A twist in the story ...

So, our initial ideas; were a drug based psychological thriller.

We decided this simply because we wanted to do some cool abstract shots, with some weird effects, and we felt a character high on drugs - Seen from their point of view, would give us the ability to use such shots. However, we were very naive in our thinking; and all did not go as planned. We quickly realised that all we had were ideas, no real narrative, no characters, and no way of piecing together these abstract shots. So, we completely changed our idea, had a total re-think; and this is what we came up with:

- We liked the idea of a psychological thriller
- But, wanted to lose the cliché teenage drug problem

We decided upon a central character named 'George', and another called 'Jess' - We gave George the psychological affliction; Schizophrenia. Then we had to find a way of justifying why, and how he had procured such an illness. It was decided that Jess and George were the best of friends, George had feelings for Jess that he didn't feel were reciprocated - So he took her out for a meal to speak to her about it. He was old enough to drive so picked her up, on the way to the restaurant however, infatuated with Jess in the passenger seat; George's concentration is stolen from the road for a split-second, and he crashes. George survives, Jess was not so lucky. George must now; live with the survivors guilt, the loss of his best friend and coping on his own. It is because of this and more that he contracts the mental illness, schizophrenia.
The extract of the full length film, of which we have concentrated upon; is the exposition. The realisation of what is happening to him, he finally understands that something is wrong - But the question is what to do, who to go to, and how to put an end to his struggle. We show his psychosis through hallucination's of Jess, his appearance on screen shows him to be stressed out and in trouble; our extract shows him searching for something, moreover, someone. She seems to be everywhere yet he cant reach her, the final scene of our extract shows how he finally realises what is happening to him ...