My Short Film Sequence - Drama and Synopsis

Equilibrium: Tom is a young student from England, studying at college, it’s the end of his first year and exams are coming up.

Protagonist: Tom, the student

Antagonist: The girl, the emotional distraught

Quest: To overcome his emotional distraught, and confront what he’s done. Keeps seeing girl.

Climax/ Resolution: Confronts the problem, admits to himself what he’s done.

Re-Equilibrium: Tom, is no longer as emotionally effected after admitting what he’s done to himself, and the girl makes it known that she has forgiven him.

‘My film’ is a short sequence about a boy named Tom, a student in England who is studying for his final exams for college at A level. Tom thinks that these at the most of his worries, when in fact, these are the least. On the way over to a friends house, Tom- driving his car, leans over to the passenger seat next to him to grab his ringing mobile, he answers still driving down the road, he glances up at the road, when a girl runs out in between 2 parked cars, however due to Tom being on the phone his reaction times are a lot slower forcing a collision between the two. Weeks go  by, he is sick with dread, he sees the girl in the reflections of mirrors, or just walked down the street at first glance. The boy is isolated and alone, both physically and mentally, no-one understands what he’s going through, and he cannot accept what he’s done. Then one night he realises, that maybe the only way to get over the event is to finally admit what he has done. The ghost of the girl shows her sign of approval and he finally seems to feel himself that he is going to overcome the guilt, and try to carry on with his life.

Revised Synopsis

My film is a short sequence about a boy named Tom, a adolescent, he is studying for his final exams for college at A levels, he thinks that these are the most of his worries, when in fact, these are his least. After a tragic accident, were Tom knocks down a girl in his car when he tries to reach for his phone, unfortunately he kills her, Tom is then isolated from society, alone, with no foreseeable way of forgiveness. He then starts seeing the girl ghost everywhere he turns, she stands and watches him, this eventually drives him off the edge, he wants to end this pain so he decides to take his own life the way he took hers.