Thursday, October 22, 2009

Film Noir treatment

Producers: Devan Julian, Mark Litrell

Title: The Hit

Log Line: An assassin is hired for a hit but experiences some conflicts with who he is trying to kill.

A dark room with a single ceiling lamp on. A man in a suit is sitting there with an his face in the shadows. Another man in a suit walks into the room. The man seems very gruff and dirty with a very serious look on his face he stops right in front of the the desk. There is complete silence for a moment.

He greets the man with a very low monotone voice, with little emotion. The man at the desk responds and calls him "Joe". He slides a folder across the desk. the gruff man opens the folder and slowly shifts through it looking at every sheet. The man at the desk then brings a large
leather briefcase and slides it across the table. the gruff man takes the case and opens it. the audience can not see what is in. The gruff man says "its been a pleasure" and leaves.

The gruff man is seen in his small apartment at his desk. He has a concentrated face and looks like he is working hard. He continues to search through the folder. He finds an address and sates it out loud.

The man is sneaking out on someone's porch. He peeks through the window to see the back of the man's he has been looking for. He is having an argument with his wife. They are screaming and yelling at each other. the women storms out. The man is left alone in his room and he sulks on the bed. The assassin then brakes in ready for his kill. The killer stops and realizes that the man is his brother. They argue and discuss why he is want dead. the target realizes there is nothing he can do to escape the mafia. He takes the killers gun and shoots himself in the head.

The body lays lifeless on the floor. His brother hanging over him. His phone rings. He answers it and says "its done".`

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