I feel I can work with the 3 Act Structure in my piece:
Act 1
-The sliced bread is first viewed in the kitchen in its wrapper; it's freshly baked and the bread appears cozy in its place among other objects in the center of the kitchen.
-The man, "Roger," is introduced through a short shot of him yawning, taking off his coat, and walking into the kitchen.
-His introductory scene merges with the bread's, as he is seen walking into the kitchen from the bread's viewpoint. He walks around and walks offscreen for a moment. His face is then suddenly right behind the bread wrapper. His hand fumbles around in it.
Act 2
-A shot of him is seen as he quietly takes two slices over to the toaster.
-The bread's viewpoint returns, as he slowly moves them toward their torture chamber. They're placed in, and he is viewed to be waiting somewhat impatiently. The bread's viewpoint is at the same view, and heat can be seen radiating on their bodies in the toaster.
-A panning shot is seen of the man walking to the fridge, and he somewhat quickly pulls out ham, cheese, lettuce, and mayonnaise and walks back to the toaster in another pan to pick the toast up.
-Seen from the bread, it falls on a cold plate, a knife moves in the background, there's a moment of silence, until the knife comes down scraping the bread. The scrape is loud and painful. A quick cut is seen of the man calmly applying the mayo, and then it returns back to the cut of the bread's crumb skin slowly falling off.
-Another view is seen of the man as he applies the sandwich ingredients to the breads. A quick shot is seen of the breads all being smashed on the cold plate; they break a bit.
-The man is seen cleaning the mayo knife a little. The bread is seen silently sitting on the plate. It is only temporary, as the knife comes down and stabs the end. The knife cuts through the sandwich in half diagonals, and as it runs up towards the camera, the mayo spills.
Act 3
-The man is seen fiddling with something below (the sandwich) for a moment, until he picks up half the sandwich and pulls it toward his face.
-A close up is seen of his mouth biting the sandwich; it begins making a scream, and the scene returns to the cut of the man, hearing a faint scream. He pauses and looks up. He chews a bit more slowly, and he hears strange loud crunching with a small wimper. He raises his eyebrow at the sandwich, but then decides to assume it's due to his tiredness and continues eating and walks offscreen.
-The same shot is seen of the bread wrapper from the beginning, only the bread seems slightly more shriveled up from its fear.
I am also working with titles, trying to figure out if something like "The Crime Scene" might give away too much, but it would emphasize the humor. The text of the title and possibly something at the end could emphasize the "political" aspect, but I want to see if the visuals do that alone.
I do want the shots of the bread to vary slightly from the shots of the man, as I want them to appear more gruesome as the viewpoint of the man as a suburban man and the man as a murderer varies.
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