Revised Treatment: Too Late

Writer: Nick Medina

Title: Too Late

Log Line: A boy's problems flashes before his eyes as he attempts to commit suicide by hanging himself. He then realizes he doesn't want to kill himself but it's too late as he kills himself.

Treatment:

The boy's eyes are cold and are teary. There is a rope around his neck. He is standing on a chair. He stands there for a long time thinking. He is in his garage in the middle of empty space. The boy's hand grabs his face as he squints to think. Tears flow down his cheeks. He looks back at the door to see if anyone is coming. He looks back down at the chair.

Flashback to boy's memories. The boy's girlfriend slaps him across the face in slow motion and then walks away

Flashes to a principal yelling at the boy in her office, but all the boy hears is a muffled voice in the background. The principal is cut off at the neck as she is wearing a suit. The boy is looking down, staring into blank space when the word "Expulsion" comes into focus for the boy as he looks up.

Flashes back to another memory father in background with a belt in hand and a beer in the other and is laughing. The boy is in the foreground and the ground and has tears in his eyes. There is a look of sadness in his eyes.

Flashes to memory of police officer handcuffing him in the street. The lights of the police car are flashing in the background. The boy looks back to the camera with a look of disgust and anger.

Cuts back to boys eyes in the garage as he painfully closes his eyes. He looks at the door one last time. He looks back down at the chair. In slow motion, he kicks the chair out from under him.

Just as he kicks the chair, the boy's memory flashes back to a good memory of him with his girlfriend. She brings him a cake lit with candles as it is his birthday and gives him a kiss. They are both smiling as he blows out the candles.

The blowing of the candles turns to flash back to present time. The boy's eyes widen. He reaches for the chair to save his life. He flexes his neck so that the rope won't kill him. His feet barely touch the chair when they stop moving. It is too late for the boy to save his life.


Locations:
1. Garage
2. Sidewalk (daytime)
3. Principal's Office
4. Living Room of House
5. Street/Ally
6. Kitchen of House


Props/Wardrobe:
1. Chair
2. Rope
3. Suit for principal
4. Belt
5. Beer
6. Some sort of police uniform
7. Handcuffs
8. Something for police lights
9. Cake with candles


Actors:
1. Boy (teen)
2. Principal (including voice recording) (female adult)
3. Girlfriend (teen)
4. Dad (including voice recording) (adult)
5. Policeman (male adult if possible)