Film Treatment

Film Name: Lily

 

Overview: The Film is about a teenage girl who receives psychic abilities after an accident, and the subsequent consequences of having these abilities.

 

Outline:  Main character (Lily) has been hospitalised after an accident. The accident has given her psychic abilities with which she can foresee the deaths of others via physical contact. In the first vision she foresees Dr Walker (the doctor that was treating her in hospital) succumb to a heart attack in his office. Lily then goes home accompanied by her boyfriend, Brett. The following day, Lily hears a radio report concerning the death of her doctor. This causes her to become hysterical, resulting in her second vision when Brett attempts to comfort her. In this vision she sees herself stabbing him to death. He convinces her that she is merely delusional, though she remains sceptical. The same evening, Brett finds Lily in the living room, still behaving strangely, and suggests that she seek help since it is beginning to affect their relationship. This angers Lily, causing her to storm into the kitchen with Brett in tail. She then attacks him with a knife in a sequence mirroring that of the vision. She snaps out of her trance and drops the knife before placing back in the holder and going to bed. The film ends with one final shot of the knife holder, the knife itself being absent.

Technical Information:  Length: 5 Minutes

                                            Certificate: 12A

Location:

• First Scenes– Hospital (Infirmary at Barnsley College)
• Second Scene – On a quiet street [Location not yet defined]
• All following scenes - At Lily and Brett's home (one of our homes)

Cast List:

• April Carr – Lily
• Michael Eastwood – Brett
• Ross Walker – Dr Walker

Synopsis: After receiving a severe knock on the head, 18 year old Lily Ashton is rushed to the emergency room, where she is in a coma for approximately a week. She wakes up to find that she has developed a psychic ability. Specifically, she can foresee the death of anyone she touches; all of which come true. However, when she touches her boyfriend Brett Fletcher, she sees a vision of herself murdering him and becomes determined to disprove it.

The film opens with Lily being rushed to the emergency room, although the scene is disorientated with flashing lights and blur. The screen fades to black and reopens with Lily waking up from her coma with Brett and a doctor at her bedside. Brett is happy to see that she is awake, while the doctor checks Lily temperature by placing his hand against her forehead. This triggers Lily’s first vision as she sees the doctor being knocked down by a car. She thinks nothing of it and Brett escorts her home. In the hospital corridor, Lily accidentally bumps into a rather nervous looking man, who she foresees dying of a heart attack.

At home the following morning she hears a news report on the radio saying that a man had had a heart attack while driving, and had hit a local doctor. Lily begins to panic and Brett attempts to calm her, touching her in the process. As a result, Lily foresees herself stabbing Brett. She explains that she has been having visions (though deliberately neglects to mention the vision she had of killing him).

Another week or so on and Lily has been becoming increasingly hysterical due to her visions, causing Brett to question the strength of their romantic relationship. He argues that she is no longer the person she was and suggests that she seek help. She is angered and grabs a knife from a knife-rack in the kitchen and attempts to attack him in a delusional state. Lily admits that she had seen herself kill Brett, and that there is no way to disprove the prophecy. Brett convinces her to put the knife back, and she does. He argues that all she needs to do is control herself, and the prophecy can never come true. Lily however remains sceptical.

The film ends with a short scene the same night consisting of a single shot. The shot reveals that the knife Lily had replaced is now gone. The screen then fades to black.