Script to Screen: Idea Pitch

Title: Con-nect       

Genre: Drama

Main story idea:

Two women with different lifestyles discover they are more alike than they think. Will this strengthen their beliefs or make them question what they know?

Characters:

Ida:

Because of her job at the town law firm, technology plays a central part in Ida's life. The owner of several phones, tablets and TV screens, Ida spends most of her day tapping away at each of them. She works long hours and finds her job very stressful and tiring so always has a cup of coffee on hand. In her spare time she loves to watch TV, go shopping with friends and go out partying. Her biggest dream is to be promoted and transferred to a city bank so she can earn more money and experience the night life there. 

Diana:

Diana leads a very different lifestyle away from busy cities, stressful jobs and, especially, modern technology. This means she owns no phone, TV, or car and makes money selling fruits and vegetables she has grown in her back garden. Once she was the same as Ida but decided to quit her job because of the stress it was causing her. Therefore, she is very calm, also because she avoids caffeine and sugar and spends a lot of time in the forest or fields. To communicate she writes letters and reads and draws landscapes in her spare time. She only owns as much as she needs so wears the same clothes most of the time.

Location:

Park Bench

Diana sits on the same park bench each day so she can draw the surrounding landscape, where she is one day joined by Ida, who is on her lunch break from work and decides to stay outside of the loud coffee shops because she gets headaches. From then on, Ida joins Diana on the bench every day and, eventually, both women become curious of one another. This causes each of them to question what they have become accustomed to seeing as part of a human's daily routine.

Idea Development