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"The Acorn" was a Quarterfinalist, Filmmatic Drama Screenplay Awards Season 6 |
Introduction to
"The Acorn"
"The Acorn" is not a story of coming out, weddings or babies; it is of two women who have a long dependent relationship which is accepted by close family members.
In writing this piece, I feel I must have channeled Elia Kazan’s “F**k them all, big and small” – that’s what I felt writing it.
I wanted to bring to life was something that, to my knowledge, hadn’t been done before: combining a children’s fairy tale told in animation with the live-action story of two successful lesbian women.
Selling the idea to producers has been difficult with most saying that animation is for children; lesbian love and murder are for adults, and the nudity and sex scenes gratuitous.
The two women are Elizabeth Shaw, a successful writer/artist of graphic novels for pre-teens, and Daniela Broughton, a driven and determined Crown Prosecutor who share a twenty-five year bond.
The animation follows the progress of a happy, hard-working peasant family in times of yore, seeking reward through magical acorns, and is the subject of Elizabeth’s most important and crucial sixth novel, “The Acorn”.
While the two stories begin as separate narratives, they gradually become integrated, the fantasy of one reflecting the reality of the other.
The comfortable world that Daniela and Elizabeth share is turned upside down when a beautiful woman from Elizabeth’s past forces events buried deep in Elizabeth’s subconsciousness to worm their way to the surface.
Unnerved and unable to shake off a feeling of impending disaster, “The Acorn” begins to take on darker hues as an involuntary response to Elizabeth’s recurring nightmares.
The horror of child abuse in "The Acorn", both in the animation and live-action sequences, is implied rather than shown, leaving it to the reader/viewer's imagination.
However, be warned, this script contains some explicit language. Please do not read if this sort of thing bothers you.
In writing this piece, I feel I must have channeled Elia Kazan’s “F**k them all, big and small” – that’s what I felt writing it.
I wanted to bring to life was something that, to my knowledge, hadn’t been done before: combining a children’s fairy tale told in animation with the live-action story of two successful lesbian women.
Selling the idea to producers has been difficult with most saying that animation is for children; lesbian love and murder are for adults, and the nudity and sex scenes gratuitous.
The two women are Elizabeth Shaw, a successful writer/artist of graphic novels for pre-teens, and Daniela Broughton, a driven and determined Crown Prosecutor who share a twenty-five year bond.
The animation follows the progress of a happy, hard-working peasant family in times of yore, seeking reward through magical acorns, and is the subject of Elizabeth’s most important and crucial sixth novel, “The Acorn”.
While the two stories begin as separate narratives, they gradually become integrated, the fantasy of one reflecting the reality of the other.
The comfortable world that Daniela and Elizabeth share is turned upside down when a beautiful woman from Elizabeth’s past forces events buried deep in Elizabeth’s subconsciousness to worm their way to the surface.
Unnerved and unable to shake off a feeling of impending disaster, “The Acorn” begins to take on darker hues as an involuntary response to Elizabeth’s recurring nightmares.
The horror of child abuse in "The Acorn", both in the animation and live-action sequences, is implied rather than shown, leaving it to the reader/viewer's imagination.
However, be warned, this script contains some explicit language. Please do not read if this sort of thing bothers you.
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"The Acorn" script can be downloaded here - please remember copyright belongs to me...
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All rights by all media reserved
Copyright Susanna Bonaretti, 2009
Registered with the Australian Writers’ Guild No: 11339
Copyright warning: The whole contents of this work are copyright of Susanna Bonaretti.
No part of the contents may be reproduced or dealt with in any way that is inconsistent with the rights of Susanna Bonaretti under copyright law.
In particular, no part of this may be disseminated to a third party without the prior written permission of Susanna Bonaretti.