Plot Ideas

Key notes

• Decisions to be made
• Dilemmas to face
• Obstacle to overcome 
• Conflicts to resolve 
• Equilibrium and disequilibrium

Beginning

In the beginning of the film there looks as if there is equilibrium. The two character seem to be comfortable and work is going well for both characters. However i want there to be a hint of disequilibrium to almost foreshadow the future and to make the audience ask questions about their relationship and what may happen.

Idea 1:

Noah and Daniel are sitting at a table in the kitchen eating breakfast, you see them have small talk about what Daniel is reading on the news, Noah eating her cereal, Daniel making his tea. However their may be just one intense moment of silence which allows the audience to be aware that their may be something else happening. 

Middle

This is where the disequilibrium kicks in and you begin to see how distorted and dysfunctional their relationship is.

Idea 2:

Noah is filling up her glass of water from the tap in the bathroom, it is around 1:00 in the morning. Because it is late and Noah is tired she accidentally smashes the glass on the bathroom floor, this then wakes up Daniel and shouts out "Noah whats happened" she then doesn't reply and you can here scraping on the floor from where she is picking up the glass. Daniel then enters the bathroom and shouts at her for waking him up and then sees the mess on the floor and her cut feet. He slaps her three times

This moment or one similar will then reveal to the audience that Daniel is abusive. Perhaps then it would carry on showing moments similar to this. My idea is to then build up the moments, so each time Daniel is abusvie towards Noah is gets worse and worse.

The breaking point, the moment of decision or the obstacle to overcome is how Noah is going to escape Daniel. Who will she tell? Where will she go? How to do this without him knowing? How to act around Daniel in the mean time to prevent more abusive behaviour?

Ending

Here will be the outcome of Noah and Daniel's fate. I haven't thought about how this would end yet.