Darkness. A door opens, light floods in. The Guide walks down the steps towards the camera. Cut to dark room. A light turns on. Anthea suddenly sits up from where she has been lying on the floor.
The Guide: You must be Anthea. Come with me.
Anthea: (looking around confused) Why? (gets up) Who are you?
The Guide: I’m your guide.
Anthea: Guide for what?
The Guide: Your own personal Hell. Follow me.
The Guide walks out of the room. Anthea follows, still confused. Cut to the Guide and Anthea walking down steps.
The Guide: Hurry up!
Anthea: Where are we going?
The Guide: You’ll see.
Anthea: But why? Where are we going? I don’t understand.
The Guide leads the way into a room. Anthea spots an open book on a table
Anthea: What’s this?
They walk over to the table.
The Guide: This…this is the book for all your life’s achievements.
Anthea flicks through the pages.
Anthea: But…it’s blank.
The Guide: That’s because you never achieved anything. Come along then.
The Guide walks back out of the room. Anthea follows after turning back to look at the book. They walk back up the stairs.
The Guide: Hurry up.
They walk up another flight of stairs. They walk into a room – the same as before.
The Guide: This room…this room is for all those times you avoided everything. All those times you made everyone else do it for you. Wait there.
The Guide walks over to the other side of the room, picks up a clipboard and goes back to Anthea.
The Guide: This. (hands clipboard to Anthea) I want you to read this now.
Anthea walks to the back of the room. She attempts to read from the clipboard but fails.
The Guide: (laughs) I knew you couldn’t do it. (walks over to Anthea) Give it to me. (takes clipboard back) Come along.
They leave the room and go back down the stairs.
Anthea: Where are we going this time?
The Guide: You’ll see.
Back in the room. Anthea enters, looks into the room and backs up against the wall in shock. Cut to a figure (wearing a long coat, hat and face in shadow) leaning over the body of Anthea. The character turns their head to face Anthea. Cut back to Anthea who is still pressed against the wall, the Guide standing next to her, smiling.
The Guide: So, what do you think?
Anthea runs from the room. The Guide, still smiling, follows. Cut to outside, the Guide leads Anthea who is looking around her. They walk into and back into the room again. This time, it’s empty.
Anthea: So, what now?
The Guide: This is the end of the tour!
The Guide leaves the room, grinning. Anthea stands alone in the middle of the room.
Anthea: What does that mean?
The light goes out.
Props:
One of the props featured in my short film is a blank notebook. This notebook is included in my short film as one of the things the Guide takes Anthea to see in the room. The notebook is there to represent Anthea’s fear of never achieving anything in her life, as stated in the Guide’s line “that’s because you never achieved anything”. The point of it being blank is that it is meant to show how, actually, because of this great fear, she has achieved nothing. It is therefore suggested that, because of this fear, she has missed great opportunities that would have given her a greater sense of achievement.
Another prop that is featured in my film is the folder that the Guide carries with her throughout. This folder is featured in order to represent the power that the Guide has over Anthea, as she is the one leading her, and it also suggests the fact that prior to this meeting with Anthea, the Guide has "helped" many other people through purgatory. The folder that is used is blue which then stands out against the Guide’s dark clothing which would then highlight the importance of this prop.
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