• TITLE: AGAINST ALL ODDS
• GENRE: DRAMA
• LENGTH: FEATURE FILM SCRIPT
• TARGET AUDIENCE: NOLLYWOOD
• LOGLINE: A young girl loses her parents in a car crash and goes to stay with her uncle who is influenced by his wife and they abandon her at a boarding school and relocate overseas. She passes through so many hardships to make it in life.
• SYNOPSIS: Mellissa Smith is a lady who loses her parents at a tender age, goes to stay with her uncle Edmond Smith who is influenced by his wife Charlotte Smith and they abandon her at school and relocate to overseas. She stays with the school gardener, Mr. Edward who also dies when she is about to join the university. Arnold Willis is a spoilt rich boy who thinks the world is at his beck and call and meets Mellisa after knocking her benefactor with hiks car which eventually kills him. Years later, Arnold rapes Mellisa and she becomes pregnant. She meets her uncle again years later and unfortunately he also dies few years later.
• SCRIPT REVIEW: This piece of work is around 150 pages and is divided into Two parts. it contains around 90 scenes which are in 3ACTS format. it is in courier style and the paging is at the bottom left corner with character titles at the centre of their speeches. The scene are arranged as follows.
INT. EDMOND SMITH’S RESIDENCE- LIVING ROOM- DAY TIME
ACTION: Edmond and the rest of his family are coming back weaing black clothes meaning they are coming from the funeral and Edmond addresses a little girl of about 6 years.
REMINISCENCE (MELLISA)
EDMOND SMITH
Mellisa dear, from now on you are going to be staying with us. Consider this your home dear ok?
He says still holding the little girl’s hand whom we know is mellisa.
CHARLOTTE SMITH
Yes Mellisa but only if you will be of good behavior and not be stubborn like your mother.
EDMOND SMITH
Charlotte!!! What on earth are you trying tto do to this poor girl?
CHARLOTTE SMITH
Honey, she has to know and understand that we shall not take any excesses from her.
• PROPS/SETS
- Mansions to act as Arnold’s home and uncle Edmond
- Coronial style houses to act as Edmond’s old house.
- Cars
- Office space
- Hospital settings
- Clinic settings
- High class apartment for Arnold
- Poor neighborhood house for Mr. Edward.
• MAIN CAST
MELLISA SMITH: fair complexion, beautiful, at 6years small and very hhumble, 16years fair complexion still and beautiful with glasses. 24 years, beautiful, curvy with glasses and still soft spoken.
ARNOLD WILLIS: Fair complexion in all age differences, small. Athletic accordingly and spoilt. Arrogant and so full of himself.
EDMOND SMITH: Dark in complexion, mid thirties, with some gray hairs. Glasses and a humble man
CHARLOTTE SMITH: Fair in complexion. Early thirties, curvy and a bit tall. Dresses elegantly but so rude and hurtful.
KIMBERLY WILLIS: Fair in complexion, dresses very well and in rich and high class clothes. Around 27years old, tall and athletic in build.
• SUPPORT CAST:
GEORGE WILLIS, KATE WILLIS, KAYLA, CIARA, PATRICIA WILSON, MRS. HENSHAW, MR. EDWARDS, DR, CHRIS, DR. ADAMS, SISTER MARGARET, PASTOR SAMUEL, MISSY WILLIS, ARNOLD JUNIOR, MIMI, PRETTY, ANITA, AMINAT, OTHER HOSPITAL STAFF, OFFICE STAFF, BURIAL EXTRAS, PUPILS AT MELISSA’S ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
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