Please bear with me here as I'm still trying to figure out how to change my story for the better!.....
Story Outline:
The story begins when a huge crash is heard and an unnamed young boy is seen floating in space. The problem is that the boy is searching for something (unknown to the audience) and is getting upset that he can't find it. Suddenly, the next thing that happens is, the boy notices something in the distance headed towards him at lightning speed. He hurries to get out of the way, but his ship is too far off in the distance. He tries floating as fast as he can as the oncoming asteroid shower approaches. He's too late, the asteroids have caught up with the boy and he curls up into a ball to avoid damage as much as possible. It's no use, the speeding comets zip by the boy and cause him to lose grip. Suddenly, a comet collides into the boy and without thinking, he grabs onto it. As the comet flies him past his spaceship, it breaks the cord that was attached to the boy, and he continues to hold on for the ride of his lifetime. As the comet zooms through space, it begins to burn down and lose pieces of itself. Suddenly, the boy no longer has anything to hold onto and is flung from the comet. Then, as he flips and tumbles, trying to regain what little balance he has in space, he notices something sparkle in the distance. He looks around, trying to figure out to get to the area with the sparkle that has now faded. He turns to find the sparkle fading behind him now. He pushes his way towards it and continues to follow its blinking as best as he can. The sparkle begins to stay lit longer and is brighter with each bit closer the boy gets. As the boy gets within arm's reach of the anomaly, it silently explodes, lighting up the entire area. After that, the light disappears and the boy remains, blinking to regain his sight. A shadowed figure appears in front of him and he picks it up, cradling it in his arms. The problem is solved when, the boy hugs the shadowed figure tightly, having found what he was looking for...*OPTIONAL ENDING: The boy's face is seen, eyes closed, in a bright environment. His eyes pop open and the film ends.
(I feel like I'm getting a little on the experimental side as it's unclear what the boy is doing in space or what he's searching for...but I'm trying to not be forward with it. As we discussed in class, I'm going towards the idea of the boy being in a coma. While he's in the coma, he imagines he is in space,...looking for his body. The sparkle of light represents him getting closer to finding his body so that his mind can rejoin it and he can awake from the coma, hence why I think it might be interesting if he opens his eyes at the end...but then again, that may be a little too cliche, so I'm leaving it as a possibility for now.)
3-Act:
Act One/Setup:A young boy is floating through space, looking for something.
Inciting Incident: Asteroid shower sends him running back towards his ship.
Plot Point 1: He gets hit by an asteroid and is ripped from the cord attaching him to the ship.
Act Two/Confrontation:
The boy flies through space, riding on an asteroid as it burns away.
Midpoint: The asteroid deteriorates to near nothing and the boy is flung into nothingness, far from his spaceship or any signs of safety.
Plot Point 2: He flips and tumbles out of control, as he tries to regain his balance, he sees something sparkle in the distance, the thing he was looking for to begin with.
Act Three/Resolution:
The boy tries to make his way towards the sparkle as it circles, eluding him.
Climax: The boy reaches out towards the sparkle and it bursts into a huge light, before fading away, leaving only a shadowed figure behind.
The boy grabs the figure and holds it tightly.
*In a bright environment, the boy lies, eyes closed. Suddenly, his eyes snap open.
Script:
FADE IN
EXT. SPACE
A YOUNG BOY, aged around 7 and wearing a full astronaut's suit, floats while searching for something. He is attached by a cord to a medium-sized spaceship.
As he continues to search, he presses a button on his suit that propels him forward and away from his ship.
Suddenly, the boy sees something sparkle off in the far distance. His eyes light up as if he has found what he was looking for.
The boy stares ahead intently as the smile on his faces begins to slump into a frown. The sparkle in the distance has become a fury of asteroids, all speeding towards the boy and his ship.
The boy turns in a panic and tries to race back to his ship, but his efforts get him nowhere.
He suddenly remembers the button on his suit and presses it with a trembling finger. The suit propels him towards the ship, but it isn't fast enough. An asteroid flashes past the boy, sending him backwards as the comet collides with his ship.
The boy regains control of his self and mashes down on the button of his suit to stop it from propelling him into the storm of asteroids.
The asteroids zoom by the boy as he ducks and grabs a hold of his knees to form into a ball.
He attempts to propel towards the ship again and presses the button, but it only allows the boy to move forward an inch, before dying out completely.
As he mashes down on all the buttons on his suit unsuccessfully, an asteroid collides into him and rips apart his cord that was attached to his ship. With the boy now gripping on for dear life, the asteroid flies him past the spaceship and into the abyss.
As the asteroid and the boy continues to zoom through space, the comet burns, losing pieces of its self.
The boy looks back at the deteriorating comet and attempts to climb it in order to get a better grip on it.
The pieces the boy grabs onto crumble at his touch and the boy loses grip completely.
He is flung away from the comet and sent into a whirlwind of flips and tumbles.
The boy tries to regain balance, despite being weightless, when something in the distances sparkles, catching his eye.
The boy tumbles again as the sparkle fades away, but his eyes are hooked on the spot where the anomaly occurred.
He turns around, searching again.
The sparkle fades in the distance again.
He lunges forward as hard as he can, his eyes still intently looking for the sparkle.
10 feet away, on the left of the boy, the sparkle lights again and fades, this time staying lit longer than before.
The boy pushes his way forward as the sparkle appears again, this time to his right.
The boy is within arm's reach of the sparkle as it lights once more.
He reaches out into the area where the sparkle was, with eyes wide.
The sparkle bursts into a huge, white light that encompasses the entire area.
As the bright light fades out, the boy squints towards it, holding his hand up to the light.
A shadowy figure floats out from the light, lifelessly.
The boy blinks rapidly, trying to regain his vision, and make out what lies in front of him.
His eyes open slowly and then widen as he sees the shadowy figure.
He quickly grabs the figure and holds it up to his self, tightly.
*INT. HOSPITAL ROOM
Bright, white light surrounds the boy as his head lies on a pillow, eyes shut.
His eyes snap open widely.
FADE OUT
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