Long time no post!

It’s been about a month since I last posted and quite a lot has happened since then! Jake and I have worked on the project a little bit on and off during this past month; thankfully, we're back on track and we’re ready to dive in again! 

In my last blog post, I talked about the third brainstorming session, when Jake and I worked on developing a more detailed storyline (which can be found in this post below). When we were laying out our storyline we decided it would be easiest to separate it into the various challenges of the competition we’re depicting and what occurs during those challenges. 

Here it is!

1. Challenge #1 (Mental) - Scavenger Hunt
1. The film opens in the middle of this challenge
2. The participants are split into groups
3. This challenge takes place in a virtual house (inside of the VR simulation), the goal of the challenge is for each team to find the item hidden in the house. 

• The scene opens in a panic as Garrett suddenly is shown being kicked out of the simulation after touching the water.
• An ominous voice alerts the students that the simulation can not replicate the touch of water and that if they were to engage in touching it, the system would crash and kick them out.  
• As the scene progresses, Courtney and Riley are also kicked out respectively. (we haven’t figured out exactly how yet)
• The remaining participants suddenly appear at a park and with sports clothing on

2. Challenge #2 (Physical) - Obstacle Course 

1. The participants work on this challenge independently
2. This challenge takes place in a virtual park (inside of the VR simulation), the goal of the challenge is for all the participants to test their physical endurance to prove they are superior to their fellow classmates even in this area.

• The scene opens with the participants recently appearing at the park
• The same ominous voice briefly explains the challenge 
• The participants being the obstacle course 
• The participants all run from the start line except Z, who appears to be extremely clueless as to what was going on. Shot counter shot of the participants in the challenge and Z chilling out in the starting line (with reggae music accompanying his shots) is shown. Eventually, the first participant to be eliminated is Z. 
• Charlie is also shown being eliminated, as they struggle with one of the physical challenges and fall out of the game. 
• The remaining participants suddenly appear at the beach during sundown. 

3. Challenge #2 (Emotional) - Moral Challenge 

1. The participants work on this challenge independently
2. This challenge takes place on a beach. The participants are presented with a screen that has their names a timer running and the instructions to “Press one to eliminate”. This is a moral challenge. 

• The participants appear around a table where there is an iPad that has their names on it. The iPad reads “Press one to eliminate” with a timer and the participants look to each other as they become aware of what they must do. 
• Bryce is the first to speak up, who suggests they eliminate Andrew
• Miles stands up for Andrew and tells Bryce to back off
• Isabella tells them all to stop arguing, they have to “figure it out together”
• Bryce tells Isabella to drop the team captain act, that “there is only one valedictorian and that’s me [him]”. 
• Isabella confronts Bryce revealing that he is “fake” and that his achievements are empty. Getting worked up as Bryce attempts to calm Isabella down with petty arguments, she blows up and presses his name. 
• Nothing happens
• Isabella is then eliminated. (Because the challenge was a moral challenge meaning the only way they all moved onto the next challenge was to let the timer run out). 

       3b. Emotional - Social Vote (2 Finalists) 

a.This challenge is taking place in the same location as the last challenge. 

b. The participants work on this challenge independently

• Angry that Bryce pushed Isabella to the limit, Andrew charges at Bryce.
• Miles holds Andrew back but he is also visually angry and slowly they both begin to back Bryce up into the edge of a small cliff that has water at the bottom. 
• Bryce falls off the cliff and into the water, getting eliminated by the system.
• Bryce can be seen pissed off taking off his VR glasses back at the real school and angrily walking past the rest of the eliminated participants who appear to be watching the competition on a screen (or projection). 
• Back in the simulation, the ominous voice explains that the final challenge is a vote of the student population. 
• Students inside a classroom are seen watching the competition, shots of their phones show them voting between Andrew and Miles
• Back in the simulation, Andrew and Miles are talking.
• Shots of the students voting on their phone show that Andrew has a significant advantage over Miles.
• The scene ends with a two-shot close up of Andrew and Miles as the ominous voice says “The next Stok High valedictorian is…” then the screen goes black. And the title appears.