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Bluecat Screenplay Coverage/ Reader #9683:
You tell four beautiful stories here. Each one has their own complex plot and conflict, keeping tensions high through each individual story and into the intersection of all of them. Sara/Alice’s storyline is a wonderful example of an unreliable narrator as is expressed through the eyes of someone young and traumatized. Her conflicting beliefs and thought processes, the perpetual switching between joy and terror, it all speaks to what she’s been through and who she is. Kelsey and Laura’s plotline is dark and devastating, going from joyful to horrifying in the short amount of time allotted to them. As we watch, we can feel the same building anxiety that the girls do, along with the dread that Kelsey endures seeing Laura disappear. Carolina’s story is another brilliant depiction of grief and how it can affect the mind and warp reality. She parallels Sara/Alice very well in that regard, watching her try to be different people to avoid what is going on with her. Charlie’s story rounds them all out quite nicely, yet another depiction of someone who grew up under the shadow of abuse, similar to Sara/Alice. His burns are heartbreaking, but the amount of support that he gets for his beautiful soul is incredibly inspiring and a perfect addition to his plot. When they all come together, it is in a way that makes sense; a series of chances that leads them all to one another. It does not come across as contrived, but instead very natural.
The motif of making up stories about people, as is touched upon by both Sara/Alice and Carolina, speaks to the entirety of your screenplay; the stories people tell, the stories people live, and those that other people make up for them based on a first glance. This is a very smart choice that elevates your screenplay entirely and makes everything really, truly pay off in the end. You weave these threads together so intricately that they form a brilliant tapestry by the time that we get to your finale, everything making sense alongside one another. Well done.
