Plot Finalization

 

After some consideration, I've finally decided what I want my film's plot to be. However, it isn't any of the ones I mentioned in my last post. It is still similar, though! It maintains the personality of my two main characters, who are the charismatic "girly-girl" and more moody, reserved loner. Here is the plot I'd originally decided on:

"A bubbly highschooler makes it her mission to get the school's notoriously gloomy loner to crack a smile. After 4 years of nonstop persistence, though, she accepts her fate: the loner doesn't value her company or her efforts. It was never worth trying in the first place. However, just when she's about to give up, the loner opens the door to her heart."

I've chosen not to go with this plotline to use one I resonate with more. The new one I've brainstormed focuses on these same two protagonists. However, they used to be childhood best-friends. The two had done everything together, causing a strong, unique bond to grow between them. That was until the "girly-girl" moved away—years of friendship and time they spent together vanishing in just a blink. After her sudden, unexplained disappearance and years of no-contact, the "girly-girl" finally comes back right before freshman year starts. This fuels rage inside my second main character. She vows not to talk to her, resenting her for what she did. But, over the trajectory of my film, they're supposed to grow closer and rekindle the fire they once had. The "girly-girl" also explains the reason she left without a trace—fostering a deeper understanding and stronger friendship than they had before. 

I shifted to this plot because it has the “childhood-best-friends” trope that I’m a fan of. But, it still teaches the lesson of how even those that seem like “polar-opposites” can still have a very close bond! This also subverts the traditional stereotype in both film and society of “loners” and “popular girls” not being able to get along.