Self control
This relates to all three of our stories because the characters we have could all do with more self control. Stan, in story 1 abuses his girlfriend Emily and therefore if he had more self control then he wouldn't lash out the way he does. This is the same with the story in which Val is abusing her son Ashley, if she has more self control then Ashley wouldn't be getting abused by her. For our other story, the main character Jade has resorted to self harm in order to try and deal with what is going on in her life at that moment. If she had some self control then she would be able to stop herself from self harm.
Alone
All of our main characters (Jade, Ashley and Emily) feel very alone in life. Jade feels rejected by society and her own family because they do not approve of her being gay. Ashley is only 8 years old and he lives with an alcoholic and abusive mother and he feels like he has nowhere to turn to. Emily is in a very vulnerable position having just found out that she is pregnant with her violent boyfriends baby. She feels alone as she doesn't have anybody left but him to turn to, and she knows that he will most likely get angry and hurt her.
Being Trapped
Both Ashley and Emily are trapped by their abusers and they are finding it difficult to escape, Ashley is only 8u years old and so he cannot just walk out because he relies on his mother still because of his young age. He isn't in a position where he can get out easily. Emily only has her boyfriend to turn to, she has nowhere else she can go to get away from him, and now she is tied down by the baby that she has just found out she is carrying. Jade doesn't have her family to talk to about her problems because they do not like who she is because of her sexuality, she is 17 and still lives at home and she can't just walk away because of how they feel.
Depression
None of our characters currently have depression, but we have included this as a main word/theme because either one of them could sink into depression as a result of their problems and issues in their lives.
Forbidden love
This isn't a theme in our short film anymore, but it was going to be when we were going to have a story that was about an Asian girl who wanted to be with someone out of her religion. Her parents wouldn't allow it as they wanted her to have an arranged marriage and live with who they chose for her. so she had to stop seeing this person who she was not allowed to be with.
Lost faith
This also related to our 'arranged marriage' story. The lost faith in her family and in love itself. However, this could also apply to our final 3 stories that we are definitely having. Emily and Ashley have both lost faith in other people, as all they have ever known is abuse from others, so they find it very difficult to have trust in other people. Jade has lost all faith in herself because of how her family and people around her are viewing her as a person all because she is gay. This lost faith has caused her to start harming herself as she doesn't care about herself anymore.
Making a point
This was mainly related to our 'arrabged marriage' story, as the girl who was in love with someone outside of her own religion wanted to fight for the love she wanted so much. She tried to make a point that you cannot choose who you fall in love with and that you can't control your own feelings. She wanted to let her family know that being with someone she truly loved would be the right thing for her life and her happiness, instead of being married to somebody she hardly knew at all.
Imaginary friend
This was another story that we came up with but later decided that it would be too complicated to do. The basic storyline is that there is a girl who has had an imaginary friend ever since she was little (as children sometimes do) but it became such a big part of her life even when she got older, she relied completely on this imaginary friend and she would always think about him. Then one day she is walking through town and she sees a man walk by, he is quite young, only a few years older than herself. she turns round to see him also looking back at her and she realises that this is her imaginary friend stood right in front of her, just as she had always imagined him. He recognised her as well, she was his imaginary friend. The story then goes on to show them falling in love after finally meeting, but then there comes a time when they both disappear from each others lives.
This story would be very difficult to do and we also couldn't find any actors that would be able to play the imaginary friend. We just really liked the storyline but if we were to do this then the short film would be entirely concentrated on this one story rather than having 3 different stories. we decided that it would be easier not to have this story.
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