A father puts his career and ambition above all else, which eventually leads to his death. In the first scene, the overworked father has a heart attack after getting coffee from his office vending machine. In his final moments, he regrets missing important moments with his daughter, who he envisions successfully auditioning as a contortionist dancer. His body is then taken to the morgue, left alone on a cold table as the lights are cut.
A father puts his career and ambition above all else, which eventually leads to his death. In the first scene, the overworked father has a heart attack after getting coffee from his office vending machine. In his final moments, he regrets missing important moments with his daughter, who he envisions successfully auditioning as a contortionist dancer. His body is then taken to the morgue, left alone on a cold table as the lights are cut.
A father puts his career and ambition above all else, which eventually leads to his death. In the first scene, the overworked father has a heart attack after getting coffee from his office vending machine. In his final moments, he regrets missing important moments with his daughter, who he envisions successfully auditioning as a contortionist dancer. His body is then taken to the morgue, left alone on a cold table as the lights are cut.
The three components I pulled out the box were, contortionist, morgue and vending machine. Premise The regrets of an ambitious father who loses sight of what's most important in his life. The logline The story is about a career driven father, who puts his heart and soul in his chase for success and wealth. His extreme ambition, partnered up with an extremely demanding job, eventually catches up to him. Leading to his death!
From Script To Screen
The step outline Scene 1: The office A, very well dressed, business man walks in his office, in need of something that will wake him up for the beginning of his day. He casually makes his way to his own vending machine, on the other side of his, to makes his selection of energy booster. He select a warm cup of coffee to start his day off. Immediately after he takes his first slarp, he gets a heart attack and drops dead on his office floor. Scene 2: Vision of his daughter As he falls to the ground, instant regret overwhelms him. He gets a flashback of his daughter, (the contortionist dancer) having a very important dancing audition. He watches her dance for the last time and a tear drops from his face. Scene 3: The morgue His lifeless corpse gets wheeled into the morgue and his body gets placed on a cold surfaced table. The gets left alone in that dark room, and the lights get cut.