FINAL PROJECT IDEA!!!

So after many, many, many, many attempts to come up with an idea for my final project I think I finally came up with one. I am pretty excited about it so I hope you will be too! I'm wanting to do an experimental film, and I main idea is to have the actress (my sister) walk into a filthy kitchen (sink and counter full of dirty dishes, messy floor and counter tops, messy table, etc) and she'll start cleaning it. She'll clean until she's finished, or so she thinks, and she'll turn in the opposite direction of where she was cleaning only to find another mess that "magically" appeared. She'll go and clean this mess, only to turn around and find another one. This will continue throughout the entire film. She'll be apathetic at first, and as the film progresses, her frustration with the never ending mess will accumulate.

I was inspired by the Greek myth of Sisyphus for this and also by the fact that my dad stresses SOOO much over a messy kitchen that sometimes my family and I honestly think he'll drive himself to a heart attack over it one of this days. So I do hope for it to be humorous. I want the chores in this case to represent life's worries/trials. The character (Sissy Fuss haha) will obsess over getting these chores done, but worrying over life's small troubles so obsessively can keep you from actually living life and enjoying it. I don't know. I still need feedback tomorrow, but this is what I have.

  

Elevator Line: 

For my final project I will be filming a day in the life of Sissy Fuss, a young woman who obsesses over keeping her kitchen clean. When she thinks she has finished, more chores "magically" appear, and her work is never truly completed.

Explanation of theme: 

The question my film will ask is "Will it ever end?" with "it" being trials (or chores in this case) that we are faced with daily in life.

Central point: There will always be some kind of mess to fret over, so why fret? Life is full of trials, but also joy. Being constantly consumed by the trials of life will cause you to miss out on the joys of life (this could also be the premise).

Central goal: 

To take the ancient myth of Sisyphus and modernize it, but with a different twist; Sisyphus was subjected to his boulder as punishment. I don't want my film to be about being subjected to punishment. The goal is to comically illustrate how fretting over "chores" can consume your life to the point where you miss out on life.

Why should we care? 

Because points in your life still await many trials. Even when you overcome one, another will come.

What is your project about?

Life and its never-ending list of "chores."

Location: 

My house (kitchen)

Time:

Several points in the day. I'm thinking about documenting the day from morning when she wakes up to nightfall when she gets in bed.

Character: 

Sissy Fuss

Tone:

Solemn, a sense of loneliness, joyful at short times, hopeful/hopeless. 

I'm REALLY open to feedback. I need all that I can get.