The Voicemail from Tomorrow
The film
Storyboard
Scene 1
2 shots · 12sShot 1 · establishing · 6s
Emma is alone in her modern apartment at night when her phone, displaying her own number, begins to receive a mysterious voicemail.
Shot 2 · over-shoulder · 6s
Emma plays the voicemail and hears her own voice warning her not to go home that night. The message is dated three days in the future.
- Emma: Don't go home tonight.
Scene 2
1 shot · 8sShot 3 · close-up · 8s
Emma checks the timestamp again and realizes that the voicemail truly came from the future.
Scene 3
1 shot · 8sShot 4 · wide · 8s
That evening, Emma returns to her apartment despite the warning and stands just inside the modern living room, still carrying the knowledge of the future voicemail.
Scene 4
2 shots · 18sShot 5 · reaction · 8s
Someone suddenly knocks on Emma's apartment door. She looks toward it, unable to see who is outside.
Shot 6 · insert · 10s
Emma looks at her phone and discovers another voicemail from her own number while the knocking continues at the door.
Scene 5
2 shots · 14sShot 7 · close-up · 6s
Emma plays the second voicemail and hears her own voice tell her that she did not listen. She slowly looks toward the apartment door.
- Emma: You didn't listen.
- Not rendered yet
Shot 8 · wide · 8s
The knocking suddenly stops. Emma remains facing the apartment door, and the silence becomes more frightening than the sound.
Scene 6
1 shot · 6s- Not rendered yet
Shot 9 · reaction · 6s
Emma remains facing the apartment door in the silence, and the image cuts to black before the audience can learn who is outside.
The story
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“Emma is a 24-year-old woman living alone in a modern apartment. One night, Emma receives a mysterious voicemail from her own phone number. The voicemail is dated three days in the future. Emma is confused and plays the message. She hears her own voice warning her not to go home that night. Emma checks the timestamp again and realizes the message really came from the future. That evening, Emma returns to her apartment. Someone suddenly knocks on her door. Emma looks at her phone. Another voicemail has arrived from her own number. She plays it and hears her own voice telling her that she did not listen. Emma slowly looks toward the apartment door. The knocking suddenly stops. The screen cuts to black. Text on screen: "Would you have listened?"”
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