We were thinking that our opening shot will be a close up of the main character who is shown acting. The lighting will be bright and shown under the impression that a stage light is on her. While she is gesturing and acting, the camera will pan out and show her on a stage in an auditorium but with no audience. Her enthusiasm for acting will contrast with the empty auditorium. It also symbolizes the struggle she will face of pursuing an acting career based on people not believing in her.
In the rest of the film opening, we will introduce her life and her attitude. We will also introduce the conflict. The conflict consists of her negative attitude towards school and her struggle with it. We will also introduce the conflict of people telling her she cannot succeed with that kind of dream.
Archetypes will be introduced including a mentor who is a teacher at the school. According to research, “the mentor was once in the hero’s position”. This is important to consider while developing the characters. Maybe we can hint in the opening that the main character’s mentor once had a dream like hers but he gave up on it. The mentor is usually an outcast of society. It would be ideal to make this character appealing to the audience with a sweet, outcast personality. We will later discuss the development of the main character and create a storyboard.
"10 Traits of the Mentor Character Archetype: Hagrid + Haymitch." Better Novel Project. N.p., 27 Nov. 2015. Web. 19 Mar. 2017.
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