Biography: The main character of my grad film is a girl who has lost her mouth. Her name is Janice for the sake of this exercise, although in my head she is always "The Girl". She loses her mouth through disuse and eventually abandonment, as she sees it as a nuisance that only gets her into trouble. Although the decision to keep quiet was her own, her mouth literally sprouting wings and flying away shocks her. The girl is motivated by her desire to have the choice to speak, even if she doesn't exercise it. She might not choose to be vocal, but her lament is the loss of agency. The girl wishes to retain her ability to talk, even if she doesn't exercise it. She does not want to spend the rest of her life mute.
Obstacles: Her fear of heights and her inability to talk hinder her search for her mouth. Her own ambivalence also holds her back.
Status Relationships: The girl is very passive, and she has a low status with almost everyone she meets. Right at the start of the film, her status is very low compared to the adults she meets. Later on when she meets the Creature, the Creature is the one who needs to comfort her and guide her. She puts her trust in it, and gives it a higher status than herself. Later on when she meets the vulture, he tries to peddle his wares to her by exploiting her passivity and inability to refuse outright, and his status is therefore, also higher than the girl's. The only thing that has equal or lower status to the girl is her mouth. She views it as a troublesome part of herself that needs to be controlled, and she is downright confrontational with it.
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