Logline: When mother nature unexpectedly calls, a distressed teenager seeks desperately for a toilet.
Genre: Comedy
“Storytelling is about using both words and images. And the gaps between them. As effectively as possible.” – Ben Slater
Inspired by my personal experience of being trapped in a MRT breakdown in the middle of 2 stations with a strong urge to take a shit. The emotions and anguish I felt then is portrayed in this short photo slideshow.
Based loosely on the 3 act structure:
Act 1: Novel is being called by mother nature so he rushes to find toilet. He found one but its cubicles are full.
Act 2: Novel goes to find another toilet, sees hope then sneaks into the female toilet. He does his business while he flashbacks on a cup of milk that he drank that was probably spoilt. Upon finishing his business, he realises that there is no toilet paper.
Act 3: Novel seeks help but to no avail. He finds a used piece of tissue and used it, then he escapes the toilet successfully.
Twist: Novel is seen at home mugging for school. Distracted by work, he gulps down a full cup of milk only to realise after that it is the same spoilt milk that he had drank earlier that day.