Experience #1

The Morning

I remember…

On a Tuesday morning, I was sleeping on the sofa downstairs of my parents house, anticipating the alarm of my phone to vibrate at any second. My dreams had stopped and I was half asleep, with traveling flying through my mind over and over again. My unsoundly sleep (caused by impatience) forced me to open my eyes and take a glance at how long I should expect to wait. I opened my phone and I had 10 minutes longer to sleep.

The alarm woke me this time with an unpleasant vibrating noise that I could hear going through the sofa. I awakened and began to gaze off in my brother’s direction who was sleeping at the other end of the sofa. He was balled up in the little corner of the sofa with this light bed sheet covering him that obviously didn’t keep him warm, because he had his toes curled into the sheet as if trying to keep air from coming in and getting out. After looking at my brother for a while, I raised my body up and thought to myself, it is way too early while stretching my body and cracking my bones. I slowly moved the bed sheet cover away from me, stood to my feet, and slipped on my vans. The floor was cold and the bathroom was running through my mind. Then, I used my right leg to ease the glass table besides the sofa out of the walk way and started my way towards the bathroom door being careful not to trip over unnoticed toys from my little brothers room. On my way to the bathroom, light from behind me begun to pass through the window into the room, which aided my vision in guiding me through the room. The bathroom wasn’t far but the chance of falling was at a high risk because of the scattered shoes and small walk space to walk through. So, when I made it to the bathroom, I closed the door barely and proceeded towards the toilet where I raised the seat and zipped my zipper down.

After I finished my business in the bathroom I came out and told my brother to wake up. He moved and rolled over in just to let me know he heard me. I went upstairs straight to my parent’s room where I saw my mother sitting up watching T.V. Slowly I entered into the room and spoke saying, “ good morning momma.”
She replied, “hey son,” while I began to take a seat on her bed. She then asked if I slept well and if I was ready.
I said, “Yeah I’m as ready as I’m gonna be.” My mother started tilting her head down to stare in her lap and begun to rotate her round and round. Her sudden change in her expression made me wonder what was the matter. So, I gave her a hug and whispered in her ear that I love her. She smiled and hugged me back while saying it back then she asked me if I had EVERYTHING ready downstairs and if I had remembered to pack my itinerary. I nodded yes while saying of course. (I lied) Then I stood up and said let me wake my brother up and start loading the car so we don’t waste time.
My mom replied, “Ok son,” while I left her room.

On my way to my room I grabbed the itinerary that my mom mentioned earlier about on the computer desk and went downstairs to pack it. My brother was still laid out on the bed half asleep, so I spoke and said, “It’s time to go.” He slid the bed sheet off his body with his feet, and raised his body in the upright position. After rubbing his eyes he gazed at the floor and put his shoes on. At the same time I was grabbing my lugged and placing the itinerary in the front pocket of one of my suitcases. We both put our jackets on next and proceeded up the stairs going towards the front door. Tori, my sister, finally came out of her room at this time dressed and ready. I said to her, “Good morning Ughh!” (A nickname I gave her). She glared at me and frowned sending a message that she wasn’t in the mood. I chuckled and said, “We have to leave soon and be on our way by six o/clock. She then proceeded to the bathroom and closed the door. I then took my luggage to the car and started the car. When I made it back into the house, I could hear mom and my sister debate on who was going to take me. My sister argued her points and my mom argued hers. With all this was going on my brother sat on the piano and begun playing. This moved me to sit down and wait on them to make a decision. The next thing that I knew, Tori was leaving the room and heading towards out the front door to the car. I told my mother bye for the last time and thank you. I signaled my brother it’s time to leave and he hit the piano button and headed towards the door. He asked me, as we were leaving,
“What time does your flight leave?” while closing the front door behind him.


Storyboards:

- zoomed in at the couch
- above me while I was waking up.
- a first person view of me picking up the phone and reading it
- camera angle from behind me while walking
- set up to watch me walk up and down the stairs
- behind my mom when I come in the room
- facing tori's room when she comes out
- behind my brother when he starts playing the piano
- facing me (frontal shot) while I sit on the couch.
- angle shot leaving the house.

Happiness and Sadness. Acceptance

Genre: Drama
Logline: A young adult leaving to another state.

Synopsis: This is about a young man who is going to leave his home for a while. It starts out with him sleeping on the the sofa and anticipating his alarm. He then goes into self thought about his surroundings before he actually moves from the sofa to the bathroom. The story then takes the young man upstairs to his parents room where he tries to connect with his mother, before he begins loading his bags in the car. The story then ends with him leaving the house and looking at the inside for one last time before he leaves.