Summary
Two best friends unknowing get together with the same person, leading to a hilarious slightly tense twist in their love life. Two close friends are hanging out together when Jerry finds out that he’s got a match on tinder, who he is planning on meeting later that day. Not being able to drive at the moment, he asks Jared for a ride since he’s going to grab food around the same time Jerry & his match are meeting up. Once Jared drops him off, he recognizes the girl as his girlfriend. This makes him angry & he confronts them about it. After some arguing, Jared ends things with his girlfriend & leaves the place with Jerry.
Elements:
26: Pacing
Consistent dialogue keeps audience hooked with comedic lines & some exposition.
99. Passage of time:
Napoleon checking his watch & being tired shows a passage of time. We plan to show something similar in our film to show the time skip from the first location to the park.
94: Defining character
This scene establishes both of the characters personalities & what they are having problems with through dialogue. This gives lots of depth to them.
97: Moving locations
This scene shows two characters being called to a different location, so they have to drive there while explaining some backstory. It also shows the landscape in the background being very chaotic, like this movie.
Drafts of Script
Some changes we made to the story was instead of having them both match with the same girl, we had one of the characters be in an established relationship with the girl that his friend matches with. We added more settings from just inside to school to in the car & at Yauger Park.
Characterization developement
Our main characters are meant to be close friends who like to joke around a bit & live with each other. Our first character Jared is in a relationship with a girl, while Jerry is looking for a match on tinder. There’s very little conflict between them to start because Jerry doesn’t know Jared’s girlfriend, & Jared doesn’t know that Jenna (the girlfriend) has matched with Jerry on tinder. But once Jared drops Jerry off & sees that his date is Jenna, he becomes angry with both of them. This causes lots of tension between all 3 of them, as Jerry becomes confused & worried while Jenna tries to explain herself (poorly). Jared’s anger will build up so much that he will flounce out, ending things with Jenna.
Influences
The argument scene from Crazy, Stupid, Love
The argument in this scene works well because it was built up to through subtle bits of information mentioned throughout the film. You can clearly understand everyone’s confusion & frustration.
This scene shows the character’s struggle with his love life, while balancing the drama out with comedy.
Pitch
This film will be about two best friends unknowing getting together with the same person, leading to a hilarious twist in their love life. The genre would be Romantic Comedy. The two main characters named Jerry & Jared are hanging out when Jerry gets a match on tinder & is planning on meeting this person later that day. Jerry is excited about this, & Jared gives him a ride to the park where they’re meeting because it’s close to where he’s headed. As he drops off Jerry, he recognizes the girl he matched with as his girlfriend Jenna. He angrily steps out & confronts them. Jerry becomes confused since he’s never met Jenna before, while Jenna panicked & tries to explain her wrong-doing. The dialogue of Jared & Jerry will be smooth but faster paced because of the characters being confused & wanting explanations. Jenna’s dialogue will be nervous & have more word jumbling because she’s panicking. After a tense interaction, Jared ends things with Jenna & drives back with Jerry. The story ends with a shot of them in the car talking, & then they both get a notification that they got a new match on tinder.
Treatment
Two close friends Jared & Jerry are hanging out when Jerry gets a match on tinder. Jerry then gets a ride from Jared to the place they’re meeting. Jared notices that the girl he’s meeting with is his girlfriend Jenna. Jared questions why Jenna is with him. Having never met Jenna, this confuses Jerry as he explains that he’s never met her. Jenna then tries to talk her way out of the situation, but she can’t figure out a good excuse for what she’s done. Jared & Jerry then leave both very frustrated. The film ends with them talking about how they don’t need women, & that they only need friendship. This is followed by them both getting notifications on their phone, showing that they both got a new match, causing them to celebrate.
Costume
Characters will be wearing casual clothes, & will be wearing their same outfits for every shot for continuity purposes.
What I learned/Problems solved
I learned how to create an effective build-up to a comedic, tense interaction for the story. One problem we had was figuring out how to fill out plot holes, & writing the characters so that their actions are justified & understandable. Communicating with the director on character writing