Ideas

Short Film

Synopsis -
Film starts on a woman walking down a lit street with a friend. Her friend waves goodbye and carries on down the lit street. The woman turns into a dark alley. A man, hiding in the shadows, steps out and grabs her. She screams, and he places a hand over her mouth. The shot fades into darkness as she sobs and pleas with the man, begging him not to. Her sobs fade out.

A new shot fades in from the dark screen. The woman is sat on her bed with a mobile in her hand. She calls the police telling them she has been raped. She gives a description of the man. A montage of shots follows showing the aftermath of the event. The montage ends on a shot of her receiving a phone call. The shot ends on the expression on her face.

It then cuts to her examining a police line up. She picks out her attacker from the line up. Happy, she leaves the room convinced that he will be charged.

It then fades to a shot of her receiving a letter. The letter says that her attacker has been released on bail. She sobs and tears fall onto the letter. She leaves the house to get some air.

Since her attacker has been released, she is deeply paranoid. Walking down a quiet street, she seems to see her attacker walking towards her, waving at her. She leaps on the man, beating him, and eventually strangling him to death. Pulling away from the body, she is horrified to see it isn't actually the man who attacked her but her friend that she has killed.

The shot fades into another shot of her on a plain bed in a non-descript room. Dressed in plain clothes, she rocks back and forth, her arms wrapped around her. The shot moves out to include a person in a white coat, telling her it is time for her pills. The film fades to credits and ends.