The concept for my film comes from the Freudian theory of the Id, the Ego and he Superego, and I intend on having 3 main characters who support these roles. One concept I have had is that at a party, a man meets a girl and instantly falls in love, but doesn't know how to get her to like him, so he unknowingly creates 2 alternate personalities who become his best friends, in order to guide him in getting the girl. One of these personalities is reckless, tells him he needs money and a flashy car and to look cool and to smoke and do drugs, whereas the other is a much more controlled persona, with a clear set of morals who tells him he needs to have a better outlook on himself and to groom and look good, but ultimately these two personalities clash as they cannot agree on anything, so the Id convinces the protagonist that they need to kill the superego in order to be free of control. In the end, he goes along with the plan, but after killing the superego he also kills the Id. there is a cut back to the original scene at the party, and rather than meeting the two sides of himself he decides to confront the girl alone.
The Id's idea of getting the girl is to just walk up and kiss her, and just to do it without thinking about it, his logic is 'it's a party dude, everyone who's here is looking to hook up', whereas the superego says 'no, you have to talk to her, convince her that you're worth being with, make small talk and get to know her', eventually the Id sways his opinion, and after kissing the girl she slaps him and walks off. the Id turns to the Ego and says 'dude, I thought for sure that would work' superego- 'you truly are an imbecile'. Id convinces them to go to the garden for a smoke, and when they're out there having a fag, the Id says 'come on, it's tie to make this party better' and pulls out a bag of white powder. superego- 'oh god, you're gonna lead him down your dark path of drugs, sex and violence', Id-'lighten up square, it's just a bit of coke, not gonna hurt anybody' cuts through montage of the Id and ego snorting, drinking, smoking drugs, dancing, all with the superego in the background, just standing there shaking his head. They crash from the drugs, and the superego drags the ego off into the bathroom. He tells him that following what the Id does will lead him into self destruction, and that he's only concerned with himself, doesn't consider others etc, but the ego dismissed him as being boring, says 'we're at a party dude, enjoy yourself, at least he knows how to have a good time'. after more party shenanigans, the Id convinced the ego to steal a car. the superego tries to talk him out of it but at this point he's given in to the id so much he thinks it's just a bit of fun, plus the alcohol is clearly affecting his judgement, so after some debating, they steal a car and go for a drive. The Id turns to the Ego whilst they are outside smoking, the SE is nowhere in sight, and says 'we need to kill that boring prick' ego-'wh.. what?!?!' 'that guy, he's just too boring, he thinks about things too much, we need to kill him to be free from control, so we can just be ourselves again' ego-'you're a psychopath' 'nothing I haven't heard before. Come on man, he's gonna turn you into a square like him, we need to get rid of him. permanently.' He hands him a knife, and says 'trust me'. the superego comes back from his urination and says 'what are you guys talking about?' and the ego jumps at him with a knife, stabbing and killing him. Ego stands there for a moment, knife in hand, covered in blood and says 'what have I done?!', faces the Id and says 'you're a monster!' and stabs him repeatedly. look of satisfaction on his blood soaked face, cut back to the party scene where he initially saw the girl, he looks around as if to look for his imaginary friends, shrugs it off and walks up to the girl and says 'Hey, I'm Lew'. Cut to black. Credits roll.
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