Genre and Characters

     While researching the genre of drama, I found this really detailed website with the specifics of drama and examples of films that fall under this genre. 

here: https://www.filmsite.org/dramafilms.html

    When reading through the website, I realized that dramas are severe presentations or stories with settings or life situations that portray realistic characters in conflict with either themselves, others, or forces of nature. Therefore, I am aware now to keep all of this in mind when creating my film opening. 

    Additionally, dramatic themes often include current issues, societal ills, problems, concerns, or injustices. An example of some of these issues is drug addiction, which is what I want the plot of my film to be based around. 

    For my protagonist, I want him to be a 17-year-old junior in high school. I want him to be faced with conflicts with himself and his own mental illness. My protagonist is always competing with himself and his mind. He experiences a lot of trauma from past events that have happened in his life, therefore he turns to drugs in order to distract himself from what is happening around him. 

    This addiction is so strong and powerful over this character, that I want it to be shown within the first two minutes of my film. I want the audience to know the intensity of this from the beginning, and later find out all of the reasoning behind it. This situation is so severe that the protagonist is seen under the influence of drugs at school.