Post 8: Plot outline, Basic script

Plot Outline

My short film is about a teenage boy, seemingly normal, who gets involved in the wrong situation and cant decide whether or not to carry on down the path he’s going. At the same time, he does not know how to get out of the situation and wants to help himself. I want it to almost be a informational film that shows the distress that could come out of the situation, and how rough the path could get, as the character has multiple flash backs and flash forwards showing what he thinks he could be affecting like his future work or his past friendships and how it could put a stop to all of this and more. He also thinks of how it could be affecting the people around him in his community and what he thinks could happen if they got accidently involved and how it would make him feel to watch someone participate in the same self-destructive behavior. The whole film is set on a train with an inner monologue, possibly a lot of long cuts to properly show the passage of time and how his thoughts move from one thing to another and then him trying to come to a decision but before the final decision is made the camera pans to him getting off the train and the screen fades to black.

The questions my character will be answering will be coming from the actual actor, I've discussed before hand and think that if the character describes what they actually think would happen if they were to go down this path it would seen a lot more real; the questions they will be answering are:

"Who could you lose"

"Is it worth it"

"Who are you hurting in your community/ circle"

"What happens if you get caught"

"How will you get out of this"

As for stage directions, I need the character to remain seated in the same local area on the train but occasionally cut to him moving position, he needs to display uneasy and restless emotion and body language.

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