Drama Project- Synopsis

SYNOPSIS

Exterior: Norfolk Park. Early morning 
Sunrise over city, city coming to life

Interior: Ordinary working class kitchen. Same early morning
Man sat at kitchen table. Cereal bowl and milk bottle indicate breakfast.

Behind him noises build (kettle, toaster, radio). Incessant nagging of wife. Quick cuts from both sides behind his head nagging him. He is being nagged from all sides. Man looks forward ignoring wife as best he can.

Close up of kitchen clock hitting 8am.

Man finishes cereal puts down spoon in bowl, stands up, leaves table.

Cut to: (snappy edits)

Int: Home hallway

- Close up: mirror reflection, man putting on tie
- CU: putting shoes on
- CU: hand picking up keys from bowl
- Wide: house door shuts as he has left for work

Int: Office corridor
Lift doors open, man piles out with numerous other people.

Int: Open plan office
Man walks down middle of office towards his desk

Int: At desk
In set up reminiscent of being sat at kitchen table, man has outside world view from window behind him. Inside all furniture is grey and artificial lighting harsh and washed out. Desk top paraphernalia indicates work station.

Around him noises begin to build (tapping typing on keyboards, printers, phones ringing) arms of unidentified person dumps huge bundles of paperwork on his desk with a thud. Phone rings, sounds of disgruntled client on phone. Behind him boss is ‘having a go’ at him in the same manner as nagging wife in kitchen. Same cuts in edit so that man gets verbal abuse from all sides. Man continues to look forward.

Close up of office clock hitting 5pm.

Man puts down last file on his mountain of paperwork, stands up, leaves desk.

Int: Open plan office
Man walks back down middle of office.

Int: Office corridor
Man gets into lift, doors close.

Int: Home hallway 

(Snappy edits) 

- Wide: Door opens as he walks in
- Close up: hand putting keys in bowl
- CU: taking shoes off

Int: kitchen
Man sits down at same table that he got up from this morning.
Table set for evening meal: water jug and glasses, place mats, cutlery.

As breakfast, noises build behind him (this time boiling pan, microwave humming, washing machine whirring). Incessant nagging of wife. Quick cuts from both sides behind his head nagging him. He is being nagged from all sides. Same as breakfast.

Man looks forward ignoring wife.

Calmly gets up and leaves table.

Cut to: (snappy edits)

Int: Home hallway

- Close up: mirror reflection, calmly, man takes off tie
- CU: putting shoes on
- CU: hand over keys in bowl
- CU: man takes off wedding ring and puts it in bowl with the keys
- Wide: house door shuts as he has left leaving keys and everything else behind him

Ext: House
Noises, and all other environmental sounds, fade as we follow him walking away from house, onto pavement, and set off down road

Ext: Norfolk Park (same location as beautiful sunrise)
Man walks away. Camera stays at park gates as he walks off into distance up the park tree lined avenue. Leaving the city, and his old life, behind.

(END OF SYNOPSIS)