Plot Summary

Our brief states that we have to produce a promotional package for a film; one of the aspects included in this promotional package is to produce a film trailer. A film trailer is structured around the most appealing aspects of a whole film, without taking conventional narrative order into consideration. Therefore we needed to have a clear idea of what our whole film would entail, in order for us to structure our film trailer around the most appealing aspects, causing it to be comparable to existing media products on the market.

Before we wrote our plot summary, we decided to research into what the objectives of a plot summary were, enabling me to write a more professional plot summary for our audience.

The Objectives of a Plot Summary:

The objective of a summary is to condense a large amount of information into a short, accessible format. It is not to reproduce the experience of watching a film, nor to cover every detail. For those who have not seen the film, it should serve as a general overview of the major points. For those who have, it should be detailed enough to refresh their memory – no more.

Below is a plot summary for our film.

Plot Summary:

Set in England, Katy had finally found her ‘happy ever after,’ which she had longed for since she was a child. As a beautiful, smart woman, married to the love of her life – a passionate, sweet, handsome man named John. Katy felt as though her life was complete and that nothing would ever go wrong. It came as a huge shock when John died due to a rare condition known as SADS – referred to as ‘Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome,’ leaving Katy broken, and alone. Subconsciously Katy refused to let go; her mind began to create life like fantasies with John in which she lives through whilst she dreams. This longing for John back in her life leads Katy to consume masses of sleeping pills and alcohol to help her sleep more, enabling them to be together again. Katy looses a sense of reality, believing that when she is in fact awake, she is having nightmares. This obsession leaves her life in ruins, making her feel even more shut off to the world than she did before. Her severe depression leads to thoughts of taking an overdose, however after failing to follow through, Katy decides its time to get her life back on track. Katy puts her past to one side as if it never happened and attempts to move forward with her life, however Katy starts hallucinating. Believing that she is going crazy and that John has come back to haunt her, Katy has a mental breakdown and kills herself.