The Plot

We have officially done it. Raul and I have decided upon a plot. Here it is:

The film opens with an establishing shot of a house in the suburbs. The next shot will feature a family having dinner. We want to illustrate the tension in the family by showing an awkward dinner with only the sounds of forks scraping and chewing. Possibly with an over-the-shoulder shot, another teenager is seen through a window behind the family eating. The teen motions to the main character eating dinner (another teenager) to sneak out. The main character abruptly starts to eat incredibly fast, sparking concern from his family. With some fast paced editing we vision the kid quickly clearing their plate and putting it in the dishwasher, to then run off to their room. Running into his room, he quickly makes his way to his window and opens it to meet their friend outside telling him, "Let's sneak out." With some initial hesitation, the main character quickly rampages through his room, grabbing his essentials, and setting up a dummy to ensure he will not get caught by his parents. During this sequence, we plan to incorporate parallel editing to illustrate the lack of care from the parents as their child is making tons of noise in the other room. Back in the kid's room, he eventually escapes by jumping out of his window, and running off with their friend. Multiple shots will be incorporated to illustrate the main character jumping through the window and grabbing his bike from the side of his house. We plan to end this scene with a long shot of the kids biking away with the house in the background. When the teens leave the frame, the title of the movie is displayed, "Younger."

Of course, not everything can be planned to the T, but this plot is what we are striving for. Changes will be made to combat issues with budget and overall resources. With the creation of a storyboard, hopefully this plot will be a lot easier to envision. Due to the amount of diegetic audio being used in this plot and the night time setting, the major issues that we might have is sound and lighting. Thus, lighting and audio is what I will be practicing and researching leading up to the film date.