Monday, 28 January 2013

Research, collect, and prepare background materials

 


http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/scripts/deathinparadise_ep3.pdf

I have chosen this script for the sole purpose of the single male detective, this is relevant to my

proposed script idea, as the detective in my production is also a single male ‘detective’

http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/scripts/my-murder.pdf

I have chose this script because of the inner city setting, mine will be set inside an inner city area, obviously not London, but Norwich.


Factual info

News stories, e.g. a ‘kidnapping’ where an adult said that his son was trapped inside a massive helium balloon, when found to be fake, he was charged with a hefty $500,000 dollar fine and a maximum of 6 years in jail. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8313439.stm

Again another kidnapping in America where a six year old girl was taken from a trailer park.

http://www.sentinelsource.com/news/national_world/police-say-man-foiled-kidnapping/article_ff321b07-137d-5e4b-b24a-bdcbfcec7270.html



Synopsis

after being dumped by his girlfriend for one too many misdemeanours, Jonathan Ames vows to turn his life around. the very next day, after googling private investigating, he advertises himself as a detective for hire.


after a few quiet days he starts receiving a number of calls. he listens to their accounts of spousal infidelity and dismisses them one after. eventually an attractive yet pitiable woman appears and begs him to find her missing husband who appears to have been kidnapped


because she found what appeared to be a ransom note in stuffed into her letterbox. He agrees to help and tracks down the husband only to find that he and a group of his friends was behind the kidnap of a business woman who has ben reported missing a week before.


After finding the attractive woman sitting on his doorstep and his answer machine full, he hires her and they begin to listen to the messages for their next case.

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