INVISIBLE SCARS

Official Draft

A tale of two best friends who come to terms with the issue of love, faithfulness and mature hood with guilty conscience trapped between them. 

Rose Robinson is a 26 year old mother who lives with her child grace. Her high school crush Tom Robinson who became her husband and the father of their child. Tom is currently at war in Afghanistan fighting for his country whilst Rose and Grace continue their life without him but yearn to meet him. Tom writes letters to Rose about his experience and how much he misses her and the family. 

This story will be presented using the family’s atmosphere and surroundings. There will be a series of different events which will be evidence for the death of Tom Robinson and how Rose and Grace Robinson cope with the loss of Tom. Secondly we plan to include archive footage at the beginning of the film to show Tom at war in order to give the audience a shot that will start the story off for them. Since the piece focuses on the mother and daughter and her best friend who builds an unbreakable bond it will make the viewers aware of how the situation has changed them and how their life has changed. The camera will follow her surroundings especially Grace and James (friend) who will slowly build a strong relationship. Compiling these images will allow the viewer to picture how one man changed their life. Finally, towards the end the two friends Rose and James develop an attachment which gradually leads to a kiss. Rose pulls away and reminisces about Tom. As Rose tosses and turns in her bed she sees Tom in front of her and as James cleans the kitchen Tom appears right beside him. They are both left with a guilty conscience.

This story is important for me to capture, not only to get a good grade but to tell a story that will comfort the audience but to also challenge myself to do something different. While this drama presents many new challenges it is also an excellent opportunity, one that I wish to take advantage in the near future.

Maximum 10 minutes. We intend to keep the extract short and simple because it will have a storyline which will be fast due to the shots progressing the idea of what happened before and what is happening now in the drama. We will also be using archive footage to show Tom at war. A mock trailer will also be included to shower my module leaders and outline of what the story is about.

The target audience for this project will be young adults the film will include different characters from different backgrounds. This is because we live in a multi cultural society and we want to include that sense of modernity. The plot of the story will reflect a young man who has left for war, and his best friend comes back to see him but finds out he is dead. Meanwhile, he finds himself comforting his best friend’s wife and child and begins to develop deep feelings for her. This will also target anyone who has been through similar situation where they have loved someone.