This is the basis of my 7 step outline to my project, although I feel it still might need a few more adjustments here and there.
THE RELUCTANT HITMAN
PREMISE: Trevor, a naive young man who has made a few bad choices recently is given the dire option to kill or be killed.
SET UP: Trevor is sitting in front of the computer at his dull job as a data entry employee for a printing company, on a gloomy Melbourne Monday morning. He’s working to save money to pay off some bad debts and leave Australia to start a new life in America.
INCITING INCIDENT: Bill, a sinister mafia bookie, has tracked down Trevor at his work and makes a threat to him about wanting to collect the debt of $30,000 Trevor has left after some bad gambling choices. When Trevor explains to Bill he can’t come up with the money straight away, Bill gives him the option to settle the debt by killing off Roger -a rival mafia goon of Bills’, or he will be killed.
ACT ONE TURNING POINT: The next morning Trevor breaks into Roger’s apartment. Being a novice at breaking and entering and a hitman, Trevor’s nerves get the better of him, he knocks and bangs creating heaps of noise as he’s making his way around.
MID POINT: Trevor finally makes it to the bedroom knowing that’s where Roger would be and slowly opens the door to see Roger fast asleep, but Roger foils Trevor’s plan by snatching the gun out of Trevor’s hand as soon as he approached the bed.
ACT TWO TURNING POINT: While Trevor is screaming and crying uncontrollably, explaining how extremely remorseful he is, Roger suddenly drops to the floor and starts having a seizure induced by his diabetes. Trevor bewildered at what’s happening [edit] watches as Roger’s seizures finally come to an end.
ACT THREE TURNING POINT: Trevor moves in close on the floor to check for any vital signs of life on Roger only to no avail. On doing this he notices a huge pile of cash underneath the bed. $100,000 worth!
RESOLUTION: Trevor takes the money puts it into a sports bag and leaves the apartment, and makes a quick dash home, with the thought of his dream of starting new in America coming to fruition, and doing it without ever laying a hand on Roger.
PROTAGONIST CHARACTER BIOGRAPHY
Name: Trevor
Trevor has big aspirations of one day going to America to pursue a career in International Car Importer. He always had an obsession with sporty fast cars and collected a bunch of small model cars as a kid.
Trevor is usually a very cautious young man however, recently - and for the first time, he got involved in an illegal bookie ring hoping to make a quick buck, but ended up with a huge debt owing to Bill, the bookie. Trevor was always hesitant about doing this, but his desire to go to America was stronger than his true instinct. It was only a one-time deal but now has the Bookie on his tail harassing him for the money.
Trevor’s thoughts of seeing his future quickly fading away, he finds himself put in a desperate situation which Bill the Bookie takes advantage of and gives Trevor an option of doing the most heinous sin any man could do, kill someone, and the debt will be settled. Trevor has never held a gun before!
Occupation: Office worker for a small printing company
He travels to work by tram
His working hours are from 7:30am – 4:30 pm. He works alone in an office.
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Short Brown
Height: 5’5
Weight: 70kg
Nationality: Australian
Marital Status: Single
Siblings: Sister aged 29, called Cate who moved to Perth with her husband and child last year,
Resides: He lives in the inner suburbs of Melbourne in a small one bedroom flat on the 6th floor. His flat is neat and clean. And it’s decked out with very few furniture pieces mostly second hand.
Favourite Food: Chinese take away
Favourite Music: Good Aussie rock music, Ben Lee, Eskimo Joe, Powderfinger. He frequents as many gigs as possible
Favourite Alcoholic Drink: Carlton Draught, although he’s not a heavy drinker
Favourite Hangout: The local pub, which he visits once a week
Favourite Style/Clothes: Clean and casual
Favourite Football Team: Richmond
Favourite Car: Mustang ‘68
Car he owns: 1991 blue Toyota Corolla
Personality Traits: Anxious, considerate, honest, hard-working, approachable, doesn’t like confrontation.
Relationship: He had a girlfriend but separated from her 6 months ago. They went out for 1 year. It’s the longest relationship he’s had.
Both Parents past away
He knows basic First Aid
He has strong computer skills
It’s hysterical. ‘Where’s my wife and daughter?!".
Although it might start off a bit slow with the typical long dialogue sequence that Tarantino is known for, it really kicks some ass when Kurt Russell’s character Stuntman Bob starts to raise some hell against the girls. The Female characters are really likeable and It has one of the best endings of a movie that I’ve seen in a while. Again the b-grade effect is featured all the way through. both films B-grade effects include scratched film, badly edited moments, film jumping, and the cheeky missing reels just when the action starts to get raunchy in both Death Proof and Planet Terror.
