Scattered Brain

I know my partners are loving this horror genre, but I am honestly still appreciating my original idea of the switch of gender roles. I was watching this show on Netflix, entitled "Love" because season two has just come out and it's honestly taught me so much about gender roles and what Netflix is trying to achieve. So basically this series is about a nerdy guy named Gus and this bad girl Mickey who is a sex, drug and love addict. As if it couldn't get more cliché enough, yes, they fall in love and try working things out and blah blah blah.

BUT, the reason I think the show is of importance right now is because this show also mocks gender roles. Gus is portrayed as a wimpy, nerdy, lonely guy while Mickey is this confident, masculine badass. However, they both accept each other for who they truly are and Netflix chose both of these actors because they're not sexually appealing. Their characters don't produce men to say "wow I want to be like that guy Gus" or for girls to say "I want to dress like Mickey." No, this series is about genuine love, and acceptance and the freedom to be who you are because of today's society. That's what I want my film opening's story line to be about.

Another research that I used on social norms is the play Hedda Gabler that I read in my AP Literature course. This play was written by Henrik Ibsen back in 1890 during the Victorian Age. This play contributes toward what I am trying to work toward because it was the first play to ever include a commonplace stage set, a masculine female, and the act of suicide. During its time, critics said that Hedda (the main character) was posed as "degenerate," "selfish," and that "her soul is too small even for human sin" according to an article written in the New York Times back in 1898. Long story short, the audience of its time hated the work and sought for others to dislike it as well. I want my piece to be appreciated in its time of course, but I am a controversial person. I want that to be shown in my work. I want people to question the social norms in my film, I want people to criticize, to analyze and to retain each camera shot, angle, composition and edit technique. Like every producer does.

I don't care about the grade I just want my piece to be something I am proud of and these resources are used for my research to help obtain that. My brain is scattered but the most troubled artists have the same mindset as mine. These troubled artists are the most successful and that is all I aspire to be. I will use what I have learned from class to further help me research what I am trying to achieve.

So, for now, my plot is something to criticize/mock the gender roles that have always been and hopefully by the end of my film opening, my audience will leave the room after having just watched it, in question of society and in question of what gender roles are versus what they should be.