Hi there.
I'm struggling with some moral questions in regards to a short no-exit film I have in mind.
It is not based on my life but vague events, stories and settings from my mother's life, her relationships with her family, their inter-relationship etc. I only know what I've noticed, what I've been told and what I know from a third party perspective, and I am having some moral issues in terms of hurting my mother if she was ever to see the film.
The character are all based on family I know or rather do not know too well. I am very aware I am using these characters and events to write a dramatised script where the motives for their actions are not at all based in the reality I know, but I am concerned that I am bastardising my mother's memories and taking advantage of possibly sensitive material as a bases for a narrative domestic drama.
So far, I see three options:
1. write it anyway, discuss it with my mother later and edit accordingly
2. speak to her first and try and build a reflection of her reality, rather than my observations dramatised (here, i could risk her being upset that I want to use it in the first place)
3. come up with a completely fictitious conflict not based on family events
I'm not necessarily looking for answers on what I should do, but rather your own feelings towards the morality of the situation, and shared experience.
P.S. I am new to screenwriting so please be patient, I've written semi-autobiographical scripts before which aim to translate experiences I've been through into universal experiences.
I'm struggling with some moral questions in regards to a short no-exit film I have in mind.
It is not based on my life but vague events, stories and settings from my mother's life, her relationships with her family, their inter-relationship etc. I only know what I've noticed, what I've been told and what I know from a third party perspective, and I am having some moral issues in terms of hurting my mother if she was ever to see the film.
The character are all based on family I know or rather do not know too well. I am very aware I am using these characters and events to write a dramatised script where the motives for their actions are not at all based in the reality I know, but I am concerned that I am bastardising my mother's memories and taking advantage of possibly sensitive material as a bases for a narrative domestic drama.
So far, I see three options:
1. write it anyway, discuss it with my mother later and edit accordingly
2. speak to her first and try and build a reflection of her reality, rather than my observations dramatised (here, i could risk her being upset that I want to use it in the first place)
3. come up with a completely fictitious conflict not based on family events
I'm not necessarily looking for answers on what I should do, but rather your own feelings towards the morality of the situation, and shared experience.
P.S. I am new to screenwriting so please be patient, I've written semi-autobiographical scripts before which aim to translate experiences I've been through into universal experiences.