Discovery Style Guide:

Emily Pontanares

Personal Mythology/High ConceptsNow: “A sheltered twenty-something constantly looking for more happiness, one-way plane tickets, & french fries”

- A very short, straight, & to the point description of most young people who want to see all the things the world has to offer them. From post-grads and or people who simply want change, this kind of story is relatable to almost everyone, and represents the crossroads and new beginnings we experience as people.

Culturally: “A typical village girl who seeks adventure and a better life and yearns to see the world beyond her small isolated province”- Many folk tales and stories, as well as personal journeys and stories are very similar to the high concept described above. Many people

want to break free from their current life situations and yearn to live a life with something more that what they already have.

Future: “Just another girl accepting adulthood but refusing to let all of its responsibilities and obligations keep her from being happy”- Continuing with the idea of wanting more out of life and finding an adventure outside of what you know, this high concept is personal

and relatable to many people. Many people, myself included, just want to live a happy life.

Story High ConceptA young girl named _____, lives in a rural village in the middle of lush, green forest. Since day one, the occurrences, events and everythings else in between have been unchanged. She’s picked the same fruit, climbed the same trees, seen the same people everyday, hunted the same animals and maintained the same traditions that her tribe has kept for decades. However, from the tall branches of the trees she can see on the horizon what looks like the end of the jungle and the beginning of a new landscape. What is beyond her green forest? What exists in a land free of trees and rivers? What will happen when she trades her well-being with her village for an unknown future exploring outside her home? All she knows is that the adventure and freedom from the mundane is just beyond that last tree.

Character DevelopmentName: TBDFemale Protagonist-Adventurous, strong, intelligent, -Quiet, solitary, a bit apprehensive

Villagers: Parents, Family, Friends, etc.Supporting role-Driven, Hard-working, traditional, smart-Scared, commonplace, unenterprising, overcautious-

Environment-Lush, green, humid, tropical-Distant, primitive, in touch w/ surroundings-Places of great beauty as well as danger

Lighting-Lighting throughout the forest is varied. In serene and lively places there is more light while in more dense and dark spaces there are more shadows and

Visual Effects-computer graphics lighting-green/blue screening-Texturing-matte paintings

Color SchemeThe forest and the land surrounding thevillage has a cool color scheme.(Blues, Greens, Purples)

In contrast, the land beyond the forest iswarm in tone, filled with vibrant reds,oranges, and yellows

The cool color scheme represents the serenity andpeaceful state of mind that the village has adapted from their living there

The warm color scheme, however, represents a newbeginning, filled, with action, excitement, intensity andadventure

Fonts/Typography

The fonts are very simple and organized, but have a minimalist and tribal feel

This style of font/typography reflects the simplicity and atmosphere of the story

Personal Bumper

Music“Bandit”- Orla Gartlandhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNFHFQp-xU8

Impromptu No. 4 in C-sharp Minor- Frederic Chopinhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pQT1W12R7o

Waitress- BOYhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oM5WNtQ0GDI

A Forest - The Curehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzFmlRCyVUs

Reference Media: Films- Wild, The Motorcycle Diaries, Into the Wild, Eat, Pray Love, Tarzan