Working the script

  For our film opening, Christina and I wanted to do a narration with the main character introducing her story and establishing the plot of the film. Our film opening starts in the middle of her story. All the audience will know is that she is a dancer and she has suffered a terrible injury.

  While we were writing our script, I visualized an opening similar to Step Up 2 The Streets. I loved how the beginning was a narration and it featured street dancers. There are so many ways to describe dance, but sometimes dance speaks for itself. I wanted to combine our narration with the movement and the emotion seen in dance as well as with our script.

  In our script we began by introducing the main character through a series of memories that she had when she was a little girl. We explained that her mom was the reason she started dancing and how she was her biggest inspiration to pursue dance. Afterwards, we began talking about dance, and what it meant to her. This particular part was the most important part for Christina and I because we were able to put into words what dance meant for us. As I talked about in my previous post, we wanted to show dance in different ways and really emphasize how it was a form of self expression.

  At the end of the script, we said that two years ago her mom had past away of Leukemia. Although this is a critical reason of her story, it's not what's holding her back.  The script ends with her falling, which is essentially where the middle of the film begins.