1. Treatment/Character Bio
Name of writer
Joseph Lane-ATVX 115
Working Title
Three Irish Lads and Some Dead Fella
Genre
Black Comedy/Crime/psychological
Location
Apartment-Condition neglected run down and rugged.
Time of day
Early Morning-Mid Day. 10PM-4:30Pm
Plot/Premise
Set in West Limerick Ireland the plot orientates around three Criminal Flatmates in
financial difficulty (Maccarig McGowan) a self-obsessive repulsive brute and
controlling dominator. (Mackey Louis) a convicted murderer and terrifying psychopath
and narcotics drug nut (Johnny Speed) committee a robbery at a local coffee shop to pay
the rent. The conflict is foreseen when Mackey finds a letter in the post regarding
Maccarrig receiving inheritance from his recently deceased wealthy father. Mackey
decides to construct a plot to set up and kill the 2 lads for his own selfish gain like a fox
manipulating the two boys Johnny and Maccarig against each other. The plot thickens
when Macarrig arrives home to find a dead psychologist in the room accompanied by the
deranged Mackey.. This slowly gets intensified and personal between the two and unfolds
into a massive plot of deception and betrayal.
Obstacles
Obstacles that arise in the plot start to escalate when a police officer Garda Shamus Flynn
comes investigating as to the whereabouts of the missing doctor. The two lads Mackey
and Macarrig humourlessly bluff the Garda into thinking everything is ok. The now
furious Maccarig is trying his best to keep the body away from sight and becomes ultra –
suspicious and extra paranoid about Mackey’s most recent behaviour suspecious that
Macky kept from him the letter of inheritance. That evening Johnny arrives at the house
2. with two distant uninvited guests along with Maccy’s sister Patrice Louis for a game of
kings (Drinking game)
Evolution of story
The main plot of betrayal is revealed when Mackey talks to his sister debate the plot of
betral. Plagued with disbelieve Maccarig overhears the conversation and implosively
gives Mackey the step ahead making him believe he is in control of his obvious intentions
to steal his fortune. Johnny however being gullible and enjoying the night of drinking
passes out unawre of the situation
Closure of Story
To conclude the story the uninvited guest leaves except for Patrice who is in the bathroom
having a shower and Shannon her gay lover. MaCarrig anxiously waits for everyone to
sleep so that he can give Mackey a piece of his mind and eventually interrogates Mackey
showing him the letter and shooting him in the leg. This leads to an unnatural
conversation of a Dark nature when Mackey is forced to make Maccarrig the only and
last cup of tea he will ever make. Feeling exploited and vengeful Mackey slips foxgloves
pollen into MaCarigs last cup of tea!... MaCcarig dies slowly from the poison. Then
Johnny comes barging into the kitchen room shocked and confused. Mackey pretends to
be a helpless victim of MaCarrigs brutal nature showing Johnny the dead body telling
Johnny the story truthfully with a white lie not mentioning about the inheritance and then
shoots Johnny in the head.
Twist of story
Mackey’s Sister Patrice smiles and walks into the room hugging him in awe. Mackey
planning to run off with his sister with his new founded wealth then decides to kill his
sister. Patrice manages to escape Macky’s grip knocking him to the ground and later
accidently shoots Macy from a jump scare. Sargent Shamus Flynn is baning on the door
and patrice makes the massacare look like a stand off. She uses her feminine helplessness
to convince the sargent she was a victom of this terrible incidend.
End of Stroy
The final scene we see Patrice with her now revelved lesbian partner calling Albert
bagshaw a currpt solicitor to fraud the money as her own with a share of the cut leaving
patrice the main phantom of betryel.