ARTS2065 Assignment 2 Short Film Script Synopsis / Logline /

Exegesis
Logline:
A high school student lives in dys!unctionl !mily "ith step!ther tht
#ullies her nd n lcoholic mother tht uses her s house mid$ The only
"y out is gro"ing up !st$
Synopsis:
What is the flm about
The story !ollo"s the events o! one signi%cnt dy in the li!e o! the min
protgonist &orm$ 't sho"s the oppressive nd #usive environment in "hich
she lives nd ho" she dels "ith it$ &orm is not strong enough to con!ront her
mother nd step!ther directly( so she hs to %nd di)erent "y* #eting her
prents t their o"n gme* silence$
The premise
+ht do you do #eing stuc, in n oppressive !mily environment in the erly
-.50/s0 'n this !mily the most violence is done "hen no#ody sys nything$
Silence is the most de!ening nd thretening 1 not screming$ The only "y
out !or girl in this er is to gro" up !st( to mrry on the sly$ 2n the sly s
de!ence ginst her prents "ho "ould not pprove o! the mrrige on the one
hnd nd on the other hnd s de%nce* 34our silence is not s po"er!ul s my
silence56
A sense of whose story this is the major characters & how they interact
The min chrcter is &orm( high school girl( "ho lives in n dys!unctionl
!mily$ 7er mother( n lcoholic "ho hs lost ll interest in nything #ut lcohol
nd going to the pu#( uses her s house mid$ 8ruce( &orm/s step!ther is
#utcher "ho exhi#its some strnge #ehviour$ &o"dys one "ould
recommend 8ruce to see someone$ 8ut #esides his idiosyncrsies he #siclly
is #ully "ho uses order s method o! su#9ugtion$ &orm/s mother hs :ed
this very su#9ugtion #y hiding in the #ottom o! glss nd no" &orm is
copping it$
The !mily mem#ers don/t interct #y tl,ing #ut their silence sys ten times
more thn ll the sentences they utter during this dy$ 8ruce communictes
through intimidtion( &orm/s mum through her #sence nd "hen she/s not
#sent through srcsm$ &orm communictes through su#verting the silence
o! her prents to ; protect hersel! nd #; #et her prents$
The setting and timing of the story
This story is set in su#ur#n Au#urn in the erly -.50/s$ 't sho"s the events o!
one signi%cnt dy in the li!e o! &orm( the min protgonist$
The stimulus for the story and how it unfolds
The min ction o! the %lm( the strive !or li#ertion nd it/s relistion is
hppening underground 1 "y !rom her prents nd even hidden !rom the
udience$ 3'n the gps the devil leves6 Alexnder <luge "ould sy$ This is not
immeditely o#vious #ut the surprise o! the ending( the m#iguous church
scene nd the seemingly 3norml6 immeditely !ter 1 #oth s, the udience
to go #c, in the story( go #c, into the "orld o! the story nd s, themselves
ho" they "ould ct in such sitution$
The climax and resolution of the story
The "edding in the church is the climx o! this story( s it is the hight o!
&orm/s de%nce$ The resolution o! the tension comes "ith &orm/s lst line$
This is not immeditely o#vious #ut the surprise o! the ending( the m#iguous
church scene nd the seemingly 3norml6 immeditely !ter 1 #oth s, the
udience to go #c, in the story( go #c, into the "orld o! the story nd s,
themselves ho" they "ould ct in such sitution$
Exegesis
A!ter hving "ritten nother hevily dilogue dependnt script( ' !ound out tht
the script !or the ssignment "s only llo"ed to hve -0 lines o! dilogue$ So '
hd to "rite ne" script$
' did some reserch into my !mily memories nd !ound my mother=in=l"/s
stories o! her childhood nd youth$ Some o! the elements o! this story re
ctul experiences she hd s young teenger gro"ing up in Sydney in the
erly -.50/s$ ' hve dopted nd drmtised them to !orm story$
The restriction o! the num#er o! dilogue lines permissi#le hs helped to shpe
the tretment o! the story in very pro!ound "y$ Through the silence the
oppressive nture o! this !mily environment( the mencing #ehviour o!
8ruce( the #sence o! &orm/s mother "s mpli%ed$