3. THE PROJECT OVERVIEW
LONDON 2035, THE WORLDS POPULATION HAS TRIPLED SINCE 2000 LEADING TO A HUGE STRAIN ON
RESOURCES, TO KILL TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE THE UN SET UP ‘THE PROJECT’ INSPIRED BY CHINA’S ONE
BABY POLICY. THE FIRST BORN OF EVERY COUPLE IS DONATED TO THE PROJECT WHEN THEY REACH THE AGE
OF 18 IN WHICH THEY WILL SLAUGHTERED FOR FOOD.
IT OPENS ON LUCY DURRAM. FIRST BORN OF MR AND MRS DURRUM, SHE HAS RAN AWAY FROM HOME IN A
BID TO ESCAPE THE DONATION TO THE PROJECT. LUKE HOLDEN, A RECRUIT OF THE PROJECT HAS BEEN
FORCED TO FIND LUCY AND BRING HER TO THE SLAUGHTER HOUSE. THROUGH THE POWERS OF PERSUASION
AND HIS OPTIMISTIC VIEW ON THE WORLD, HE CONVINCES HER TO GO WITH HIM TO THE SLAUGHTER
HOUSE AND THEY DIE TOGETHER.
6. BLEEDING LOVE OVERVIEW
THROUGH THE USE OF PARALLELEDITING, WE SEE TWO PEOPLE GETTING READY FOR A BLIND DATE, ONE MAN,
ONE WOMAN, THE WOMAN IS STEREOTYPICALLY TAKING TIME DOING HER MAKEUP, HAIR ETC., MEANWHILE
THE BOY IS STUDYING THE SERIAL KILLER TYPE SHRINE ON HIS WALL WITH THE WOMAN AT THE TOP. THEY
BOTH LEAVE THE HOUSE AND MEET IN A PUBLIC PARK, HE STABS HER AND THEN KILLS HIMSELF.
7. LOCAL HERO
OPENING SHOWS 4 YOUTH, WEARING INTIMIDATING AND WEARING HOODIES. THEY RUN UP TO AN
ELECTRONICS SHOP THE CCTV CAMERA SHOWS THE TEENAGERS BREAKING AND ENTERING THE SHOP, THEY
ROB THE SHOP, TAKING THE VALUABLE ITEMS, THE NEXT SHOT SHOWS A MAN WHO HAS JUST HELPED AN
OAP CROSS THE ROAD. HE SEES THE ROBBERY TAKING PLACE AND SPRITS TO THE SCENE OF THE CRIME HE
SHUTS THEM IN THE SHOP, CALLS THE POILCE. THE POLICE COME, AREST THE YOUTHS AND THE GRAND
THEFT AUTO ‘WASTED’ GRAPHIC ARISES.
