My Love For Puns Has Led Somewhere

      I think I just had a major breakthrough in regards to our film title. What if we call it *dramatic music* Writer's Block. Now, I know the cleverness of this name makes no sense considering I have omitted the plotline of the film so far, so I'll explain it now. Our coming-of-age film will follow the journey of a teenage girl who is having trouble deciding what career path she wants to follow for the rest of her life. Her brain says to study psychology, a well-paying job that will always have job opportunities. It’s practical and realistic. However, she has a talent for writing and in her heart wants to be a writer. While it’s not as steady, being a writer is Malia’s dream and she has been writing her novel since the start of junior year. The film will show the trials and tribulations of being a senior and high school as well as her internal conflict.

     Despite having this whole idea fully panned out, we only have a two minute introduction to show it. Our opening will start by establishing the setting of Malia’s room. It will establish that she is a teenage girl and will be messy to reflect how her mind runs a million miles per hour. She will be staring at her plot board intensely, which outlines the novel she has been working on since forever. A voiceover will play and give insight to some of the internal dialogue she’s facing. The shots of the room will specifically focus on Malia’s college acceptance letters, her writing program brochures, books, posters, etc. to give a look into her personality. Her internal dialogue is interrupted by her sister bursting in the room and saying they’re late for school, as the bus is heard honking in the background. Malia looks outside and her sentence is cut off by the horn of the bus which then cuts to the movie title: Writer’s Block or Unwritten. The next thirty seconds will be Malia talking to her friend or teacher about finally publishing her novel and continuing her path as a writer. The title Writer’s Block is so clever because it’s as if Malia is unsure about her future so she’s having a block, she doesn’t know how to proceed with her life.