Our film mainly revolves around the theme of Amnesia. The main character is diagnosed with Amnesia at the end of the opening sequence, this sets the questions up for the rest of the film. How will she deal with it? Will she get better? How much does she remember?
There aren't many films that have these themes but I managed to find a few.
Although 50 First Dates is a rom-com it will help us with our film as it has the same themes. During this scenes the main character finds out she has amnesia, it shows how she deals with this and how other patients deal with it. There is a scene with a doctor where he shows how people treat amnesia and different ways that can help. This will help us portray our character in the best way for the audience to believe she really has amnesia.
A famous film revolving around amnesia is The Bourne Identity series. The main character loses his memory through two an incident in which he receives 2 gun shots in the back. He is told that before the incident he was a trained assassin but of course he can't remember this. The film follows him trying to figure out who is telling the truth. This is more like a film we will use for inspiration for our film as it has the theme of amnesia and is also a mystery/thriller.
Another film involving amnesia is Finding Nemo. Although it is a kids film it deals with the issue in one of the main characters, however it is only short term memory loss. She forgets things she has told people minutes after telling them. I think she is presented as the extreme character, she is very loud and outgoing as it is a children's film. We want to present our character as more mysterious and she keeps herself to herself.
All of these films will help us to portray the character and they all present the issue in a different way because they are three very different genres.