my flim synopsis

My next task was to make the synopsis of our film. Even though I was only doing the opening of a film I needed to write a synopsis for the whole film to give me and idea of how the opening leads into the rest of the film. This will help as it will hopefully make the narrative of my film a whole lot clearer, this will help me when i go out to do my filming.

My film synopsis

James is sat at home getting ready to go on a holiday in Cornwall. We see him looking at a picture of a girl, that he met there last year. We later learn the girls name is Rachel. As he thinks about her, he has a flashback about his time he had with her last year. He is interupted when his friend, Matt, texts him to tell him he is outside ready to go. He then leaves the house to go Cornwall. – Film opening

We then see him in the car driving over the moors on the way to Cornwall.

(pan shot following the car as it drives past). throught the journey they are talking about what they will do in cornwall and james is wondering if Rachel will be there this year. James and Matt arrive at their destination and get out of the car. They both look at the place where they are staying (We see an establishing shot of the holiday home). They both go into the building and get ready for an evening out on the town.

That evening, James and Matt go to a party on the beach in the near by town, they have a BBQ, play games and go to the night club. Later on in the evening James is alone on the beach thinking about Rachel when a girl walks bast him. He realises it is Rachel and runs after her to say hello.

Over the next week James and Rachel spend time together getting closer and closer and beginning to fall in love. On the evening before they leave, Rachel gets a call which is from her boyfriend (Jake) and this is when James hopes are shattered. later that evening, Rachel leave and James is left thinking he will never see her again.

The next day Matt and James leave to head home, James is still feeling heart broken from the events of the previous day. On the journey back Matt tries his best to make James feel better, however he is unsuccessful.

The next day we see James on a bus going to work. When he gets to work he finds out that there is a new girl there that he needs to show around. He sees the girl and realises it is Rachel. There is a silence between them and then James says in a shocked voice, “Rachel?” 

(This is where the film ends to create a cliff hanger and allow a sequel to follow on if needed)

This task made the narrative of my film more clear to me as it was all planned out. this will help me as i now now how everything needs to look and what the opening needs to have in it to link to the rest of the film.