It was August 2021, and the time that every film student awaits was close: senior year, when we got to direct our thesis films. This post was written by Linda Paola Varela. I had spent the summer writing a realism-based script about a Mexican mother and daughter and how they struggled to handle the daughter’s mental illness. It was heartfelt and simple, used only one location, and seemed like the perfect script for a successful student film. Then I scrapped it. I ended up making a film called I’m Just Trying to Help. The logline was, “A young woman seeking a novelty treatment for her mental illness finds herself in a fight for survival against an eerily cheerful AI avatar and the doctor who created her.” Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Tuesday, 3 May, 2022