Unhappy Circumstances - Pitch

Unhappy Circumstances


Daniel Greene has to make a choice between his job or a stranger he just met, will he choose an unhappy career or doing the right thing.

Genre - Drama

Characters

Daniel Greene - An unhappy office worker who is constantly under stress from his menial job, he always wants to move up the corporate ladder but is passed up constantly by people who are less skilled but friends or family of his boss. He always dresses smart.

Jason Deaton - A young man who had a big argument with his father and ran away, he hasn't spoken to his father for years and is distraught to find out he has passed away, he is barely keeping up with his payments on his rundown apartment and feels like a disappointment to his father.

Main Location - 

Country Road - Where the car accident takes place, isolated and no phone signal, far away from any garages or help.

Car Interior -  Daniel's Car where a portion of the story takes place, organised and clean.

Apartment - Where Daniel lives and is writing his cv in the last scene.

The Story

Daniel Greene is on his way to work when a car comes round the corner at a high speed, Daniel brakes and swerves to avoid the car which loses control and hits an embankment getting his car stuck. Daniel gets out of his car and runs over to the other car and a young man in a hoodie gets out.

This is Jason Deaton, he looks over the car and runs his hands through his head exasperated, obviously very agitated, Daniel runs up to him to make sure he is ok. Jason is fine but upset as he is on his way to his fathers funeral and he is running late since it was so far away. They try to call a taxi and a tow truck,  but they will take hours to get there and they are miles from the closest garage.

Daniel is about to leave but then decides to take Jason to the funeral, he calls up work explaining what happened and telling them he's going to be late, they tell him if he isn't in on time he is fired.

After hearing this Daniel loses his temper and tells them to stick it.

He takes Jason to the funeral and on the way finds out that Jason and his father had a huge argument a few years ago and haven't spoken since, Jason is upset that he never got to say goodbye and how he feels his father passed thinking little of him.

Daniel then pulls over and they quickly change clothes, so Jason is wearing smart clothing for the funeral, Daniel drops Jason off is invited inside, he declines but stays in the car and has a nap.

It cuts to the next week and Daniel is sending off CV's he gets a phone call from Jason, who tells him his father left him the large family business and needs someone to help him run it.

Inspiration - The idea of this story comes from a experience I had when I got stuck in really bad traffic and had to call work to tell them ill be late, my job at the time didn't believe there was traffic and told me if I didn't come in I would be fired. I took pictures of the traffic and kept my job.

I added another experience where a girl in the car in front of me was in a collision and the other car drove off,  I stayed with the girl who was upset and waited until her mother and aunt came to pick her up.