Story-Telling: Short Project

Project: Given a location and two characters. Create a story.

"The Meeting"

Characters: A computer geek & an office cleaner

Location: Cellar (officer cellar?), Night. Dim lit room. Cold feel.

Protagonist: Joseph (Geek)

Main Character/Secondary Character: Petra (cleaner/spy)

Pitch: “Two worlds collide when a shy computer geek befriends a cleaner whom is rifling through his office but unbeknown to him, she is a spy”

Computer Geek:

• Joseph Wolfstien
• German Descent
• Male
• Government
• Late 20s, early 30s
• Geeky but cute
• No one appreciates him
• Blonde
• Brown eyes
• Short curly hair
• Glasses
• Shirt and tie
• Pressed trousers
• Pens in shirt pocket

Office Cleaner:

• Petra Fyed
• Russian
• Female
• Secretly a spy posing as a cleaner
• Mid 20s
• Skinny
• Pale
• Dark wavy hair
• Cleaning outfit
• Red lipstick
• Still wearing leather slightly heels
• Black cleaning gloves

Why are they meeting?

Joseph is in the cellar completing some paper work and is filing some important documents. He is the office geek who works in the basement looking after all the files. Most don’t even know he exists. Petra has worked her way into the cellar. Important government information is stored here. She is secretly a spy who has been hired to steel information. She knows what she’s looking for. She opens the box where she believes the information is and it’s not there. She is discovered looking through files by Joseph, who questions her. She is unaware that he was going to be there. She sees that Joseph has the information she needs. After some questioning she realises that he has it and begins to flirt her way out of it, in an attempt to complete her mission. He has gained a little confidence because someone has finally noticed him and so he unwittingly made it easier for her. However, although he forgets about asking her questions, he does not give up the documents. She resorts to hitting him over the head with a mop bucket. And so steals the documents from him, leaving the audience to feel sorry for the poor guy.

Goal:

• Steal information
• Carry out his job, go about everyday life

Conflict:

• Found by the computer geek, who has the information she needs.
• Geek finds her.

Change:

• Change of tactics, flirt with computer geek.
• She is made aware of some she never knew existed.
• The environment around her has changed. 

What do we learn?

Joseph just wanted to be noticed, so much so that he wouldn’t question anyone that wanted to be his friend even if they seemed suspicious.

If this was a feature film: The story could continue, he could lose his job as a result. She would discover this, and feel sorry. She could find him and offer him a job at her work place, what he does not know is that he is working for a spy agency.

Location: Government Storage Cellar

Location: Government Storage Cellar

Petra Fyed

Joseph Wolfstien