Story-Telling Unit: Research

We paired up and chose two types of people from a box and then chose a location, all of which was from random.
We got an actor and a single mum. The location was a library.

With the same title as our project: The Meeting, we had to come up with a 10 minute short film about these two characters set in the location we picked.

Below are the notes I made:


Possible romance? Chance encounter?

Single mum - Might work there
Actor - Researching role, role is of single mum, plot twist!!

Actor's role: Gay man/married man, so into the role he stays in character as much as possible. She's heartbroken when she asks him out. She see's his film realises the truth.

Single mum's kid - See's film, tells mum.

Main Characters: Timid, shy, too afraid to ask guy out, gentle, soft spoken, caring, passive, middle aged 40's.

Actor: Mid 30's, appears to audience as gay but is just in the role, confident, passionate about career, up and coming actor, well dressed, fits sterotype.

Every now and then we see subtle clues suggesting that's he actually gay.

Kid puts mum on a dating site.
Her friends are pushing her into finding a guy.
Problem created when someone wants to date her. "Gay" actor see's her on one of these.

The gay character actor is playing, needs a profession.
Doctor? Curator? Historian?
Something that gives him reason to go to a library.

Changes to characters:

Actor - Focuses less on work and more on the single mum and kid. No longer selfish or rude to P.A, he realises what people do for him.

Single mum - Becomes confident, cares more about her appearance, change in career? Has ambitions.


Pitch: When a chance meeting evokes an unlikely attraction; exploration of self will either bring them together or push them apart.
(20 words)

Story Idea: Single mum likes history, she works as a librarian. Actor goes into library; he's rude, selfish and mean to P.A. He's researching history-related. She, being a history nut, approaches him. They learn that they like each other, but because he's rude and selfish; single mum is put off a little. Actor, blowing his chances, is told by P.A to be happy he must better himself.