Blueprint

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Cass and Ezra reflect on their relationship, disrupted by Cass's tendency to write about what's happening around her, and Ezra's unwillingness to simply be a character in her scripts.

Aspiring screenwriter, Cass, sits ruminating on her ended relationship with Ezra. Memories overcome her — she guides us through the highs and lows, her internal monologue serving as an apology and a testimony for why things ended the way they did. She confesses to having lost interest once things became too dull and stopped inspiring her writing. The desire for true, raw feeling culminates as she states she wants to get beaten up. Someplace else, Ezra is leaving a voicemail to Cass. As his emotions let loose, he reveals a darker side to Cass’s hunger for inspiration. Unsure of whether anything in their relationship was real, he wishes that him and Cass never met, and urges her to write about her life and back off his. With neither character’s monologue reaching their addressee, nothing is resolved, instead painting a complex portrait of the incompatibility of Cass’s tendency to write about what’s happening around her, and Ezra’s unwillingness to simply be a character in her scripts.

"A great story with a great cinematic style to match, Blueprint is a perfect example of toxicity within relationships and to be able to watch this downfall in real time was fascinating." — UK Film

Review

Starring Ella Maisy Purvis (Patience; A Kind Of Spark)Best Emerging Filmmaker at Canadian Screen Award-qualifying Courts D’Un Soir, Best UK Director, Short & Cinematography at London Vaporetto FF; Nominee BAFTA/BIFA qualifying Bolton FF, Carmarthen Bay FF, Sunrise FF, Official Selection BFI Future Film Festival, NOT FF, CASCADIA Women’s FF, Mykolaichuk OPEN & others; screened at Shorties x Thursday dating app event; featured in ELLE Ukraine, Director’s Notes, The New Current.

CREDITS

Starring: Ella Maisy Purvis @ellamaisypurvis , Baxter Westby @baxter_westby

Produced by: Lisa Kochanova @lisakochanova

Written and Directed by: Lada Kopytova @ladakopytova

Assistant Director: Barrett Loades @barrettloades

Director of Photography: Liam Ihde @liamihde

Camera Assistant: Charlie Durney

Production Designer: Sara Maria Tugearu @saramariatugearu , Rebecca Tuffin @rebbietuffin

Gaffer: Caleb Pithers-Gregory @caleb_pg

Sparks: Mathilda Kenny @mathildakenny , Eloise Amos

Styling & HMUA: Anna Popova @an3jca

Edited by: Lada Kopytova @ladakopytova , Barrett Loades @barrettloades , Patrick O'Connor @oc.paddy

Colourist: William Widnell

Composer: Scott Highmoor @scott_kiiyba

Sound Recording: Richard Mukuze

Sound Design/Mixing: Mack Kniese @mack.kniese , Michael Hurst @hurst.mov

Extras Coordinator: Leo Hameister @leo.hameister

Intimacy Coordinator: Iñaki Aguilar @inakiaguilardirector

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