Preproduction: Exposition of Film " Trust Fall"

 Introduction

In this post, the exposition of our film's structure is more clearly defined. The structure in this section takes reference from the previous blog post's "Save the Cat Beat Sheet Narrative Structure," uses a beat structure, which is commonly used in the film industry to organize thoughts and ideas about a film in sections. Therefore, Peyton P structured and annotated information our team collectively agreed on in class today, and used that information to categorized into "Save the Cat's" example of a film industry narrative structure. Below is a chart, where information about our film's hook, opening image, and theme was stated in the form of  "Save the Cat Beat Sheet Narrative Structure."

Beat 1- Opening Image: Our film would start with an upbeat, catchy song that juxtaposes what is shown in our beginning image. To further explain, we would show Christine picking flowers in a field chanting “she loves me, she loves me not,” or showing her walking up in her room filled with images and love poems of Mercedes. For extra drama, we could paste on or wrap a doll of plushie with Mercedes face plastered onto it, in which Christine would wake up next to, before checking her laptop to watch videos of Mercedes that she captured while following her.
Beat 2: Theme-stated	Mise-en-Scene  Dialogue: The scene begins with Merlene, (Mercedes’ mother) and Cherie, (Christine’s mother) having a conversation about their own daughters. One of the mothers introduces the idea of Mercedes and Christine becoming friends with each other.   (This conversation led Christine to get to know Mercedes and become fully infatuated with her.)  Our theme of being weary in certain surroundings or companies, mental health awareness, and taking heed to warning signs/ red flags was established all throughout our film. More specifically, an example of vigilance in our film could be established by our main character, Mercedes, going through a series of scenes on different days where she is being consistently watched and followed by Christine no matter where she goes, and by Christine always attempting or making excuses to be near her.    Dialogue: Another way to start the scene is a visual of Christine sitting in a field of beautiful flowers. She has a flower in one of her hands, and she starts to pick each individual petal off the flower, as she chants “She loves me. She loves me not.”
Beat 3: Set-Up	A set up we could use is through constant warnings given by characters in the film, a teacher or friend of Mercedes warning her about Chrstine, or through (the previous step’s suggestion), we would show Mercedes leaving the bathroom and regularly continuing her day, while being unconcerned about Christine, and as the camera does a tracking movement of her walking in the hall, something unexpected or bizarre could occur, such as her or the person who warned her about Christine ending up kidnapped.
The Hook	Our hook that we have planned is one recommended by our instructor, which is to display Christine picking petals from a flower, whilst sitting in a bright outdoor space, while chanting and humming, “she loves me, she loves me not, she better love me!” As she picks the final petal, she would stare intensely and psychotically at the camera (in an extreme close-up shot, shallow focus), and say sternly “she better love me!” If this plan does not come into fruition, our group intends to similarly match the tone of that unsettling, uncertain tone by filming an equally disturbing clip of Christine such as showing Christine in her picture-plastered room or humming a love song in silence while drawing Mercedes.