A mulher da meia-noite

Abstract

This memorial presents the creative process behind the development of the first treatment ofThe Midnight Woman (A Mulher da Meia-noite), a dramatic horror feature film set inMajorlândia, on the coast of Ceará, Brazil. The work examines the creative processes andmethods employed in the screenplays’s conception, from the personal references thatinformed its narrative choices to the analysis of its structure as a narrative built through theSequence Approach, a screenwriting structuring method developed by Frank Daniel andpopularized by Paul Gulino through the book Screenwriting: The Sequence Approach. TheMidnight Woman seeks to explore themes of memory and identity through the supernatural,investigating the impact of forgetting on family bonds and on the very elements that define anindividual. The screenplay originates from both a personal desire and a longstanding fear ofthe author, constructing a narrative in which being forgotten represents a form of death as realas physical death itself