Monday, November 2, 2009

Film Noir Treatment

Short Noir Film Treatment
I. Producers: Dee Chalco, Chris Pascual, Ash Rich, Gabe Villalobos Title:II. Neo-noirIII. A womanizer finally gets his just desserts at the hands of a disgruntled ex-girlfriend
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INT. RESTAURANT, NIGHTA man (CHRISTIAN) is sitting in a restaurant, talking to a woman (ASHLEY). They seem to be on a date. The conversation is seemingly amiable, they talk about life, interests, and the subject of past lovers comes up. The woman has nothing to say, and the man hesitates, but regains his cool and replies that he has "no baggage". The woman nods, seemingly interested in the man, and asks if he enjoyed their meal together. In the traditional "after-meal" stretch, then man reclines in his chair, when suddenly, a bag is shoved over his head and the screen blacks out.
INT. DIMLY LIT ROOM, NIGHT
Screen Black, there is heavy breathing.The bag is slipped off the man's head; his vision is initially blurry, but clears to reveal a mysterious woman (DEE). The two seem to know each other, by the man's smiling reaction, and the woman's disgust. The man playfully chides the woman for not simply asking to see him again, after so long, but the woman merely scoffs and glares back at him, immune to his wry wit. She walks up to him, and there is a suffocating tension in the air. Her face comes awfully close to his, and she says cryptically, "I know what you do. You can't run from your crimes forever."
INT. HOUSE, NIGHTThe man is alone, on the computer. He seems to be balancing many suggestive conversations between different women. He tells one of these women to meet him later near the dark alleyway. Soon after, he receives a call, and starts a conversation, but the audience cannot hear the other person. As he is talking, a mysterious figure is watching him through the window. The man says he'll meet them at the restaurant tomorrow, and finally, a reassuring "I love you too." The man looks through the window where the figure was, but it is gone now. Back in the computer room, the man hears a loud thud coming from his room. Startled, the man goes to the room brandishing a weapon, and opens the door, only to find the window open and a startling note on his bed, reading, "YOU CAN'T RUN FROM ME." Crumpling the note, the man walks back to the computer, but finds the door open and his cellphone recently used. As the screen fades, a torn picture of DEE is seen in pieces on the floor. Fade.
EXT. STREET, NIGHT
Fade In. Man's shoes walking on street at night. Somebody (DEE) is watching him from a distance. The man is calm until he hears a loud thump. He reels around, but sees nothing behind him, and continues walking. The dark figure continues to watch him at a distance, watching his every move. The man is clearly nervous now, certain that he is being followed, but he cannot see anyone. The man arrives at a dark alley, while the figure stalks him from afar.
EXT. ALLEYWAY, NIGHT
Still shaken from his walk, the man takes out a cigarette and takes a drag. A woman walks out from the darkness. They greet each other, happy to see each other and they share a hug. The dark figure is watching angrily from a distance. The hugging couple get increasingly more intimate and walk together in the darkness of the alleyway. The dark figure walks away, seemingly disgusted. Fade.
EXT. STREET, MORNING
Fade in. Man is walking on sidewalk and enters a restaurant from the beginning. He is still being trailed by the same person. He comes to a table and greets ASHLEY again. They have the same conversation and the same familiar stretch. After he is bagged, DEE is shown to be the person bagging him. Pan right: ASHLEY thanks DEE for the info as DEE knocks out the man.
INT. DIMLY LIT ROOM, NIGHT
The man and DEE have the same conversation from the beginning. In response to DEE's suspiscion, the man laughs and calls her a "deranged stalker." Outraged, DEE takes out a knife and threatens to kill him if he doesn't stop flirting with other girls. The man retorts that she no longer has control over his life and that he can "womanize" all he wants; he proceeds to spit at her, provoking her disgust. DEE looks at the knife peculiarly, and laments that she'll have to stop him herself, and protect everyone from his "filthy existence." As the woman approaches him, the man struggles to escape from his confines, collapsing the chair in the process. DEE points out that there's no point in escaping, he is trapped and the only way to escape is to redeem himself right then and there. The man continues to laugh and says that DEE doesn't have the guts to harm someone she previously loved, much less kill. However, this time DEE chuckles and openly questions if the man will change his mind if he has more "positive reinforcement." She calls in ASHLEY and the woman from the alley, and gives the man her final ultimatum: give up being a womanizer or suffer the worse fate a man can face. Refusing to show any sign of weakness, the man eggs DEE on by flirting with the two girls that just came in. Shrugging, DEE tells the two other girls to pin the man down and remove his pants. Realizing what DEE intends to do, the man feebly struggles escape but is pinned down. DEE laments, but sarcastically tries to calm the man, "Don't worry. You'll still have one of our heads."

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