Scene Ideas:

- Drone shot of me standing up through the sunroof

- Drone shot of 3 boys on bikes riding off through the neighborhood
- Somesort of shot of me coughing up blood and bleeding out?
- Maybe a scene where i punch someone and it’s this super intense build up of music,
then turns into comedic relief and I act like i just broke my hand
- Shot talking to parents/one friend “April you can’t live like this forever. Avoiding everyone
constantly because you’re scared of people.” “I am not scared of people.” “really? Go
say hi to him then.” *mae walks over there’s this big build up of music, then she comes
running back* “I can’t do it.”
- Above scene over top of 2 people, probably with Nate, the two are together on the grass
facing each other, faces close. “I’m scared I’ve missed out, like everyone has had more
fun than me.” “doesn’t matter anyway, you don’t wanna peak in high school.” “I don’t
wanna peak but I at least want to have one fond memory of high school that I can look
back on.” *their hands slowly interlock*
- Silhouettes of people throwing their hands up in the air/middle finger during sunset at
burnaby mountain
- Scene in the rain, screaming/crying while getting soaked. Drone shot from above of April
breathing heavily as she lays on the wet pavement
- Maybe roller skating?
- Either hands coming out the window of a car, or person leaning their head out
- “You worry too much” scene
- Scene where someone invites her to hang out with the group of friends
- Shot of friends singing in the car while driving
- Shot from the passenger seat, April angry in the car, leans her head down on the
steering wheel. (maybe she accidentally honks the horn, then has to yell “sorry” at a kid)
- Drinking slurpee all alone outside the 711
- Pushing people around in shopping cart
- A shot of everyone just goofing off in the group, like a dance circle, they're all chanting
along to something stupid
- “Don’t you ever just feel like you need to scream?” group of girls scream
- “We’re just a bunch of lonely people, keeping each other less lonely” “none of us are
perfect, none of us have a plan, but we’re all here because we want to live, don’t you
wanna live?” *april nods and smiles* “I wanna live”
- chan and mel on swings
- drone shot of sunset at richard bull pit
- white rock with chan and nate, might be rainy but embrace that
- drone shot of white rock
- Lynn fripps spinning park thingy
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Characters:
Protagonist (Me): April Mcfarlane
- cynical/sarcastic outlook on life
- Narrator
- “The movies told me high school would be the best 4 years of my life...”
- “It’s my senior year and I have no idea who I am”
- “I’ve had four years of high school to figure it out and I still don’t know what to do with my
life”
- “I’m not ready to grow up, there’s so many things I wanna see, I wanna live!”
- Something about you pass the same kids everyday but never truly get to know them

Plot:

April is too worried about the future, regrets high school and has a hatred for it since she never
made friends. This film is all about living in the now, April meets a group of kids and they teach
her to appreciate the present. Go on spontaneous adventures, express emotions, let go of her
future fears.

- Opening scene: drone shot of houses

- April walking down the sidewalk, boy on a bike passes her. He looks back at her for a
second, she stays stopped, watching as her rides away.
- Alarm clock
- April opens her eyes in bed
- Multiple shots of april in the same place walking, but outfits changing to show days
switching
- Drone shot of the school, with kids outside
- Tracking shot of April walking through the halls by herself looking lonely, mixed with a
tracking of people at their lockers all having a good time with each other
- April outside 711 by herself
- April in her bedroom on facetime (with wah paw) “you can’t keep living like this”
- April walking up to a group of tc kids whispering “you can do this” she gets to the group
and reaches out her hand, then quickly turns around “i can’t do this.” completely blurred
background you can see Nate step out and go “april?”

Narration:
It’s funny how you can live in the same town your whole life, pass by the same people everyday,
but you never really get to know them, and they never get to know you.

This is me, everyday I wake up and live the same boring life on repeat.
The movies told me high school would be the best 4 years of my life, that was a lie. The truth is
I’ve had 4 years to figure out where I belong, everybody has somebody, except me. Here I am,
senior year, with no friends.