“Quite often, the very definition of childhood is at stake in these films, changing as it does from one generation to the next and within different contexts.” [1] Re-reading this quote from my previous blog posting, Nico and I started to bounce ideas off each other… and we may have found a way to add the missing transitions we needed, while making the film feel more cohesive. Childhood changes from one generation to the next, however, the lesson we are teaching still remains and so does imagination. We will start with the little girl, but instead, we will have her growing in between stories. The three conflicts shown in the sketchbook will not all be about moving. With the first conflict, the actor will be a little girl. With the second conflict, that little girl will be in her late middle school/early high school years. With the last conflict, that girl will now be graduating high school and moving away to college.
For the last conflict, we were thinking of showing her sadness and struggle with leaving her family and home behind, but then seeing all of the great opportunities it is creating for her. Towards the end, the girl is leaving for college and gives her little sibling an exact, blank copy of her sketchbook. This will get rid of the fear we had of making it look too repetitive. The different life stages will also help connect the story, while showing how the message is to show the good in LIFE and not just when it comes to moving. We could even make the introduction be the father giving the little girl the blank sketchbook! Although only a small new change, this helped us think of both an introduction and conclusion, while getting rid of some previous concerns we had.
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