Brainstorm

Above is the brainstorm for my final film idea. I have an idea already about the theme and what it might entail. As of yet I don't know what the character will be like, but I know what the outcome will be.

The story I have in mind revolves (no pun intended) in and around a Lighthouse. Lighthouses have interested me for a while, but I haven't taken as much of an interest as I might have done with other things. But one thing that Lighthouses do that are interesting in their own right, is that they lie very close to the sea, which, along with rivers, have always been interesting to me.

So I thought I might like to do something with that. I also thought about the light from Lighthouses, and what I could do with that too. I had an idea of a character who uses the light to tell stories using silhouettes.

From this came an idea of a magician, or an illusionist of some kind, who is able to manipulate the light to create stories using light and shadows. The stories would be projected on the night sky.

I then thought about why they might want to do this, and then it occurred to me that they would use it to communicate to another across the sea.

Because it's a fantasy, I went on to think about whether there might be another involved who would provoke the main character to start making shadow stories, and make it personal to the character instead of just doing it for the sake of doing it. A love interest? A friend? A family member?

Then I thought of what the title might be. For now I'm calling it 'Keeper' as it related to a lighthouse keeper and also how it relates to a promise, such as they vow to keep making the stories until the other character returns.

Keeper definition:

noun
1. a person who guards or watches, as at a prison or gate.
2. a person who assumes responsibility for another's behavior:
He refused to be his brother's keeper.
3. a person who owns or operates a business (usually used in combination):
a hotel keeper.
4. a person who is responsible for the maintenance of something (often used in combination):
a zookeeper; a groundskeeper.
5. a person charged with responsibility for the preservation and conservation of something valuable, as a curator or game warden.
6. a person who conforms to or abides by a requirement:
a keeper of his word.
7. a fish that is of sufficient size to be caught and retained without violating the law.

Current Pitch

'Keeper' is a short animated fantasy about a magician living in a lighthouse, who because of war, uses their magic to give hope to soldiers oversea by creating shadow stories on the night sky.

Links:
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/keeper