Final Synopsis

Oblivious

A family home on Christmas day. The family members wake up and run downstairs to the living room. They gather around the Christmas tree. The dad (Adam) begins to cough loudly to get everyone’s attention. He picks up a small wrapped gift and holds it up in the air as he waits for silence. He announces that the present is for the youngest (Katie, 12) and she joins him to open it. She kisses both of her parents (Rachel and Adam) on the check and the present opening session continues. The family begin to open the presents when the mother realises her eldest daughter (Melanie, 24) hasn’t come down and goes to call her. Mel is in the bathroom and applies the finishing touches to her make up. She turns around to straighten her dress when she see’s something suspicious poking out of the bathroom bin. She bends down to pick it up. She looks at what it says when the mother begins to bang on the bathroom door. The eldest hides it back in the bin and lets her mother in. The mother has finished doing her hair and goes to spray it with hair spray. She shakes the can and sprays but nothing comes out. She shakes it again a few more times and sprays but it is completely empty so she drops it down into the bathroom bin. Upon its fall it knocks a few things out of the bin onto the floor. She looks down to see what has fallen on the floor. She picks up the same item that Melanie did and looks at what it says. She hides it back into the bin and leaves. The mum (Rachel) is now cutting vegetables in the kitchen when Melanie comes in and pours herself a glass of wine. The rest of the family are in the living room playing twister. Melanie joins them in that room but does not join in with the game; she stares at the youngest who is content. The family are then gathered around the dinner table finishing up there Christmas dinner, whilst the others open there crackers and tell the jokes. The family fun at the table soon turns into tension as the mother and the eldest argue. There is then an awkward silence at the table and the family members all look at each other in confusion. Katie stands and reveals. The family are shocked and angry as she heads to her room in frustration. They all look at each other shocked and sad that the family fun day has be destroyed as Katie has let them down.