Inspiration and Creativity have struck!! 😀

I have finally got an idea for my storyline….

Tom is a normal, everyday teenage boy. He has friends, a love interest etc. He also has schizophrenia. Within the films narrative we see him meet up with a friend, Ryan, as they go into town to hang out and do what normal teenage guys do. The narrative explores their friendship and the relationship between them. They then head back to Toms house, where his mum is waiting for him. She asks how his day was and whether he met up with anyone. He says no, and we discover that his mum can’t actually see Ryan, even though he is standing right behind Tom. She later gives him his medication, which Ryan encourages him to throw away. Tom isn’t taking his medication and therefore is still seeing the friend he created in his mind.

A lot of my inspiration was taken from A Beautiful Mind, especially how he stops taking his medication and can then still see the people in his head. I also took the friend ship storyline from it. I was inspired to have a misleading storyline, where you only find out there is something wrong with him at the end, partly from A Beautiful Mind, but mainly from the short film Love Field.