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Our piece is set in London, Hounslow in past tense and modern day. Sara Smith who is a pregnant woman in need of expenses borrows £50000 off a wealthy business man, Arthur Banks; however Sara is late on her payments and needs to pay the loan back. Sara Smith also has a husband called Marcus Smith who is very close to her; however he is unaware that she has to pay back a large amount of money. One day, Sara tells Marcus that she is going to see a friend, Marcus doesn't believe her as she tell goes out more frequently then usually. Sara then walks to the local park while Marcus is following her on a bike. Sara eventually ends up in the middle of the woods in the park where she is met by Arthur Banks and his two bodyguards. Arthur Banks then demands the loan she owes, however Sara wants Arthur to extend the deadline due to her pregnancy and other issues that she has occurring in her life. Arthur refuses, he then orders a bodyguard to shoot her in cold blood. This whole situation occurs while Marcus is watching from a distance. While Arthur walks away with his bodyguards, Marcus goes to the body of his dead wife and realises that she dropped her phone. He then puts it in his pocket, picks up Sara and walks away in tears. She is killed on the 17th of May in 2005. From looking at Sara's phone, Marcus sees the text message from Arthur Banks that initially demands £50000. Marcus then realises that his wife had a loan problem and plans out his plot to kill Arthur Banks. Ten years later, Marcus has managed to save up £50,000 with a minimum wage cleaning job. Marcus has planned to kill Arthur on Sara's tenth anniversary at her very grave on the 17th of May in 2005. Throughout the ten years Marcus has perfected his plan. He then gets Arthur's phone number from Sara's phone and texts him saying he got £50000 and for him to receive the payment Arthur must meet Marcus at the graveyard. Arthur comes to the graveyard with his two bodyguards; however the text he receives from Marcus previously states that he must come alone in order to receive his money. Arthur then goes to graveyard, only to find himself at gunpoint from Marcus. Marcus then explains how who he is, what his plan was for the last ten years and the pleasure he is getting from killing Arthur. However, Marcus notices a tattoo on Arthur's hand that reads "Madeline Smith". Marcus then questions Arthur about the tattoo. Arthur explains that the tattoo is the name of his wife that previously died of cancer. There is then a big twist, as Marcus had a mum that died of cancer also. Marcus then questions Arthur about the date of her death; Marcus knows that his mother died on the 14th of March in 1999. Shockingly Arthur replies with the exact same date. Marcus then asks Arthur about his name and why his second name is banks. He then replies by saying he changed his previous name to Arthur Banks to protect his identity as he had a criminal record before he became a business man. Marcus then asks what his previous name was, he replies with "George Smith". Marcus is now shocked as Arthur Banks may actually be his father who left him and Sara while they were still children. Marcus then suddenly says “Dad?” and the scene goes black and the piece is over. Our piece initially conforms to Todorovs Theory of films. In our thriller, Sara dies in the opening; therefore this is the disruption of the equilibrium. Later on, our film will carry on to Marcus revenge which is the attempt to restore the previous equilibrium. The equilibrium is not the same after his revenge however there is a new equilibrium.