Developed Idea: Practical Proposal #1
Below is my practical portfolio proposal, I have included a very rough summary of the entire plot as well as the contextual points and research texts I have used and been inspired by to write my treatment. This will very likely be subject to change as it is still very basic and rough.
Student Name:
Tiffany Chan
Student Role:
Writer/Director
Film Name:
Remember Me As A Time of Day
Film Tagline:
What could you do in 24 hours?
Treatment (100+ word summary of entire plot):
Every day when the clock strikes 12, a brand new day starts. Your actions will stay the same but your memories won’t. Alex has followed the exact same routine for 16 years but one day he runs late and misses his usual train to school. He collides with a girl named Wren who always takes the train after him. They start to talk and begin to develop a strong bond, leading them to skip school that day to explore the city together before they lose each other for the next day. Eventually, the day is over and before they part ways, he gives her his wristwatch, symbolizing that the relationship they built over the course of one day will never catch up with time. The next morning, Alex and Wren are at the same train station, obviously unable to recognize each other but Wren gives a reassuring smile, prompting Alex to smile back at her.
Contextual points (genre, director, influence, film movement):
Genre:
Philosophical sci-fi
Romance
Indie
Directors:
Michel Gondry
Wong Kar-wai
Influences:
Title of 'Remember Me As A Time of Day' influenced from a music track of the same name by Explosions in the Sky
Film movement:
Hong Kong New Wave, filming Hong Kong similar to Wong Kar-wai
Research texts:
FILMS:
We Might As Well Be Strangers (2010) - Heiward Mak
In Time (2011) – Andrew Niccol
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) – Michel Gondry
Her (2013) – Spike Jonze
I’m Here (2010) – Spike Jonze
LITERATURE:
Esse – Czeslaw Miloszs
Ode to Broken Things – Pablo Neruda