Storyboard

Backstory

Main actor and I a few years ago!

The main character's name is Pedro. Well, his name in real life is Pedro, and for the sake of this blog post we'll call the fictional main character Pedro even though the viewer will never actually his name. Pedro is in his final year of high school, he has a close-knit group of friends. He grew up with the Pokemon games as well as Minecraft and all of the other "joys" of the internet. Pedro, like much of the world has slowly become more and more involved with technology and the sole form of communication has become the internet and technology. People have become clinically addicted. Now Pedro needs to undergo therapy for his addiction.

Plot 

Therapist

Pedro is sitting on his couch in his living room. He is wearing neutral colored non-branded clothing in order to help the audience sympathize with the character. He is checking his phone and his email on his laptop while watching TV and with an apple watch. His mother walks in and you can hear her talking at him and trying to get his attention but he's obviously entranced. She finally gives up and leaves-- extreme close-up of unblinking eyes. Slowly the technology disappears one by one-- multiple angles for this one. Eventually, he gets up and acts concerned. He looks around and opens the fridge, paces his house, looking for something to do. Jump cuts signal the passing of time. We hear the ticking of the clock he runs his fingers through his hair again and again, he picks up books off the coffee table again and again. Clicks the on and off button of the tv again and again. It's an endless cycle. He ends up attempting to drown himself and wakes up gasping for breath in a physician's office with a VR headset and some headphones on. It has all been a simulation and when the young therapist asks how long he thinks he's "been under" he replies a feasible (to the viewer) two weeks. The therapist replies he's been under for 5 minutes. "Did I make any progress?" "No." The psychiatrist asks his assistant once Pedro leaves how many more appointments he has for the week, she replies 237.

Storyboard (rough sketch)