Males Suicides Outline (rewrite)

Below is a bullet point outline of the film, there will be 3 lists, each one covering one of the characters. Then I'll attempt to merge the 3 lists into the timeline of the film.


Character 1. 19 year old student.

• We see the student looking despondent as his friends laugh and joke at a table in their local pub. 
• The student has a couple of empty beer glasses besides him, he's clearly been drinking faster than his friends. 
• He takes a long drag of his beer, empties the glass. 
• Something is said/ a friendly nudge from his friends suddenly causes the student to snap. 
• He gets up, angry, shouting at his friends, then leaves the pub. 
• Outside, the tirade continues for a little while, then the student begins to cry, he tries turning away to hide his face. Looking on, one of his friends hesitates slightly but then grabs his shoulder and embraces him. 
• Information cards? 
• We then see the student walking in the park, he passes the 16 year old school boy and the 24 year old with his girlfriend.

Character 2. 24 year old professional.

• We see the 24 year old in his car, upset, staring aimlessly through the window, silent and still. 
• The car is somewhere outside of the city, it's night and the rain is falling heavily. 
• At his side his mobile phone begins to ring, he ignores it. The caller ID is 'Molly' 
• Information cards?
• We then see the 24 year old with his girlfriend sat on a park bench chatting calmly. The 16 year old and 19 year old student are in the park also.

Character 3. 16 year old school boy.

• The school boy is sat in the dark, lit only by his computer screen, he looks tired, his hair is dishevelled and bags hang under his eyes. 
• We see him scrolling through Facebook, stopping at times to read a post or two. (or, maybe responding to a friends post - 'How is the studying coming along? I hear you've got to get a * grade to get into college' - 'Don't worry, I'm fine' ?) 
• At his side are a stack of school books, A level text books, screwed up paper lies on his desk.
• Information cards?
• We then see the school boy perched up against a tree in the park studying. The 19 year old passes him buy and the 24 year old sits with his girlfriend on the park bench.   

FILM TIMELINE. (revised version)

We see Jack, a 19 yr old student, looking despondent as his friends laugh and joke at a table in their local pub. 

Jack has a couple of empty beer glasses besides him, he's clearly been drinking faster than his friends.

Jack takes a long drag of his beer, empties the glass.

/cut

We see David, a 24 year old, in his car, upset, staring aimlessly through the window, silent and still. 

The car is somewhere outside of the city, it's night and the rain is falling heavily.

/cut

Alan, the 16 yr school boy, is sat in his bedroom in the dark, lit only by his computer screen, he looks tired, his hair is dishevelled and bags hang under his eyes. 

We see Alan scrolling through Facebook, stopping at times to read a post or two. (or, maybe responding to a friends post - 'How is the studying coming along? I hear you've got to get a * grade to get into college' - 'Don't worry, I'm fine'  or maybe not responding at all.)

/cut

/Display some information about male suicides.

/cut

Back in the pub with Jack, something is said/ a friendly nudge from his friends suddenly causes Jack to snap. 

Jack gets up, angry, shouting at his friends, then leaves the pub.

/cut

We're now back with David, at his side his mobile phone begins to ring, he ignores it. The caller ID is 'Molly'.

/cut

Now with Alan, at his side are a stack of school books, A level text books, screwed up paper lies on his desk.

/cut

Outside the pub with Jack, the shouting continues for a little while longer, then Jack begins to fight the urge to cry, he tries turning away to hide his face. Looking on, one of his friends hesitates slightly but then grabs his shoulder and embraces him. 

/cut
/Display some more information.

/cut

We potentially see all the characters again in a public space going about their day to day lives. We see David with Molly, we see Jack and we see Alan. (This isn't 100% confirmed yet). I want to use this scene to say that anyone can be suffering but you can't always see it, we've just seen 3 intimate moments where our characters have displayed signs of mental strain but in this scene we see them in a very objective way.  

/cut .

/Display - Time to talk. Time to listen. Time to Change. 

*If you need a point of reference to understand how the film will look and flow please watch the Cancer Research adverts. e.g; Mirrors.