Plan for project/ Breakdown of Opening

We have created a general plan for our project, although it has taken deep thought and deliberation to do so. The group meeting was a big help as well towards affirming our ideas. My partner Brady spearheaded the idea, so he is the one filling me in on most of the ideas.

The film would start with our character waking up in the morning, very tired of the world and generally upset. He specifically targets a hoodie with sleeves to cover the bruises on his arms, which are displayed to the audience, hinting at possibilities for them being there. While heading to school, the title is displayed through the car windshield.

Once he arrives at school, he begins to pick on and bully some of his classmates, making him feel better about himself. However, most of the recipients of the torment are not very bothered and pay our main character very little attention. This leads to him being unsure of why he does this, and what his problem is. 

The emotional conflict and reason for his being is shown once he gets home. He enters his room, and his dominant and overbearing personality is ripped from him and replaced by a cautious and fearful sort of aura. The loud sounds of his screaming parents, as well as crashing and banging on the door builds tension early in the film. The scene, and the film opening itself, ends with the door being slammed open. 

Our opening goes against the atypical high school bully trope and showcases the reasons behind his harmful persona. It displays his hidden pain to the audience, hoping to have some viewers relate to him and consider ways they have seen events like this transpire in their lives.

My partner Brady was the main thought producer behind how to attack this intro. He sent me these notes he took during the group meeting, and throughout the past week that has helped spark ideas in both of us since beginning to fully breakdown the intro.