Alright all, here's the plot!
Marcus is a 19 year old college student who lives with his parents. He has recently been diagnosed with schizophrenia and is still learning to cope with the medication; getting into the habit of taking it when required, getting used to the side effects, and to the idea that he is dependent on that medication to have a proper perception of reality. The problem is, he is having a lot of trouble with coping with that dependence and how the drugs make him feel; so he decides to throw the drugs away. This, I plan to include in my opening.
This, obviously, will leave his mind unbridled and open to different perceptions of reality and hallucinations. Since he is new to the disorder, he does not know fully how manage and control it so he is susceptible to its symptoms.
He wakes up and begins to have delusions although he is still in somewhat of his right mind (this is also intended to be in the opening). He can still make reasonable choices so he tries to recuperate his medication.
He goes the doctor to get a new dose. In between this and him throwing away the medicine, his symptoms have been getting more intense; by the time he gets to the doctor, he becomes incredibly paranoid, thinks they’re trying to kill him with the medication, and runs away. The doctor, gets concerned and calls the police to try and track him and get him help. Marcus, being paranoid and not having a proper perception of reality, thinks he is being hunted for doing something wrong, he’s not sure what. It isn’t until he is finally caught that he is properly medicated and put under watch. He wakes up in his bed the same way as in the beginning of the movie. Now though, we see the doctor and the medical staff as well as the police being who they actually are; friendly and/or helpful. He realizes the importance of the medicine, how he can live well with it, and how he is weak without it.
By the time he gets to the doctor, I inted to make it all from his perspective. So the doctor really will be "evil" and the cops really will be "hunting" him. This is in order to create more tension and fear in the audience since we are not sure what is real or not along with him.
Aslo, I want the plot to say something. It will be a little over the top, but it's a movie and it has to be entertaining. I want the ending to be able to have some sort of message that tells people: doctors are out there to help, they're not naturally evil as in some movies; and medication is essential when you have this kind of disorder.
This day has been full of work related to the project, preparing to film and doing more research. I actually plan to start filming tonight so I'll deffinately post something about that. Thanks for reading!
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