The original conception of Frame came from the idea of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder applied on a wider scale. This is the idea that someone can create an entire framework for their life to follow as they live it. To create a story from this idea, we decided to explore the consequences of the disruption of a person’s strictly structured life.
Based on our previous experience with characters from films and television shows, we realised that people with a routine and structured lifestyle are usually very narcissistic. Famous examples of this include Patrick Bateman, Dorian Gray (in the earlier part of Oscar Wilde’s novel), the lead unnamed character of Gangster No. 1, and the infamous Gordon Gekko of Wall Street. Although we wanted to see this sense of metrosexuality in our protagonist, we did not want him to be an immoral character. We only used these characters’ clean cut images to build our main character for our short film as opposed to their narcissistic personalities.
To create an extended metaphor throughout our film, we decided to have the main character as an architect – someone who designs structures for a living. This would allow us to create a very specific aesthetic and style for our film.
This short film will follow a 26 year old architect and the way he deals with his wife of one year suddenly changing her mind and wanting a child – something they promised that they would never do in order to follow an easy and structured life.
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