First Script Draft

Check out our first Script draft, we need to make it longer but this is the general idea of our film.


Script draft no. 1

Detailed synopsis for our film

Our drug-fuelled crime thriller, follows the story of two brothers – Jake and Kyle Miller from Barnsley – who’s previously divorced Dad was believed to have mysteriously died when Jake was just 7 years old and Kyle was 12. Having no mother figure to support them, and little money left to them by their father, they struggled through homelessness and living in shelters for the most part of their young lives.

The story picks up when Kyle wins £25,000 on the National Lottery, which his brother Jake has always been reluctant to take part in. Jake is now 17, and Kyle is 22.

Needing at least £2,000 more in order to finally buy themselves a small 2 bedroom flat, Jake turns to small-time drug dealing, in order to quickly raise the money they need. Jake tells Kyle that he’s got a low-paying job, which has provided the extra money they needed, although Kyle remains suspicious of his brother.

On a dark night in a quieter part of town, Jake is kidnapped without any evidence left behind or any witnesses to the crime. After receiving a ransom letter from Jake’s kidnappers, demanding the £25,000 they were going to put to a flat, Kyle then finds out his brother’s secret drug dealing ways, and goes on the hunt to rescue him, being warned that Jake will be killed immediately if anyone else gets involved.

The film then follows Kyle on his hunt for his brother – the only family he has ever really known – as he travels from town to town to save Jake.

The twist in the story later reveals that it was in fact the brothers' father (Brian Miller) who kidnapped Jake after Brian faked his own death once he became involved in heavy drug dealing issues himself. The whole idea behind the kidnapping was to try and shake him out of the shady world of drug dealing, but was it successful, or is Jake on a set path in a downward spiral?

Possible Distributors

Metrodome was the first distributor that came to mind as it is the company which did Shifty, the film that we got our inspiration from. They mainly distribute low-budget actions, horror and thriller films from around the world, but mostly they come from England.

Metrodome

The second distribution company we chose to consider was Revolver Entertainment.  They distributed films such as Kidulthood and Adulthood, both of which are similar to our genre. The company is based in London and Los Angeles meaning that the American market can be covered at the same time, for the price as it would for just England.

Revolver Ent.

Research into Similar Films

Our film will be a drug-fuelled thriller, therfore we looked at films such as 'Snatch' and 'Shifty' for inspiration.

Snatch - IMDb
Shifty - IMDb

The trailer for an example of a very modern, high-budget, drug-based action/thriller film is shown below. The title of this film is 'Contraband'.




▼ Reviews of Similar Films ▼


'Snatch' Review - Rotten Tomatoes
'Shifty' Review - Rotten Tomatoes

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