Solace (2018) — AI Story Visualization

Plot Analysis Summary

The story follows Sole and Jasmine as family responsibilities, creative ambitions, and hidden vulnerabilities strain their friendship.

Story Structure — 4 Plot Phases

Care and Uncertain Plans

Sole cares for her seriously ill father while considering a trip to Sierra Leone with her professor. She struggles to balance the opportunity with her responsibilities at home.

Key Events

• Sole Cares for Her Father — Sole cares for her seriously ill father and weighs her family responsibilities against her plans. Characters: Sole Location: Unspecified
• A Trip to Sierra Leone — Sole considers traveling to Sierra Leone with her professor, Dr. Helene Kanem. Characters: Sole Location: Unspecified
• Sole Weighs Her Choices — Sole worries about leaving her father after already taking time off to care for him. Characters: Sole Location: Unspecified
• Jasmine Shapes PMS — Jasmine develops an art-and-activism project connecting local youth violence with hardships faced by children in Africa. Characters: Jasmine Location: Unspecified

Jasmine's Project Takes Shape

Jasmine tries to build PMS into an art-and-activism project and hopes to use it in an application. She struggles to communicate her ideas and describes herself and her friends as a motherless trio.

Key Events

• Jasmine Feels Misunderstood — Jasmine struggles to explain her project while friends urge her to draw and make music. Characters: Jasmine Location: Unspecified
• The Motherless Trio — Jasmine calls herself and her friends a motherless trio, connecting their lives to loss. Characters: Jasmine Location: Unspecified
• Jasmine and Irene Clash — Jasmine and Irene clash over belief, independence, and Jasmine's choices. Characters: Jasmine, Irene Location: Unspecified
• Clay Criticizes Jasmine — Clay criticizes Jasmine's views, deepening their disagreement. Characters: Jasmine, Clay (Pastor Davis) Location: Unspecified

A Protest and an Apology

Jasmine's disagreements with Irene and Clay reflect conflicts over her beliefs and choices. Her protest outside Clay's church provokes anger, after which she apologizes to Sole and admits how much the project matters to her.

Key Events

• Clay Criticizes Jasmine — Clay criticizes Jasmine's views, deepening their disagreement. Characters: Jasmine, Clay (Pastor Davis) Location: Unspecified
• Protest Outside the Church — Jasmine stages a provocative protest outside Clay's church, provoking anger and threats of police involvement. Characters: Jasmine, Clay (Pastor Davis) Location: Outside Clay's church
• Jasmine Apologizes — Jasmine apologizes to Sole and admits she wanted PMS to work. Characters: Jasmine, Sole Location: Unspecified
• Sole Supports Jasmine — Sole comes to support Jasmine, and their friendship includes intimate, awkward exchanges. Characters: Sole, Jasmine Location: Unspecified

Trust Under Strain

Jasmine becomes a scholarship audition candidate after submitting footage that includes Sole's work without permission. Sole's unusual eating regimen and Jasmine's search through her belongings culminate in a confrontation that remains unresolved.

Key Events

• A Tease About Guedado — Jasmine teases Sole about Guedado's apparent interest in her. Characters: Sole, Jasmine, Guedado Location: Unspecified
• Jasmine Submits Footage — Jasmine submits footage and becomes a scholarship audition candidate, having used Sole's footage without permission. Characters: Jasmine, Sole Location: Unspecified
• Sole's Energy Cleanse — Sole avoids food and describes her regimen as an energy cleanse. Characters: Sole Location: Unspecified
• The Friendship Breaks Open — Sole discovers Jasmine searched her belongings and found her pills; they confront one another, and the outcome remains unresolved. Characters: Sole, Jasmine Location: Unspecified

Story Breakdown

• Sole's Family Dilemma — Sole considers an overseas trip while caring for her seriously ill father.
  • Father's Illness — Sole has taken time off to care for her seriously ill father.
  • Trip Decision — Sole worries about leaving her father while considering the Sierra Leone trip.
• Jasmine's Creative Project — Jasmine works to shape PMS into an art-and-activism project and hopes it will support an application.
  • Activism Through Art — Jasmine wants to connect violence affecting local young people with hardships faced by children in Africa.
  • Struggling to Explain — Jasmine finds it difficult to make her ideas understood.
• Loss and Belonging — Jasmine describes a shared sense of loss among herself and her friends.
  • Motherless Trio — Jasmine calls herself and her friends a motherless trio.
  • Friends' Encouragement — Her friends urge her to draw and make music.
• Clashes Over Belief — Jasmine's choices and views bring her into conflict with Irene and Clay.
  • Grandmother's Disagreement — Jasmine and Irene clash over belief, independence, and Jasmine's choices.
  • Pastor's Criticism — Clay criticizes Jasmine's views.
• The Church Protest — Jasmine's protest escalates tensions and is followed by an apology to Sole.
  • Provocative Protest — Jasmine protests outside Clay's church, provoking anger and threats of police involvement.
  • Apology to Sole — Jasmine apologizes and admits she wanted PMS to work.
• Friendship and Attraction — Sole supports Jasmine, and Jasmine teases her about Guedado's apparent interest.
  • Sole's Support — Sole comes to support Jasmine after the protest.
  • Guedado Tease — Jasmine teases Sole about Guedado's apparent interest in her.
• Audition and Betrayal — Jasmine's audition opportunity becomes entangled with her unauthorized use of Sole's footage.
  • Scholarship Candidate — Jasmine submits footage and becomes a scholarship audition candidate.
  • Footage Without Permission — Jasmine used Sole's footage without asking permission.
• An Unresolved Confrontation — Sole's behavior and Jasmine's intrusion into her belongings bring the friendship to a breaking point.
  • Energy Cleanse — Sole avoids food and calls her regimen an energy cleanse.
  • Pills Discovered — Sole learns Jasmine searched her belongings and found her pills; their confrontation has no stated resolution.

Directed by

Tchaiko Omawale

Key Cast

• Hope Olaidé Wilson — Sole
• Chelsea Tavares — Jasmine
• Sydney Bennett — DJ Erica (as Sydney Bennett)
• Lynn Whitfield — Irene
• Luke Rampersad — Guedado