Film Plots & Casting

FILM ONE

PLOT TWO - 'The Rectifier'

Genre: a sci-fi thriller

Setting: modern day New York

Protagonist: a middle-aged man, suffering from total amnesia

Story: he attempts to retrace back his life, relying fully on a government badge stating only his name, and discovers he was part of a secret government organisation whilst finding his way inside a government building, but when found unrecognised, he is interrogated and misjudged to have forged his badge (the only way of entering the building) using the name of an existing employee of the organisation. After lengthy prosecution, the man and employee are discovered to be the same person through genetic testing, and little by little, with the help of the agency, the man's existence is uncovered to strangely be a future version of the current employee. in a shocking resolution, the man is forced to recapture his memories revealing a stunning truth - that he was sent back 2 decades in time to deilver a message to the present world and prevent the future from happening; a future that would inevitably lead to the destruction of mankind itself. The man is 'the rectifier', and holds all the answers the world needs to help maintain the existence of the human race. The problem is, will he be able to reach these answers from the deepest corners of his own confused mind, or will the unseeable flaw of "time travel caused amnesia" be the ultimate downfall for planet earth?

Casting: Our group chose Will Smith to star in this film, because he has appeared in sci-fi films, such as Independence Day; I, Robot; Men in Black; Wild Wild West; and I Am Legend, and has proved to be a good actor in these types of films. He is a popular actor, attractive to members of the opposite sex and admired and respected by both. He also won the 10th annual Teen Choice Award this August, showing popularity with the younger generations; he has been nominated for many awards for acting and music, and has won a fair amount too.

FILM TWO
PLOT TWO - 'UNTITLED'

Genre: horror/thriller
Setting: modern day, London
Protagonist: Elle, a very wealthy woman in her mid-twenties
Story: Elle is a wonderful person who loves helping people, and rather than spending her money and doing nothing, she works in a charity shop from 9-5, and does all sorts of charity events and fund raisers. She wants to feel normal, despite her millions, so gets the tube to and from work every day at the same time. She is observed by her unnamed train driver, a disturbed man in his 40s with an unhappy wife and an illegitimate 8 year old son whom he ignores. He becomes obsessed with Elle and sets up cameras and microphones in her usual carriage, so as to learn about her life through phone calls, conversations, and her diary. He stalks her and finds out where she lives, and steals small, personal things from her, such as underwear, a sock, or mascara, but his favourite item is one stud earring. One day she gets on the train with a man, whom she kisses as she gets off the train, making the driver mad with jealousy - in his fantasy, he and Elle are together - and decides to fulfil her wish to be normal. Murderers go after 'normal' people. He waits until a day when she's alone in the carriage, and at the next station tells everyone to get off the train, but doesn't open the doors to her carriage. At the end of the line, he ties her to the train track, attaching a note to her body - "bad things happen to good people, so why be good?" - and leaves her to be crushed by the next train. You then see him return to his driving pod and put the single earring on the dashboard. The camera pans to show rows and rows of other single stuf earrings sticking out of sponges, each different, symbolising a woman he has stalked and killed. The next day, the train driver notices another nice woman and his obsession continues...

Casting: Our group chose Julia Roberts to star as Elle in this film, because she is a successful, attractive, and respected actress. She is about 15 years older than the character of Elle, but still looks younger than 40, and the character can be adapted. She generally does not star in horror films, and occasionally in thrillers, such as Sleeping with the Enemy (1991) and Conspiracy Theory (1997), but I thought that this would make it all the more effective. Roberts often plays She is an ordinary person, apart from her enormous wealth, and has no idea of what's going on. Audience members will not be used to seeing her in this type of film, and so the end will be more shocking and horrible.