Script:
Interviewer:
Good evening ladies and gentlemen, please welcome our guest night. Isabel Rodarte! She is here with us tonight to discuss her upcoming film ‘ The Lost File’.
Me:
Hello everyone!
Interviewer:
So tell us, what is your film about?
Me:
Our story is about a boy who is sent anonymous files, and must work together with his long lost siblings to piece together his past, while fighting a certain villain in his near future. It sounds more complicated than it is.
Interviewer:
haha Wow amazing! Tell us more about some genre conventions.
Me:
So we chose to challenge a convention of the typical dystopian plot structure by starting in the middle of Doran’s story instead of the beginning, because he has amnesia, so he does not remember his distant past. We decided to start in the most pivotal point of the story, where the action begins so that the audience may relate to Doran in the way that he does not know what these files are, just like they don’t either.
Interviewer:
Incredible, what are some other ways?
Me:
Well, we also decided to make the villain his biological mother, because: 1. she can get away with many unethical things in this world since her children are her property. 2. Because it makes the exposition more interesting and morally challenging. This is not often done, but the classic sci-fi films that are the original Star Wars trilogy do this effectively with Darth Vader, being Luke Skywalker’s father and Luke, not knowing that his whole life he was fighting against his father.
Interviewer:
Oh yes that plot twist was a cinematic historical event! So where does this story take place?
Me:
It takes place in 2050 and a dystopian world where children do all of the work and adults only supervise.
Interviewer:
How intriguing may I ask, where will we be able to watch?
Me:
Since target audience is young adults ages 14 to 20, we are distributing through YouTube and film festivals that part of the older target audience may be able to attend. In order to appeal audience, we included many cuts, and frame changes so that the audience stays engaged. For example, the longest frame is under 10 seconds because with apps like TikTok, people’s attention spans have been dramatically reduced. We also kept the cinematography simple so that it would be easy for them to understand.
Interviewer:
Amazing! Let’s take a look at this preview we’ll be right back!
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