proposal

Proposal

I was inspired by the videos from last year students. I think tell the story in other characters’ perspective is a really interesting way to create our own adaptation. Lifting out of one character I like, and portray his/her personality deeper.

Story:

I always want to start from a ghost, and that is my favorite. Also because there are many people die in those stories, so I think it would be easy. 

In the heaven, Caroline’s father (in Caroline’s wedding)  could see what happen in the alive human world. And also the time in heaven is not the same as the human world (so we can combine many stories together). Since Caroline’s father died, he has always been looking at his two daughter especially Caroline in heaven because he cared so much about his disability little daughter. So I would make the scene like the father suddenly wakes up and realizes that he’s already dead. Then he finds the place where can see the living human world. At first, he does not get used to the fact of his death, he always wants to talk or hug his family naturally. So he always feels like to come back to their side. And also because his daughters does not follow their mother’s directions wearing red at night, and the ghost father is able to come into their dreams to kind of guide them and see them sometimes. So in my scene, I would like to focus on the indirect connections between father and daughter. Maybe it’s like he sees his daughter do some stupid things, and he is worried about them, then he gets really hurry and says something like “Oh, little trouble markers! I need to come to them again!” Also I try to show the relationship between parent and children, and how much actually they love them.  

Characters:

There can be 2 or 3 characters in this play because we can have both Caroline and Grace in the scene or only focus on Caroline or Grace is ok. 

Father: He has got so much to worry about his daughter because he thinks his daughters are too young to live without him.  He is very gentle and nice, and he always wishes he could protect his family from such far distance. He loves his wife and when he come back and sees his wife wearing red, he sighs and thinks about that for a long time and always showing his understanding. (I don’t want to add another character here but we can turn on the red light to show he is not able to come his wife’s dream. I would think about the staging of this part.) 

Daughter: Strong and grows up quickly without father’s love. But sometimes they cry at night lonely because they miss their father. (When the father sees they cry, he would be very sad). There is a certain number of times the father could come to their dreams. As they growing older, they understand things better and can handle their emotions. And the chance for the father to come becomes less and less.

And the last time is Caroline’s wedding.