Setting the Scene.
2 Characters
The Chef
- Male
- Tall
- Clumsy
- Funny
- Gangly
- Worried
- Silly
- Heavy Handed
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The Love Interest
- Female/Male (interesting twist)?
- Shy
- Sweet
- Cute
- Sincere
- Nervous
- Unsure
- Hesitant
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The Kitchen
- Small (located in a 1 bedroom flat)
- Cluttered
- TV in corner (or book on Table)
- Not many plates
- Cramped
- Low shelves
Act 1.
Scene 1 - Beginning of the end
- Begin inside Fridge.
- walks to counter with ingredients (dropping some), switch to fixed counter view (TV in background)
- looking at the TV "and there you have it!" (cooking episode finishes)
- Have establishing shot of kitchen and we see him knock something off the counter... it rolls towards the counter
- walks across kitchen to get more stuff (pots, pans etc.)
- puts in ingredients, starts cooking.
Scene 2 - The Ticking clock
- pan / zoom from establishing shot to the clock above the archway to the living room. fade to later time e.g. 5:00 to 5:30.
- Camera pans back down to character, kitchen more messy - 10 mins later, food cooking.
- Bends over to pan to sniff, gas burner sets alight tie - he doesn't notice it straight away.
- Feeling the heat, he jolts up, hitting head on shelf, knocking stuff off - some into pan e.g. spices etc. Slaps out fire. Dizzy he whacks into fridge knocking bowl of fruit off top.
Act 2.
Scene 1 - The Chain Reaction
- Some objects on shelf fall in pot, e.g. spices, burns hand. Tries to rectify situation - tries to get the stuff out of pot. Trips on something on floor.
- In progress...
Scene 2- The Recovery
- In progress...
Act 3.
Scene 1 - The Doorbell
- In progress...
Scene 2 - Finish
- Guy at meal with date in Living Room. He is forced to serve whatever ended up being cooked. He's nervous, so feeling sorry for him she hesitantly takes a bite and ends up loving the meal.
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