A girl and a boy live opposite each other on the same street. The film opens with them walking down the road on either side. The boy walks up to his front door and walks inside. The girl does the same, pausing only to look at the boy (who she has been in love with for several months previously). That evening the boy is on the phone to his girlfriend, pacing back and forth in front of his bedroom window. The girlfriend hangs up the phone and the boy slumps down, head in his hands. The girl across the street looks up and notices him through the window. She writes a note asking if he's OK and holds it up for him to read. He smiles at her and replies (also by note) saying that he's tired of all the arguments. She smiles sympathetically and writes that she's sorry. She starts to write that she loves him, as he shuts the curtain. She hasn't noticed him doing this and she completes the message. When she looks up to show him she notices that he has gone and sighs.
The next day the girl sits down on a park bench and begins to read. The boy comes along and sits beside her. They talk for a while in a friendly way (to highlight how easy they feel in each others company.) The girlfriend of the boy turns up and the girl is upset that the boy will now have to leave. The girlfriend notices this and kisses the boy passionately in order to make the girl more jealous. The couple then go away, girlfriend leading and leave the girl on her own.
Later that day, the boy is playing in as part of the school football team. He is a very important member of the team, as is shown by the number of people cheering him on. During the course of the game he scores a goal and the crowd cheers loudly. The boy's girlfriend doesn't look very interested but instead is watching one of the other players intently. The girl, however, is overjoyed that he is doing well. After the game the girlfriend tells the boy that she is breaking up with him in order to go out with the other player. The boy is left to be rejected but is surrounded by people celebrating the success of the game.
AT THIS POINT THE FILM WOULD SPLIT SCREEN, SHOWING TWO SEPERATE NARRATIVES AT THE SAME TIME.
right hand narrative
That evening the boy writes a note to the girl asking if she is going to the post-game party. When she says that she's not (as she's not been invited) he says that he wishes she were. He leaves to go to the party and she realizes what he's said. She makes up her mind to go to the party.
At the party, the boy is standing on his own in the corner. People keep congratulating him but he's not in the mood for celebration. The girl walks through the door, completely transformed. She's wearing a beautiful dress, her hair is styled elaborately and she looks angelic. The boy is blown away and walks straight over to her. She smiles and holds up her earlier note that says "I love you" on it. He smiles in return and holds up his own note along a similar sentiment. They embrace and kiss.
left hand narrative
The girl sees that the boy is in emotional turmoil and goes over to comfort him, despite it being a bit controversial due to their difference in social group. She makes him smile but then confesses how she feels about him. His friends start laughing at her and after a brief moment of confusion the boy looks up and says that he doesn't want anything to do with her. His friends encourage this and the girl is left alone, rejected.
Later on that evening the girl sits on her bed. She has the "I love you" note on her lap. She reads it and then picks it up and rips it into two pieces. She looks up and notices the boy trying to get her attention from his window. He holds up a note simply reading "I'm Sorry." He looks thoroughly miserable. The girl shakes her head and closes the curtain.
I like this idea, although it is quite closely linked with the aforementioned Taylor Swift video, and so I am unsure as to whether I should develop it or not.
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