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| Color Blind by Habib Ayat |
Logline
With a face half burned, an insecure man tries to find love, and has no luck until a woman with no sight enters his life.
Treatment
The scene opens up with a middle aged man getting dressed in a button up shirt, some black slacks, and a black tie. The camera shot is capturing him getting dressed and getting himself together, however the camera hasn't yet captured his face.
In the midst of him getting ready we will hear an underscore of music to keep the viewers entertained while camera shots are taken throughout his entire house. This will give viewers a taste of the type of lifestyle he lives. The camera shots, which I like to call specials, that will be taken of his house is his bedroom. I want people to notice how on one side of the bed the bed is made very neatly and the other side is unmade. I want there to be a shot of pictures. In these pictures I want them to show how the man looked before the accident, I want to see pictures of him and his wife together. I want to then see a picture of her by herself, then finally I want to get a close up of her eulogy.
At this time I want the next shot to be taken of the man in his bathroom, washing his face and once he drys his face off, the camera will do a mid shot of him, then a close-up of his face. The viewers will then see that his face was half burned, and through his body language people will be able to tell that he is not yet adjusted to his looks. Before he leaves he goes to his kitchen grabs a banana from the counter, and leaves out the front door to his house.
The next scene takes place at his job, a bank. The next camera shot that's going to be taken is him driving his car into the parking lot of which he works. Throughout his day of work, through taking close ups, mid shots and some master shots, we see that his co workers treat him a certain type of way because of the way he looks. They treat extra nicely, and don't like coming to him to when they have problems because of the pain he has already been through. When some clients come in to his office, through mid shots and closeups the viewers will be able to tell that his customers are seeing him for the first time, and react to him by either staring, not looking at him at all, or acting a little freaked out by his appearance . After dealing with his fare share of customers that day, he closes up his office and is on his way to walk out of the building (master shot) . As he walks outside to the parking lot (master shot), he gets a phone call from a friend (close up of phone so viewers can know the name of the friend) of his who begs him to go speed dating with him, being now they are both single. After moments of going back and forth he agrees and goes home to get dressed for his multiple speed dates.
The next scene comes up to the man running into his house. This shot will start out as a master shot but then easily zoom into a medium shot. He rushes to get his clothes on, yet this time while he is getting ready we do see his face. After getting dressed he walks to his late wife's picture. He talks through the picture explaining how he misses the time when they were together and happy. He explains that even though it hurts he has to move through the pain, and go on with his life (being that its been 7 years since the accident). The man kisses his late wife's picture and after a deep breath the camera will move from a medium shot of him sitting on his bed to a closeup of his hand removing his wedding band from his fingers for the first time in 7 years.
The next scene takes place in a lounge. There is a underscore of music, and the place looks really laid back and welcoming. The lighting should be dim to set a little but of a sultry mood, yet keeping a sense of mystery. There we the the man and his friend dressed up completely different from one another due to their personalities and due to their sense of social life. The man is wearing suit, while his friend is wearing jeans and a fitted t-shirt. There at the lounge rest so many beautiful women Close-ups and mid shots will be taken of a few selected women, and the others will be captured using a master shot. Then we will get a glimpse of the man hanging out in the lounge while his friend goes to the restroom. As he scopes the room his anxiety grows stronger. Through this character's body language the viewers will be able to tell that he's completely out of his element.
As the friend gets back from the restroom the host of the event calls everybody to sit down. The host will first have a master shot taken of him, then he will have mid shots taken from all different kinds of angles. We then will see the men sit down along with others as the women come to them one by one. Each woman that approaches the man is gorgeous, but as soon as they see his face they become disgusted and make up an excuse to leave. This part of the scene will contain mid shots and close ups of the man's and all the women's faces and body movements.These shots will really illustrate the emotions the protagonist is going through.
The camera will slowly turn away from the man and the shot will move to the front door of the lounge. As the doors open the camera captures a beautiful pair of red stilettos and a sexy blue cocktail dress.The camera now faces the back of the woman's head, so this shot would be taken behind the actress. Once the woman is all the way in the lounge she goes to the bar and orders something to drink. There the man enters the shot and we see the man from the woman's peripheral vision.
From here the woman and the man share conversation. As dialogue progresses there will be some added effects to show the audience that conversation is going well without hearing a word out of their conversation. there will be closeups and mid shots taken from all different angles of both the man and the woman as they are sitting at the bar. During the editing process there will be a slowed down speed effect to show how great of a time they are having. I wan to see smiles, and laughter, and I want them to gaze into each others eyes as if they would never see each other again. Through added effects you can tell these two are having the time of their lives. His bodily movements are completely still verses before.
A close up is going to be taken of the man's face as well as the woman's. This is the first time the viewers have ever seen her face. She wears black sun shades indoors but ends up taking them off for the man to show that she's not what she seems. No matter how beautiful or how smart she is, the woman is blind and has been ever since she was little. She looks at the man for who he is and not with her eyes. The man looks at the woman for who she is and is happy that a beautiful woman took the chance to get to know him. He thinks her blindness is a gift because she has a something that no other person has on this planet that he knows of. She has the gift of not judging a book by its cover.
The next scene shows the man walking the woman to her car where her driver awaits. He gives her a kiss goodnight that's long and passionate and indeed memorable. The woman gets in the car and the man goes to his car and watches the woman and her driver drive off into the distance. As the man drives off and gets on the main road he waits in traffic, but he can't stop thinking about the time he just spent with the woman. The camera fades off of him and it looks like the movie is coming to a close, however the camera moves up past a long line of traffic, and in the beginning of the traffic you end up seeing an accident. The car in the accident ended up being in the car accident. You see a man coming out of the car drunk and the driver inside of the woman's car with his head laying on the steering wheel bleeding, he's dead. In the backseat and in the passenger side there is nobody there. We soon see as the camera angles shifts that the passenger side door is open and lying on the grass near the street lays the woman the man fell in love with in just one night, bleeding and bruised. As viewers watch the women laying in the grass, and from the way she looks alone, they can tell within an instant that she too is dead. Off near the side of the street walking up slowly in clothes that looked disheveled and dirty comes a woman to the dead woman's side. From the pictures shown earlier you see that this woman is the late wife of the man. She tears up as she's walking from seeing the woman lying there dead, but she's really emotional because she knows what she's about to do but she knows its what's best for her husband. She bends down beside the woman and touches her. Her touch heals the woman brings her back to life, and the movie comes to a close as the late wife vanishes.
The camera will slowly turn away from the man and the shot will move to the front door of the lounge. As the doors open the camera captures a beautiful pair of red stilettos and a sexy blue cocktail dress.The camera now faces the back of the woman's head, so this shot would be taken behind the actress. Once the woman is all the way in the lounge she goes to the bar and orders something to drink. There the man enters the shot and we see the man from the woman's peripheral vision.
From here the woman and the man share conversation. As dialogue progresses there will be some added effects to show the audience that conversation is going well without hearing a word out of their conversation. there will be closeups and mid shots taken from all different angles of both the man and the woman as they are sitting at the bar. During the editing process there will be a slowed down speed effect to show how great of a time they are having. I wan to see smiles, and laughter, and I want them to gaze into each others eyes as if they would never see each other again. Through added effects you can tell these two are having the time of their lives. His bodily movements are completely still verses before.
A close up is going to be taken of the man's face as well as the woman's. This is the first time the viewers have ever seen her face. She wears black sun shades indoors but ends up taking them off for the man to show that she's not what she seems. No matter how beautiful or how smart she is, the woman is blind and has been ever since she was little. She looks at the man for who he is and not with her eyes. The man looks at the woman for who she is and is happy that a beautiful woman took the chance to get to know him. He thinks her blindness is a gift because she has a something that no other person has on this planet that he knows of. She has the gift of not judging a book by its cover.
The next scene shows the man walking the woman to her car where her driver awaits. He gives her a kiss goodnight that's long and passionate and indeed memorable. The woman gets in the car and the man goes to his car and watches the woman and her driver drive off into the distance. As the man drives off and gets on the main road he waits in traffic, but he can't stop thinking about the time he just spent with the woman. The camera fades off of him and it looks like the movie is coming to a close, however the camera moves up past a long line of traffic, and in the beginning of the traffic you end up seeing an accident. The car in the accident ended up being in the car accident. You see a man coming out of the car drunk and the driver inside of the woman's car with his head laying on the steering wheel bleeding, he's dead. In the backseat and in the passenger side there is nobody there. We soon see as the camera angles shifts that the passenger side door is open and lying on the grass near the street lays the woman the man fell in love with in just one night, bleeding and bruised. As viewers watch the women laying in the grass, and from the way she looks alone, they can tell within an instant that she too is dead. Off near the side of the street walking up slowly in clothes that looked disheveled and dirty comes a woman to the dead woman's side. From the pictures shown earlier you see that this woman is the late wife of the man. She tears up as she's walking from seeing the woman lying there dead, but she's really emotional because she knows what she's about to do but she knows its what's best for her husband. She bends down beside the woman and touches her. Her touch heals the woman brings her back to life, and the movie comes to a close as the late wife vanishes.
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