Synopsis
Sophie is a 20 year old girl with a Secret. A Secret about her sexuality that she's blurted out to her best friend Leah, who isn't prepared for it. All the while a mystery caller is eagerly trying to get hold of Sophie. Leah ultimately feels betrayed by Sophie for not telling her this information sooner and jealous that she has told others before her. As the girls try and work through their issues a neighbouring couple are seen dealing with their own. They are the victims of a hate crime. Slowly it becomes clear that something about this world is different. This is a world where gay is the "norm" while straight is a "sin". As they clean up their garden with a little bit of help from Sophie, it's the first glimps of Leah's realisation that her attitude needs to change. With Leah now slightly more inquisitive about Sophie's secret, she starts to open her mind and become more understanding. A News update about anti straight riots is the final straw for Leah, she never wants to see her friend have to go through anything like this for just being herself. She even vows to help her friend with speaking to Sam - the mystery caller who, himself worried about what the world will think of his sexuality, has ended his relationship with a text. The girls, with a newfound appreciation for each other, then leave to try and sort things out with Sam.
Themes
One of the themes of the story is to not judge a book by its cover. The audience will assume that Sophie is gay and as they discover more about the world they will slowly begin to realise that things are not what they originally perceived. I've really struggled to nail down other themes in my story. I know there are some but I've found it really difficult to pin point the exact words for them. It might take another set of eyes to help me out but at the moment I'm a bit stuck in this one.
I guess another theme would be ignorance is bliss. Plenty of people walk past, turn their heads or pretend they haven't seen bad things everyday. I'm almost 100% sure that at some point in everyone's life they have done this. Whether it's because your tired or have no time or because you don't want to get involved. People often will ignore something bad if it doesn't affect them. And in this story that's Leah. She knows all these things happen in the world everyday. She's seen these things before but now she's looking at them it's a lot more personal. What if that was your best friend who was the victim of a attack or caught up in a riot when they were just celebrating who they are? She is looking at the situation through different eyes now. And she doesn't like what she sees. She possibly didn't before but now she's more motivated to stop it. I want to make this film relatable to everyone. It doesn't have to be homophobia (or in this case hetrophobia) it could be about race, religion, bullying... the list goes on. There are plenty of things that people are persecuted for.
Now to finish the 2nd draft before I hand it in on Monday.
Stay safe,
Helen
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