Media Portfolio: CCR Development Day 1

I came up with an idea for the first half of my CCR while brainstorming about two weeks ago. The idea is a talk show where they only invite guests who are lactose intolerant to a show, and throughout the interview they hand the guest glasses of milk that they have to drink. I got this idea from First We Feast's famous Hot Ones series on YouTube where they have their guests eat spicy wings throughout their interview. My idea is very stupid but I find it funny and creative and possibly entertaining so it works. Below is gonna be my script for this interview where I answer questions 2 and 3 for my CCR, the talk show will be called Milk Milk Milk (I am funny)

INT. MILK MILK MILK TALK SHOW - DAY

Fanfare plays as MR. MILK sits at his interview desk.

MR. MILK

Hello one and all to your favorite milk based show, Milk Milk Milk, I'm your host, Mr. Milk

The audience cheers

MR. MILK

Our special guest today is the director of a new indie film, I Want to Destroy the World, please give a warm welcome to Victor Guimaraes!

The audience cheers as MR. GUIMARAES takes a seat.

MR. GUIMARAES

Thanks for having me.

MR. MILK subtlety slides a glass of milk over his desk to MR. GUIMARAES

MR. GUIMARAES

Oh... thank you but I'm lactose intolerant-

MR. MILK aggressively looks at MR. GUIMARAES and then back at the glass of milk

MR. GUIMARAES

Th- thank you.

MR. GUIMARAES drinks the glass of milk.

MR. MILK

So, Mr. Guimaraes, we're all so excited to know more about your movie. Tell me, is it a drama? A thriller? What genre were you going for and how did you really engage with that audience that the genre targets.

MR. GUIMARAES

Wow you sound like my high school teacher. No, but uh, at it's core my film is a coming-of-age film centering around an older brother and his younger brother who has the power to destroy the world. The older brother is 17 and the younger one is 10. Considering the age range and genre and gender of the characters, my target audience would be, I wanna say, 14-18 year old boys. Y'know adolescents.

MR. MILK slides another glass of milk to MR. GUIMARAES, who drinks it

MR. MILK

Interesting, interesting, and how-

MR. GUIMARAES

And since it's a coming-of-age movies, it deals with struggles that teens face and can relate to. Like Aba, the younger brother, struggles with fitting into his school and the world as a whole, due to his apocalyptical powers.

MR. MILK

Right, and-

MR. GUIMARAES

Recently I read an article by Shobini Iyer, who wrote about how coming-of-age films have always dealt with the internal, relatable, struggles that characters go through while progressing from childhood to adulthood. I really tried to focus on that in my film.

MR. GUIMARAES drinks another glass of milk given to him

MR. MILK

And... and... okay and how would you say your film appeals to teens today?

MR. GUIMARAES

That's a great question, so my film takes place in the late 90's which kids love nowadays y'know. I mean Stranger Things on Netflix, a coming-of-age show takes place in the 80's and got super popular and really popularized that 80's and 90's aesthetic. An article by Courtney DeLong had a great discussion about Gen Z's liking of 90's fashion which I think applicable here. DeLong wrote, something like, the 90's has an appeal to Gen Z, it's like a far off but still recognizable aesthetic that they really like.

MR. GUIMARAES drinks another glass of milk

MR. MILK

Wow you really like articles-

MR. GUIMARAES

Another super interesting thing is that a lot of teens today love media made in the 90's. I mean, Scream 6, a franchise started in the 90's, came out this year and had an opening box office high for the franchise. Teens are still clearly interested in the 90's and the aesthetic and entertainment that the decade brings.

MR. GUIMARAES drinks another glass of milk handed to him

MR. MILK

My god you talk a lot.

MR. GUIMARAES

My characters also say stuff like fuck and shit. Curse words are heavy in teens' dialogue today like it or not.

MR. MILK

And how can we find your film?

MR. GUIMARAES drinks another glass of milk handed to him

MR. GUIMARAES

Well, it is an indie film, we don't have a distribution company at the moment, but the film will be released for free on YouTube on May 18th! YouTube is super accessible and it's a social media app that's popular with teens so it's a perfect place to start. If it gets enough traction, I definitely want to submit it to film festivals like the Northeast Film Festival and the Hilltop Film Festival of Diversity and Inclusion.

MR. GUIMARAES drinks another glass of milk handed to him

MR. MILK

Sundance isn't on your list?

MR. GUIMARAES

In my dream list, yeah.

MR. MILK

Hahahaha. As a first time film-maker, how would you describe your process while making this film.

MR. GUIMARAES drinks another glass of milk handed to him, his stomach grumbles.

MR. GUIMARAES

Stressful, is the first word that comes to mind. The idea of the plot came to me pretty quickly, then I started doing research and really planning it out. The casting process was hell. Originally, Aba was supposed to be Mika's younger sister, but I couldn't find a child actor to play the sister, so I had to settle on my own little brother to play the character. Storyboarding took me hours, script writing was fairly quick though. The process really made me realize that I have a long, long way to go. I still have so much to learn about creating a film and improving on that creation process.

MR. MILK

It's to my understanding that the opening of your film takes place at a gas station, was that difficult to get access to?

MR. GUIMARAES drinks another glass of milk handed to him, he adjusts how he's sitting.

MR. GUIMARAES

That's an oddly specific question but yes. The original gas station I wanted to shot at actually shoot me down, so I had to go on a goose chase from gas station to gas station trying to get an OK from one of them and I eventually did. Only for me to end up shooting the majority of my opening outside the first gas station I wanted to film at in the first place.

MR. MILK

Wow, what a roundabout huh?

MR. GUIMARAES

You said it.

MR. MILK

How would you compare yourself from the start of the production of this film to the end?

MR. GUIMARAES drinks another glass of milk handed to him, he throws up in his mouth.

MR. GUIMARAES

Well, I started excited, y'know, excited to make it as best as I could. I think I might have started too confidently, I should have approached this a little more cautiously I think. And now at the end, I feel like I understand the process of storytelling and film production a lot more. There's a lot more planning than I had expected, and communication is very necessary. I guess you could say I started pretty naïve, but learnt about how important planning is and discussing your vision is, and now I'm better because of it. I'm saying this because, with hindsight, I feel like I went into production a bit too soon and should have illustrated my idea and vision to people on set more clearly.

MR. MILK

Well I think it is wonderful that you're so self-aware and attractive.

MR. GUIMARAES

What?

MR. MILK

That's Mr. Guimaraes everyone! Check out I Want to Destroy the World on YouTube on May 18th and have a milky day!

MR. GUIMARAES

My stomach hurts really bad, where's the bathroom.

Sources:

https://spartanshield.org/29522/arts-entertainment/the-evolution-of-the-coming-of-age-genre-in-film/

https://www.lofficielusa.com/fashion/gen-z-y2k-millennial-90s-fashion-nostalgia

https://collider.com/scream-6-global-box-office-116-million/