Unit 4: New Idea development

Logline

A tiny man living in a matchbox in an art gallery finds his happiness in sculpting.

Premise

Behind a pedestal in the corner of a room at an art gallery lives a tiny custodian inside a matchbox. No one is aware of his existence and assumes the old, doddery, regular sized, daytime caretaker is the one who keeps the place clean. On his rounds the tiny man finds something that gives him an idea to reshape his job into his passion for sculpting.

Main Character – Tiny Caretaker

Secondary Character – Elderly Character

Step Outline

1)       INT. ART GALLERY. NIGHT

Elderly care taker sweeps through the room with an old brush.

He then exits through door.

PAN DOWN tiny caretaker pushes matchbox open from the inside. He slumps down on the edge and looks at the statue before stepping out of the matchbox.

He puts on puts on his hat and walks off pulling his Matchbox behind him.

           

2)      The tiny caretaker starts picking up rubbish off the floor and piling it on top of the matchbox.

He walks over to the bin and stops to look at the statue.

He bends down to pick up a hairpin and uses it to help him pick up more rubbish.

He stares at the rubbish on the end of the hairpin for a few seconds. Then he gets an 

idea.

CAMERA FLICKS BETWEEN CLOSE UPS OF HIS FACE AND THE STATUE

He sprints around collecting rubbish and piling it on top of his matchbox.

      MONTAGE OF CLOSEUP SHOTS OF STATUE BEING BUILT

3)       INT. ART GALLERY. MORNING

The tiny caretaker looks at his new masterpiece.

Out of shot the elderly caretaker enters the building.

Tiny caretaker moves his matchbox away into the corner and dives into it.

Elderly caretaker enters the room and starts sweeping.

With a single sweep the Elderly caretaker completely takes out the statue leaving the Tiny caretaker completely dumbstruck.