Plot Time

 So now that I've kind of decided what I want to do in terms of genre, I can start deciding exactly what it is I want to do for the plot.  I think I'm going to go for a more melancholic plot line that's represented by more experimental visuals, as I said in my last posting.  This is definitely more out of my comfort zone due to this probably being a more dialogue heavy, slice-of-life sort of piece which is usually something that I shy away from.

    I do think, though, that for the actual plot I will kind of go with the sort of character vs. self conflict that I usually gravitate toward.  I know I said I wanted to include that LGBTQ representation but I don't think that a romantic conflict with another person at the forefront of the plot is necessary in order to give that representation.  Perhaps this person's journey to self-acceptance could be a part of that character vs. self conflict, without the absolute need for a love interest.

    I think I would've liked to do something that centers around the main characters issues with a bunch of different self-destructive behaviors, but I fear it would be too similar to My Own Private Idaho and I want to make something that I truly think is unique.  But at the same time, I could always just take my favorite elements from the film and make it my own without necessarily just copy-and-pasting these ideas.  I kind of want to put more of a surrealist twist on this story of self-destruction.  Like maybe the way this person copes with their self-destructive behaviors kind of materializes in the form of another human, really taking that character vs. self conflict literally.  Kind of like someone being led by a dirty conscience, that in reality is just themselves, and they have to deal with said reality. 

    I think that this could be kind of a cool concept to build off of.  I think it gives me a lot of great opportunities to have a quite a bit of dialogue and really set up the rest of the story in just 2 minutes.  Since I have a sort of platform to build off of now, I can really get into the specific outline of the plot next and figure out exactly what I want to do, and also exactly who my characters are.