Film-TV1- 2.1 Story Ideas

Number 1
Wes works at his local movie theatre’s Candy Bar where his colleges tease him about never being promoted. Wes doesn’t want a promotion as he secretly loves popcorn and is in the process of launching his own popcorn brand with the idea the bag it comes in can pop it freshly and flavour it. The managers of Pop-it a world-wide popcorn manufacturer and supplier have found out about this ingenious idea and decide to pay Wes a visit to offer him an opportunity to work for them.

Number 2
High School student Shaun sells cookies around his neighbourhood to raise money for his local Scout Club. Over the past months he has been given specific addresses to sell cookies to, being ordered never to sell outside these addresses. One day he is working his usual route when he accidentally drops one of the boxes for it to be run over by a car. Upon inspection of the damage he discovers a white powder inside and realises he is not simply delivering mouth-watering treats but in fact forming a fundamental part of a drug ring.

Number 3
Molly buys her school material from a second hand book outlet that re-sells past students text books. It’s second week of school and she goes to the book shop to get a copy of Macbeth for this year’s study. When she gets home she realises she has in fact bought Sara Wolster’s past book, older sister of the popular and meanest girl in her school Abby Wolster. Inside the book she finds Sara’s notes to her friends about her sister which Molly can use to sabotage her biggest enemy and school bully at the upcoming assembly for class captain.

Number 4
Jeff goes to the dry cleaner to pick up his mum’s clothes, upon discovering that his high school crush, Essie, works there. He then makes an effort to dirty his clothes in any way possible in order to have an excuse to visit her at the dry cleaner. Essie is surprised by how many clothes Jeff has to get cleaned and sometimes asks for an explanation, to which Jeff comes up with a believable response. But things get awkward when Jeff accidentally leaves his list of ‘Dirty Clothes Excuses’ in one of the garment pockets for dry cleaning.