We spent a lot of time in class discussing what our film would be about. We brainstormed a lot of different ideas, throwing out plot ideas as well as ways to show representation in our film. We decided to throw out the romance aspect of the film - as we want to focus on other aspects of the musical. We haven’t completely decided the full outline of the story yet - but the best idea that we have so far is a musical called “Little Town”.
“Little Town” would be about a dancer who wants to make it big in the industry, but she is constantly held back by the small-minded people in her small town. We also wanted her to have some kind of identity crisis - she is a Christian LGBTQ+ character and she’s afraid if she embraces it people won’t accept her, not only in her town, but with her family, and her overall career. She has strict parents, and although they’re supportive, they don’t want her to go into a dancing career as they find it to be an unstable career.
For our film opening in specific, I’d like to compose part of the main “theme song” for the film. We would have her walking through her daily life (hallways through the school, at home, before going on stage) and playing with the non-diegetic and the diegetic sound to introduce not only the main character but also the main conflict. The music and the film opening would reflect how she feels the most alive on stage dancing, and she wants so much more than just this little town.
Here is what the brainstorming sheet that we made in class looked like:
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