Title - The Speech
Log line - There are two leaders (John and David) performing a speech to win the election, one of the leaders is a bit of a bully (David) and is overly confident that he is going to win. David’s speech gets ruined and it is a PI that does it.
Synopsis -The political film begins with all characters stood in a hall, there are two main characters (John and David), they are the leaders of two different political parties, each of them are preparing to perform a speech. Both leaders decide to walk outside for some fresh air before the big moment, as they do John accidentally bumps into david, he is very apologetic however David snaps back with a couple of rude comments. John keeps his anger in and tries to be sival then they both walk back and the camera shows a ‘PI’ in a black jacket watching them then walking out of the scene.
Now each of the leaders are back in the main hall they hear some comments about each other from across the room which makes them even more determined to win this election with an impressive speech. David says to his team that he is extremely confident that he is going to win the election whilst John is feeling nervous and threatened by him. The last scene shows John presenting his speech, it goes very well and everyone in the audience is cheering for him. Whilst David is standing up he looks down at his speech and we see a extreme close up of his face which is covered with fear, he then races over to John and punches him. Finally we see a close up of the speech which has been ruined then the PI is shown walking out of the building very quickly.
Now each of the leaders are back in the main hall they hear some comments about each other from across the room which makes them even more determined to win this election with an impressive speech. David says to his team that he is extremely confident that he is going to win the election whilst John is feeling nervous and threatened by him. The last scene shows John presenting his speech, it goes very well and everyone in the audience is cheering for him. Whilst David is standing up he looks down at his speech and we see a extreme close up of his face which is covered with fear, he then races over to John and punches him. Finally we see a close up of the speech which has been ruined then the PI is shown walking out of the building very quickly.
Target audience - The target audience for this film isn’t very specific, the genre is a political drama therefore I would say it is mainly aimed at adults because I think they would be interested in political films.
Characters- John- A male political party leader, he is 35. John is a strong character however he is kind and doesn’t like to be involved in arguments. David is another male political party leader, he is 43. David is very confident and arrogant, he also becomes across as a bit of a bully. The main in the black jacket only appears in the film twice, he is a sneaky character which leaves the audience thinking.
3-act structure -
Act 1
3-act structure -
Act 1
All characters are in the election hall discussing their speeches and rehearsing then both leaders walk outside and John bumps into David, David is very unpleasant about the incident and a ‘PI’ sees this conversation then walks out of the shot.
Acts 2
Both political leaders are preparing their speeches whilst trying to ignore the tension in the room which is noticed by individual members of each party. David makes a few snide comments towards John however he decides to be mature and ignore them.
Acts 3
Acts 3
David is feeling extremely confident that he will win this election because of his speech that he is about to perform however John is feeling nervous.
John performs his speech and it has a brilliant response, he is happy with how it went and the whole party are now feeling more confident. As David is standing up to give his speech he looks down at his speech which a worried look on his face then stomps over to John and punches him. The camera then has a close up of the speech which has been ruined and then shows the ‘PI walking out of the building secretly.
John performs his speech and it has a brilliant response, he is happy with how it went and the whole party are now feeling more confident. As David is standing up to give his speech he looks down at his speech which a worried look on his face then stomps over to John and punches him. The camera then has a close up of the speech which has been ruined and then shows the ‘PI walking out of the building secretly.
