Delivering (1993) — AI Story Visualization

Plot Analysis Summary

A dramatic short film about two brothers confronting the discovery that their mother has abandoned their family.

Story Structure — 4 Plot Phases

A Family Left Behind

The film establishes a family-centered dramatic situation. Its central premise concerns two brothers facing their mother's abandonment.

Key Events

• Family Abandonment Premise — The film follows two brothers on the day their mother abandons the family.
• Brothers Face the Day — The brothers experience the day in the immediate context of their mother's absence.

The Brothers' Shared Day

The narrative takes place during the day when the brothers confront the changed condition of their family. Their shared presence anchors the story.

Key Events

• Brothers Face the Day — The brothers experience the day in the immediate context of their mother's absence.
• Absence Becomes Clear — The brothers discover that their mother has abandoned the family.

The Abandonment Revealed

The brothers discover that their mother has abandoned the family. This discovery is the story's defining revelation and emotional turning point.

Key Events

• Absence Becomes Clear — The brothers discover that their mother has abandoned the family.
• Shared Emotional Consequences — The discovery places the brothers together within the family crisis.

Living With the Absence

The film remains focused on the consequences of the mother's absence for the brothers and their family situation. The dramatic resolution is shaped by this abandonment.

Key Events

• Shared Emotional Consequences — The discovery places the brothers together within the family crisis.
• Dramatic Aftermath — The short film closes its central dramatic situation around the mother's abandonment.

Story Breakdown

• Family Situation — The story begins with a family whose emotional stability is threatened by the mother's absence.
  • Brothers Together — The two brothers are the central figures of the day's events.
  • Mother Missing — The family situation is defined by the mother's departure.
• Shared Day — The film confines its main dramatic situation to the day when the family crisis becomes known.
  • A Single Day — The narrative takes place during one significant day.
  • Common Experience — The brothers encounter the family crisis together.
• Central Discovery — The brothers learn that their mother has abandoned the family.
  • Abandonment Revealed — The mother's abandonment becomes the central revelation.
  • Emotional Turning Point — The discovery changes the emotional meaning of the brothers' day.
• Brotherly Response — The brothers remain connected while confronting the consequences of the abandonment.
  • Shared Crisis — Both brothers are placed within the same family crisis.
  • Emotional Consequences — The discovery creates the film's central dramatic aftermath.

Directed by

Todd Field

Key Cast

• Ian Bohen — Jimmy Wakefield
• Justin Carmack — Chris Wakefield
• David Hayward — Dad
• Danni Wheeler — Dottie