USC’s Advanced Editing

CTPR – 556
January 24, 2008
Script Analysis of TiMER

Characters:

Major

• Oona – Main character

o Conflicted, “impulsive”, desperate, vulnerable, sarcastic, hopeless, searching (fro true love) wants a guarantee, hurried, doesn’t want options, self-doubt, not a reisk taker

• Steph –

jaded, “rebellious”, promiscuous, hopeless, more impulsive, jealous,

• Mikey –

carefree, confident, doesn’t follow crowed, (searching for love), independent, “risk taker”

Supporting

• Marion
• Dan
• Jesse

Tone/ Style:

• Comedy

o Romantic
o Relationship
o Dialogue

• (Neuroses, Insecurities)

World:

• Insecure
• Dating is different

What’s the movie about?

• This is a movie about a women named Oona that lives in a world …………..

o For the most part everyone’s love life is laid out for them….. message is to not force everything and just let things happen

• Oona who is a lonely
• How does Oona change?

o Moves from depending on outside to depending on herself
o Path – becoming more dependent and less desperate

• Stop chasing after ________________ and takes more ownership for herself
• This is a film about Oona who is a vulnerable 29 year old women who lives in a world where your long term relationship is determined by a timer that counts down to the time when you meet that person. Oona’s blank timer ultimately leaders her to the fact that she needs to stop chasing after _________ and start depending on herself.