A Screenplay by James McConnell

A lonely theatre technician, Dave, is hired by a journalist to collect information about a famous director who works in the theatre. When Dave struggles to gather enough information he begins making it up, which gives the journalist a front page headline and the director gets fired. Feeling guilty and even more lonely, Dave contemplates suicide before being stopped by the director who quickly becomes his friend.

• I used to volunteer as a lighting technician• People often forget you are there when on the lighting

rig, and so speak freely thinking nobody can hear them• The idea is a largely exaggerated scenario of the times

this happened, partly taking inspiration from the Netflix serial House of Cards.

DaveTheatre

Technician26

KateJournalist

23

DamienTheatre Director

35

• Dave is lonely, isolated and friendless• Physically strong, but somewhat mentally unstable• Usually honest, but becomes curious about the Director

• Taron is almost the image of Dave I had when writing the script• He is young and appears physical strong• His role in Kingsman showed his comedic and physicality

acting abilities

• Kate is a young and ambitious journalist• Very determined to be more successful• Manipulative, will do anything to get her way with little

concern for others

• Emma Watson shows determination in and out of her acting roles• Usually plays strong minded and intelligent characters• Has also played parts in comedy films such as This is the

End

• Damien Blake is an arrogant, yet successful theatre Director

- you hate him but you want to be his friend• The audience should feel sympathy towards him when he

loses his job

• Andrew Scott has played a similar role as Moriarty in the BBC’s Sherlock• He is able to be likeable to an audience despite playing

‘evil’ characters• He is well known to the same target audience

• An espionage film without a typical action hero• Main character does not speak until the very end• Not many films about theatre technicians

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• 15-35 year olds• Dominantly male audience

• Spy Drama• Comedy

• Loneliness / Isolation• Need for friendship• Deceit

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