Spring 2009 Final Project Treatment

Logline: A man is about to hit a boy at a grocery store parking lot as the man parks next to his car.

Treatment: The scene begins with a boy in a car entering the grocery store parking lot. When he parks, he hears a cool song on the radio. He begins to dance and sing in the car. As he gets out of the car, a man nearly bumps into him.

The man’s keys fall out of his pocket. The boy sees the keys drop without the man noticing that it fell.

The man grabs a shopping cart and goes into the grocery store to begin his shopping. At the same time the boys look at each other and smile. Then he gets out of the car take the keys and take the man's car for a spin.

The man gets some chips, cereal, soda, cheese, etc. Meanwhile, the boys exit the parking lot and they go onto the main road. He turns on the radio while driving along the main road.

He then sees a McDonald's. He really wants to go there, but then he knows that he has to take back the car in time. Hesitantly, he goes to McDonald's and he eats there. When he parks in the McDonalds parking lot, he almost hits a pole and at the same time the man almost hits the aisle at the grocery store.

While he's eating, the man at the grocery store is now looking at fruits; he's taking a long time choosing his fruits, because he can't find the right one. He then sees apples; slowly he begins to put apples into a bag to weigh. But then he doesn’t know where to weigh his apples. He asks an employee and then he tells where it is.

When he's done eating, he goes back in the car and on the main road. While he continues driving again, he begins to start pressing buttons in the car. He looks through the dashboard and he sees the registration and his glasses. He puts on the glasses and imitates the man who he bumped into.

The man then has finished getting all his grocery; when he goes to pay, the price for the apples are wrong; it's supposed to be $0.99 per lb, but it shows as $1.99 per lb. So then the cashier calls someone and then they go check the price. The cashier then changes the price.

The boy then looks at the time and he notices he's been in the car for almost 45 minutes, so he turns back towards the grocery store. He then enters the parking lot of the grocery store and they park it. He sees the man exiting the grocery store. The boy rapidly go back in his car and exit the parking lot. Then as he exits the parking lot, he can’t find his wallet.

After the man is done loading his grocery, he goes into the car and then sees a wallet in the driver's seat, and just as he's about to open the wallet, the scene ends.

Final Project- Short Film Treatment

Logline: A boy gets a referral from the dean, for fighting with his teacher and then begins to hate the admin of the school.

Treatment: It all starts out in a classroom of 10-15 students. The teacher begins talking about the upcoming election for president. The way the teacher begins to talk sounds like s/he is favor for Obama and the boy is in favor of McCain, and he really has very strong opinions about him. The boy gradually becomes angry and right when the teacher says something about Obama that offends him, he stands up and starts throwing a tantrum. The boy next to him who is in favor of Obama has a mean face at the boy throughout the rebuttle. His face looks like he's going to do something bad. He argues and says why McCain is the best candidate for president. Then they have a rebuttle; teacher sends the boy to the dean. The dean writes a referral to the boy and then begins to argue with the dean. Then the dean concludes that students arent supposed to fight with their teachers under the policy. As the dean and the boy talk, the pro Obama boy asks the teacher if he can go to the bathroom. The boy walks out of the deans office really upset; he punches the wall. Then the pro Obama boy goes to the boy who is upset and then he starts debating with him about why Obama is the best. The boy gets so angry; that he pushes him to the floor and kills him with a pen.