While my film intro plays visuals of a girl comparing herself to social media and not feeling good enough, I want my voiceover to be describing a metaphor. I was stuck on what exactly this metaphor should be. I wanted it to portray the concept of unreachable expectations. I began thinking...
Whats something that seems so simple, but cannot be done no matter how hard anyone tries?
THE FIRST THING THAT CAME TO MY MIND:
Folding a paper in half more than 7 times.
Now, this may seem silly as an idea, but it pieced my entire vision together. I think opening the voiceover with a statement such as "it's impossible to fold a standard piece of paper in half more than 7 times" could be super intriguing. As the metaphor develops and visuals are shown of comparison, making a parallel to the impossible standard of an 8th fold, the insecurities of the main character will be introduced properly. It's a message that would be compelling for the rest of the film to be set up off of. I also think it goes well with the intended vibe of dim lighting and disparity. I don't think I'll ever show visuals of folding paper, it will just remain the spoken metaphor.
The next thing I think i'm going to focus on for this opening is storyboarding, so hopefully then I can work with creating a voiceover script and working it into certain storyboard frames.
Until next time!
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