Narration Research Applied

 While I didn't enjoy Love, Simon's narration approach since it created a sense of otherness that I didn't want in my film, I still liked how he introduced his friends in his narration.

And then

there's my friends.

Two of them, I've known

since pretty much

the beginning of time.

One of them,

I just met a few months ago,

but it feels

like I've known her forever.

I took inspiration and created my own version of this to mine.

Not that I have no friends or anything though,

like my best friend Mia and I have been attached since 1st grade.

I swear I’m not really this lame,

but we became friends after she yelled

at some kids making fun of me for falling

off the monkey bars in 1st grade.

In Love, Simon's narration, making him have a small friend circle makes him seem like he keeps to himself and isn't the most extraverted person. I wanted my character to have the same type of characterization by making her have one or two friends to further the "loveable loser" character I want her to be.

Kissing Booth had another early introduction of her best friend and introduces herself from the first sentence. The typical "That's me, [insert full name]" is another typical convention of romcoms, especially high school ones.

That's me, Elle Evans.

And the smelly, less-cute baby right

next to me? That's my best friend Lee.

Which introduces two of the most important things in the film, her name and that her best friend is Lee. I used this same basis to introduce my character and then the most important thing, she dreams about the same imaginary girl.

That’s me, Lucia Batista Diaz,

but Lucy for short,

waking up from the same dream

I have every night of the same girl.

With my research into Clueless, the thing I noticed about the script was how the script contradicted the visual to create a new meaning and add comedic aspects, which is something I wanted to incorporate. 

But seriously, I actually have a way normal life for a teenage girl. I mean I get up, I brush my teeth, and I pick out my school clothes.

I didn't end up doing any of this though since most of the narration didn't relate to the visual that was on screen and the only time my script did address the visual, it was talking directly about the visual and not creating a different meaning.

*Honk*, oh shit speaking of,

that sounds like Mia’s horn.... and-

oh shit she’s out front.