Going into the year our group's director Briana had the idea for a film
Character Names:
Daughter: Elena Alvarez
Mother: Valentina Alvarez
A young 17-year-old girl who lost her mom to cancer
The film is going to show her going to a museum for the first time since her mom got sick and alone
The museum holds significance because it was a place where Elena and Valentina spent a lot of their time together
She carries a diary with her that her mom gave to her before she entered her senior year of high school
She has written her accomplishments/milestones and her thoughts down in this diary.
The 2nd half of the film would consist of her writing down how she felt returning to the museum and how different things are now.
Also within this entry, she writes a thank you note to her mom
As she gets up to look at the sunset the wind blows, causing her pages to flap open and have a piece of paper fall out
The paper is a letter that Valentina wrote to Elena before she died, telling her she is proud of her. And to never give up and to always look for the light in the darkness situations
Elena happens to wear a sweater and necklace that her mom used to wear
I love this idea overall. At the same time, upon discussion as a group we decided that the story was full of cliches and that we wanted to usurp some expectations, thus creating a more "interesting story." The idea that I had was making the Mother and alcoholic and that she got liver cancer (which killed her). My reasoning for this was that it created an internal conflict for the character - balancing grief/forgiveness toward her mother as well as the anger/resentment she feels towards her.
This conflict makes the story an overall more interesting and engaging storyline - and even one that some people can relate to, due to the complexity and juxtaposition of emotions associated with grieving a family member.
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