Thanks a lot guys. It was a lot of help. For those who it seemed unclear to. The point in the end is that the world fades away as Miles is dying. His consciousness is fading because of his brain hemorrhage. Lilly is just a figment in his imagination and a reflection of his happiness. Sometimes people believe a subconscious lie to make themselves feel better in a situation. Lilly is an extension of Miles. She fades away in the end because in reality, it is Miles who is dying (fading) as a result of a prior car accident. This is why she was hit, a subconscious memory within Miles.
The pain in his head is from the hemorrhages, but he doesn't know the cause. The monsters, everything turning to dark is a symbolism of the "lights going off". Essentially like a final good night. Death creeping up on him.
As the title is named "Summers of Arcadia" it is a representation of his perfect ideals. One that, like the perfection of Arcadia, does not exist. It remains in his head like a child's fantasy.
The problem seems to lie with my suspicion and Wright provides great points to this. My intentions for the story is not very clear and the symbolism is too heavily relied on for everyone to simply just get it. Everyone thinks and views things differently. More substance is needed so people can relate with it. 45 seconds indeed is too short to make you care for a character like Miles in this situation. The pathetic thing is... I know how to make it work for a hour and half film. More story, details, foreshadowing, and fleshing out the answers that lead up to the revelations and the finally "let it go". also love the idea of Lilly shutting Miles's eyes in a caring matter as Write also said.
I will definitely need to do some re-writes or come up with something more simplistic. On the flip-side. This may be a little too complicated to make in SFM fora first time school project.
