Generally, I'd like my film to go through the past four or five years of my life, but it would take place during my senior year in high school. Therefore, I'd prefer if it were to include flashbacks (because they're cool), that would give the audience visual explanations of how I got to be the person I am now, what led me to my ambitions and future plans, as well as how my own internal and external problems came to be. It would be life through how I see it and would be influenced by my own thoughts and actions.
Next to that, however, I'll have an alter ego of myself. Someone who basically guides me through my own life, but that person is just another side of me that I don't typically show to people outside of my head. This alter ego of myself however will be more of a heroic figure compared to my actual self. He'll be the side of me that pushes me to do things that my other half would normally try to avoid or shy away from. It'd be the half that's more daring, courageous, the one who's more prone to getting involved and causing trouble, while doing it in a smart way. Eventually as my life story goes along, that alter ego becomes me at the end.
It'll be a story about getting through life, but not being able to get to where you want to be because of all these life issues you have to deal with that's holding you back, because you can't avoid it. It'll be a story about internal conflict where the character (me) has to be fighting myself between decisions and choosing to do something either because it's the right thing to do, or because I want answers and ways to reach to where I want to be. It'll be a story about this kid who's got big plans ahead of him, a dream, and he's not sure if he'll ever get there regardless of his strong character of positivity and optimism. Remember, he's on his last year of high school. He'll have to figure out who he is, and if he's ever going to express this person to the world or keep it as his inside guide like he's been keeping it for more than half of his life. On top of that, he's trying to decipher what his true purpose is in life while dealing with the same every day issues teenagers in high school face at home or socially between family, friends, school, and obviously the coming future.
Based on that, you could probably classify this film as a Drama. However, if I were to ─ and I would ─ intertwine my own exotic thoughts about the supernatural into this, and the thoughts I had, and still have as I grew up, then you can definitely put Action and Fantasy into this life story. That said, you can expect magic to be infiltrated into myself, or my character. As I said, this will be my life story as how I saw it, but the thoughts would be more present in the telling.
As for who would play me as a character in the movie, I'd probably choose myself. Not going to lie, but no one can do a Shivi, better than Shivi himself. Plus, as a person who has a lot of interest in the entertainment industry and acting, it'd be an amazing experience to relive my life, tell it to an audience, and recount those memories as I do it.
Wow, I did not mean for this to be as long as it is, but I wanted to make sure I got my thoughts out correctly. It's not easy explaining how you'd want your life story to be in a movie; you know? Although, I guess you could say I did get a little carried away with the questions. Haha
