Tuesday, 7 June 2011

Coffee Cup - Treatment

 "Ticket to anywhere" - 2 minute short about a couple arguing over directions, they are lost in a country lane until they finally take a turning into a car park in the middle of the nowhere, a full blown argument ensues.

 We open with a dark screen, with large white writing showing the title 'Ticket to nowhere'. The scene fades out to show a black and white over the shoulder shot of a couple driving along a country lane in a car, the sound is the ambiance of the car. We hear as they start to argue and the girl huffs in disapproval, the boy asks her what is wrong and she replies "I just don't understand", We see the mans frustration as he lifts his hands off the wheel in defence. As the shot switches to a long shot of the car from the front, we can still hear the couple arguing and it is revealed that the girl wants to ask for directions and the man does not. Again the shot switches to inside the car, but now we can see the couples faces both looking very annoyed. The girl asks the man if he "would rather get lost" and the man looks dismayed as he big's himself up by claiming that he "planned ahead so I know where I'm going".
  There is silence as the shot changes to an over the shoulder close up of the road. They continue to argue and it becomes more heated, the girl starts to comment on his driving and as she claims that "your driving is ridiculous" the man becomes even more agitated and starts to shout and take his hands of the wheel. The shot continues to switch back and forth between seeing their faces front shot, to over the shoulder watching the road and the continue to shout, the man claims "he is a one man GPS" and the girl repeatedly says "you're lost, you're stupid". As the car reaches a turning, we see the girl smirk as the man realises he is lost and the camera follows the car around. The scene switches to an extreme long shot as we see the car pull out into a car park and stop. We see multiple close ups of the car as it breaks, and then a mid shot of the back of the car.
  As the car stops we see the girl pull out a map, the guy reluctantly looks at it. We then see, from the side, them arguing about the way they came including comments like "the bridge of joy" etc. There is then a sliding shot of the couple through the windscreen, as they throw their arms in the air from desperation and anger however it seems quite comical. The scene ends on a long shot as the man finally admits defeat and listens to the girl.  Cut to black.

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