Homework Task - Film Idea

Homework Task

Come up with an idea for a film using this brief: Person A has had something that person B wants. Person A has lost this thing. A and B now have to find the missing thing.

Genre: Fantasy or Techno-noir

In response to your brief, I would like to present to you my pitch. I have chosen the genre fantasy, and I am no going to present my ideas to you.

Barry grew up in a small town in Nashville. All through elementary and middle school, he was constantly bullied for being ‘nerdy’ and he didn’t ever mix with anyone. At the age of 14, Barry felt like he wanted to show the world what he was made of and he just wanted to make friends and show them he was a nice person, so he decided that he’d try and create something that was called the ‘like-able pill’. After many evenings and weekends of experiments and investigations, he finally felt like he’d come up with the perfect mix of solutions and had created something that could change his life forever.

After a few tweaks here and there, Barry finally got the courage to see if it worked. He estimated that it would take round about 2 hours to start to work after taking the pill, so he took it two hours before leaving the house to go to school. That was the day that changed this life.

Barry became the most popular kid in the school, with all of the girls flocking round him and the boys wanting to get tips off him on how to get all of the girls. He felt amazing. Finally, people acknowledged him and he felt like he was part of something.

Jay, one of the older kids that had got word of Barry, felt totally screwed over by him because he used to get all of the girls and he used to be the most popular. Jay approached Barry and asked him his secret. Barry told Jay about his new invention and told him that he would bring him some pills into school so that he could try them out.

The next day, Barry arrived at school and met Jay. As Barry went to get the pills from his bag, he couldn’t find them anywhere. He was distraught. Jay couldn’t believe what was happening. Barry ran home and searched everywhere but they were nowhere to be found. From this day on, Barry and Jay set out to find the missing pill and made it their goal not to come back until they found it.