R+P Post 7: Our film's title and plot outline

Our film's title is inspired by The Life of Pi and so will be called 'The Life of Guy' as it sounds catchy and has connotations of comedy as well.

We felt this title suited our blockbuster rom com as it is light-hearted and rolls off the tongue well.

We had brainstormed a few ideas which are shown on this piece of paper.



The Life of Guy will be about a male high school student who is not only a gaming geek with hardly any friends but also no luck in his love life. The beginning will start off with his home life but on a special day. Guy has his first blind date with a girl he met and got on with online. He is looking forward to it and so prepares for it enthusiastically, eager for it to go well. We see his clumsy mishaps and general bad luck as he picks a horrible outfit and a bad hairstyle along with experiencing a cold shower and getting too carried away with his game. He ends up meeting his date late who then, after looking him up and down, rejects him. Being so inexperienced, he doesn't understand why.
The next part of the film will be about his school life and how he meets a unique girl who becomes his best friend. She pushes him out of his comfort zone and shows him new experiences. At the end of the film, Guy becomes a changed man who has good friends and his best friend becomes his girlfriend. He is no longer a geek though he still does love his games.

Our film follows two main narrative theories.
1. TODOROV THEORY

Equilibrium: Gamer geek uni student with unsocial lifestyle and no luck in love life.

Climax: Meets a girl who becomes his best friend.

Event: Best friend shows him what friendship is like with different people and what social events are like.

Problem solved: Guy makes a few good friends.

Restoration: Guy is still a gamer geek but now has a girlfriend and a happier, more exciting lifestyle.

2. LEVI STRAUSS BINARY OPPOSITE THEORY

This theory explores the way people understand certain words depending not on their meaning but rather more on our understanding of the difference between the word and its opposite.

Opposites in our film: 

Loner vs. Popular

Inexperienced vs experienced

Past vs. future

Scruffy geek vs. good looking lad