Newspapers as Source Material

By Natalia Dang

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3959006/Frozen-teenager-s-mother-believes-lifetime.html

Most often, cryogenic preservation, the intentional freezing of the ill or declared dead, is used simply as a plot device to introduce a fish out of water or time travel story. The method of stasis and their medical condition are waylaid to the events that happen after they are revived. It's rarely used as a central theme in fictional writing. There seems to be no mainstream movie broaching the subject by itself. That said, it does pop up in a few shows. (Source:http://movies.stackexchange.com/questions/47168/are-there-any-movies-having-cryopreservation-as-the-central-plot )

The article above inspired me to turn it into a movie in Science-fiction genre where my main character will be based on the girl but the rest will be fictional. The plot would have place around 80 years in future when the girl will be brought back to life but unfortunately, it won’t be as great as it seemed at first. All of her family and close people won’t be alive anymore, as well as there will be a whole different world around her that she isn’t able to recognise or even live in. The cryogenic preservation will also bring other side effects to her health and and the end she will die anyway. The moral of the story will be that people are not supposed to change the human nature as the results bring opposite effects to the whole population.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-37288205

A biographical film, or biopic (abbreviation for biographical motion picture), is a film that dramatizes the life of a non-fictional or historically-based person or people. Such films show the life of a historical person and the central character’s real name is used. They differ from films "based on a true story" or “historical drama films" in that they attempt to comprehensively tell a person’s life story or at least the most historically important years of their lives.

The article inspired me to make a movie based on true story of Dalian Atkinson. It won’t be biographical as I will add some plot twists and cut the least important/interesting parts of his life, although I would add some of the real photos/videos from his early life gathered from his family if that would be possible. Even though it wouldn’t be truly biographical film, I would put as much effort as possible to pay tribute to a person who just passed away.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3958402/Mystery-English-speaking-girl-living-streets-Rome-Internet-campaigners-try-identify-young-homeless-woman-Maria-amid-speculation-Madeleine-McCann.html

I would turn this article into action/thriller movie about a little girl that has been kidnapped as a 4 year old child in order to be sold in Columbia but the kidnapping plan doesn’t go as the kidnappers thought and the girl escapes. She learns how to live on the streets of Rome on her own without giving her identity as she scared the kidnappers might comeback for her. When she turn 14, her image is shown in the national television in announcement of missing people, then the kidnappers comeback for her but she is ready to defend herself after years of living in the streets.The main character will be inspired by the mysterious girl from the article but the rest of the story will be fictional.

This article inspired me to create a movie based on true event. I would try to show the even as described in the article without changes, although I will add fictional characters with sad, emotional story how they came through Tsunami and only one survived.