Writing and Selling Drama Screenplays by Lucy V Hay

Author:Lucy V Hay [Hay, Lucy V]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781843444152
Publisher: Oldcastle Books
Published: 2014-09-18T04:00:00+00:00

• Again, it plays with our expectations. I’ve read so many drama screenplays (short, feature-length AND portmanteau) that include sex workers over the years that when I saw Night People included one AND that he was cosying up to a ‘younger model’, David, I will admit to rolling my eyes a little bit. I figured I had this story down, in advance: Josh would offer to take the youngster with him, effectively sell him into slavery, then pocket the proceeds, perhaps even using the money to get on a bus himself, leaving Edinburgh to start a new life. I figured I was looking at a story about the unpalatable things we may do to survive, which is a common occurrence in gritty, realistic drama. So even though Josh saves David from that first punter, we figure it’s just so he can ‘groom’ the young boy himself… and, throughout this narrative, as Josh continues to use the phone, urging the person at the other end to hurry up, we figure it is his pimp, who will arrive and spirit David off. Except, of course, it isn’t: it’s a social worker. Josh sends David off with her, effectively saving him from the life he has had to endure. Or, you can look at it another way: ‘The cynical reading is, he’s getting rid of the competition,’ Adrian points out. ‘Josh is getting older. He needs David off his patch.’ Regardless of which version you personally prefer, however, that notion of playing with audience expectation is what is most powerful about Josh’s story.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.