Task: Story Composition
Input (English): Fact1: Jed is living with long-term girlfriend, Fact2: couple seeing Jed 's best friend regularly Marcus and girlfriend, Fact3: Cheryl turns him down because of lack of romantic chemistry in relationship, Fact4: Grimandi is shown to give us benefit of advice, Fact5: Marcus and new love leave London on Eurostar to Paris Jed lacks courage to tell Sophie of true feelings
Output (English): Two relationships in North London simultaneously draw to a close. Jed, a journalist is living with his longterm girlfriend, Cheryl, with the couple regularly seeing Jeds best friend Marcus and his girlfriend, Sophie. Compared to Marcus and Sophie, Jed and Cheryls relationship is tired and dysfunctional which Jed tries to put right by suggesting marriage. When he asks her, Cheryl turns him down because of the lack of romantic chemistry in their relationship. In the meantime, Jed is preparing to interview the pretentious French film writerdirector, Thierry Grimandi. Grimandi, who lives and works on the basis that he considers himself lucky firstly because I am French, secondly because I make movies, and thirdly because I understand love is shown regularly to give us the benefit of his advice. Jed and Cheryl turn to a relationship counseller but when asked if he loves Cheryl, Jed cant bring himself to say Yes, and instead covers up by saying of course, he loves her TO BITS. Cheryl is unimpressed as Jed cannot declare his love without adding a qualification, and as they begin to drift apart, she rediscovers the pleasures of being more independent. Jed looks to his friend, Marcus for help and for advice from Grimandi who tries to school him in the French philosophy of love. The scenes as Jed travels around London on his bicycle cleverly give the city an appearance of Paris. In the meantime, Marcus meets an old girlfriend, keen on travel, rediscovering his youth and finding that the flame between them burns as brightly as ever. He resolves to leave Sophie and go away with his old flame. Jed has long liked Sophie without realising that he was falling in love with her and even when Marcus and his new love leave London on the Eurostar to Paris, Jed lacks the courage to tell Sophie of his true feelings, even though she is aware of them herself. We see Jed undertaking the onstage interview with Thierry Grimandi, for which he has been preparing and only then does he begin to understand his own feelings as he listens to the film directors pontifications. Jed rushes off to see Sophie, who greets him warmly, whilst we see Cheryl enjoying her new independence. We are left to assume that all live happily ever after.......