Lunch Date - short film by Adam DavidsonYoutube Link
Plot Summary imdb.com:
At a railway station cafe, on Christmas eve, a white woman walks away from her table to get silverware. When she returns, she sees a black man eating her lunch. She shares her dinner with the stranger, and he gets coffee for the two of them. Not until he leaves does she look across the room and see that her own meal was on another table. The story derives from a classic urban legend, usually referred to as "A Packet of Biscuits" and circulating since 1972. The same plot was used in the Dutch film "Boeuf Bourgignon" (1988), although neither filmmaker was aware of the other film.
Class Notes:
The protagonist must be a strong character, capable of engaging in conflict: In this case the protagonist fights for her salad.
Theme: Social divide between race and class in the USA
There's obvious contrast between the protagonist and the characters she encounters, she is quite hostile towards them and looks down on them.
The character who steals the salad buys the protagonist a cup of tea: this has dramatic effect, bringing hope to the otherwise hostile seeming environmnet and situation.
Robert Mckee's
Three Levels of Conflict:
1. Intra - between others - USA race relations
2. Inter - Internal - her distorted view of others
3. Extra - The Environment - her conflict with the black guys
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