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Full film Synopsis Draft 2

My film Summary.

A young man, James (18) lives in a typical suburban home with his working parents.  He owes some drug dealers money. He wanted a change in his life so he gets into drugs and becomes addicted to Cannabis. He is eating dinner with his parents one night and his Dad asks him about how he is getting on at school and what grades he is getting. He then snaps at his Dad and storms out as he is clearly not doing as well as he should be.  He is a very active person and plays Rugby. As he gets even more addicted to Cannabis he starts missing his practice and his coach gets very worried about him as he is usually very dedicated to the sport. He then tells James’ parents about this and they find out that he is taking Cannabis.  Through the stress of his parents finding out he then wants more to make everything better so he tries to scrape money together to feed his habit. After he gets enough money he then visits his local drug dealer who refuses to sell the amount he has, so James steals it from him. The drug dealers then are after him as they want to kill him for stealing from them. They eventually find James and they fight him. James is on the brink of death when a passer by see’s him being assaulted and phones the police. Both the drug dealers and James end up in Court. The dealers end up with a prison sentence and James gets rehab. James then spends 7 months in rehab and eventually gets over his addiction.

2nd Script draft

Loc	Video	Audio
Suburban area Inside a suburban house at night. Bedroom Landing Stairs Front room Hall way Back room Bed room	A large semi-detached house at night. The stairs in the house. The reaction of James as he wakes up. A typical teenage Bedroom, messy posters on the wall etc. James getting out of his bed James gets out bed and of his room with his cricket bat. A close up shot of his feet as he walks down the stairs. The door opening from the inside as he walks in. We see him looking into the room. See him walk out of the front room into the back A big pile of books, files paper etc. And the cat right next to it , we then see a close up shot of his relief to find it was the cat that made the loud noise. Him climbing back into bed to go back to sleep.(wideshot)	The wind blowing, the sound of a car engine. Silence. A loud crash, then the gasp of James as he wakes up. Silence as he is cautious. The creek of the opening door. His footprints Cat meows He laughs. Sighing as he relaxes to go back to sleep.

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Full Film synopsis

The film is about a young man named James aged 18 who lives in a typical suburban home and he owes some drug dealers some money. He wants a change in his live so he gets in to drugs and becomes addicted to them. He scrapes enough money together to feed his addiction by breaking into people’s homes and grabbing anything he can. He then goes to buy some more drugs from his dealer but instead steals from him. These dealers then are after him and he turns to a local gang for help. They then take care of the dealers for him but expect favours in return so he ends up breaking into houses and stealing things for the gang members instead of for himself. He then ends up being caught by a man as he breaks into his home. James is then arrested and linked to all of the other crimes he has committed.

Character Bio

Main character: James
• Male
• 18 years old
• Brunette
• 6 ft 1
• English
• Lives in south London
• High achiever in school
• Participates in extra curricular activities (Rugby, in a band)
• Generally happy
• Always helpful
James is an 18 year old male, he is 6 ft 1 and is brunette and was born in Sutton, south London England. He is a high achiever in school with eleven G.C.S.E’s under his belt. He also participates in lots of extracurricular activities such as Rugby and he plays bass for a band. He is a generally happy person and is always helpful.

Script first draft

Loc

•Suburban area
•Inside a suburban house at night.
•Bed room
•Landing
•Stairs
•Front room
•Hall way
•Back room
•Bed room

Video

•Wide shot of a house at night
•A wide shot of the stairs in the house.
•Quick cut to the reaction of the actor waking up.
•Wide shot of the bedroom
•The actor getting out of his bed
•A medium shot of the character walking out of his room with his cricket bat.
•A close up shot of his feet as he walks down the stairs.
•The door opening from the inside as he walks in.
•We see him looking into the room.
•See him walk out of the front room into the back
•A big pile of books, files paper etc. And the cat right next to it , we then see a close up shot of his relief to find it was the cat that made the loud noise.
•Him climbing back into bed to go back to sleep.(wideshot)

Sound

•The wind blowing, the sound of a car engine.
• Silence.
•A loud crash, then the gasp of the actor as he wakes up.
•Silence as he is cautious.
•The creek of the opening door.
•His footprints
•Cat meows
•He laughs.
•Sighing as he relaxes to go back to sleep.