The Paradox – Sci Fi Time Travel Short Film – by Jacob DeSio (filmed on the Canon C300 mkii)
# The Paradox – Sci Fi Time Travel Short Film – by Jacob DeSio
## The Night That Changed Everything
If you are reading this message it means I failed and I didn’t save them. I can’t remember my parents’ faces anymore. My Mother and Father are just a blur in all of my memories. There are so many things in my life I regret, and they all start that night – the night they were taken from me. My heart hurts without them. But what happens if I fail?
## A Mysterious Revelation
(BANGING ON DOOR) Hey… It’s been a while. Jeff we really need to talk. You wanna come in? No! I found something… something you really need to see. What is this about Allen? Our Parents. This is it. What is it? I’ll show you.
## The Discovery of a Lifetime
(branch breaks) Jeff, get over here! This is important! Close your eyes. Humor me. Remember that day when our moms took us to the lake? We were skipping stones while they talked. Light shimmering off the water. When you go through the tunnel, you experience the most horrible and enjoyable sensations in a moment. And just when you think you can’t take anymore – it’s over.
## The Decision to Change Fate
What the fuck did you just do to me? Relax. I didn’t do anything. Look. Where are we? Don’t you remember? How… is this possible? I don’t know how the tunnel works, I just know that it does. As far as I can tell, it takes you to wherever you think of. Well – to the closest tunnel to it. Why did you bring me here? Would you have believed me if I told you I found a tunnel that could do this? Jeff. We can save them. I know! I know it sounds crazy, but we can do this!
## The Final Confrontation
I can’t do this – I can’t. I want my parents back! We don’t know anything! I know everything. I highly doubt that! His name is Roger Maywerth. He was some tweaker that had no connection to our families. The only thing that the police found on him was a phone book page with your dad’s name on – They are dead Allen! They’re dead! They found his dead body in your house, with one other unidentified body. Come on Jeff, I need you – our parents need you! There is just too much we don’t know!
## A Desperate Attempt to Rewrite History
What’s your plan? We go back, find Roger that night. Before he visits our parents. I know where he lives… The part of town nobody talks about. An area of town that was left to rot along with those who live there. A part of town where drugs and prostitution run rampant… This is where we’ll find Roger.
## The Final Showdown
Think you can just sneak up on me in my sleep, mother fucker? Jeff Hunter. Oh! Jeff! (Nose Breaking) Jeff! Jeff! Wait. Did you see me as a kid today!? As in this today!? Uh, ya why? I saw a man outside my window today. Who was he? It’s weird, he had a T-shirt with a – (LOUD BANG) He was some tweaker that had no connection to our families. My dad is Jeff Hunter Senior! He found my parents address in the phonebook!
## The Heart-Wrenching Conclusion
(SOBBING) (CRIES OUT) I want to see my parents again! (GROWLS) (GROWLS) (Yells) C’mon! Jeff! Uh! Jeff! ah! Jeff please – (AXE HIT SOUND) Jeff RUN! I’m going to fucking kill you! I already know how this ends. They find your dead body, not mine. I dreamt about this for fifteen years. But it won’t change a god damn thing! (TUNNEL SOUND)
In the end, faced with the ultimate choice of whether to rewrite history or accept the inevitable, the characters must confront their deepest desires and fears. The Paradox explores the complexities of time travel and the consequences of altering the past, leaving viewers questioning the true nature of fate and destiny.
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