Idea 4
Genre will be a drama with elements of comedy.
The play will be about a couple that have been married for 25 years and the children have left home.
They are arguing regularly and are having trouble agreeing on anything.
A friend recommends couples counselling to help them work through their problems.
The husband agrees and they go.
The councillor, after several unsuccessful sessions tells them to write down what happens throughout the week and write why they think the problems are happening.
They use the computer and write down their entries which on then sent to the councillor.
The play details what happens in a brief period of time.
Voice is third Person in conversations and first when writing thought.
There are many films that involve the issue of relationships and their problems and how they resolve them. It is a popular interest in films and can be all different types of genres, from comedy to a tear jerker.
Films like revolutionary Road, 17 again and Bridget Jones all detail some type of relationship.
Some say that the appeal of films and books about relationships is ‘to boost your spirits about marriage or provide valuable lessons about the pitfalls that can ruin a good one’.
Another example is While You Were Sleeping - romantic comedies like this are generally panned by critics because they are formulaic, predictable, and ultimately built on a shaky premise. But not every movie has to be designed for the academy awards, and sometimes the real value of a movie lies in its ability to make you feel good about your values, about love, about the feelings we've all had about relationships from time to time.
Shirley Valentine - this movie appears to be somewhat down on marriage, through the cheeky yet charming performance of long suffering Shirley. But the real point of the movie is about what to do when you're wed locked, and don't want to just give into it as an inevitability of married life. It details relationship problems when the children move out and relates well to my idea.
Programs like Malcolm in the Middle feature topics and an issue surrounding the family and one episode shows the son making a musical out of his parents’ arguments. This inspired me as I am doing something similar in this idea.
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