My brain is fried. The biggest problem I have is I can't decide what I want to do with this film. I know I want it to be a comedy with substance that's odd. I want it to be a mixture between Amelie and Office Space. I want the central character's world to be like Amelie, so exciting and a almost a drug in his dreams. Then when he has to wake up, he's stuck to the most boring life in the world. Ultimately he's not going to make his real world exciting if he doesn't spend time on it.
What I keep doing is adding random subplots to see if they lead anywhere and it changes too much each time.
First it was a love interest that changes him. Then it was his job being so annoying. I've added an element where he finally tries being on his own, and he becomes a drunk. Then I've added a new friend in my latest draft.
So I have half a movie in my head really. I just don't know how to bring it all together at the moment. It's so frustrating trying to fill in the gaps when you see the key points in your head and just want it to work itself out.
Tomorrow will be spent trying to lighten the story up to be comedic and figure out the middle.
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