From Script To Screen - Final Story Idea

After chatting to Phil, he lead me to this resolved and connected story idea. I did a quick bit of research and found a bird that flies the furthest, symbolising the greatest freedom. The bird is the Arctic Tern, which travels the distance of the earth yearly.

Premise:

Becoming free from the entrapment of a dull life

- Door to door salesman feels trapped in his job, depressed

- He sells encyclopedias of the world and has to lug them around all day

- One day at work, a potential customer slams a door in his face and he drop his encyclopdeia

- The encyclopedia lands open on a page with an Arctic Tern (bird that migrates the furthest)

- The salesman starts imagining the bird flying free, he then has a flash back to a memory of him as a child, skateboarding around the streets, almost flying with the wind hitting against him.

- He runs to the local zoo and looks at the animals stuck and feels as if that reflects his life, he feels trapped.

- He sees an Arctic Tern stuck in a cage and manages to set it free, he feels empowered by the bird’s freedom

- He skates off, pages of encyclopedia flying behind him, as well as his tie and jacket that symbolise his entrapment.

- It ends with him skating off into the distance, free