After my tutorial today with Simon, I got a lot of feedback from him that helped me greatly, mainly to focus on the whole 'meeting' part of my idea. During the tutorial I realised how complicated the idea I had initially planned out to be, was and tried to put some mini ideas and advice Simon gave me in to my whole plot.
Firstly, I started with my pitch (yes I had to change it- it was too long for a 25-word pitch). So here it is:
Pitch: A chance meeting between two old long-lost friends, forces them to reflect on where their lives are leading them. Will they remain close or will their closeness have consequences?
Secondly, my whole plot needed to get shortened down and not be as complicated as I had made it. So I first, started with my main characters, Travis and Isabelle. I decided to keep Isabelle's character the same as I had planned out to be and change Travis's career to be in the advertising industry and character in general. Then, I went on to edit my whole idea. My two main characters would meet by chance at a public place (the airport), where they would both be at the same time, each for their own reason (Travis: because he came to the UK for a business trip; Isabelle: because she's picking up someone- that we later on see it's her boyfriend). Then when they meet we see that Isabelle doesn't recognise him but eventually does (after being creeped out by him because he reached out and touched her cheek & knew her name). Then as they start talking, Travis asks her out to go for a coffee and she accepts. In the coffee shop, they start talking, catching up on the things they've missed from each others lives, however we see there is tension between them. With that the audience finds out that they'd been split when they were younger (when they were around 12 y.o.) and that they had a lot of things they needed to sort out- like the spark between the two of them. During a point of annoyance, Isabelle tries to walk away but unexpectedly is pulled and kissed by Travis, triggering the feelings she's felt all those years, but been hiding them. Suddenly,they're interrupted by her boyfriend who doesn't seem amused by this incident and tries to ignore it. During a very intense situation, David (Isabelle's boyfriend), seem to try to pass a present as an engagement, which makes Travis leave and Isabelle 'flip-out' and leaving too.
So this is it, hope you liked my post and I'll be posting more very soon.
Yours,
I.
Firstly, I started with my pitch (yes I had to change it- it was too long for a 25-word pitch). So here it is:
Pitch: A chance meeting between two old long-lost friends, forces them to reflect on where their lives are leading them. Will they remain close or will their closeness have consequences?
Secondly, my whole plot needed to get shortened down and not be as complicated as I had made it. So I first, started with my main characters, Travis and Isabelle. I decided to keep Isabelle's character the same as I had planned out to be and change Travis's career to be in the advertising industry and character in general. Then, I went on to edit my whole idea. My two main characters would meet by chance at a public place (the airport), where they would both be at the same time, each for their own reason (Travis: because he came to the UK for a business trip; Isabelle: because she's picking up someone- that we later on see it's her boyfriend). Then when they meet we see that Isabelle doesn't recognise him but eventually does (after being creeped out by him because he reached out and touched her cheek & knew her name). Then as they start talking, Travis asks her out to go for a coffee and she accepts. In the coffee shop, they start talking, catching up on the things they've missed from each others lives, however we see there is tension between them. With that the audience finds out that they'd been split when they were younger (when they were around 12 y.o.) and that they had a lot of things they needed to sort out- like the spark between the two of them. During a point of annoyance, Isabelle tries to walk away but unexpectedly is pulled and kissed by Travis, triggering the feelings she's felt all those years, but been hiding them. Suddenly,they're interrupted by her boyfriend who doesn't seem amused by this incident and tries to ignore it. During a very intense situation, David (Isabelle's boyfriend), seem to try to pass a present as an engagement, which makes Travis leave and Isabelle 'flip-out' and leaving too.
Also, Simon told me to look at the 1995 movie "Bridges Of Madison County": directed by Clint Eastwood and written by Richard LaGravenese (screenplay) & Robert James Waller (novel), to get a bit of insight to a broken love-story, and what I found interesting, whilst looking at it is that although my story doesn't really relate to the whole movie as a whole, it has some similar ideas that I could definitely develop more.
So this is it, hope you liked my post and I'll be posting more very soon.
Yours,
I.
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