Note: These aren't at thought out - I'm just kind of 'spit-balling ideas' and these can be just inspiration or we can take parts of the ideas.
Production ideas
·
Mental
disorder:
o
False
reality:
§ Possibly husband and wife in bed
talking about the events of the day (one being a psychotherapist in real life)
§ Main character witnesses a murder and
this causes the false reality to grow. Other patients in the hospital are used
to create the ‘murder mystery’ – the audience thinks it is just a murder being
shown from different points of view, when really it is all fake.
·
Influences:
o
Shutter
Island (2010).
o
Sucker
Punch (2011).
o
OCD
(or similar personality disorder):
§ Possibly relate it to normal teenage
problems also – trying to find yourself and decide your future as well as
relationships and friendships.
§ Can relate it to home life – how do
the parents/other family members deal with it?
·
Influences:
o
Personal
experience.
o
It’s
Kind of a Funny Story (2010).
o
After
Midnight (music Video by Blink-182, 2011).
o
Tough
it Out (song by It’s Only a Story, 2011).
o
Adam (2009).
·
A
reflection on the life of a teenager (musical):
o
Showing
two ends of the spectrum for teenagers nowadays:
§ Shows the popular kid’s struggling
through school life and home life, while also showing the ‘nerdy’ kid’s
struggling with the social life of school.
§ Maybe a love story between a nerd and
a popular kid to drive the story.
§ Songs:
·
Motivation
(Sum 41 – 2002) opening the show, representing the lack of motivation to do
something great that is present in a lot of teenagers these days.
OR
The Dilemma (You Me at
Six – 2011) then the rest is a flashback from the boy’s POV.
·
Shut
Up! (Simple Plan – 2005) teacher shouting at a popular kid and everyone freezes
and the song starts (similar to Spring Awakening – The Bitch of Living).
AND/OR
Parent shouting at nerd
to do better in school (or someone trying to convince him/her to go somewhere
social and they don’t want to go).
·
Makeout
Party (Green Day – 2012) a party that possibly leads to the two main characters
getting together (while drunk).
·
When
It’s Time (Cast of American Idiot – 2010) one wants the relationship, but after
song we find that the other just wants to forget it happened (could be either
way around, but I imagined the nerd wanting the relationship first).
OR
Little Bit of Truth (You
Me at Six – 2011).
·
Thank
You (Simple Plan – 2004) maybe a best friend wanted to get together with one of
them at the party, and one of the main characters got with them instead.
·
Me
Against the World (Simple Plan – 2004) some of the characters are feeling like
everyone is against them – friends commenting on what they should do next in
the relationship, parents being overprotective, or even teachers adding
pressure for exams (similar to ‘Mama, I’m a Big Girl Now’ from Hairspray).
·
Underclass
Hero ( Sum 41 – 2007) showing that by the end of the show the characters have
developed independence and grown up a little bit – learning a bit more about
each other and how to deal with similar situations (a sort of ‘what doesn’t
kill you makes you stronger’ song).
·
(Maybe an) Epilogue –
White Wine in the Sun (Tim Minchin) it has been two years since the events and
one of the friends had got pregnant at the party earlier on (reference to this
in dialogue previously), the song is sung by individual members of the group
(then all members by the end) to the child.
o
Influences:
§ Spring Awakening.
§ American Idiot.
§ My music taste in general.
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