Concept

 CONCEPT

Two ex-best friends bump into each other at a mutual friend’s gathering and are forced to confront their past as tensions escalate.

CHARACTERS

Sierra Caswell

• Gloomy fall 2000s aesthetic

• 26 years old

• Extraverted introvert, charismatic, sensitive

• Occupation: Journalist

• If an album: So Tonight that I Might See - Mazzy Star

Lydia Summers

• Glitter, spunky

• 26 years old

• Occupation: aspiring actress

• Extravert. A character foil for Sierra

LIGHTING

Warm, cozy, candlelit.

Lydia and Sierra are shown in contrasting coloured lights to show their separation from each other.

CINEMATOGRAPHY

Sierra and Lydia are both never in the shame shot until they are forced to talk.

Opening: Camera focuses on two teenage girls laughing, smoking, stumbling.

Finally, the camera pans from them to Sierra, who watches them with a longing look on her face, before she snaps out of her reminiscence. She walks out of frame towards the door. The host opens the door, and lets Sierra in. She’s greeted, then spots Lydia. Now an aspiring actress, Lydia is sat at the center of the room. 

SYMBOLS AND THEMES

Miscommunication:

• The entire reason Lydia and Sierra’s friendship broke down was due to miscommunication. 

• They are finally forced to communicate, but even then it may be communicated poorly; both have their reservations and guards up. 

Complexities of Human Friendships

• The complexity of the breakdown of communication between Lydia and Sierra all those years ago is a central focus point.

• Their first, raw conversation, forced through circumstances, is layered. 

CHARACTERS PAST

Lydia and Sierra were close friends at 15. Lydia was new to the town, homeschooled. She had a best friend before Sierra, and a lot of drama went down there. Eventually, her old best friend spreads a reputation-damaging rumour about Lydia, which causes the whole town to shun her. Lydia, scared and upset, retreats and blocks everyone out. Sierra, already unsure about their friendship, tries to reach out a few times but gets ignored, so Sierra, also hurt, writes an angry letter to Lydia, but Lydia never receives it. Sierra, thinking Lydia got the letter, goes on to try and heal from the friendship. Lydia thinks that Sierra never reached out, and is also hurt. Lydia moves on, tries to find a new group of friends, and is finally happy. But then Sierra, riddled with guilt, reaches out again a year later to apologize for the letter, just to find out that Lydia never got it, and Lydia ghosts their conversation after Sierra tries to talk things out, with Lydia saying she’s ‘moved on’.