The Premise – Love for one’s child will drive people to
complete what is not deemed possible
The Logline – Even when presented with death a lone soul
will use what little time he has borrowed to make amends for his daughter
before the soul-stealer claims his life.
The Step Outline
In the morgue the lower floor is presented, rows of bodies
all laid out upon the sterile, steel tables, being prepared for storage.
Suddenly the last body on the row sits up, springing to
life.
He uses both hands to cradle his head before looking at his
own wrist noticing the thin drip diverting his attention to a lit suspended
bulb (in the style of an IV drip).
He hears an audible noise of a bulb being unscrewed and
turns to his left seeing the thief, several bodies down the row as he pockets a
bulb.
The bodies can be seen with their light bulbs all floating
above them with a tether connected to their wrists.
In a calm, methodical mood the thief navigates from the body
in front of him to the next one down the row bringing the thief one body closer
to the man.
The thief can be seen with the current body taking the light
bulb examining it closely.
The thief brings the dim bulb closely to its ear hearing
quiet whispers, memories of the dead body before unscrewing it causing the bulb
to produce an ethereal gasp (or last breath) going out completely.
Drawing attention to his own bulb the man grasps his bulb
bringing it closer, he can hear a number of noises before hearing a clear voice
of a young girl (his daughter with the background noise of children playing, at
a park?) “Where are you
daddy?”
He reaches into his jacket pulling out his wallet revealing
a picture of him, his partner and his daughter.
The man’s attention returns back to the thief who has begun
to move onto the next light bulb before directing his vision to the opposite
side of the room seeing a telephone on the wall.
Seeing this, the man changes his focus from the thief (who
is methodically closing in), his picture and the phone.
Suddenly the man jumps off the table rushing towards the
phone and dials in a number.
He turns back, seeing that the thief is on the last body on
the row.
The phone dials but no one picks up, a loud noise of the
footsteps can be heard slowly getting closer.
It seems like no one is going to pick up and the man closes
his eyes the footsteps right behind him.
The thief moves his hand towards the man, placing it upon
his shoulder and the phone picks up on the other side.
The man opens his eyes, turning his head slightly to
acknowledge the thief before return to the phone, “Hey, honey, I’m not going to
be home tonight so I just wanted to say…”
The short ends with darkness.
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