Title: Benched
Narrative: Benched follows the story of teenaged ghost Anna that is stuck to her local parks bench after being killed there a year prior. Many different people come and sit on the bench each day, some she knows well and others she hardly knows at all, but when a depressed woman begins visiting daily Anna begins to find herself becoming invested in her life.
Genre: Comedy/drama
Characters:
Anna - The ghostly protagonist of our tale. She's sarcastic and witty, often finding time to make humorous remarks on other people's lives even if the comment is falling on deaf ears. Gradually Anna becomes invested in the lives of the people that visit the bench, and tries to find a way to change their outlook for the better.
Louise - The woman that starts visiting the bench daily- she is obviously depressed and feels like her life is no longer worth living because of the bad luck that has befallen her in the past.
Marjory - The 'crazy old woman' that comes to the bench every so often and talks to her dead husband Humphrey. Through the dialogue she has with him Anna finds out more about her life and tries to advise her even though she can't be heard.
Nick - The 'chavvy' man that visits the bench on occasion and seems to always be on dating websites. Anna tries to involve herself in his romantic life as the film goes on.
Synopsis: The day begins as any other, with Anna welcoming her first guest of the day, Nick- the man that seems to always be looking for love on a dating website. After dialogue directed at Nick he eventually leaves and is later replaced by Marjory, whom natters on to her dead husband for a while before also leaving. This is repeated to several times to leave the impression of time having passed, until eventually somebody new sits at the bench- Louise. After a few visits Anna notices Louise is quite obviously depressed and begins to do simple things such as putting flowers on the bench and leading animals to the bench in order to cheer her up. As Anna sees Louise gradually improving, she realises she has the ability to help people even from beyond the grave and decides the place she's been stuck in isn't so bad after all.
Required crew: When filming it would be useful to have at least 2 crew members so that one person could be checking the script/storyboard whilst the other filmed. Since it is a single location shoot it would be unnecessary to have a lot of people as we would not need to move equipment around.
Required equipment: Two 650 DSLR cameras and two tripods for the filming process. Other than this we shouldn't need any other equipment as the film is relatively simple.
Production schedule: We would need to film in the day over a couple of different days, probably in June as this is the time the weather will be best since the shoot is entirely outdoors. It should take less than a week for us to get all the necessary footage.
Suggested locations: Hillsborough park, Oughtibridge park and the Peace gardens.
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