Treatment for substance abuse PSA video
Scene starts with a picture frame of a couple. In the background, a guy is smoking. He takes alcohol and drugs excessively. He hallucinates and sees a girl. The sight of her makes him stressed. He takes even more drugs to make her go away. | Scene: 1 Characters: Guy (Wilson), Girl (Angela) Location: Dark bedroom Properties: Picture frame, cigarettes, alcohol bottles, wine glass, pills, flour, mirror, card, paper |
The guy’s mother comes into the room to sweep the floor. As she sweeps the floor, she comes across a bag of drugs. She feels disappointed and leaves the room. | Scene: 2 Character: Woman Location: Dark bedroom Properties: Broom, plastic bags containing pills and flour |
The mother and father sit on the sofa. The father calls the guy to come. The mother puts the drugs on the table. Father: Explain. Guy: I just want to have some fun. Mother: You don’t look like you’re having fun. Guy: I saw her.. Father: You need help. Guy: (Nods) | Scene: 3 Characters: Woman, man, Guy (Wilson) Location: Living room Properties: Plastic bags containing pills and flour |
Guy walks into a rehabilitation centre with a luggage bag. His mother cries. His father comforts her while looking at the Guy. | Scene: 4 Characters: Woman, man, Guy (Wilson) Location: Taylor’s Health Services Centre Properties: Luggage bag |
He puts the luggage bag in the room in rehab centre and looks around. On the bedside table is a book that says “12 Steps of Becoming Sober”. He picks it up, flips a page, but closes it again. | Scene: 5 Characters: Guy (Wilson) Location: Bright bedroom Properties: Luggage bag, book |
He suffers severe withdrawal syndrome. He vomits profusely and craves for alcohol and drugs. | Scene: 6 Character: Guy (Wilson) Location: Suriamas toilet Properties: Vomit-looking substance |
He tries to replace the craving with cigarettes and coffee. They don’t satisfy the craving. He gets frustrated and plans to quit the treatment and get out of the rehabilitation centre. | Scene 7: Character: Guy (Wilson) Location: D3.19 Properties: Cigarettes, coffee cup, teapot, |
He walks in to his room. He throws away “12 Steps of Becoming Sober” book. He packs his bag. A staff informs him that he has a visitor. | Scene: 8 Character: Guy (Wilson), staff (Elise) Location: Bright room Properties: Luggage bag, book |
His old drug dealer friend visits him. He persuades him to stop trying to be better. He hands Guy with some cocaine. | Scene: 9 Characters: Guy (Wilson), drug dealer (Allen) Location: D3.19 Properties: Plastic bag containing flour |
His old drug dealer friend visits him. He persuades him to stop trying to be better. He hands Guy with some cocaine. | Scene: 9 Characters: Guy (Wilson), drug dealer (Allen) Location: D3.19 Properties: Plastic bag containing flour |
He takes the drugs and goes to his room. He snorts the cocaine and the hallucination appears. He asks her if she is a ghost or a hallucination. She says she is neither; she is the manifestation of guilt in him. Flashback <The girl was his girlfriend. She didn’t start out to be an addict. Guy is in room snorting cocaine. Girl comes in and is shock. She tries to stop him from taking drugs but he said it’s hard to quit. So she tried to prove him that it’s easy to quit by taking some pills. | Scene: 10 Characters: Guy (Wilson), Girl (Angela) Location: Bright room Properties: Flour, mirror, card, paper Scene: 11 Characters: Guy (Wilson), Girl (Angela) Location: Dark room Properties: Flour, mirror, card, paper, pills |
They are having fun and taking pills together. He is smoking. She snorts cocaine. She overdosed and dies. He tries to rouse her, but unsuccessful. He clutches her and screams in pain.> | Scene: 12 Characters: Guy (Wilson), Girl (Angela) Location: Dark room Properties: Flour, mirror, card, paper, pills Costume: Different than Scene 11 |
He doesn’t want to end up like her or feel guilty and decides to stay clean and sober for good. He throws away the drug. He picks up “12 Steps to Becoming Sober”. The hallucination disappears | Scene: 13 Character: Guy (Wilson) Location: Bright room Properties: Flour, mirror, card, paper, book Costume: Same as Scene 10 |
The drug dealer visits him. He offers him drugs again but this time he refuses. | Scene: 14 Characters: Guy (Wilson), Drug dealer (Allen) Location D3.19 Properties: Bag containing flour |
He wears nicer clothes and looks healthy. He walks out of the rehabilitation centre. His parents hug him. | Scene: 15 Characters: Guy (Wilson), Man, Woman Location: Taylor’s Health Services Centre Properties: - |
Same frame as the beginning of the video. Picture frame of Guy and Girl. In the background, Guy ties a tie, grabs a briefcase and walks out of the room. | Scene: 16 Character: Guy (Wilson) Location: Dark room (now looks brighter and cleaner) Property: Briefcase |