i make a short film script
Title: Fading Echoes
Genre: Drama/Fantasy
Logline: In a quiet town where memories are preserved as magical echoes, a grieving widow discovers a way to relive her past with her deceased husband. But when the echoes start to fade, she must confront the pain of letting go and embrace the beauty of fleeting moments.
INT. ANTIQUE STORE - DAY
A dusty, old antique store filled with peculiar items. Among them, a MYSTERIOUS LOCKET catches the eye of SARAH (early 40s, melancholic). The shopkeeper, MR. OAKES (70s, wise), senses her sorrow.
MR. OAKES: (smiling knowingly) Ah, the Locket of Memories. It contains echoes of the past, my dear. But beware, memories, like echoes, fade with time.
EXT. PARK - DAY - FLASHBACK
Sarah and her late husband, JAMES, are laughing on a picnic blanket, sharing a stolen kiss. The locket glows, capturing this moment as an ECHO.
INT. SARAH’S HOUSE - NIGHT
Sarah, wearing the locket, activates the echo. The room TRANSFORMS into the past. She sees herself and James, happy and in love.
EXT. PARK - DAY - FLASHBACK
Sarah and James, frozen in time, oblivious to Sarah from the present. She watches, smiling through tears.
INT. SARAH’S HOUSE - NIGHT
Days pass. Sarah keeps reliving moments. But the echoes start to DIM and FADE.