Second adaptation of script

On consulting Deborah she seemed keen for us to change the script to create a mroe poignant reasoning and ending to the short film. Here is a new adaptation i wrote up following her advice.

The film opens with a few short news reports either on the radio or with motion picture about a man escaped from a mental institution, going on to warn the public that he may be dangerous and not to approach him, but to report any sightings to authorities immediately.

The audience then see our main character “Dog”(I’ll refer to him as this as I know we haven’t decided on a name yet). Dog is shown crossing a road tentatively, looking around him as he walks. He is then shown to peer around before jumping a fence; the audience then hear a smash. We then see Dog smelling different parts of the house and searching through doors as if looking for something. At some point Dog finds a framed photo of a woman and a dog.

The man is then shown smashing the photo frame before revealing to the audience that the woman in the photo is his mother and her Dog, in a tone that conveys resentment.

Next we see Dog becoming hungry but seems scared to go out because he is the asylum escapee and will be taken back if he does. After what seems a long time he searches the cupboards finding nothing but dog food.

We are already aware that the man is technically insane but it must be clear to the audience that he is not dangerous, as the news reports are suggesting. Following the break-in and revelation that it is his mothers house, a woman he seems to resent as a result of her neglecting his needs as a Son he begins to act as a Dog, according to the script we were given.

I think one possibility for why he is acting like that it that his Mother loved her dog more than him so through his insanity he assumes the role of a dog in the hope of gaining the love he was denied.

I was thinking maybe he uses the dog act because he, through his insanity starts to think that he won’t get recognised by the authorities if he acts like a dog. Obviously his act wont work and we could maybe end it with him getting taken back to the institute, but we’ll have to discuss this in seminar.