Synopsis

Awaken-
The beginning sequence of 'Awaken' begins with flashbacks of the character Jason Dallas, a young caretaker- the father of the little girl who plays a main role in this film, named Kayleigh. These flashbacks include fast cuts of the little girl, set in dark surroundings. The flashbacks then transport to past memories that these two characters held together including old photographs, along with ambient sounds of the girls laughter, where both Jason and Kayleigh appear content. 

Directly after these memories are shown, a clock appears in this flashback reading 3:25 am. We then hear a loud ringing noise, which takes us to an extreme close up of character Jason waking up in a dark room, he appears startled and sits up quickly, breathing heavily. The character then looks up in despair at the clock, which also reads 3:25. The camera pans around the room that Jason is sat in, and returns to the character sitting up, clearly distraught with his hands clasping his head. We are then shocked by the reappearance of loud ringing, which ends with a flash. We are then transported to Jason's room, where we see the character of Kayleigh- a young girl, wearing a night dress, standing in the corner of this room staring into Jason's eyes. We hear a sudden whimper of the character Jason as the opening credits come to an end, the screen then fades to black. 

The film then transports to a time before the disastrous event of Kayleigh's death that leaves all of the family in despair- when the characters seemed both happy and fearless, when no deep secrets were yet uncovered. We see the character of Jason dropping his daughter to school, then showing him returning home. In the next scene, Jason is shown drinking excessesive amounts of alcohol, smoking a cigarette, gazing at old photographs of his wife. This reveals to the audience that this character is suffering from alcoholism, in result of the death of his wife (Kayleighs mother). Jason and his wife Fleur had been lovers since the age of only 17, however his wife died due to the birth of kayleigh, which left Jason with an unintentional resentment towards his daughter.  

Drunk and stumbling, Jason angrily picks up Kayleigh from school hours later than intended, she's left waiting outside the school building in the rain and it is now dark. With no sympathy he drags her into the car, reminiscing on past memories with his wife. He drives out of control  under the influence of alcohol and an increasing sense of anger. whilst kayleigh is screaming for him to stop the car. Soon after the characters find themselves caught up in a devastating car accident- young Kayleigh found dead. This is when the film takes a haunting twist as Kayleigh's death punishes Jason in various ways. We see the character of Kayleigh's return to get revenge on her father, making his life hell.