More Video Project Stuff

Alright, so I've fine-tuned my video idea a bit. I want to take away the idea of death, and just make one character leave. I think it'll be easier to work with that without stepping into dangerous territory. Because of that, I'm also changing the relationship between the two characters. I think I want it to be an older/younger sister relationship, instead of just two friends. It makes more sense that they would eventually separate, with college/moving out/ect. I also think it would be a bit more challenging to write for, which will hopefully mean it comes out as a more engaging piece. Im also going to take out scenes of the younger sister being alone, and have the only image showing that the older sister is gone be the final shot of the younger sister wearing the older sister's scarf. So, the piece would consist of shots of the two sisters together in various situations, interspersed with a shot of the two sisters standing together at a bus stop. Each time that shot appears, the younger sister stands closer to the older sister. In the final shot the younger sister is alone, but wearing the older sister's scarf.
The audio will be a little different too, in that the letter being read will be the older sister's parting letter to her younger sibling. So while it will show that aspect a little more than I had thought I might do (in that I was thinking of just reading A letter, not the parting or last letter), but nothing as drastic as the suicide note I had originally planned.
Some ideas I had for shots of the sisters:
-the sisters playing music, the older on an acoustic guitar and the younger with a tambourine
-the sisters running a race to a tree in a forest
-eating breakfast together
-the younger sister playfully doing the older's makeup
-dancing together
-watching tv together, the younger asleep in the older's lap
-close shot of the older giving the younger a piggyback ride (shot from the shoulders-up on the older sister)
-drawing together
-older sister reading to younger sister

So ultimately the piece is going to take on a much more positive tone than I had originally thought, but I think I'll be able to work with that a lot better. It would be very difficult to work with some of the dark themes I had wanted to at first and not do them tastefully and potently. I also have a bit of a deeper personal connection to this, as I have both had friends leave to college and am soon doing so myself.