So my assignment for my Writing for Media class last week was to write a treatment for a possible commencement film for the 2012 graduation ceremony. The idea behind it is to come up with a creative, entertaining storyline which could or could not be based off of an existing piece of media. A lot of kids came to class with good ideas, a play off of a lot of iconic movies. My original idea, I'll admit, was just a requirement filler. I had hit major writer's block in regards to how to focus the idea.
The 2011-12 academic year is a big one for Carthage. It marks 165 years of the College. Our President also announced his retirement this year after 25 years of service to the College. So, with the this year's theme - New Horizons - in mind, I set out to come up with a better idea. One that hits all of the class requirements (get as many faces on screen as possible, make it show as general of an experience as possible, be entertaining, and of course, be possible with our resource constraints), but also can encompass everything that I want to highlight about this year's graduating class. I belong to it, you know.
So I wandered around my apartment thinking to myself "Doors. What piece of iconic media consists of doors." Then it came to me. What randomly chaotic and wonderful book/movie has a room full of magical doors? No. Not Harry Potter.
Alice in Wonderland. Lewis Carroll created a world that pokes fun at our own that is full of wonderful and infamously mad characters. Alice wanders about it, exploring every nook and cranny and sees mirrors of her real life in Wonderland.
So now I have an idea. An idea that I believe could be perfect. If only I could break this writer's block. An idea is no good if you can't put it into words.
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