Rose, a twenty-two year old magazine intern is running out of a London Underground station. She is meeting with her boyfriend of two years , Jason for lunch; running late, she texts him, also apologising for already having cancelled their dinner plans the night before at short notice, due to extra work needing to be done at the magazine. Understandably, her boyfriend isn’t happy when he arrives, and after having to endure half an hour of her lunch-break being an awkward, heated discussion, Jason ends their relationship, stating that Rose hasn’t got her priorities in order and that she cares more about her job than the relationship. He doesn’t listen to Rose’s arguments that she works a lot now to pay off in the future. With one last look at her as he leaves the café, and with an hour of her break left, alone, Rose breaks down in tears.
A waiter at the café, seeing the girl alone, crying pays for two cups of tea and sits down at the table with her, asking what’s wrong. Rose, who is not used to people in London acting this way, is surprised but appreciative, and explains about how her career has been causing some strain on her relationship and she supposes Jason finally had enough. They talk for a while, moving off the subject of Jason, and as the time for Rose to leave arrives, the waiter leaves her his phone number, saying that he knows it’s too soon after Jason for any sort of relationship, but if she ever needs to talk to a friend, she knows where to find him. As she leaves, feeling down still, but surprisingly optimistic, Rose decides she might have a night off work later in the week, to have some time to herself.
While as a film, I feel this tale-of-morality in a nutshell story may be a tad boring, It demonstrates the aspects of a short film and the ritual occasion structure.
were the story scripted, the fact that Rose is a workaholic would perhaps be shown by the character looking flustered and busy, perhaps implied by her cancelling the date via the phone.
While she doesn't actively do anything, the inciting incident would be her boyfriend breaking up with her, (something which happens to her), and the waiter approaches her, she does nothing.
There are also only three main characters, and there are no major plot changes, or high stakes.
The ending of the story is also similar to the typical short film, as while she doesn't explicitly change, she considers taking a night off work, which while a small action, implies that in the future she may change.
While I probably won't take this idea as far as making it my final idea, I feel confident in knowing that I can create characters and stories which can be applied to the short film.
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