The meeting

The Meeting

25 word pitch

A young girls deteriorating life results in depression and drug abuse, until she meets a young drug dealer who she discovers to be worse off than her.

Characters

Cindy (the young girl)

-  16 years old

-  short in height

- typically seen wearing a tracksuit

-  very smart

-  depressed

-  pale face and baggy eyes (always looks tired/ill)

-  sympathetic

Backstory: During school time, Cindy often kept to herself and was really excelling in a number of subjects, especially english. Though she was reasonably satisfied with her day-to-day lifestyle, she wanted to become more outgoing. This is where she was first introduced to drugs. On a night out with friends, one of them offered her some weed. She wasn't hooked on the stuff but eventually started to go out more and more often and started to smoke more and more weed, abandoning her studies and revision periods. Her life really turned around when her parents got a divorce shortly before exam period which led to poor results. This is where she fell in a state of depression and started using drugs as an escape from her depressing life.

Reece (the drug dealer)

-  19 years old

-  average height

-  always wears tracksuit and sportswear

-  lack of english skills

-  always on edge/very jumpy

-  from a poor background

Backstory: Due to a number of issues in his family life, Reece decided to drop out of school at a young age to take care of his family. With no money and nowhere else to turn to, Reece decided to get involved with the distribution of drugs ranging from weed to cocaine, occasionally contributing to the production of the drugs. Though he made good money from this, the money was spent on alcohol by the mother and drugs by the father, eventually leading to his fathers demise.

Genre

The story is a very dramatic story and can at times leave the viewer on the edge of their seat. I would say that it is a drama/thriller short film as the story falls on a rather dark and depressing story and though the two main characters do develop a bond and a good, trusting friendship, it doesn't really go any further than that which adds to the drama. There will be a bit of action and a lot of conflict but not such much so to consider it an action. It will certainly keep the viewers on the edge of their seat.