WHAT DO I DO?

So, I attempted to begin my opening sequence, which is big for me considering its not one hour before the deadline.  But about a second after I typed "Fade In:" I realized a problem I'd had while writing the treatment that I never really thought hard enough about.  My script has a lot of backstory as far as the sisters go (the plain sister falling in love, the men falling in love with the prettier sister instead and the men's disappearances), and I don't know if I should reveal it in the beginning, as sort of a prelude to the actual story, or slowly reveal it throughout the film.  If the latter is a better option, I don't know how well I could pull it off.  If the first is the better option, I don't know how to do it without using like, a v.o., and I also don't know if doing it would be just taking the easy way out.  Does anyone have an opinion on this matter? Plz.? Is anyone even reading this?...

Character Shmaracter!

So, it's taken me a while to get back from 'vacation mode'...and I'm still not fully out of it, but I have been thinking about my characters and trying to watch movies to get me into film mode.  I watched Volver today, not only because I've always wanted to see, but because I knew that it has a certain morbidity, or eeriness to it, and yet wasn't at all a horror, and it was done so in a entertaining way.  By the way, I recommend it. 

So here's one of my character bios.  I've been working on them simultaneously, so they all need work, but just to give you an idea....

Tristan Terrible:

Tristan grew up in what was then, and still is now, the oldest darkest house in a cold town along the hilly shores of the ocean.  Generations of her family had lived in that house, and most people of the town never ventured near it.  It never looked better, and it never looked worse.  It was as if it was completely untouched by time. Tristan, her entire life, had been beautiful.  So beautiful in fact, that no one in her life had expectations for her in any other way.  From the beginning, men and boys alike were falling in love her, n matter what her age, no matter what theirs.  Unfortunately for the men, no matter desperate or valiant their attempts at love, Tristin was completely uninterested.  Nothing about men seemed to ever interest her.  She found them slightly vulgar and stupid.  In fact, she had a hard time seeing the good in anyone, so she was cruel; crueler and crueler each year.  Blame it on the fact that she was kept inside quite often, was never able to develop good social skills.  And yet, this did not stop the men from a-coming.  The only person in the world she cared for was her dear sister, one year her junior, Trilly.  She valued her sister more than any other thing or person in life. And as long as she had her, she was content to stay in her house as much as possible.

 

On July 4th I said something so witty and hilarious, it elicited a "You should be a writer." I'm so inspired!!

What Was My Idea?

So I took a substantial amount of time off from thinking about my script. This was probably a bad idea. I need to really work hard at sealing all of the little plot holes that exist. I mean, in my mind, if the story is interesting enough, you shouldn't have to worry about actually explaining things to the audience right? ?? All right time to get into creepy, twin witch mode!!