THE EXAMPLE

This project was selected for Directorʼs UK & Arri “Challenge Alexa”, a showcase for the Alexa camera at London Film Festival 2012.

GENRE: Drama
LENGTH: 11mins
DIRECTOR: Jennifer Perrott
PRODUCERS: Jiao Chen, Eleanor Winkler
DOP: David Gribble
SHOOT GAUGE: Digital HD
MAJOR SPONSORS: Arri, Panavision, Cutting Edge

At a city train station two strangers – a businessman and a young woman engage in witty intellectual banter while waiting for a delayed train. Suddenly they realise an unseen stranger has just left behind a briefcase on the platform nearby. A careless mistake or a calculated plan? The briefcase becomes the bone of contention that changes their tune. Do they tell someone? Should they leave the station in case itʼs a… Tension escalates; paranoia boils over, self-preservation spawns prejudice as a profound battle between human fear and the concern for political correctness is waged on the train platform.