Eddi’s Journey is a short film about a small character learning that equality, diversity and inclusion are things a place does, not things it prints on a poster.
The brief came from LCC’s Equality, Diversity and Inclusion team: make a short film that carries EDI principles to the LCC community without lecturing anyone. We answered with Eddi, a small non-human guide who arrives at LCC as a complete outsider and slowly finds a way in. The name is the whole idea — E, D, I, told through one character moving across campus, with the three letters built from the cyan, magenta and yellow of print.
We worked as a cross-discipline team of five, and my part was the writing. I shaped the scene structure and turned it into the formalised script, so the rest of the team had a clear, shootable spine to animate, design and edit against. The structure stays deliberately simple: three values, eight scenes, one continuous arc from locked out to standing up.
EDI principles
Character-led
Three values, one arc
Written to be shot
Plain, not preachy
Collaboration — Group 4H, order non-hierarchical
- Fiona DuIllustration · character design
- Tinu OgunmefunGraphic · motion & editing
- Yi (Alyssa) QuUX · research & sound
- Joshua Landell-JacksonArt direction · creative framing
My contribution — Jack (UX)
I owned the script. I broke the film into a scene-by-scene structure, mapped each beat to one of the three EDI values, then wrote the formalised screenplay the team produced from. Simple job, clearly defined: give a stop-motion film a spine that reads on the page before it is ever shot.
Scene structureScreenwritingNarrative spineTone principles
01
Structure the draft
Before any dialogue, I laid the film out as a grid. Eight scenes, split across the three values, with each beat tracked on four things: the set-up the camera sees, Eddi’s inner thought, the on-screen action, and the line, if any. Keeping thought and action in separate columns kept the emotion legible and stopped the script from explaining itself.
Equality
Scenes 01–02 · getting through the door
01LCC Main Entrance
Set-upEXT. LCC main entrance. Students flow in and out; Eddi hovers outside, watching the motion, wanting to enter.
ThoughtI want to get inside…
ActionEddi reaches the information desk, finds a scattered pile of ID cards. One glows softly; Eddi picks it up and it absorbs in a surge of light.
DialogueOfficer: “With this card, everyone gets the same chance at LCC.”
02Digital Workshop
Set-upINT. digital workshop, continuous. Students use different tools and tech; Eddi drifts through, curious.
ThoughtI want to learn these skills… but I need more foundation.
ActionEddi follows the library sign deeper inside.
DialogueNone — carried by action.
Diversity
Scenes 03–05 · difference, and a way in
03Library Bookshelves
Set-upINT. library. Eddi scans a bookshelf for the “right book”.
ThoughtMaybe I need to talk to someone…?
ActionEddi pauses, uncertain.
04Group Discussion Area
Set-upINT. group discussion area. A group of students brainstorm together; Eddi stays at the edge, wanting to join but frozen.
ThoughtI want to join… but I don’t know how to speak up.
ActionEddi hovers at the edge, expression turning anxious, and steps back.
DialogueEddi: “…how do I even join in?”
05Finding Support
Set-upINT. same area, later.
ThoughtI just need a way in.
ActionEddi spots a glowing sticky note on a bulletin board and absorbs it, like the card. A blank note flickers into hand; Eddi writes an idea and adds it to the group’s board.
DialogueEddi: “I can use this!”
Inclusion
Scenes 06–08 · support, and standing up
06Preparing a Presentation
Set-upMONTAGE, short. Eddi works on a project, then has to present it, and hesitates, nervous.
ThoughtPresenting to others… this is so hard.
ActionEddi searches for help and finds the Academic Support room.
DialogueEddi: “Presenting to others… this is so hard.”
07Academic Support
Set-upINT. classroom. An Academic Support Officer coaches Eddi.
ThoughtI’m improving — posture, voice, confidence.
ActionEddi practices, steadier on each take.
DialogueEddi: “I can do this!”
08Final Presentation
Set-upINT. presentation space. Eddi stands before a small audience.
ActionA deep breath; Eddi smiles, prepared.
DialogueEddi: “…(inhale)… I’m ready.”
02
Formalise the script
From the grid I wrote the shootable version: standard screenplay format, slug lines, action and dialogue. Inner thoughts became spoken lines or were folded into what the camera sees, so the team could read a scene once and know exactly what to build. Same eight scenes, same three values, now in a form a director and editor can work from.
01 — EXT. LCC MAIN ENTRANCE — DAY
Students flow in and out. Eddi hovers outside, watching the motion, wanting to enter.
EDDI
I want to get inside…
Eddi approaches the information desk and notices a scattered pile of ID cards. A card glows softly; Eddi picks it up and it absorbs in with a small surge of light.
INFORMATION DESK OFFICER
With this card, everyone gets the same chance at LCC.
Eddi steps forward, encouraged.
02 — INT. DIGITAL WORKSHOP — CONTINUOUS
Students use different tools and tech. Eddi wanders curiously, drawn to the activity.
EDDI
I want to learn these skills… but I need more foundation.
Eddi follows the library sign inside.
03 — INT. LIBRARY — DAY
Eddi browses a bookshelf, scanning for the “right book.”
EDDI
Maybe I need to talk to someone…?
Eddi pauses, uncertain.
04 — INT. GROUP DISCUSSION AREA — DAY
A group of students chat, brainstorming together. Eddi stays at the edge, wanting to join but frozen.
EDDI
I want to join… but I don’t know how to speak up.
Eddi looks anxious, stepping back.
05 — INT. SAME AREA — LATER
Eddi looks around and spots a glowing sticky note on a bulletin board. It pulses gently. Eddi touches it and it absorbs in, just like the card.
Eddi returns to the discussion circle, clutching the glowing note. A new blank one flickers into hand — Eddi writes a quick idea and places it on the group’s board. The students notice, nodding. Eddi adds another, and the group naturally opens space for Eddi to join in.
06 — MONTAGE: PREPARING A PRESENTATION
Eddi works on a project. Eddi practices speaking, but struggles. Eddi hesitates, frustrated.
EDDI
Presenting to others… this is so hard.
Eddi searches for help and finds the Academic Support room.
07 — INT. CLASSROOM — DAY
An Academic Support Officer coaches Eddi. Eddi practices posture, voice, confidence.
08 — INT. PRESENTATION SPACE — DAY
Eddi stands before a small audience. A deep breath.
EDDI
…(inhale)… I’m ready.
Eddi smiles, prepared.
The whole film rests on one small idea: belonging is something you build scene by scene, not something you are handed at the door.
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