Synopsis
The
purpose of this project is to produce a contemporary comedy about a bathroom
attendant who is down on his luck and gets fired. Nothing seems to go right
for him and he eventually develops an anger problem. Since he lost his job,
he and his friend try looking for any get rich quick ideas, but eventually
gives up and tries to seek revenge at the job. Throughout the story, the
main character runs into other characters and passes on his anger problem.
The seemingly unrelated characters prove to affect the main character
throughout the story.
The objectives:
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The story
is to be presented in fictional form and structured as a non-traditional
film narrative.
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The
narrative is made up of a sequence of events that build up on each other.
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The purpose
of the narrative is to provide a comedic insight in how situational events
can be viewed. Many people have anger problems and this is the theme of the
story. It gets exaggerated and contagious in this narrative until the point
that the characters almost enjoy knowing others are suffering.
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The
narrative revolves around how people can’t deal with the daily situations in
life that they are dealt with. The central motive in the narrative touches
three main themes.
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The theme
touches on how unseemingly related people or events have a fate that often
crosses paths.
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The theme
also tries to infer that the mundane, annoying events in life often lead to
larger problems, such as an anger problem.
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The theme
also revolves around revenging what people feel they were wronged of.
Audience
Target Audience:
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People who
enjoy physical, observational, or situational comedy.
Secondary Audience:
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Students
and teacher in a college single camera production class.
Demographics of Target and Secondary Audience
Genre of audience
Target audience male 75% female
25%
Secondary audience male 80% female 20%
Age average of audience male female
Target audience 18-34
18-34
Secondary audience 19-40 19-22
Formal education of audience
Target audience high school, some
college or college graduate
Secondary audience some college or college
graduate
Psychographics of Target Audience and Secondary Audience
Average regular comedy viewer:
