Further Thoughts and New Film Synopsis

After the film pitch and the review I got from it, i realised that I wasn't confident in the idea I had come up with.


I feel that the main issue was that I didn't have an actor fitting to the way I pictured my main character. I had written him as a 35 year old man and I needed him to be willing to smoke. I know very few people in their 30s as many of my friends and family are either my age, or my parents age (over 40). All of the people that I know in their 30s don't smoke and wouldn't be very keen on being filmed.


Therefore, I decided to rethink my idea. Totally change my story, genre, etc.


I had a sort of "Plan B" story in my head, but I felt like it was an easy way to go, but that is only because the idea wasn't as intellectual as I felt that my first film opening idea had.




My new idea is a comedy about 2 crooks that are essentially rubbish at being burglars.




SYNOPSIS


SAM (20) and Kat(19) are 2 average people that are in the thieving "business". They are employed by JOEL (52) who is the best in the business and has taught everything he knows to his beautiful daughter, BRIDGET (21). Joel constantly gives Sam and Kat a hard time, always calling them pathetic, and it really riles Kat up as she is adamant on becoming the best crook in Britain.


Sam, however isn't too bothered about becoming the best. He is in love with Bridget, yet has never really talked to her. He feels that by stealing something really worthy, then Bridget will notice him and may even talk to her, whilst Kat feels that if she steals something worthy, then she will be deemed the best thief in Britain.


However, it's really not as easy as they had hoped. They think that they are more skillful than they actually are, and so always find themselves in a spot of bother. Things take a turn for the worse when they plan on stealing The Orb (part of the crown jewels of the UK).


Things go from bad to worse as unexpected things happen. Kat and Sam hadn't expected Buckingham Palace to be so busy, and had in fact planned to burgle the palace over the royal wedding. They eventually give up, and make their escape. As they're running down the road, Sam bumps into, and knocks over, a girl ROSIE (20). Before she can even accumulate any words, Sam is apologising, getting up, helping her and and running off down the road, turning for one last look before he disappears out of sight. Rosie dismisses it and carries on.


When they make it to their "hideout", Kat gets frustrated and talks about what a waste that was, and why they came up with such a stupid idea. Sam reveals that he did in fact steal something from Buckingham Palace, albeit the Queen's reading glasses.


The next couple of weeks carry on as normal except Sam bumped into Rosie at the supermarket and asked her out on a date. they had a lovely evening down at the local bar, but being the shy person that he is, nothing happened (no goodnight kiss).


Joel carries on setting them easy jobs that Kat and Sam only just manage to pull it off without getting caught. They're breaking into another flat when the lights turn on and Rosie is there. The pair had broken into her flat and she had just gotten in from a night shift. Utterly dumbfounded, she screams at them to get out, as Sam tries to apologise. Bridget notices she isn't getting the same attention she once was, and attempts to flirt with Sam, but he's just not interested. He tells her so.


A few days pass and Sam goes back to the same supermarket where he, again, bumps into Rosie and apologises profusely. She walks away. He then spends the rest of the afternoon moping, and Kat tells him to "suck it up" and "sort it out before it's too late". Sam then decides to go all over London, knocking on all doors belonging to a "Rosie" using any information he can gather. After many unsuccessful attempts, he admits defeat. He starts heading back for his flat when someone comes out of their door, carrying their trash. Low and behold, it's Rosie. They stop in the street and stare at each other, but rosie breaks the gaze as she throws her trash in the dustbin, and heads back to her building. Before she can get inside, Sam stops her. he continues to apologise. She then tells him how "it can't work",  "how can she trust him" as he broke into her house.


Sam then takes a chance to explain things to her, about how he didn't know he was breaking into her flat, and that he hasn't stopped thinking about her since he bumped into her on that first night and that he might even be falling in love with her, which is crazy as they barely even know each other. At this declaration, Rosie throws her arms around his neck and falls into a passionate kiss. When they break apart, she tells him how there are obviously trust issues, and that some things may need to change, but they can give it a go.


The film ends a few months on, where it becomes a major "thing" that the Queen's reading glasses have in fact been stolen, and are not just missing. Sam allows Kat to take the credit, and she feels as though it is her finest hour. She still hasn't "overthrown" Joel, but she is far more respected than she once was.


Sam is shown in a very "burglar-like" situation, which turns out to be totally innocent, and we find out that he has given his days up as a  crook and is in fact training to be a police officer (as he never was officially convicted with anything serious). He and Rosie are happily in love. THE END.