 A preview to the eventual feature length film, "The Key" is the story of a boy s journey to learn about the grandfather he never knew, a revolutionary invention his grandfather never finished and a father who doesn t want to open the door to the past. Robert Asbury is an eleven-year-old boy who lives alone with his widowed and emotionally distant father. One evening, while flipping through television channels he stops on a show discussing famous inventors, including an infamous  failed inventor , Gregory Asbury, a name and a picture that is too familiar to ignore. When Robert finds an old picture of his grandfather and compares the two, his ordinary life is about to change. Against his father s wishes, Robert heads out in search of answers.