Updated Idea

Genre: Social Realism/Drama

Narrative: There is a girl (older teenager) who has Aspergers and has a routine, and is socially isolated. A new boy (same age) moves in next door and they go to the same school. He sits next to her in class, its the only chair available and then he tries to start a friendship. She is very good at drawing and paints outside of school as her kind of 'release'. She shows him where she paints and her regimented style of painting (geometrical). She ruins one of her paintings by accident. She then gets into a panic and he helps her through this hiccup and she returns to painting geometrically again. He suddenly gets hit by a car and dies. She is distraught and then paints in a more frantic way, making her paintings more and more abstract and expressive. The final shot is her painting in a gallery. 

 Changes made and why:

  • The age group - due to availability of actors we had to change it to a more accessible age group
  • The girl having Aspergers - this would subvert expectations more and the actor (studying drama) we had in mind was female
  • Painting not writing- the idea of a published book at 17 was too unrealistic so we changed to painting because there are more opportunities to put art in a local gallery.
  • His death - there was no other solid way tat we could have a big impact on her life involving him, the death is also final and adds to the uplifting idea that she spurs herself on. 

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