Story Telling: Development [ It's Always A Bus Stop PITCH] X CANCELLED IDEA X

IT’S ALWAYS A BUS STOP

Characters

Mike

22, student, overworked and over stressed. Spends too much time in his own head overthinking and over complicating. Stuck in a routine and feels like every day just repeats.

Barbara (‘but everybody calls me Barb’)

83, happily enjoying her relaxing later years with minimal trouble. An independent and adventurous lady, Barbara struggles to admit that her body is slowing age.

“I’ve been retired for a good bloody lot of my life and I’ve done it from the comfort of my own home. They may have plans to change it but I don’t!”

Pitch

After missing the bus, Mike isn’t keen to escort 83-year-old Barb home. But maybe it’s not always bad to be slowed down.

Synopsis

Mike (21) has missed his bus on the day he’s supposed to hand in his final piece of university coursework. Barbara (83) fell asleep on the bus and ended up getting off at the wrong spot. Running on his final energy reserves and running late, Mike begrudgingly accepts to help Barbara carry her shopping home on his way in. Pleads to hurry fall on (not yet) deaf ears as Barbara adamantly takes her own pace home, just as she’s taken her own pace with life.

Key Ingredients

Goal

Mike wants to get to uni on time.

Barbara wants to live independent and carefree. She doesn’t want to move to a retirement home.

Conflict

Mike has missed his bus and must help walk a slow, old lady home.

Change

Mike realises he needs to start trying to live more and not spend his entire life stressing.

Barbara begins to admit that her age may finally be catching up with her.