Pitch 1

The first thing we see is a girl, leaning against a railing next to the river. The audience knows that she is the main character and from her features and clothing you know that she is a teenager. There is also a calming but slightly saddening music in the background, almost informing the audience that this film is going to about this girl’s life and that the genre is teen-Drama. The shot goes to a closer shot her face and she exhales. A voice- over comes on and it’s the girl’s voice. "There was no place that described me better than this place...” various shots comes on, from famous sites, to parks and markets. "Me all alone, on a cliff, tempted to jump and end my horrid and boring life..." it then changes on to shots from her feet to show she’s on the edge and her gripping on the railing, while she is talking. After that sentence there is a pause and you can see a side, close up shot of her face, and she lets out a humorless chuckle. "... That would've been the most interesting thing I’ve done all my life, but obviously... I’d never had the guts.” Still on the same shot, she shakes her head looking down. The shot goes to a middle shot, from the back, to show her silhouette and the scenery. She picks her head up and the next voice over comes on. "That was before I knew my circumstance.". The audience next see the same girl sitting, down next to a man; we can tell he's a doctor because he's wearing a white over cloak and has files in his hand. It goes onto a closer shot of the doctor as he says, "I'm sorry, but this type of cancer is not treatable". Then a close up shot of the girls shoulder with the doctors hand on her shoulder. The voice over of the girls’ thoughts continues in this shot. "That's when I realized 3 things. Number 1, time was to precious, 2, I had NO time to be a coward." By the end of the sentence the goes out and you can see the doctors lips saying, "I’m sorry" again. The shot changes into the original setting, but the girl’s normal expression change into a happy one, which is unusual because we just find out she, has cancer. "And 3, It was time to take a risk" Someone behind her, it seems to be her her friend, because she goes to hug him and her thought continues. "So let the journey begin". It goes onto a long shot of them walking away from camera and as the camera pans up towards the sky, the title comes on. "Taking a risk". The camera pans back down from the sky; the title gone and a complete new shot of the same girl walking but looking more like a geek. Ending the opening of the film and starting her journey.

Farjana Reshma Rahman