My Synopsis

Rob Thompson is a normal school boy who lives a good, healthy life and has never suffered with any major issues throughout his young life. The life that he lives is almost ‘ideal’; he is smart, funny, wealthy, popular- generally has everything going for him.

However, when he gets into trouble with a strange, homeless-looking man after accidentally bumping into him, his life takes a turn for the worst. As the man tries to attack him whilst screaming gibberish, Rob picks up a metal pole off of the ground and hits him over the head with it, leaving him on the floor before fleeing. As Rob escapes, he is full of guilt as he wonders if the man may be dead or not but also relieved as he thinks that he won’t ever see this stranger again…….. But Rob thought WRONG! He then sees the same stranger wherever he goes; in school, on the bus, outside of his house, the cinema and even at the local church where he goes to pray for all the harassment to stop.

Rob spends the next few days trying to point him out to different people but never seems to be spotted by others. Does the man disappear when others look or is he simply not there? Did the stranger survive? Rob must overcome either the psychological or physical harassment from “The Stranger”.


Breakdown of the opening sequence:

• Starts with a montage of Rob waking up in the morning and getting ready for school alongside a casual peaceful score.
• As the montage ends, the score fades until we get to a shot of Rob putting in some headphones with just the sound of him moving.
• There is then a close up of his phone as he presses "play", where the score of the song he is listening to starts.
• There is then a shot of him leaving his house and walking down the road.
• We then see Rob turn down an alleyway where he accidentally bumps into a stranger. Here his headphones fall out and the score stops. We then hear Rob apologise.
• However, the stranger attacks him whilst screaming in gibberish- here there is fast editing of him hitting him and finally throws him to the floor. 
• Point of view shot from Rob's eyes of the man throwing punches then looking at a metal pole.
• Shot of  Rob reaching out for pole and hitting the stranger over the head with it.
• Then there is a shot of Rob sprinting down the road then coming to a stop, breathing heavily with a close up of his face as he cries.
• We then see an establishing shot of his school before seeing him walking in. This is followed by a shot of him walking into class and sitting at his desk by the window, looking terrified.
• We then see him look out of the window.
•  Point of view shot of the man standing outside.
• It cuts back to him calling to  friend to look outside.
• Shows both boys looking out of the window followed by a shot of outside with no man.
• Shot of Rob looking confused and trying to explain.
• Rob looks back out to see the man again  holding a board saying "See you soon".
• Close up of Rob's face, frightened with a tilt shot upwards to the school bell before it fades to black with the sound of a bell and the title "The Stranger" appears.