LUNA Narrative

The film opens with a slow zoom out from a radio at the breakfast table, with main character Jess eating breakfast at the table and her Mum doing stuff in the background. The news is reporting the case for missing girl Luna Williams, who went missing a three or four days ago and how the police have found no further evidence on the case. The news report is about Jess's cousin. Mum then turns the radio off and starts to complain about how the police are not doing enough to find her, etc. Jess doesn't speak.
There is a sequence of Jess's at school that day, which will be a series of shots of her seeming quite spaced out/low/lost in her own thoughts around school (in the hallways, by her locker, in class and at lunch). One of her friends at lunch tells her they've heard about her missing cousin Luna, and try to console her, telling her that if Jess ever wants to talk, she's here for her.
There is another sequence of Jess's evening at home, doing her work and getting ready for bed. Finally, she goes to sleep. There will be a shot of the moon visible through her bedroom window, almost full or full. Jess then has a dream in a forest. Luna is there and leads Jess to her body, and tells her to "Find her." Jess wakes up. She recognises the woods from her dream as she used to go there a lot when she was younger, but well over 10 years ago. She asks her Mum if she can remember the name of the woods they used to visit, and was just wondering because she had a dream about them last night and it made her wonder. Mum tells her - Dulwich Woods. Jess pretends to her Mum that she's going to school, but when she's outside she types in directions to Dulwich Woods. When she arrives she finds her way by remembering certain memorable places from her dream. We see her reaction to her finding the body, but we don't see the actual body of Luna. Final shot is of police tape around the trees in the area Luna's body was located, but it's quiet and no one is around. Cut to black and credits.

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