Thursday, 13 October 2016

Synopsis

Set in World War Two, at the time of the enemies attacking the country. A teenage girl reads books as her escape from the real world and the devastation that is being caused. One book in particular that she reads is The Great Gatsby, which plays a role late on. However, the setting is at night when she is in her room reading, and her mother walks in telling her to out the book down as it is time to turn the lights out, creating a black out so the enemies don't know where they're attacking. She asks for a few more minutes but a shot showing her mothers unimpressed look and she bends the corner of the page and puts it down, pulling the covers over her as her mother begins to turn the lights out and pull the curtains across.

A close up on her eyes is the signal that she has fallen asleep, and the sound of old music playing is to represent that she is dreaming about the time period that the book The Great Gatsby is set in, which is the 1920's. Her eyes open and she is now in a dream where she is in the 1920's and throughout the different scenes she is happy and enjoying herself like she was before the war started. 

Two Options:
  • After room in 1920's shakes, she wakes up to see in present moment to see the room shake again and then close up of her eyes widening and then it will end.
  • The room in the 1920's shakes, but they pass it off as nothing and she goes back to having a good time, but the shot slowly establishes into a long wide shot and then into the present moment where the room is a mess due to the bombing at the time, showing that she passed away in her sleep.

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