Short Film!

Just had an idea during the class to make my short film come together. Small town usually have those summer festivals with small competitions. Every year, all the competitions Eric joins, he wins 2nd place. This year, he gets yet another 2nd place trophy. So he comes up with the idea to lose the rest of the contests. The other townspeople find out, and they start losing. Now Eric is losing at losing. The final contest, Eric really tries to win for that 1st place ribbon. He gets 2nd place. His sister tells him he must have more 2nd place ribbons than anyone in the whole town. Eric has his revelation.

Eric will no longer be 18. This is too old I feel for a boy to be this dedicated to winning at festival games. I'm thinking now 15. He's not interested in driving or going to bars yet, so he still has a drive to win at festival games. I still don't think I want a love interests, even though 15 year old boys are most definitely interested in girls. For me, that's not the point of the story. Yeah, he can flirt with some of the girls in the town. Maybe they root for him to lose. But it's not about the girls. Having a wall of 2nd place ribbons, this is Eric's want: to be the best at something!