The title of my film is ‘A Liar is Calling’.
The film includes both of the following: ‘a narrative which establishes and develops a single character’ and ‘a narrative which portrays a conflict between two central characters’.
There are 4 characters: Sarah, the wife; Miles, the son; Kayla, the woman Reed has an affair with; and Reed, the husband and main character in the film and the only one we see in detail.
2 locations: Reed and Sarahs house; and in the car on the road (A quiet road to begin with then joins a busy main road).
Time: Pitch Black (Night), Early hours of the morning
“Argument between wife and husband can be heard inside their house and he’s forced out, exchanging insults as he leaves – He goes out on to the street into his car and lashes out in anger before driving onto the road at high speed – He calls his wife using the bluetooth in his car, she answers and she demands that he never contact them again, stating that he can’t see his son and hangs up – he attempts to call again but is declined immediately causing another fit of rage – some time later he goes to call the woman he cheated with but is interrupted by a call from his son who calls out of curiosity and resentment rather than love – he admits to his son that he made a mistake and this gives him the confidence to turn around and try to win his wife and son back but is stopped by his sons reluctant attitude and mentions that it wouldn’t be a good time as someone else is in his house at the moment – the phone hangs up as we hear his mothers voice telling him to hang up and a male voice – he doesn’t say who the man is – he feels he’s lost his son and wife but doesn’t want to admit it – he calls Kayla who answers after a brief time – Reed turns to her for help and asks to stay over but she clearly doesn’t want to and tells him all they had was a fling and she never felt any connection with him – she hangs up – Reed is left with nothing – there’s a moment of silence as the world around him becomes distorted – he’s already indicating to turn left but glances at the approaching traffic to his right – another moment of silence – a close up of the wheel as he shifts it to the right and cuts to black just before the apparent impact of a car.”
Focus on emotions throughout – Highlighted in bold
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