Short Film Ideas: 5

The world's shortest horror story is called "Knock". It has only 2 sentences and is as follows:

"The last man on earth sat alone in the room. There was a knock on the door."



-Fredric Brown





Apart from being one of my favourite stories, purely because it's short, it also raises lots of questions and provokes thinking. Using this as a stimulus, I created this idea for a short film which I've nicknamed "Alone?". It's not a horror story. I think it fits in more with fantasy and romantic-comedy... Or something. 





It at first features a guy, for now let's call him Terrence. Terrence is the last human being alive, as far as he's concerned. He just woke up one day and everybody had vanished. Normally in this situation, the person would question why and maybe attempt to find others. Terrence never really questioned it. He just accepted it and continued with his life, in a world where he could do whatever he wanted. 


This is part of a test title I'm making for this idea.



Now to disrupt the equilibrium with the introduction of another character. Angela had a similar experience to Terrence. She woke up and found that everybody had vanished. Unlike Terrence, she questioned it and began search for others. Her attitude is completely opposite to Terrance. Could you imagine if these two met? 





On her travels, Angela is looking for others, maybe using a system of going to different place. Just as Terrence walks out of his house, possibly to get some fresh air, or is doing yoga in the middle of the street while wearing nothing but underwear and a robe. Why? Because he can and thinks that no one will see him. Anyway, just as Terrence is doing that, Angela sees him. On sight of another human, they're both confronted with heavy emotions. Angela is excited, while Terrence is more confused... And embarrassed. 





What's next for this odd couple who've just found out that they're not the last person on earth? They live together of course! Angela moves to Terrance's house. She begins to settle in, but annoys Terrence by rearranging his stuff, rearranging his life and throwing his whole system out the window. With a female around, he can no longer walk around naked, or leave the toilet seat up. Angela doesn't take notice of these changes, why? Because she never changed. With the expectation of finding others, she never changed the way she acted, so doesn't see a problem.





What will Terrence do about this? Probably throw her out for a while and then realise he misses her, take her back and then passionately kiss her? Perhaps. But that'd be a little cliche.


 Maybe he just throws her out and goes back to his previously peaceful life. That'd be funny. I think. 


He could be a complete psychopath and kill her, there'd be no repercussions, theoretically. Bit dark though. 


Maybe they learn to live together, despite their differences and try to find others. Bit boring.


They could fall asleep, wake up, and find that everyone had come back. They would be in their original and own beds. Go back into their super normal life and then run into each other, leaving a speechless expression on their face.


There are so many possibilities, and each one is entertaining. Mostly.





-BW