We've definitely settled on the idea of the short film being like an episode of 'The Undateables' but set for serial killers. Today, we figured out our beginning, middle and end for the film. It's not very detailed as we're still making slight changes, but this is roughly our overall plan for the film.
BEGINNING
- Voiceover narration over shots of everyday life
- Intro / small facts about love, statistics etc. This will be really similar, almost mimicking the narrative introductions from 'The Undateables' - "Looking for love can be difficult"
- Bobby saying their idea of what love is / their struggle with finding a partner. Bobby is speaking to camera, or someone behind the camera - giving the audience the feel of a real documentary.
- Preview of Bobby's everyday life - shots of him walking through a park as parts of his struggle are explained, as well as a narrator overvoicing. Shots of Bobby in his house, possibly showing the camera people his framed murder weapons, briefly explaining a bit of a few murders?
- Phone rings in Bobbys house
- Shot switches to office (shots of files and paperwork etc), receptionist talks to Bobby, switch between shots of him being told he has a date/ found a match for him etc. Brief introduction of who the date is.
- Just before date - shot of Poppy, small bio / interview of why she’s here and her struggle with finding a partner.
MIDDLE CHANGE TO KNIFE ON COUNTER
- Shot of Bobby sharpening blades in kitchen as the door knocks
- Poppy nervously stands at the door
- Quick glance of poison bottle (unknown to viewer what it is - foreshadows events)
- As Bobby walks to the door, he makes indirect comment /subtle hint about what is to come..something quite creepy or a pun about butchering someone.
- Door opens (match on action shot) - Bobby brings Poppy into main room - table set up for dinner
- Both sit at table - the two start to make small talk, and their voices slowly fade out and narrator leads, almost commentating the date
- Close up individual interviews about how nervous they are etc. ‘a stab at love’
- Bobby pours wine for both himself and Poppy.
- Bobby checks watch/time
- ‘Im going to get the starter’ - Bobby.
- As Bobby leaves the room, Poppy pours the mysterious poison into Bobbys wine.
- Bobby returns and they have a convo. In the middle of the convo, Poppy drinks her wine and gloats about how nice tasting it is, encouraging Bobby to drink some of his - Bobby makes a comment about how he doesn't drink until he has his meal. (use this as an opportunity to get to know characters & puns throughout their conversation)
- Finish convo with Poppy saying; ‘I’m going to go freshen up, can you show me bathroom?' or something along the lines of that.
- Bobby shows Poppy to the bathroom, she leaves the main room first, and there is a shot of Bobby picking up a sharpened knife from behind an item of furniture near the door. He holds it tightly behind his back
- Bobby and Poppy share small talk such as Bobby offering her directions like "just straight through here". Poppy then walks into the bathroom, and turns around to hint at Bobby that she's okay/close the door.
- Poppy's face changes to fear
- The shot reverses to a shot of Bobby with the axe about to kill Poppy.
- He whacks Poppy with the axe (this isn't shown, we just show the shot of Bobby forcefully throwing the axe down with his arms)
- We hear Poppy fall to the ground
- Shot of her body on the ground in a pool of blood
END
- Narration: ‘oh dear, the date has not gone to plan/taken an unexpected turn’ as camera zooms in on her dead body/drop camera
- Bobby drags her body into the kitchen
- Insert of recipe with pun (Bobby is planning to cook her)
- Jump to him sitting down to eat his meal
- Bobby sips his wine
- Bobby begins to choke, his face goes red and he falls from his chair.
- Bobby is dead.
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