As mentioned in my last post I think I have a solid plot line. Same direction as mentioned earlier however with a discernible twist. So we begin in a modern home with a teenager sitting on a sofa, watching TV, checking his email on a laptop, texting on a phone, with his wearable tech on his wrist. Eventually the technology slowly disappears leaving him to his own devices. Over time he becomes more and more frantic--jump cuts, empty food containers, etc. signal the passing of time and eventually he’s driven to a state of madness and wakes up sweaty and panting either in a bed or on a hospital table. He asks a man in a white coat how long he was under. The man asks who long he though it was and proceeds to tell him it was only five minutes. the main character lives in a future where everyone has become addicted to technology and need therapists to kick the addiction. The irony is that they try to kick it with VR headsets.
OK solid-- now for the hurdles. The person I envision for the actor has the perfect house to fit the mise-en-scene but how good are his acting skills? He’s a little afraid of social media so would this be a leap for him? Where do I find someone old enough to play the therapist? A VR headset? A doctors chair? Or maybe I don’t need one, maybe the therapist makes house visits... or some careful staging of a side room could work? How do I communicate to the audience that LOTS of people are addicted? Maybe some monologue between the doctor and his assistant about how many more appointments they have that week? Have flashes of more people sitting in the chair? What about signaling that it is the near future? The mise-en-scene will help with this but what about the sheeple? I have a few casting ideas but I need to talk to friends to see what they are willing to get themselves into. Next post should include updates on this and and hopefully a storyboard.
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