Summary Completed

          After talking with Klaus this week, we decided on our summary.  We mostly stuck with the summary that I made, adding a few touches of his to our final summary.  This summary is mostly so that Klaus and I can start the script and storyboard, so we wanted to make sure it was done the week before filming.  This is our completed summary for our short film:

The main character's name is Alex and he is living in a Post Apocalyptic world.  Alex has been on his own for months, living off the land and constantly moving around, only carrying a backpack with him that holds everything he needs to live. He hasn't had any human contact in months, and is always listening to his radio to see if he can hear anyone out there.  In Alex's solitude, he is always flashing back to the past, to his family and what his life was like before the "apocalypse". Alex begins to notice weird things, his radio turning on by itself, cars showing up on the deserted roads, etc. Alex suddenly hears a voice and tells him to get into a car. As he approaches the car, the radio turns on once again, with a couple yelling and fighting. At the same time, he notices that the car is on with music playing and the windows down. As he gets in the car, GPS navigation is set and he drives off (at night, drone shots). He gets to the location of the programmed onto the gps, finding somebody who was killed.  Alex has no idea what to do (need something for him to do with the body or something, maybe like he cries or something because it’s the first person he’s seen in months), but the film ends with a shot of the people watching him and saying “he’s passed the test”.

This summary perfectly captures our vision for our short film. In my next few blog posts, Klaus and I will be working on our storyboard and script to have that fully completed by the time we go to film. Having this done is a huge breath of relief, especially since I know now that Klaus and I are in agreement about how we want our short film to be.