Mackenzie Dalglish, Part 4

Title: --
Length: 5-7 minutes
Medium: Short film (3D or 2.5D)

Objective: This short is intended to make people question why people enjoy being different, or if it is even good in the first place.

The short opens with a black screen. Sounds of an ambulance are heard, and several voices are heard, commenting that they "have never seen anything like this before" in panic. The sounds fade away, but before they're completely gone, the person in question is confirmed dead.

The scene fades to the face of a teenage girl, who looks bored. The camera cuts to a broader view, where we can see she is on a train or other sort of public transportation. There are near-repeats of many of the people, with differences only between generations. The train stops, and she gets off. After a few moments looking dazed, she blinks and looks around, realizing she got off at the wrong stop. She turns around to get back on the train, but it already left.

The place she has gotten off seems to be a slum type area, with a large chunk of it in shadow because it's in the lower layer of the city. She checks the times for the train to come back, but it won't be back for another hour. She checks her phone--which is flickering from the excess radiation in the area. Sighing, she leans against the sign. The camera fades, and the light changes, indicating passage of time. The girl stands up and checks her phone again, which has no signal, so she leaves the station and starts looking around.

After walking around, she spots another, light-haired girl squatting down, drawing something in the dirt. The camera switches to the teen's eyes, which widen. An old article flashes on screen, and flashes again, zooming in on the photo, which fades to a view of the different girl. The teen walks up behind her, and upon noticing her shadow, the different girl jumps up in surprise.

The teen girl asks where the next station is, or if there's a place she can call someone from. The different girl is silent at first, then grudgingly nods. As they walk together, the teen girl tries to make conversation, but the different girl doesn't really seem to want to answer. Eventually she opens up a bit. The teen girl starts to envy the different girl for automatically standing out, despite people gawking and avoiding her.

Late at night, they reach the next station, and the teen girl and the different girl seem to be friendly with each other. The say their goodbyes, and the different girl waves and smiles as the teen leaves, but her smile soon drops to a frown.

The scene cuts to the teen girl reaching her home, welcomed back by her near-identical brother and parents. She is happy to see them, but laments that they are all the same.

The camera cuts again to the different girl coming home. Her father is watching television and drinking, not even noticing she's home. She goes to her room and curls up, wishing she could be like the teen girl and be the same as everyone else. There are a few flashbacks of her memories.

There is a split-screen view of both girls, who wish they were in each other's shoes.

Visual Treatment: The majority of the film will take place at dusk, so most of the colors will be in a sepia/brown range. However, the scenes taking place on the train and the teen girl's house will be full of color. The scenes taking place in the different girl's home will be a mix of darker browns and lighter blues. To make the different girl stand out, she will look albino, while the rest of the world will have darker hair and eye colors.