Who is this mysterious man in goggles and a red scarf and what has happened to him? We are left to decide this for ourselves as the short film begins and he is inspecting the wreckage of a car, as a viewer we assume that he has survived a car crash. Help is at hand in the form of a friendly driver who stops and offers him a lift.

spiked hair, mirrored, steel rimmed goggles hid his eyes. His blood-red scarf covered his face and fluttered as if held by a stiff breeze –but in this arid place, as the full power of the sun beat down, there was no breeze.

Who is this mysterious man in goggles and a red scarf and what has happened to him? We are left to decide this for ourselves as the short film begins and he is inspecting the wreckage of a car, as a viewer we assume that he has survived a car crash. Help is at hand in the form of a friendly driver who stops and offers him a lift.

Road's End is my thesis film completed at Ringling College of Art + Design. I was responsible for all areas of the film, including the development of the sto...

• Who is the man in the red scarf? • Who is the man in the goggles? • What is going to happen next? • Why does he not get injured in the crashes?

Road end . The man spun the wheel with his finger. The dust blew around him as he turned to the noise of car as it stopped next to him. The stranger stood silently by the side of the old rusty car. The driver of the car asked if the stranger wanted a lift. Without speaking the oddly dressed stranger climbed into the car beside him.

You are going to tell the story of Road’s End from the perspective of Red Scarf. You will need to write in present tense and first person, just as in resource 4a. Look at the way the text starts and ends with the same sentences. Why is this written in this way? What does it show? Why is there no dialogue? Look at how the ‘power of 3’ has

scarf? The scene is a dusty, desert and appears quite remote. There has been a terrible car crash and most people assume the man in the scarf was in the crash, yet there is something sinister and unnerving about him. Write the beginning of the story, setting the scene but suggesting there is something sinister about the man.

A road that didn’t know where to go roamed blindly. Rocks that extended over the landscape like someone had accidentally spilt them. It was always silent but that was disturbed when the roar of an engine turned the corner.