Thursday, 20 November 2014

Treatment for Script Idea 3

LOGLINE: A story focusing on the 10-year reunion of a secondary school and all the alumni’s that return to see how their fellow students have changed since school. It features two main characters that were once in love at school but drifted apart afterwards as there lives went down different paths. The story shows the highs and lows of reuniting with old friends and evil bullies and how easier school was to growing up and been an adult.

Act One

Flashback scene-1999, 1st day of school, Shawn walks into school all by himself with a scared look on his face, as soon as he enters the building he is pushed over by some bullies who remark on how uncool he was in primary school. Shawn reaches for his bag, when a hand reaches down and offers to help him up. The girl tells Shawn to ignore the bullies and they start to walk to class together, she tells him that her name is Elizabeth and that things will get better. Shawn tells her that he’s been to 6 different schools and he always has bad luck whenever he’s near one, Elizabeth laughs and tells him his luck is going to turn around.

Present day, Shawn gets out of his car in the school car park and steps in some fast food leftovers that someone has littered, Shawn gets annoyed and remarks on how its his bad luck. He starts walking towards the school when he hears his name yelled out across the car park, a woman runs over to him in surprise, he recognizes the woman from when he was at school. She comments on how much he’s changed and that she didn’t think he would come tonight because of what happened at prom.

Shawn continues his way into the school and can hear the loud music playing from in the gym, he sees Elizabeth (who he hasn’t seen since prom) enter the gym and he goes to catch up to her but the head teacher interrupts him. The head teacher comments on how Shawn has changed and how he didn’t think he’d be here because of what happened at prom again, Shawn tries to leave but the head teacher puts his hand on Shawn’s shoulder and tells him to stay away from his daughter Elizabeth. Shawn gets nervous and scared and contemplates leaving the reunion. Shawn gets back in his car after stepping in the fast food litter again and has a flashback of him and Elizabeth back at school. The flashback is Shawn getting told of by the head teacher for doing something he didn’t do and been told to stay away from his daughter, Elizabeth runs into the room and yells “What’s this going on here?”, Shawn laughs and the head teacher tells Elizabeth to leave but she grabs Shawn and heads towards the door, the head teacher goes to tell her off but she cuts him off by saying ‘We wouldn’t want to tell people the time we switched your cereal out for dog food now would we?” the head teacher becomes quiet and Shawn and Elizabeth run off. Elizabeth tells Shawn that whenever he’s in trouble to come get her.





Act Two

Shawn gets out of his car and heads back to the reunion. Elizabeth is already inside socializing with her former classmates with her dad keeping a close eye on her. She’s asked a question about Shawn and if they ever kept in contact after prom to which she replies that they didn’t keep in touch and she regrets not calling him. The girl from the car park interrupts Elizabeth and starts acting like there long lost friends, Elizabeth is surprised and quite hostile about the situation, the girl apologizes to Elizabeth for how difficult things were between them at school and then purposely spills a drink all over Elizabeth and says “Maybe your boyfriend can help clean that up”. Elizabeth is confused by her saying “Boyfriend” but then looks over and sees Shawn getting in trouble with some old bullies.

Shawn is talking to some old bullies who start making remarks to how uncool he was in school, Shawn tries to play it all off calm but they start making jokes about what happened at prom, they bring up the fact that he can’t make any comebacks now that his girlfriend isn’t around and Shawn goes to leave but accidently knocks one of the bullies and their wife into the food table. The bully gets back up and challenges Shawn to a fight, Elizabeth swoops in and rescues Shawn and runs off with him out of the gym. The bullies chase them but Shawn and Elizabeth hide in the toilets. Shawn and Elizabeth start to catch up and talk about what they’ve been up too and how much they’ve missed each other, Shawn talks about how he thinks he may be in a little trouble and needs her help with the head teacher and the bullies. Elizabeth replies with no problem and says it’s the least she can do after what happened at prom.

Flashback to the night of prom, Shawn and Elizabeth are almost ready to leave and are getting pictures took before they do, the head teacher pulls Elizabeth aside and tells her to have fun tonight and not to do anything she doesn’t want to do, he also adds that going with Shawn is a big mistake but Elizabeth laughs it off. The head teacher also pulls Shawn aside and talks to him about if he touches his daughter he’ll kill him.

Act Three

Back to present day Shawn and Elizabeth sneak back out the bathroom and go back to the gym, their told that the bully and his wife went home to get changed so Shawn offers Elizabeth that dance they never had at prom. They start dancing slowly and Shawn also apologizes for what happened at prom, the song then changes to a more up beat track and Elizabeth starts dancing in a fun and crazy way and Shawn joins her.

Flashback to prom where everyone is dancing and having fun, Elizabeth pops to the bathroom and Shawn says he’ll get them some drinks. Shawn goes over to the bar and is confronted by the bully who starts pushing him around, Shawn stands up to him and the bully pushes him over, in result of this an engagement ring in a box fall out of Shawn’s jacket. The bully picks up the box and ring and yells out “You were going to propose?” The music stops and everyone looks at Shawn, including Elizabeth who has just got out of the bathroom, he looks over to her but she runs out and everyone starts laughing at Shawn.

Present day, the bully and his wife return back to the reunion and enter the gym, he sees Shawn and Elizabeth dancing and yells out if Shawn has proposed yet. The bully challenges Shawn to a fight outside to which Shawn gets angry at and accepts. Elizabeth is trying to calm him down and tell him how insane he’s been but he’s too focused on fighting the bully. Everyone gathers outside to see the fight and circles around Shawn and the bully, the bully gets the first hit in and knocks Shawn to the ground, the bully jumps on Shawn and starts hitting him. The bully is then thrown of Shawn and knocked out by the head teacher who yells out for everyone to go home.

Flashback to night of prom, Shawn is trying to talk to Elizabeth but she’s locked herself in her house. The head teacher comes outside and talks to Shawn, he says how upset he is that Elizabeth said no and that Shawn’s a good kid and proud to have known him, he tells Shawn to leave and stay away from Elizabeth cause she’s only going to hurt him and he wants to save Shawn the heartbreak.


Present day, Elizabeth is aiding Shawn’s injuries and says what he did tonight was both brave and stupid. Shawn and Elizabeth make a few jokes and Elizabeth says how she wished she said yes that night at prom. Shawn smiles and says maybe they should start again from the beginning and asks her out on a first date. They both smile and then go to Shawn’s car, this time Shawn doesn’t step in the litter and they drive away from the school.

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