The Meeting

So I have been working really hard on my project 'The meeting' Its been a tricky one thats for sure! I have to have a pitch synopsis and 10 page script ready to hand in for next week.

Here are is my synopsis...

The meeting is a social realistic drama about a bully and her victim meeting online unknowingly. Thomas the brain box of his high school knows the routine of his school day, and it doesn’t just consist of classes, lunch and then more classes. Instead it involves the tedious bullying by his biggest and toughest peer, Samantha, or Sam as she is known. The tomboy who intimidates even the toughest of school lads.
Thomas, a geeky 14 year old has ambition, and although underneath he craves to be apart of the ‘cool crowd’ at his school he chooses to stay focused on his studies. Feeling fed up he decides to use a teen chat site t talk to others of his age. He is desperate to stray away from his geeky persona and so makes a profile based on his cooler, older and more popular brother Theo.
Sam, a tall, larger framed girl, is renowned for being the school bully ever since joining later then everyone else. He home life in turmoil with an alcoholic and abusive father, and a mother too scared to protect them, she thought the only way to be in control of parts of her life was through violence, just like her dad does. Wanting to break out of her scary outer shell and show the true her, she joins a chat site under the name of Sarah, a sweet fun loving girl- the girl she feels she is underneath.
Sarah and Theo start chatting one evening. Realising they can be them true selves with one another and building up a strong connection they chat as much as possible over the commencing weeks. Finally feeling they can meet, they get the shock of finding out who they have really been talking to all this time.
With Sam trying to hide her tormented home life and Thomas giving it a go to fit in, the shock of seeing whom they have been talking to may well be too much to handle. The one person they thought understood them is not who they thought. They cant bring themselves to talk to each other face to face like they have been online, but with everything going on in one another’s head, will the pair become even more truthful then they have been already or give up completely and go their separate ways? This gripping, true to life film will not have a problem keeping your eyes on the screen. The emotional rollercoaster that these two teenagers go on is packed with emotion and the twists and turns are bound to keep you on your toes.

The synopsis really gave me the chance to make my characters real people and not just people in a 10 minute film that i was making. I now have a very clear idea of what my characters are like and how they have come to how they are, i think all of this helps in the run up to the 1-2 minute trailer that i am making . I think this because if you have a clear idea of something it helps the process of getting to the end product much smoother and quicker!