Pitch
Place
City
(Memphis), Work Environment, Home Environment, Clinic
Time
Modern
Day
Atmosphere
Depressing,
Hopeful, Dark
Introduction of Main Character
Riley
-timid, anti-social (not a loner), average but have weird likes
and habits which is why she is verbally harassed at work,
Jess
-confident, a badass, likes to be in control, aggressive,
impulsive
Conflict
Man versus Self
“Elevator” Line
A
girl, Riley, takes new marketed pills on test trial for confidence which
produces an alter ego Jess that persuades her to not only become confident when
confronting people but to be aggressive as well, verbally and physically,
having Riley to lose control of herself.
Explanation
of Theme
Internal
struggle (no confidence and choosing to listen to Jess or not)
Isolation
(Withdraw from people as she depends on Jess)
Temptation
and destruction (Won’t stop taking the pills, becomes addicted, her downfall)
Explanation
of Tone and Execution
Depressing
environment/mood to a more light/positive environment/mood to dark/aggressive
environment/mood
Explanation
of Objection
To
make people realize that instead of facing our problems we try to find
shortcuts to solve it; however, the shortcuts often have consequences. For
example in this film, the medication is a shortcut to boost her confidence.
Movie
Review: Stepford Wives 2004
What
I like about the Stepford Wives is that the science fiction part of it is not a
smack your face, it’s subtler. While the women are robots, they are not the
shiny metal kind that we often see. I
think the idea of perfect house wives due to a chip in their head is genius.
Even though it s consider to be horror based off the original version it’s more
comedic which is also great to have comedic relief in a sci-fi film instead of
it being all serious. Overall, I think it’s a great sci-fi film to watch.
