SHORTS
BEFORE NIGHT FALLS
SYNOPSIS:
In a multi-dimensional reality it’s a beautiful summer day in New York’s Central Park.
A pair of Lovers dressed in circa 1940’s clothing catches the eye of an Artist working there. As the Lovers sit in the park enjoying one another the Artist sketches their portrait. The Artist seems incensed by his work and struggles to get it correct. An Old Woman stops and interrupts him, engaging him in conversation. But this is no ordinary artwork and he knows he must complete it and show it to the Lovers before nightfall. The Old Woman looks out into the distance but does not see his subjects and when he looks up again they are gone. The Artist is obsessed by the Lovers and pursues them thru the park missing them at every turn. The Lovers visit the Central Park Zoo and other locations in the park. Alone in their own world, they are oblivious to everyone, including the Artist.
In reality the Artist is from another time in a multi-dimensional reality come to right a wrong he made in the 1940’s. The wrongful death of these two lovers, now spirits that roam the park by day but must retreat into the lake by nightfall or risk losing their Eternity in Central Park.