| Session Number | 5 |
| Week Number | 2 |
| Total Estimated Hours Contributed this Week: | 8 |
| What was your overall goal for this week? | Finish script |
| Date | Task Description | Time Spent | Was this a Best Practice? |
| 3/27 | Script writing | 2 hours | |
| 3/28 | Script writing | 1 hour | |
| 3/29 | Script writing | 2 hours | |
| 3/30 | Script writing | 2 hours | |
| 3/31 | Script editing + location scouting | 1 hour |
| Session Number | 5 |
| Week Number | 1 |
| Total Estimated Hours Contributed this Week: | 5 |
| What was your overall goal for this week? | Make progress on script |
| Date | Task Description | Time Spent | Was this a Best Practice? |
| 3/20 | Watched Short Films | 1 hour | |
| 3/21 | Interview | 30 minutes | |
| 3/22 | Mood Board | 1 hour | |
| 3/23 | Trello/Scrum and Location Scouting | 1 hour | |
| 3/24 | Trello, Script, and Storyboard | 1 hour |
Student searches for answers and redemption after losing a spelling bee
Our main character is obsessed and passionate about their loss, they are stuck in the past. Think Uncle Rico from Napoleon Dynamite, or Mark Borchardt from American movie. They channel the motivation that once went to their spelling career into making a documentary about the word “Capital/Capitol” which made them lose their championship bee.
Our protagonist was a spelling bee champion and took great pride in their skill. At some nondescript “championship” they were down to the final word which was “Capital” which they spell with an A, but the judges were looking for an O. The protagonist is deeply upset by the situation, and they are searching for some form of closure.
Mockumentary – eccentric subject: Michael Scott in The Office, Leslie Knope in Parks and Recreation, Mark Borchardt from American movie. Interviews man on street style, and testimonies/confessionals Ancient Aliens and Survivor style. The “documentary” itself is absurd because it follows a question that can be answered in a simple google search.
Our protagonist will begin recalling their spelling bee loss, one word to the championship, and on the last word – Capital/Capitol, they are marked incorrect. They spell the word like Capital, since that is the name of their school, but the judges were looking for Capitol. The protagonist has been obsessing over this loss for months, and decides to make a film out of it. They go around their school and ask people how to spell Capital, then they go to the Capitol building and ask people to spell Capitol. Then, they interview people who have some “qualification” for talking about spelling. There are various “secret” shots of the protagonist in agony over this issue, reading books, and making a wall of pictures and string. They come to the conclusion that they should’ve won their bee and go to the headquarters of the organization. They find that the spelling bee association is fairly disorganized and archaic, and are sent to someone random. They explain their story to the person who is fairly disinterested, and just tells them they’re right, then then ask for a trophy/medal and the random employee gives them one. To the audience and everyone else, the whole situation is unproductive, but we see the protagonist leave the building with their medal, and a huge smile on their face.
The protagonist goes to Capital High School and has a pretty average life. Because of their borderline concerning ambition towards spelling, they don’t have many friends. The friends they do have are clearly exhausted by their discussion of the spelling bee, but they go along with the documentary because they hope it will end the repetition of the issue.
