I've just finished my first feature, and it's played at 5 theaters in my general area. I've started the concept for my next film, and I've come to a complete and utter standstill. I'll write a short outline of what I've got going so far, and hopefully you guys can give me some suggestions?
Warren Strom has been diagnosed with terminal brain cancer. He has one month left. His wife (Carol), who has dedicated her life to caring for him, begins to feel resentful toward Warren and how much of her life he "stole" away. This resentment scares her. At night, Warren has fits of extreme pain and every night, Carol comes in and gives him his pain medication and sits with him until he's calmed down. The next day, his doctor tells Carol it's time to take him off of his pills and put him on a morphine drip. Depressed at the impending death of her husband, she takes advantage of the remaining oxycontin capsules in the med. cabinet. Soon, she becomes addicted---and while on these highs, the feeling of resentment is magnified to a feverish degree. Carol is sitting in her den one morning, and she is staring blankly at a pillow. She smashes a picture of Warren on the floor. That night, while Carol has taken the last few pills, Warren has one of his fits of pain. Out of spite, she locks him in his room, neglected. He has a stroke, and is rushed to the hospital. He is barely alive. The next day, while Carol is visiting him, she tells the attending nurse that Warren is in great pain, and in need of pain medication. She steals it herself when she gets it, unbeknownst to the nurse. Carol locks herself in the bathroom and takes many capsules. She proceeds to come out of the bathroom, walk up to Warren, and then all we see are flashes of red. The next thing we see is Carol swerving sickeningly down the road, and the doctors trying to revive Warren. Carol drives off the road and parks, and the doctor are unable to bring him back. She wakes up two days later in the hopsital, not able to remember the death of her husband or anything after she took the pills in the bathroom. Did she kill her husband? Or was there some other factor?
The remainder of the film is unknown to me, but I have an idea of where I'd like it to go. It basically needs to be the internal struggle of Carol about whether or not she killed her husband...then she realizes that it doesn't matter, because she has the capacity to do so. We don't find out if she did or not in the end. Also, I'd somehow like to tie in repercussions of her stealing those drugs (traces of Oxycontin not found in Warren's toxicology report?)
I'm pretty much open to anything. Thanks!
Warren Strom has been diagnosed with terminal brain cancer. He has one month left. His wife (Carol), who has dedicated her life to caring for him, begins to feel resentful toward Warren and how much of her life he "stole" away. This resentment scares her. At night, Warren has fits of extreme pain and every night, Carol comes in and gives him his pain medication and sits with him until he's calmed down. The next day, his doctor tells Carol it's time to take him off of his pills and put him on a morphine drip. Depressed at the impending death of her husband, she takes advantage of the remaining oxycontin capsules in the med. cabinet. Soon, she becomes addicted---and while on these highs, the feeling of resentment is magnified to a feverish degree. Carol is sitting in her den one morning, and she is staring blankly at a pillow. She smashes a picture of Warren on the floor. That night, while Carol has taken the last few pills, Warren has one of his fits of pain. Out of spite, she locks him in his room, neglected. He has a stroke, and is rushed to the hospital. He is barely alive. The next day, while Carol is visiting him, she tells the attending nurse that Warren is in great pain, and in need of pain medication. She steals it herself when she gets it, unbeknownst to the nurse. Carol locks herself in the bathroom and takes many capsules. She proceeds to come out of the bathroom, walk up to Warren, and then all we see are flashes of red. The next thing we see is Carol swerving sickeningly down the road, and the doctors trying to revive Warren. Carol drives off the road and parks, and the doctor are unable to bring him back. She wakes up two days later in the hopsital, not able to remember the death of her husband or anything after she took the pills in the bathroom. Did she kill her husband? Or was there some other factor?
The remainder of the film is unknown to me, but I have an idea of where I'd like it to go. It basically needs to be the internal struggle of Carol about whether or not she killed her husband...then she realizes that it doesn't matter, because she has the capacity to do so. We don't find out if she did or not in the end. Also, I'd somehow like to tie in repercussions of her stealing those drugs (traces of Oxycontin not found in Warren's toxicology report?)
I'm pretty much open to anything. Thanks!
