Ideassssss

Hello!

Happy Sunday!

So for this day, I am sharing to you my idea about our midterm output. We are asked to write two ideas but honestly, I passed mediocre ideas and I know I can think of a more decent concept if I’m not constrained with a time limit.

Anyway, so here are my two options:

1. What if a boy who’s taking up a course in Medicine realized that he wants to do something else but is pressured by his family who are also professionals?

The whole class laughed at this one and I simply don’t know why. What’s funny with how contrasting these two ideas where? Because when I wrote this, I have the beauty vs. bread perspective in mind. Maybe it’s because of how I use the words that made them laugh but I’m thinking of a full-length or a short film about internal struggles of choosing between the need vs. want of the character. I got some of the ideas from BECK/Mongolian Chop Squad which is a manga, anime and a live action film.

What I’m planning for this story is the main character got frustrated from trying too hard in pursuing Medicine, a profession his parents (who are both Doctors) wants him to pursue and resorts to playing drums or guitar and listening to rock music to for a temporary escape. Then, this frustration grew that he thought of just pursuing what he likes---music---so that he doesn’t have to face disappointments because he loves what he is doing. With this resolution in mind, he tried to fit music and studies in his life. Studying in the day and rehearsing with his former band mates from high school. But here’s what I want the character to learn: he will also face some disappointments in trying for a music career---they don’t have a venue to play, nobody knows their band, they haven’t wrote their own songs and they cannot manage time to get a proper rehearsal practice.

Basically, in the end, I want him to realize that you must work hard to make something work. You can’t expect a great result with a half-baked process. It’s either he end his studies or end his music career…and I’m going to stop here. Mwehehehehehehe.

2. What if you never had a boyfriend and your relatives, especially your grandparents, forced you to join a dating game show?

Well, this one is inspired by the Chinese dating game show, Fei Cheng Wu Rao. For this story, I’ll have a female character (I’m still thinking if she’s Chinese-Filipina) who seems to be unlucky in love. She never had a boyfriend and no one seems to show interest in her despite the fact that she’s decent-looking, is a wife material and smart. Her grandparents were worried that she may end up single for the rest of her life. With that, they urged her to go on a vacation in China and join the show Fei Cheng Wu Rao. 

She’ll join the show but unfortunately didn’t snag the guy so she’ll return home. Upon returning home, she’ll ask her relatives and grandparents not to interfere with her love life as she’ll try working on it on her own. One day, her high school friend called her and told her that they will be having an Alumni Homecoming. The protagonist will come and will be surprised as one of the games during the program is their own version of Fei Cheng Wu Rao---with her high school crush as the guy who’s searching for a date. 

Will she now succeed to win the game? Or will she go home empty handed again?

So, those are my two options for our midterm output! Wish me luck! Hahahaha!

Thank you for reading!