Storyline of Film Opening

 Our Love Story

        

After watching films/shows such as Crush, My Policeman, and Heartstopper and really brainstorming the idea that I want to project I have finally landed on a main storyline that connects with the type of opening I am thinking of creating for my film. 

Exposition:

        Our story starts with the interaction of 2 girls meeting at school with completely different lives. One is a girly-pop, popular but humbled, good student 16-year-old teenage girl who has struggles not just with her self-esteem but also with her family, on the aspect of them not approving homosexual love. The other is a very indie, down to earth, nice bookworm 16-year-old whose parents care a lot about her but can sometimes be very overprotective that causes them to not have many boundaries. Since there hasn't been any names developed for these characters, we are going to be referring them as girly-pop and bookworm. 

        Girly-pop and her boyfriend are sitting in first period together with the rest of her friends while she is finishing her homework that isn't due for another 3 days because she always likes to be ahead, the bell rings and Bookworm walks through the door as the teacher stops her and recognizes she is the new student. As the teacher introduces to the class who Bookworm is, Girly-pop and Bookworm make long eye contact sharing an intimate yet confusing moment as they are both mesmerized by each other, Bookworm is then asked to sit near Girly-pop in class.

Rising Actions:

        After a couple classes, Bookworm notices that Girly-pop didn't do so good on her last test. She offers her some tutoring and help so she can raise her grade in the class. While they start to do more sessions together, they build a friendship, and start to hang out together outside of school with Girly-pops friends and boyfriend to the point where Bookworm and Girly-pop go to a party together from one of Girly-pops friends. At the party they share a moment together expressing some deep secrets about themselves and family issues, as the moment continues to get more intense, they almost share a kiss but are then interrupted by Girly-pops boyfriend. After the party Girly-pop goes home and begins to question her feelings for her boyfriend and Bookworm, resulting in the realization that she might like both boys and girls. 

        A couple days after the party when Bookworm and Girly-pop are on their way to class, they are a little awkward since what almost happened at the party. During class they exchange notes agreeing that they need to talk, and her boyfriend "eavesdrops" since he is a little concerned about how Girly-pop has been really distant with him. 

Climax:

        Girly-pop and Bookworm meet at the park to talk, and her boyfriend hides in a faraway spot for them not to notice him. They have a meaningful conversation about their feelings and about how Girly-pop might be bisexual (same as Bookworm). They reassure each other that they were going to keep this a secret until she found the right way to tell her boyfriend and break up with him, they finally share a kiss, but her boyfriend sees from afar and is upset and surprised. He goes out of his way to start telling his friends had happened and basically outs Girly-pop out of rage that even her parents end up finding out, the next day at school everyone is being distant from Girly-pop except for one of Girly-pops close friends that tells her what her boyfriend did and is in shock/ hurt that he did that to her. Many of people around school start to give funny looks to Bookworm because they start to consider her a homewrecker, as Girly-pop starts to freak out even more, she decides to tell Bookworm that they need some pace until things cool down because there is still a lot that needs to happen before they can be together. 

Falling Action:

        After a couple weeks, everything gets more settled but is still unresolved. Girly-pop came out to her parents and while they weren't the biggest enthusiast about it, they accepted her. Girly-pop has been trying to apologize to her ex-boyfriend for a while now, but he refuses to listen to her to the point where Girly-pop has to call decorum which is a code for them that no matter the situation they both agreed (a long time ago before they dated) that they would have a serious conversation with each other in order to fix a problem that would help them fix whatever problem was going on in the moment weather it was their friendship or status in their life it could have been something related to a personal problem, family issue, etc.

        Finally, he gives in, and they have a deep conversation about Girly-pops realization. Girly-pop explains that she didn't mean to hurt him and that her feelings just changed but she still cares about him since they have been friends for a long time. At first, he's very hurt because they usually tell each other everything including when their feelings change towards each other or something else in order to avoid arguments or fights. They make up and after things are finally settled, he asks why she hasn't seen Bookworm in a while, and then encourages Girly-pop to go after her because they deserve to be happy together. 

Resolutions:

        The story ends with Girly-pop and Bookworm making up at the same spot they first kissed each other and finally agreeing to date publicly. The film ends with them enjoying their day at the park with upbeat music playing in the background along with credits.

YAY STORY!

        I am very happy with the story I have developed, and I'm excited to start developing the characters further as I already have some ideas of their styles and what they will look like as well as their color schemes, which I will be talking about on the next blog post.