Working title: The Journey
Idea in a nutshell
A professional tennis player is being left by his wife, however during his preparation for an upcoming competition his gets in an accident and suffers severe brain damage. A social realist film taking influence mostly from The Journeyman and Tyrannosaur
Narrative detail
- * Todorov – begins with equilibrium being disrupted
- o Tennis player’s wife is leaving him
- o He gets hit by a car
Idents
Toyco Productions
Infinite Productions
The Toothpaste company
Audience BBFC 15 (idealy)
- * Primary:
- o 18-24 male (identification)
- o C1C2DE (social realist)
- * Secondary:
- o younger (aspiration)
- o AB (protagonist is rich tennis player - identification)
Sound
- * Ambient sound of tennis balls, coach shouting, tyres screeching
- * Foley sound of heartbeat, feet running
- * Record on guitar/bass/uke
Locations
- * Ask Tanay where he trains for tennis court
- * Forrest next to school for jogging/car hitting scene
- * Ask Jasper for wife’s house
- * (hospital bed)
Cinematography
- * Narrative enigma and exposition –
- o cross-cutting protagonist jogging with training in tennis court (show feet running, heartbeat pounding, don’t show face immediately, sound of tennis balls in court while training)
- o Pan over entry slip for competition (coach could be shouting that he won’t ever win ‘that competition’ if he keeps training like this)
2 / 2
- o POV gopro on head when jogging
- o Panning shot over pictures in room when wife is packing (ask Tanay for pictures of him with trophies, if not then photoshop – ask him to bring in tennis clothes and racket at lunch)
Characters, Props
- * Protagonist, ‘John’ – fancy training gear
- * Wife/partner, ‘Susan’(/’Patrick’) - makeup, black eye (ask Ellen) - pictures of tennis, packing
- * Coach – whistle, addidas suit
Health and Safety
- * No one will actually get hit by a car
- * Make sandwiches/cupcakes for shoots
