Epiphany

Well, after a week of struggling with writing I finally got my sh- stuff together and have a basic outline. It seems that daydreaming in APES (AP Environmental Science) has paid off.

The basic plot is that there will be two separate conversations that the main character has with two different groups of people. Through the dialogue and acting, it will be clear that the main character is a contradictory person with no real opinion. He is a floating soul trying to figure out where he fits in. It ends with him alone and performs an action that is contradictory to what he said with both groups.

The two groups he talks to are his "Mighty" friends and his platonic girlfriends. The "Mightys" are a fake "non-profit organization, but we do take donations." There's a CEO,  CFO (he's currently failing Algebra 2) and our main character (COO). There's a bunch of privates and they are in alliances with TTP and Butter Squad. Yes. It's suppose to sound ridiculous because it is ridiculous. Our main character is well aware of the silliness of the group, yet goes along with the dumb lingo (NMF, NOF, AYF, SAD ADH) because they are fun to be around. He only wonders if the CEO and CFO are too serious about their organization. 

The other group is comprised of platonic girlfriends. While the Mighty's are a bunch of idiots and the main character plays the straight man, with this group he gets to be the crazy one. The one with the one-liners, the funny one. They are more serious and more normal than the Mighty's. They are also more informed and realists. 

The premise of the short is that there's a big news story. Possibly worrying about AI/ nuclear holocaust. That life can be over in a snap. Or it could be something political (but no Trump. We get it, he sucks, I don't want to taint my short with him). The two groups have different opinions, therefore the main character will have different opinions. It's clear that neither are his 100% true feelings on the subject, but he's conflicted.

Now, the easy part: writing the actual script (How hard is it to detect sarcasm in text?). It should be done by the weekend so I can start scouting locations and casting. Oh, how joyous. 

(Written Monday, March 13)