Short Drama Proposal.

South Essex College,

Luker Road,

Southend-On-Sea,

SS1 1ND.

The current working title for this project is "Hope Dies Last". The short, ten-minute drama will follow the story of two brothers who are trying to balance looking after the eldest's daughter with fighting against an oppressive government that took control shortly after a mass, global disaster. They struggle to do this, however, and soon find the young girl kidnapped by the government. The drama will follow the two, and a number of supporters, as they try to rescue the young girl, although soon realise that they have walked into something that they can not fight against, and all they really have left is hope that the daughter will survive the events that take place.

The intended audience would be a mix of teenagers and adults that are interested in action and/or science-fiction films that are based around an almost apocalyptic disaster, although it would also appeal to parents as they would understand the need they feel to protect their children. There are many themes of oppression and tyranny within the film, and also a sense that family ties are something that's extremely strong and cannot be broken easily.

I'm attempting to keep the production as low budget as possible. I already have a number of actors and crew members who are willing to help me out with the short film, and I can borrow camera, sound and lights rom the college, which means I will not have to pay for hiring out equipment. The only things I will really have to consider are transport, food/drink and locations, as I may possibly need to pay out for them.

I'm planning to keep the film rather dark and gloomy, with a number of flashbacks to help the audience understand what happened just before the events that take place in the film. The idea has a dark ending to it, with the two main characters dying unexpectedly, although the daughter just about manages to survive, so it's not a completely tragic ending. With the story being extremely character-driven, however, the audience should hopefully be affected greatly by the deaths of these two characters, as they will have grown to like them throughout the drama. They will still have something positive at the end of the film, however, as the girl will survive, and there will be hints that she will grow up with the other exiles of the film and become a symbol for hope just like the two brothers originally were. This could possibly lead on to a sequel at some point, but I've not yet planned for anything - I'm simply allowing myself to leave the possibility open.

Yours sincerely,

Nicola Sinclair.