Thread:Shanethefilmmaker/@comment-397235-20140904033414/@comment-397235-20141109235749

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJkbShz3c9Q

What do you think of this? I can't decide what scene I'd like to play it in. I mean, the relationship I have planned for Kirk and Isabel fits this perfectly, but at the same time, it also works for the scene when Holly explains the Curse.

The scene takes place on Halloween (because I honestly couldn't resist that). Kirk and Holly walk to the Old Amusement Park and have a discussion about how things are, while at the same time Isabel, Alexandria, and Thomas are in the process of destroying the decorations Kirk helped them make.

The idea is twofold. I love the way this scene is handled in the anime, since Mei is explaining how anyone could be the Extra, and then we get scenes of the rest of the class: Sayuri hugging a book in the library (I have no idea why she's in this montage), Izumi standing on top of the roof doing her Byron impression, Tomohiko and Naoya walking home together, and Takako glaring jealously at Yumi. It shows how the class is starting to fragment.

In this case, I'm trying to show that, for the most part, while the class didn't have a problem ignoring Holly, who no one really knew, they're not especially happy about doing the same thing to Kirk, who they're friends with.

At the same time, it makes Kirk's artistic affinity actually relevant (something it's really not, aside from it being something Kouichi and Mei have in common).

It's also a nice nod to the implications Izumi destroyed Mei's picture of Kirika. I don't think Isabel would do that to Holly, since for the most part she's content to pretend Holly doesn't exist, but at this point, Kirk is an inconvenience, so they have to get rid of anything that might remind them of him.

I don't know if I like the First Aid Kit version better than the original, either:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcbuG2w0Kzo

Of course, there's also this song, which I think works for the above scene as well:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pypjoO7SUE

This is more or less Amy's theme throughout her episode, which culminates with her defying Isabel and ending the de facto shunning of Holly by most of the class:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1DBszT2ZqI

What do you think of these?