Weblog for Writing With New Media 2010-2011 with Marc Bousquet at Santa Clara University
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Treatment first draft: The Overseer
The story begins with John Davidson, who is a surveillance officer for the DHS, at work, looking at the screens showing surveillance cameras on the streets of San Fransisco, a few miles from his office. John then sees his wife walk by, and he decides to digitally follow her . He then sees a group of men kidnapper her and drive off in a van. John reacts by assuming it is his responsibility to rescue her. John then goes to his car and follows the van with his wife inside. He had previously planted a tracking device in her phone without her knowledge and is using it to follow the van. He speeds in order to catch up to her and finally does. He follows the van carefully and watches the men force his wife to go into a house a gunpoint. After they come in , John approaches the door with his own gun and opens it, preparing for a gunfight. instead, he enters and finds only his wife. His wife explains to him that this was all a test, as she felt smothered by her husband and wanted to see how much he had been stalking her. She tell him that she will file for divorce, then asks him to leave. John, stunned, walks away from the house, dropping his phone on the ground as he walks away to end the film
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