Pitch Practise

Tuesday 24th Spetember

Container Yard/Office Cleaner/Unemployed Teenager

Notes 

Office cleaner - Granddad 70yrs

Traits/background - Retired special ops mercenary, cleaner

Weakness - the past - a failed hostage situation where end result, friends been killed.

Goal - Look after his grandson

Problem/Desire - Grandson goes missing after waiting for him to turn up for work. Wants to get his grandson back.

Change/motive - overcomes fear of losing over a hostage situation.

Unemployed Teenager - Grandson 16yrs

Traits/background - Unemployed, smokes, rebellious

Weakness - loves his granddad

Goal - Gone for a cigarette without grandfather knowing

Problem/Desire - Grandson is being held hostage after witnessing immigrants being held against their will.

Motive - Is a rebel and wants to prove he has a good side rather be seen as a rebel.

Container 18 

Theme: Action thriller

Pitch

Unemployed during his 6thform Christmas break; Luke is sent to work as an office cleaner with his granddad Harry at London’s notorious Container Terminal18 

Story

An unemployed 18 year old teenager named Luke whom is on his Christmas is currently helping his granddad out with his office cleaning job at the container yard working night shifts 

One night as he is waiting for his granddad to turn up to work. He lit a cigarette, as he was 10 minutes early. Whilst smoking, he over hears multiple voices coming from a part of the container yard he though was suppose to be empty 

As he goes over to explore what is happening, he notices people loading bags into a container where the noise was coming from. Suddenly a filthy child in tattered clothing runs out of the container, this startles Luke making him jump in disbelief that then notices the antagonist that someone is observing them. 

Meanwhile 

Grandpa Harry (as referred to by Luke) has now turned up to the closed office, let himself in and walked towards his cleaning cupboard. While preparing for the shift, he becomes concerned for his grandson because he is now 20 minutes late. He tries to contact him on his mobile but is getting bad reception inside the office, so he makes the call outside. Once outside manages to get good with reception and tries to contact his grandson, but his phone line is just ringing out. As he continues to phone his grandson, Harry too hears a noise coming from the distance, to which he then follows, as he gets closer, the sound becomes more prominent and he recognizes the noise as his grandsons ring tone, until eventually he was standing looking down at Lukes phone.