Individual Film Synopsis

Genre – Action/post-apocalyptic

Target audience – Teenagers (15-20)

Real - Based on real fears of nuclear power/ ties in with running out of fossil fuels/ survival. The story is based on the nuclear explosion in Chernobyl.

Costumes – Suits/ masks/ scientist costumes/ police force costumes etc.

Beginning

Rachael is an 18-year-old university student in her last year of study. She is at the top of her class and the teachers see huge potential in her ability in film making. For her final project, they have tasked her to create a short documentary on the first nuclear power reactor built near an extremely environmentally friendly town in Ukraine that has blown up. At first, it seems pretty harmless, so they make out, however, reality proves to be very different.

She travels to Ukraine with her two friends; Eve and Connor. They accompany her on her trip to aid her in the project that will set her on the path to being a professional film maker. They arrive in Ukraine and Eve; the designated camera woman in the group begins recording the documentary. But, unknown to them at the time, their very own documentary will be one of the most eye opening pieces of film ever created.

Middle

The group of students arrive in the small town of Kuma. They familiarise themselves with the towns surroundings and begin to make their way to the location of the reactor to film the first segment of their documentary. Rachael, who is the main reporter for the documentary starts talking about the nuclear power station and how it may affect the immediate town surroundings, due to just the ‘smoke’ that may cause problems with travel. After the report, Eve continues watching the power plant from afar, through a pair of goggles. However, Rachael picks up on something rather unexpected. After watching the nuclear reactor from the bushes nearby, she sees something major that force her instincts tot ell her that the explosion was far from minor.

Indicated by the panicky scientists that hover around the reactor using radiation detectors to evaluate the problem, this was a sight not meant for three students. Rachael begins to believe that there is a much bigger problem, and makes it her mission with her two friends to find out what has actually happened. Through the zooming of the camera, Eve records the whole seen. They then decide to go back to their hotel and research into the disaster.

End

With the taste of metal in their mouth, they soon realise it is an effect of radiation poisoning. One by one, they started noticing people in the surrounding area being poisoned by the invisible enemy. Stunned by what they have discovered, they attempt to inform the others to evacuate. With it all undercover, Eve, Connor and Racheal try to expose the government to the town, Kuma which were lied to and told was a minor incident. They quickly realise that this isn’t just a mission to uncover the government, but a fight for survival also.

They notice only the elite are able to get hold of antidotes of which have been given to them by officials. The rest of the residents in the town are given no information about the effects of the explosion, no antidotes or any clue as to what is actually causing people to suddenly fall ill and die. Rachael is the only one who can afford a suit that protects her from the radiation she was exposed to. After offering to share with the group, they decide to give it to Rachael, knowing fully well they are not going to survive. Eve and Connor have full faith in Rachael to carry out the mission single handily.  Instead, they stay at their hotel and ring up Rachael, giving her advice, research they have found and downloading any footage they have recorded to upload to the internet as part of their plot to uncover the government.

Found out by officials, the government has learnt that the three students are attempting to challenge them. Whilst being hunted down by officials, Rachael teams up with a scientist and records the amount of radiation in the atmosphere and records it to send over to her two friends. As they continue posting evidence online, Rachael is informed by the pair that the police are nearly where she is to arrest her.

Conclusion

Her two friends; Eve and Connor recover footage and release it to the world before she is hunted down and arrested. Eve and Connor soon after die to the amount of radiation they were exposed to.