Story telling unit "The Meeting" practice work with Sophie Marriott

The Meeting


Pitch- A dramatic insight into how gang culture affects two different lives.

Characters-

Gangster- Jimmy. Spends time drug dealing and being part of a gang. The gang is his only family, the only life he has ever known. He is easily influenced, aggressive, aims high, never managed to get very far in the gang.

Artist- Angelo. Working on a film set, on the side sells drugs to support his wife and child. Respectable and presentable in appearance but a risk taker.

Setting- Film set

Story idea- Jimmy has to prove himself to his fellow gangsters/mob, by killing a low level drug dealer, Angelo. The meeting is a surprise to Angelo. Jimmy turns up at the film set, dressed as a crew member, with the aim to kill Angelo. Jimmy meets his goal by stabbing Angelo in the studios when the opportunity of being alone becomes clear. He rests Angelo on the ground next to his new set and walks out of the film set towards the entrance. As he is leaving the studios he notices a women and a child as the women introduces herself as the wife of Angelo and that she was there to see him. Jimmy feels guilty about leaving a child without their father as he could personally relate, he now realises the effect that mindless gang violence has on the innocent. Jimmy is confronted with the fact that he may never be able to leave the gang without being dead.