All We Wanted (2024) — AI Story Visualization

Plot Analysis Summary

A struggling film team pursues funding, but the promise of a production deal gives way to distrust, violence, and unresolved suspicions.

Story Structure — 4 Plot Phases

A Film Without Funding

The filmmaking team faces a failed financing round, then receives renewed interest from prospective investors. The opportunity brings uncertainty about the offer and the changes attached to it.

Key Events

• Financing Falls Through — The filmmaking team struggles after an earlier round of financing falls through. Characters: Will Hayes, Syd Hayes, Mike Parker Location: Unspecified
• Investors Renew Interest — Prospective investors renew their interest in funding the film. Characters: Will Hayes, Syd Hayes, Mike Parker Location: Unspecified
• The Team Weighs the Offer — The colleagues debate whether the investors' offer is too good to be true. Characters: Will Hayes, Syd Hayes, Mike Parker Location: Unspecified
• Dinner Meeting Proposed — The investors propose dinner and a meeting about production and budget. Characters: Will Hayes, Syd Hayes, Mike Parker Location: Unspecified

The Price of the Deal

Potential casting and project changes intensify tensions between Syd and Mike. Will weighs the possibility of moving the film forward against Syd's doubts about the cost.

Key Events

• Casting Changes Raise Tensions — Project changes, including a possible new second lead, deepen tension between Syd and Mike. Characters: Syd Hayes, Mike Parker Location: Unspecified
• Syd Questions the Cost — Syd questions whether accepting the deal is worth its cost as Will weighs his doubts. Characters: Will Hayes, Syd Hayes Location: Unspecified

Dinner Turns Bitter

The investors host the filmmakers, and Grace speaks with Will while Syd grows wary. Disagreements over the production erupt into a confrontation, leaving the group divided.

Key Events

• Investors Host Dinner — The hosts welcome the filmmakers for dinner and discussion. Characters: Will Hayes, Syd Hayes, Mike Parker, Grace Edison, Linda Edison, Marshall Edison Location: Dinner venue
• Grace Speaks with Will — Grace talks with Will about how he presents himself to others. Characters: Will Hayes, Grace Edison Location: Dinner venue
• Syd Grows Uneasy — Syd becomes uneasy about whether the investors will look out for the filmmakers. Characters: Syd Hayes, Will Hayes Location: Dinner venue
• Private Conversation — One of the hosts pulls a guest aside for a private conversation. Characters: Grace Edison, Linda Edison, Marshall Edison Location: Dinner venue
• Production Dispute Erupts — Disagreements about the movie become a bitter confrontation. Characters: Syd Hayes, Mike Parker, Will Hayes Location: Investors' meeting
• The Team Leaves Divided — Syd accuses Mike of disregarding others' work, and the group leaves unsettled. Characters: Will Hayes, Syd Hayes, Mike Parker Location: Investors' meeting

Trapped After the Attack

Masked attackers arrive, leaving the survivors trapped with Mike wounded and their phones unusable. The group tries to reach a kitchen alarm, but further attacks separate them and leave the danger unresolved.

Key Events

• Masked Attackers Arrive — Masked attackers arrive; the survivors are trapped, Mike is wounded, and their phones are unusable. Characters: Will Hayes, Syd Hayes, Mike Parker, Grace Edison Location: Unspecified
• Grace Found Hiding — Grace is found hiding, prompting an argument over whether she can be trusted. Characters: Will Hayes, Syd Hayes, Grace Edison Location: Unspecified
• Kitchen Alarm Attempt — After learning the kitchen alarm could summon police, the survivors make a chaotic attempt to reach it. Characters: Will Hayes, Syd Hayes, Mike Parker Location: Kitchen
• Survivors Are Separated — Further attacks disrupt the alarm attempt and separate people from one another. Characters: Will Hayes, Syd Hayes, Mike Parker, Grace Edison Location: Unspecified
• Edisons Suspected — The survivors fear the Edisons arranged the assault, but the attackers' identity remains unresolved. Characters: Will Hayes, Syd Hayes, Mike Parker, Grace Edison, Linda Edison, Marshall Edison Location: Unspecified

Story Breakdown

• Funding Setback — The team must reconsider how to make its film after its earlier financing fails.
  • Financing Falls Through — An earlier round of financing collapses.
  • Investors Return — Prospective investors renew their interest in the project.
• Questionable Offer — The filmmakers debate whether the renewed investment is worth pursuing.
  • Offer Under Scrutiny — Will and his colleagues question whether the offer is too good to be true.
  • Dinner Proposed — The investors invite the team to discuss production and budget over dinner.
• Production Tensions — Changes to the film and its casting strain working relationships.
  • Casting Changes — The possibility of a new second lead adds complications.
  • Syd Challenges Mike — Syd accuses Mike of failing to recognize others' work.
• Uneasy Dinner — The investors' gathering mixes courteous conversation with growing suspicion.
  • Grace Talks with Will — Grace discusses how Will presents himself to others.
  • Syd Distrusts the Deal — Syd doubts that the investors will look out for the filmmakers.
• Meeting Confrontation — Disagreements about the production erupt and leave the team divided.
  • Private Conversation — One host pulls a guest aside for a private conversation.
  • The Team Leaves — The group departs unsettled after the argument.
• Attack and Entrapment — Masked attackers turn the gathering into a dangerous struggle for survival.
  • Phones Unusable — The trapped survivors cannot use their phones, and Mike is wounded.
  • Grace Found Hiding — The survivors discover Grace hiding and debate whether to trust her.
• Unresolved Accusation — A failed attempt to reach help ends with the survivors' suspicions unconfirmed.
  • Kitchen Alarm Attempt — The survivors try to reach an alarm that could summon police.
  • Edisons Suspected — The survivors fear the Edisons are behind the assault, but the truth remains unknown.

Directed by

Chris Dickerson

Key Cast

• Patrick A. Grover — Will Hayes
• Ammie Masterson — Syd Hayes
• Xavier Alvarado — Brian Levi
• Cetiera Carmona — Michelle Hayes
• Maurice Moore — Mike Parker