Initial ideas for my own film

Narrative theories and film ideas
1. Possibly challenge Robert McKee's theory. Follow the same concept with having negative events happen to a key character, becoming progressively worse throughout the plot. However, instead of having these issues resolved at the end of the film I could leave them unresolved. Have a pessimistic ending.
  1. Maybe a cliff hanger ending. Leave the film unresolved.
  2. The film could revolve around mental health. Maybe a character suffers from a mental disorder, the symptoms for which could increase throughout the narrative leading to the decline of the character/their status.
    1. Maybe hallucinates an imaginary friend or enemy. Imaginary characters could be animated through rotoscope.
      1. If imagining enemy could link to Levi-Strauss and his theory of binary opposites. Good vs evil idea or even mentally stable vs mentally unstable
    2. Schizophrenia?
    3. Maybe done as a monologue or autobiography style. Handheld cameras as opposed to using tripods.
2. Maybe challenge Todorov's theory as well. He believed that narratives began with a point of stable equilibrium which became disrupted but then when solved a new equilibrium was established. What if the disruption to the equilibrium was never solved and no new equilibrium was established?
  1. Not many films do this - sets itself apart. Unconventional.
3. Singular narrative - Allows the audience to become emotionally attached to the key character.
4. Closed narrative - Definitive ending but problems are not necessarily resolved.
5. Another possible film idea could be set in an alternative world where our idea of unattractive is their idea of beautiful. Follow a single character who is viewed as attractive in our society struggling to fit in and deal with the peer pressure to conform to society's standards.
6. More graphical alternative - following the life of a cannibalist. Allows the audience to sympathise for a type of character (the antagonist) that is not usually shown in films. Gets to audience to see from an alternative point of view. Would have to be careful with how graphic the short would be.
7. Male child visits a friend's house who's own son died in a car crash recently to keep them company. Mum takes them hostage as a replacement for their own lost child.
  1. Puts the audience in a difficult position. Want to sympathise with the mother who lost her child but she acts as the antagonist in this scenario.
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