Our Monologue

The main feature of our opening 2 minutes is the monologue spoken by the main character over the top of the film. This needs to link to what is happening in the film at times and make the audience connect and sympathise with the girl.
We wanted to make the girl sound like the average teenager. Not very literate when it comes to talking and quite informal. This makes her relatable to other teenagers, our target audience. We like the way the monologue shows the girl as not caring about her parents, but the monologue is easy to see through and hopefully the audience will see that she is lying to herself, and in fact all she cares about is finding them and being loved by them.

 

"Every year i see these christmas lights, its just another reminder that, im alone. Hope has a way of holding onto you, its something you can never escape from, its the only thing that has kept me going throughout my whole life. Hope that i will pass my exams, hope that ill find love, hope that ill find my parents.

This is my story. I’d tell you my name but what’s the point when it doesn’t mean anything.  You see a typical family has two parents, a couple of kids. My family, it’s just me. I lived in a foster home for a while. John and Kelly were nice but I knew they didn’t love me like they loved Jake, their real kid. See my parents gave me up when I was born. They couldn’t hack it. And now look at me, I’ve been to juvi. I’ve been in and out of foster homes, and now I’m pretty much living on the streets. John and Kelly kicked me out when they realised I stole from them. I know it’s a terrible thing to do but I guess I just needed to get out of there and that was the only way to make sure I did. All I’m focused on right now is finding my real parents. I have a lot to say to them. Why did they leave me? Why did they allow me to have such a crappy life? Are they even still together? Probably not.

You see being in foster care is like being in a world of your own. No one to worry about you, no bedtime, no love. I guess if my parents were still around id be a different person. I wouldn’t be so messed up or angry. But my parents aren’t here and I’ve adapted myself to deal with that. I’m fine on my own, but I need to find them. I just need to. I need to let them see what they’ve missed out on."