#is basically eerie fantasy aka modern fairy tales

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SGE movie ideas aka me and Miles pretend to be movie producers for... hours, ig

That's right ya'll thats gonna be a list of brainstorming me and @filipofmounthonora made for the possible SGE adaptation

So let's break it down

1: Screentime and Representation

ACTUAL HESTADIL SCENES

More screentime for Tagatha if possible

Dot. FOR FUCKS SAKE DO NOT MAKE HER WEIGHT THE BUTT OF JOKES 

Maybe more poc characters??? East-Asian Agatha, Black Hester, Black Dot seem to be popular hcs - Miles has a Black Tedros w Vitiligo design, a very interesting concept and this Ted looks so fucking cute jfc- aaand I digress

More LGBT and poc rep overall 

2: Visuals

IF the chosen media is animation, a good idea would be to shift art styles being Gavaldon and the Schools. Our idea was to make each world be seen through the other’s eyes - SGE’s art  style is a storybook-esque one, whilst Gavaldon, which is shown to the Woods through Sader’s painting, is animated in an oil painting style (example for this style - Loving Vincent). A semi-realistic style would be good for this.

No matter live-action or animation, variation in color palette is a good tool for setting mood - a desaturated, washed out palette for the sequences in Gavaldon, bright vivid colors in SGE, which could get darker as Sophie’s descends into Evil and the rift between her and Agatha gets starker: and to symbolize how unhinged Sophie is, use saturated, harsh colors contrasting with the darkness - perhaps red?

SPEAKING OF GAVALDON - have the clothing and buildings have a picturesque design (as described by the book), but washed out colors to give off the feeling of bleakness it does as you read the book

Have shots in the School for Evil be closer and more claustrophobic, given that sense of prison - which goes well with the fact students of Evil are essentially doomed and hopeless

Meanwhile, shots in the School for Good are wider, focusing on the grandeur of everything

Also slight palette changes on the Tagatha scenes for a dreamy feel

3: Soundtrack

Given the fairy-tale setting, an orchestral soundtrack is the best shot

FOR THE LOVE OF WHATEVER YOU BELIEVE IN. NO. POP. MUSIC. PLEASE

Like seriously ESPECIALLY if its put over a montage it cheapens the production so much hhhhh

Quick diversion: The best setting for pop music in Fantasy scenarios like this is either parody (like say, Shrek lmao) Or to replicate a feeling or highlight the opulence/shallowness of a group - although not fantasy, Marie Antoinette (2006) and Great Gatsby (2013)  are good examples of this

However, SGE really doesn’t fit any of these scenarios so an orchestral music would be the best shot here

Gavaldon should either have a simple, string-instrument based score or be mostly silent

The Real Fun begins at SGE

For the School for Evil, instruments like oboes can create a quite eery feeling - basically a horror movie-esque track

The School Masters theme could borrow some elements from Evil, that get more noticeable once his true nature is revealed

The School for Good could flip between a dainty, delicate track for the Evergirls and a Militaristic, trumpet/horn/etc based track for the Everboys - yes STUPIDLY Gendered but the School for Good is MEANT to be like this

Agathas theme could borrow some aspects of the Everboys’; Tedros’ from the Evergirls’ maybe?

Sophies theme should get more dissonant and chaotic the more Evil she becomes; one single Borrow from modern could be used there - electric guitar paired with classical instruments to add to a chaotic feel

Again: a dreamy feel for the Tagatha scenes - which suits their quick romance and just,,, yeah. Although it uses more electronic sounds, the Blade Runner soundtrack is amazing at these feelings (google “Tears In The Rain” if you havent watched the movie). Curious on how this feel could be translated into orchestra

NOTE: the dreamy feel for Tagatha is because of how distant the memories felt in AWWP and also how brief and kind of rushed it was - a bit like a dream. Plus, it's good for a romantical atmosphere

4: Scenes

So these are some scene ideas 

First is the intro of the movie - it could start with Sophie’s dream. But with a slight change - she dances with various princes, going from prince to prince but always attempting to reach one specific prince. Right as she spins from Prince A’s arms into That Prince, the camera zooms in onto Sophie. When it zooms out, she has stopped and is no longer in the Ball - she’s now sitting in bed as Stefan locks her window

For the very last scene, we could have the palette starting to desaturate again as Sophie and Agatha are sent home Or if we’re going for animation, the art style starts to revert to oil painting - brush strokes start to become noticeable from the corners of the screen as the scenario changes, until Sophie and Agatha are holding each other by the lake. The movie ends in that shot

Sooo yeah thats it!!! It came off a bit messy but this was pretty much a compilation of messages lmao

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