Eleven: Changing the Script

There have been many changes in our final script. Our first idea which contributed to Blake's love of music, was his passion for Duke Ellington. The idea of having Duke Ellington play in the car with his father driving started to become a theme which we loved. Blake's witness over the 'affair' has changed dramatically. It started out as a big mistake. Blake saw his father giving Sophie (piano teacher) a hug which didn't tell the audience anything of suspicion. Blake took this hug and immediately saw it as an affair. When Blake revealed all to his mother the twist would be that Sophie was a piano teacher, meaning that Blake had got the complete wrong end of the stick. These were the two biggest changes in our script. Looking back now we realise that both ideas would have been extremely difficult to achieve through the camera and convince the audience that it was a believable narrative. Here is the opening of my very first draft: