Film Idea

My idea for the film is based heavily on my research into vignettes. I would like to fuse the Psychological premise for vignettes with that of the Literary Vignette. The use of the moving image medium for the vignette will allow a better insight into a persons mindset by placing them into the situation itself and recording their reaction.

The film would be made up of a series of scenes in which the protagonist is placed into a scenario with minimal information about the scene, but provided with a back story and bio for their character and will be asked to improvise a reaction to the events of the scene. This will happen several times, but each time the characters in the scene will act differently or cause a series of different events to see how the protagonist reacts, thus giving an insight into the protagonist's psyche.

Alternatively, the scenario and people in the scenario will act the same each time, with the protagonist being provided with several different back stories to see how different characters react to the same scenario. (or the protagonist will be played by different people each time to give a wider, more accurate range of reactions)

I was thinking the narrative form of each scene could play out in reverse chronological order, for example, showing the consequences of the protagonists reaction first, and then the reaction itself, then the catalyst for the reaction, and finally the protagonists entrance. (Not particularly relevant but a challenging editing style and a homage to the unconventional narrative forms I have researched)

The scenes will be short and concise( as a nod to Slacker and the Literary Vignette) with minimal dialogue. Information will be provided through significant symbolic shots, close up reaction shots, and motifs.