Hi there! I'm going to leave a few thoughts on your piece!
I'm so glad that you posted a screen play or film idea, because that's not a category I generally get to review anything in.
So right off the bat I'm a bit confused on the distinction between the dark one and the girl. Like would they be played by the same actress? And what exactly are they doing? I almost wonder if you named "the girl" if it would be a bit easier to distinguish the characters. Because a few times you say "she" did this or "she" did that. So as a reader I got a bit confused.
Early on this line: "After a second a dark one does, too." left me very confused as to what the dark one was doing.
I liked the twist that you had at the end with the audience turning from stuffed toys into real people. I want to know a bit more about the girl's emotional reaction though. Is she sad, proud, blank-faced, scared at the end? I like the concept you have so far, it's like a minature little scary story. Very leery and ominous at the end, and leaves me wondering what exactly did the dark one do and what caused this transition. But I think we're missing a few of the in-between pieces of the story. For instance, I think you need some element to make the audience connect or feel more sympathy for the main character, the girl. Because it's hard for me to care about the ending, if I don't care about the character at the beginning of the piece. You could establish connection by giving her a little bit more personality and giving her a bit more uniqueness.
Also the transition to the end was a bit abrupt and as a reader left me more questions than answers. I think it's okay to be ambiguous, but just a bit more of the details about what exactly caused this future for the girl would be a good addition in my opinion.
Overall, this was a creepy piece to read, but I like the concept you have going here.
Best of luck in all of your writing,
~alliyah
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