The Kids Are Alright Script

The Script for my short film titled "The Kids Are Alright". A brief visual piece focused on creativity, curated mostly from my thoughts.

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* Introduction

Narrator: (What does it mean to be a creative?)

One could describe creativity as "the want to express who you are",

And there are endless possibilities that await you from there. It is a desperate and erratic need to create, a craving that surges and recedes like relentless tides - the deep longing for the wonder of life, is a goal so vast and abstract that it invokes a mixture of both excitement and apprehension. But beneath it all, it's an unrelenting desire to weather the uncharted journey ahead and make it to the promises of your destination.

* Body 1 - Setting the Scene (What draws people to art?)

Narrator:

Describing the things that draw one to something like art has always been

difficult. It’s like trying to grasp the intangible, something that resonates from the deepest corners of the soul. How can anyone truly be expected to articulate that?

How do you put into words that inexplicable feeling of just “knowing”, that unspoken connection to the creative force within you? We can speak about role models and influences, but can they ever truly capture the essence of imagination -

a spark that defies definition?

How do you explain a song yet to be sung? A picture yet to be drawn? A story yet to be told? How do you explain the willingness to follow a path of uncertainty, where you know that control will be nothing more than an illusion?

I cannot.

* Body 2 - The depth of expression[ Inspiring and uplifting tone]

Narrator: (What does creativity mean to you?)

One thing I do know is that there’s no feeling that can match bringing something you’ve envisioned to life. It's like having the power to affect reality, to mould it through the sheer force of curiosity and imagination. It is an introspective journey with the potential to shape the perspectives of others.

Creativity is a phenomenon of immeasurable value - a realm where free thinking fuels the seamless blending of cognitive and emotional processing. To me, It is the most genuine expression of the human condition, as well as the most authentic and therapeutic way to experience the depth and complexity of self.

* Body 3 - Introducing the struggle (How have you struggled through creativity?)

Narrator:

Through experience, we grow, and in all of its forms it is rarely painless,

Creative expression is like nurturing a fragile sapling, watching it grow despite the storms. It’s a heavy balancing act, between both trying to find yourself and surrendering pieces of yourself to the world.

Many existential questions can come about from trying to find this balance.

“Am I breathing enough life into my art?” and in equal measure, “Is my art breathing any life into me?”. The struggle lies in wanting something from yourself without always knowing exactly what it is. It is a battle between the world and the complexities of your own identity, the never-ending struggle of “who am I?”

* Body 4 - The creative path

Narrator: (Where do you want your creativity to take you?)

Unfortunately, In this journey of self, there is always the outside world to consider.

This notion is the bane of the creative experience.

It’s filled with ideas of linear paths to follow for the sake of structure.

The scary reality for many of us is that the answer is an extremely elusive one.

There is no one particular way one wants to create, there might be places where we excel, but one of the exciting things about the creative mind is that it can take you almost any which way you want to go.

Every step leads to new revelations, and every possible outcome is fuelled by moments of pure inspiration that require no guided path.

However, the difficult thing about beating your own path is that it requires you to embrace every challenge as it comes and relish in the triumphs that await.

There’s nothing more to it than that.

This is the one true path I believe shapes an individual and the essence of their artistry.

* Conclusion - The Personal experience

Dalicebo:

My experience as a young creative has been a jarring one.

A roller coaster of emotions; joy, turmoil, engrossment, and disinterest, all-in-all a love-hate relationship.

I’ve spent a lot of my final year trying to figure out more about myself, and discovering what it is I want to do with my restless mind.

Continuing on my jack-of-all-trades approach to figuring it all out, I leaned back into my love for the power of the voice, learned more about life through a lens and canvas, discovered the weight of a pen, and tried pushing my passion for music even further.

In all of these things forms of expression,

I’ve seen so much of myself torn between sheer enjoyment and the pits of self-doubt.

As the real world would wake me from my reverie, I would always imagine a reality that wants to tear me away from the things I love doing the most all for the sake of the need to survive. Thinking, “Would trying any harder even matter to anyone in the end?”

Since then though, I’ve come to realise that I want all this to matter to me more than anything else.

Afraid of the future though I am. I want to carry myself and all of the time I’ve spent trying to figure out who that is, proudly into the big wide world.

I owe this revelation to many like-minded people who wordlessly share in my experience.

I’m grateful for the people I’ve met that reminded me of what this journey means.

The only hopes I carry are that we all make it to where we see ourselves going and that

Maybe one day our parents will be happy to say

“The kids are alright”