Plot?

While my plot is still under construction, I have come up with some ideas:

OPTION #1

1956. Annette is eating at a diner when she stumbles across the diner's busboy, Ricky, and their eyes don't leave each other. The constant eye contact builds tension between them. Annette asks her server where the bathroom is and as she walks to the bathroom, she walks by Ricky (their hands brush against each other- lights go down, a spotlight tracks them, downbeat of the music plays) and he twirls her (dancing commences). After they finish dancing, they end up in the same position where their hands touched (lights go up). Annette continues to the bathroom and Ricky continues cleaning the table- as if nothing ever happened.

OPTION #2

1956. Annette is eating at a diner when she stumbles across the diner's busboy, Ricky, and their eyes don't leave each other. The constant eye contact builds tension between them. At a table nearby the table where Ricky is cleaning, a lady, Geraldine, is eating. Annette asks her server where the bathroom is and as she walks to the bathroom, she walks by Ricky (their hands brush against each other- lights go down, a spotlight tracks them, downbeat of the music plays) and he twirls her (dancing commences). During this "fantasy" moment, Geraldine in on a small stage with a microphone singing the song that Annette and Ricky are dancing to. After they finish dancing, they end up in the same position where their hands touched (lights go up). Annette continues to the bathroom and Ricky continues cleaning the table, Geraldine is sitting at her table eating her soup- as if nothing ever happened. As Annette makes her way to the bathroom, she passes by Geraldine and Geraldine gives her a wink since she knows what happened (the screen closes in on Geraldine winking -like in the 1950s sitcoms-).

OPTION #3

1956. Annette is eating at a diner when she stumbles across the diner's busboy, Ricky, and their eyes don't leave each other. The constant eye contact builds tension between them. Annette looks through her purse (extreme close-up of the purse, shows that she has a knife in there), she slips her knife in her glove (or dress?). Annette asks her server where the bathroom is and as she walks to the bathroom, she walks by Ricky (their hands brush against each other- lights go down, a spotlight tracks the, downbeat of the music plays) and he twirls her (dancing commences). After they finish dancing, they end up in the same position where their hands touched (lights go up). Annette quickly pulls out the knife from her glove and discreetly kills Ricky. Since the restaurant is empty (manager is in the kitchen), no one sees. She places the knife on Ricky's body and places his hand over it. She then leaves through the back door (the screen closes in on Ricky's body -like in the 1950s sitcoms-).

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I'm not sure which one to stick with. I feel like the first one might be very basic, but it's simple and it gets straight to the point. The second option gives the film a comedic (and possibly cheesy?) tone. At last, the third option involves some psychological thriller elements in addition to the musical elements; nevertheless, I think it would be hard to film the killing scene and I don't really know if there would be a point of having that fantasy moment (the one where they dance and the lights are down, with a spotlight on them).

mmmm... I am going to go do some more thinking...

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