Story Outline (Day 8)

1. Setting

• Time- The 1950's, no specific year.
• Place/location- My house, kitchen, living room.
• Mood/Atmosphere- Pacific, calm.
• Point of View- Camera accompanies the woman's moves.

2. Characterization: Developing the characters of my story

• Wife (Marylin)

 - Thoughts: Wants to kill husband to live in peace. Feels like the husband gives her unfair treatment and is toxic to her. She needs him out of her life to be happy, to start writing the next chapter of her journey.

- What do others think of this character: Others think she is nice and kind. She is the optimistic neighbor that is always offering help; trustworthy.

- This character's hobbies, jobs: Housewife. She dreams of being able to become a huge writer and businesswoman, but the standards of her time were not matching her expectations. She spends time cleaning the house and making sandwiches for her husband (which she hates). She enjoys writing and sewing.

- What does the author say about this character: Marylin is very complicated; inside she means well, but she has so much remorse and trauma from her childhood events that she has accumulated anger for specific people. She wants to be herself, but feels like nobody will understand her feelings.

- Background story of the character: Marylin has always wanted to be somebody. She would always get told to act nicely and friendly, to not raise her voice, to not speak unless spoken to. This has always kept her from being truly happy. She knew something felt wrong. She would get so many opportunities to be rejected because of her gender role in society. Now, she hides behind a happy face, still trying to figure out how to change her life and actually turn the pages on her book.

• Husband

 - Thoughts: Likes working, uses and cheats on his wife. Abusive, toxic, but works hard. 

- What do others think of this character: A hard working businessman, who is an example for others. Very well respected, and others want to develop a good relationship with him.

- This character's hobbies, jobs: Learning about cars, working on his business, listening to music.

- What does the author say about this character: This character is one of the stereotypes of the men from the fifties; he has the same ideal as one. Standards of sexism and inequality are quite common and normal for him. He is abusive but hey, it's the fifties. He does not think he is doing anything wrong.

- Background story of the character: A guy from a wealthy family; has always been told to achieve his dreams and being ambitious. Has been taught to speak and stand up for himself. He had a happy childhood with married parents.

3. Story

- Since this is only a film opening, I won't have a huge Climax or anything; the small story is supposed to just engage the audience on what the rest of the movie will be about.

- Beginning: 

Marylin washing the dishes while music is playing, doing housewife duties.

-Middle: 

Goes back in time; the music hasn't started yet. Marylin goes to the kitchen, turns on the music, and starts grabbing the dishes she was washing before.

- Rising action: 

Husband opens the door, saying, "Honey, I'm home!" Marylin does not let go of the dishes on her hand.

- Climax: 

Marylin kills husband; there can be seen the blood splattering, and tears on her face.

- Falling action / End: 

 Marylin starts cleaning the mess; taking the body outside, washing the floor, and finally, it goes back to the first scene, where she was washing the dishes. However, this time the camera is pointed towards her in a middle shot. The dishes are all bloody, indicating that that was her instrument for the murder. She is smiling, and the camera starts zooming in the blood.