Fear, and how fear instills in us a want to just hide, to just get away from the problems and never having to face them. To face our problems, we must open the door for ourselves – no one else can do it – and face whatever obstacles happen to lie beyond it.
The little boy protagonist is afraid. Afraid of what? It’s unclear, as I wanted to keep that fear, whether rational or irrational at a distance from the audience. The scene pops back and forth between him and the door, because something beyond it, not the door itself, keeps him afraid.
The dragon statuette serves as a visual motif for two things: one, strength, the inner strength, and the second purpose is how a visual thing like a beast of its caliber can instill fright into our hearts and keep us in our places, afraid, and unable to move forward. His throwing of the dragon object I want to symbolize his coming to terms with the task that he must do – go to the door, open the door, and open it and face what’s beyond it.
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