am unsure of the ending. I like how it ends visually because it really hits on the theme.
The "theme" or "moral" I am trying to get at is that Minimalists believe that in our consumerist society we are told that buying more stuff will make us happy. Minimalists argue that having less will make you more happy. My argument with this film is it doesn't actually matter because both sides of the aisle still place too much emphasis on materialism. The character in my film got rid of everything he owns, hoping to feel complete and enlightened, but we find out he doesn't. He cares about whoever the person in the photo is and their absence is what makes him feel incomplete.
Showing the main character alone in an empty space but still holding on to the photograph is pretty powerful and I feel like it could be tainted by the voiceover. However, if I do not include the voiceover it may be a little too ambiguous as to what the photograph means to the character.
I came up with a pretty cool idea while writing (in my head, I'm certain nobody will find it interesting). Ricardo at one point gets rid of instruments in his room. I thought it would be cool if while he is getting rid of them, the music starts to lose the instruments as well. So, when he gets rid of his drums, the drums in the score also abruptly disappear. I'll probably have to become a sound engineer overnight to pull this off...
I am unsure of the ending. I like how it ends visually because it really hits on the theme.
The "theme" or "moral" I am trying to get at is that Minimalists believe that in our consumerist society we are told that buying more stuff will make us happy. Minimalists argue that having less will make you more happy. My argument with this film is it doesn't actually matter because both sides of the aisle still place too much emphasis on materialism. The character in my film got rid of everything he owns, hoping to feel complete and enlightened, but we find out he doesn't. He cares about whoever the person in the photo is and their absence is what makes him feel incomplete.
Showing the main character alone in an empty space but still holding on to the photograph is pretty powerful and I feel like it could be tainted by the voiceover. However, if I do not include the voiceover it may be a little too ambiguous as to what the photograph means to the character.
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