The Peeps

The characters in the film opening are William and Augustus (Gus for short). Now both of these characters have two very serious mental disorders. William has OCD, and Gus unknowingly has schizophrenia. In my film I would like to achieve an accurate representation of these mental disorders and the effects they have on a person. I feel as if the film industry for quite sometime has portrayed mental illness with a highly negative stigma, and inaccurate representations. Now I know a film opening isn't enough time to develop these characters and give a full idea of what having these disorders are like, but if I could just convey a glimpse into the mind of someone who has OCD or schizophrenia I think it would do a bit of justice. Now not having these disorders my self, and me seriously not wanting to F up, I'm getting help from my friend Alex who has struggled with OCD most of his life. I want to really dig into his brain so I can understand his obsessions and compulsions and write an accurate script, but I don't want to traumatize the kid either so were probably just going to end up writing it together. WHICH IS ACTUALLY PRETTY COOL because thats when these characters will actually come to life and thats pretty exciting.