prejudice

LOGLINE:

My film’s genre is drama/melodrama. It revolves around a girl named Esha who is unfortunately born into an old fashioned household where the men are adored and looked up to, whilst the women are pushed back and ignored. She lives with her mother and brother who share the same mentality of seeing men as far more important than women, while also pressuring Esha to confront to this mentality either by their speech or with their behavior.

CHARACTERS:

Esha; is a 17-year-old girl who has a growing sense of the inequality and biasness within the household. She realizes that her and Ammar are both treated very differently. Esha witnesses that this mindset is considered as ‘normal’ and that she is constantly being forced to fit into the ideal roles of her gender, which she cannot conform to. When she does not conform to this ideology, she’s given an earful. What hurts Esha the most is that her mother plays a huge role in promoting this kind of gender biasness, even though she herself is a female. Thus, Esha has many unanswered questions.

Ammar; is Esha’s elder brother who loves his lifestyle dearly, as he is praised regularly with either words of affirmation or gifts by his mother and treated superior to than his own sister. He is a selfish and ignorant man who only cares about himself and his feelings. He loves taking advantage of the toxic mentality within his family and often abuses his power and authority.

SYNOPSIS:

The film begins with chaos and madness. Esha’s mother is throwing a fit at Esha, complaining about how she does no chores to help around the house. The scene then cuts to a point of view shot from Esha which shows the viewers a broom which was in Esha’s hands, emphasizing the fact that she was actually helping around the house. However, Esha has no power here so she just listens to her mothers scolding with a disappointed look on her face and continues to broom the floor. Soon enough, Ammar is shown in the next shot as he’s gaming on his phone and yells “Esha bring me a glass of water, this is my second time asking you!”. This portrays a contrast between the two, such as, even while Esha is helping her mother, she is being scolded, meanwhile Ammar is playing games on his phone and their mother does not say a word to him. We move towards the next shot where Esha seems annoyed so she aggressively lets go of the broom and begins to walk towards the kitchen. She fills up a glass of water and enters Ammar’s room to hand it to him. However, right at that moment, Ammar receives a call so he gets up to take that call while completely ignoring Esha. With this last scene, Esha is seen reaching her limit with how much more she can take of this behavior and starts to reminisce about the past, such as, how Ammar’s birthday was celebrated and he was allowed to have friends over vs Esha’s birthday, which everyone had forgotten.