The letter

The letter written to Elena from her mom.

At the beginning of making the script, I didn't know how exactly wanted this letter to be written or say. The only thing that I knew for certain was that I wanted it to have the last line say, "to my little angle". I remember when I was making the letter, I had to mention not only the fact that Valentina was sorry for everything that didn't go right but also for the things that have happened before so people who are watching can make sense of what certain shots or scenes mean in the film. For example, in the letter there is a point where she says "But I know the museum did. You always have this big smile on your face every time we were there. That place was like a Disney for you." And this is the part where audience can make that connection on why we emphasized so much on specific location. It was a place for them where they were at ease. 

Another thing with the letter is that, when I was writing out the script this was something that I had to go back and keep changing because, the original script was going to not incorporate this letter whatsoever, but then me and Karnia, our editor said it was kind of pointless to mention or even bring up the idea of a letter if we were not going to bring it up again. So, for the last scene I had to make changes in order for the idea of the letter to make sense. 

And it's kind of hard to tell in this photo, but the letter isn't exactly perfectly written either. There are minor imperfections and mistakes in there, which I did on purpose because I want to give off that impression that Valentina wasn't perfect, and that she had flaws. I also wanted it to be handwritten because I think it just gives it more of that personal touch then if it was typed out. If it was typed I feel like it would've been more "professional" which was something I wasn't really aiming for.