The Badger's Promise - Short Film Analysis using Narrative

A Summary of The Badger's Promise

This short film is about a group of males who are intoxicated by Magic Mushrooms and Marijuana when two of these men step outside to discover an intruder within the bushes outside their friend's home. When they both come to the conclusion that the intruder is an alien, one of the men gets a hold of a shotgun and shoots the creature when prompted by the other male. Soon afterwards, they discover that the 'supposed alien' was a dog where they then sprint into the house and begin to express the situation to their friends. They end up burying the dog in their garden and get on with their evening.

Narrative

The Equilibrium: The beginning of the film starts off with a group of men who have just eaten some sandwiches filled with Magic Mushrooms and they're watching TV waiting to experience the full effects of the drugs.