T206 Final Project

T206 Final Project

By:

Brittany Resnick and Alyssa Bierman

Preliminary Research

We based the idea for our script off of one of our group member’s Plot Fest

Assignments. The original idea was “A man spends his whole life pretending to be a

superhero and then surprises himself when he saves someone’s life with a power he didn’t

know he had”. We came up with the idea of incorporating a variety of popular superhero

within the script using costumes, set design, and music while making our protagonist

superheroes obsessed.

Since we are not familiar with superheroes and comics we had to research specific

superheroes that would be appropriate to incorporate within our script. We also

researched different superhero powers because we wanted John, our main character, to

have somewhat realistic and unique super powers.

Another area of our final project that took a lot of time and research was coming up

with a name for our movie. From the start, we knew we wanted the title to be John’s

“superhero” name. Wanting to encompass his seemingly scrawny build, we looked up

uncommon synonyms for the word “scrawny” and felt that “feeble” was the best fit. In

order to portray his super powers we thought of the word “force”. We felt that the use of

alliteration in the title made it strong and easy to remember.

FEEBLE FORCE

A TREATMENT FOR A FEATURE FILM SCREENPLAY

by

3’S COMPANY PRODUCTIONS

October, 2010

The Past.

New Jersey suburb.

Bedroom.

Morning.

Through the escalating lyrics of the Batman theme song the autumn

breeze enters through the opened window blowing the Superman

covers off the left side of the NASCAR inspired bed. Suddenly a

scrawny arm appears from underneath the covers to snooze the

annoying melody.

Up springs a skinny little body energetic to start his day. He

lays down the ground and attempts to do his daily set of pushups.

Collapsing after number two, JOHN struggles to pick his 5 lb.

dumbbell off the floor. Slipping through what he thought was a

strong grip, his mother screeched from the kitchen. Work out time

was over.

Leaping into the bathroom, John makes eyes at what he sees as a

muscular frame. Instead he is a slender young boy with scruffy

brown hair and big round puppy dog eyes.

He glances down to unzip his Ironman onezie then proceeds to pick

out that days attire from his vast collection of superhero

ensembles. Once securing his Batman tidy whites, he quickly

fastens his spider man outfit before attempting to fly down the

stairs.

Bursting into the kitchen he quickly grabs his Superman Lunch Box

and matching backpack, 2 pieces of toast and kisses him mom before

sprinting out the door. Knowing he forgot something, he drops his

bag and heads for the fridge, stealing the gallon of milk from the

top shelf. His mom screams after him but he ignores her and heads

for the big bad bus stop.

Confidently entering the chaotic bus, John is instantly shoved

into a two person seat. PETE DURHAM spits on him while calling him

a freakish wannabe superhero.

The Present.

New York City downtown.

Apartment bedroom.

Morning.

Among the mahogany headboard lies a neatly made bed fully equipped

with colorful Superman sheets and pillow cases. At the bottom of

the bed lies a nicely folded, Hulk inspired blanket.

In the middle of the almost bare bedroom floor lies a 37 year old

JOHN.

Tall. Leanly built. Handsome in a geeky yet sophisticated way,

except for his eyes which appear youthful behind his thick framed

glasses.

He glances down and scrunches his face in a way that prepares him

for the pain he will endure while fulfilling his daily set of

pushups.

Successfully completing 15 grueling pushups, John heads over to

his walk in closet. First, he is drawn to the blinding right side

which houses his adorned superhero collection which has noticeably

expanded over the years.

Slipping into his ninja turtle outfit, he picks out a green button

up shirt from the left side of his closet. Being careful to cover

up all evidence of his juvenile getup, he throws on black dress

pants and a sports jacket.

Checking himself in the mirror before walking out the door, he

realizes there is some turtle material peeking out of the spaces

between his bulging shirt buttons.

The Present.


Starbucks.

Morning.

On the streets of Chicago, John heads directly for the Starbucks

located on the first floor of his office building, two blocks from

his apartment. Holding the door open for the attractive Starbucks

employee, JESSICA, who is visibly late for work on this Monday

morning; he once again finds himself lost in her gaze.

Coming back down to reality, he shakes his head out and focuses on

his next move. An embarrassing display of rowdiness motions for

him to join the group at the front of the line. Pete gives John a

friendly but aggressive punch.

As the rest of the “office crew” files into the building lobby,

John is cursed with his habitual spell of silence as he attempts

to deliver his daily latte order. Distracted by Jessica’s obvious

beauty, she awkwardly signals John to hurry up and order.

The Present.


Office building.

Late Morning.

John exits the Starbucks into the lobby of his office

building and heads towards the elevator. He sees the geeky

ELEVATOR GUY whos rolled up comic book is sticking out of

his pocket. John approaches him and they do their secret

hand shake.

As John heads into his office, the door closes behind him. Before

we know it, the clock hanging above the office door fast forwards

to five o'clock. John's work day is finally over. He walks out

with his co-workers.

John, about to explode with embarrassment and rage, runs to the

elevator and presses the elevator down button repeatedly. Becoming

even more enraged and impatient, John shocks his co-workers and

himself when he unexpectedly yanks the steel doors apart just in

time for the elevator to arrive on his floor.

The Present.

New Jersey suburb.

Childhood home.

Evening.

John leaves the building and heads to his parking garage to get

his beat up Volkswagen Beatle. We see him jamming to Third Eye

Blind and singing along as he drives over the George Washington

Bridge into New Jersey territory. He pulls into his childhood

home. Getting out of the car, he takes off his three piece suit

one piece at a time and throws it in the trunk.

Everyones seated around the table. Mom is at the head while John

and DAD are seated across from one another. There is a little

tension in the room.

Dad gets up from the table and heads to the kitchen to cool off.

John kneels down to eye level with the bowl of mashed potatoes as

he tries to serve himself potatoes through controlling the spoon

with his eyes.

Heating up and losing control of his rage and emotions, John goes

to push himself away from the dinner table and it unexpectedly

flies across the room. His parents are frozen in awe of the

incident that just unfolded infront of their eyes. John storms out

of the house and back into his car not even bothering to put his

suit back on and speeds down the residential street.

The Present.

New Jersey highway.

George Washington Bridge.

Evening.

As John approaches the bridge he notices a horrible bumper to

bumper traffic jam. So bad that the drivers and passengers in the

cars in front of him are parked and standing outside trying to get

a better view themselves.

John angirly puts his car in park, opens the door, and gets out to

get a better view. Feeling a jolt of adrenaline rush through his

body, he is instanatly aware that something is wrong. He pushes

through the crowd of people and approaches the cop blocking off

traffic.

Taking a step backward, John tries to concetrate on figuring out

what the commotion is all about. All of a sudden his eyes project

a beam of light and are able to zoom in close enough to see the

face of the woman being dangled off the edge of the George

Washington brigdge by a muscular, intimidating man.

Without hesitation Josh sprints past the COP pushing him aside,

runs to the edge of the bridge just as he sees the muscular guy's

grip loosen finger by finger as Jessica starts to fall into the

lethal, rough waters that lay below her. Not being able to take

his eyes off of Jessica, he jumps off to save her as if it isn't

the first time he has done it.

Only a few feet from the water John swoops under Jessica and saves

her from hitting the water. They touch down on the bridge and the

crowd starts to applaud. John gently lays Jessica down and

unexpectantly Jessica pulls his head in for a makeout session.

In the distance, John notices the MUSCULAR MAN being hancuffed and

guided towards the police car. John picks up the muscular guy up

over his head and throws him off the bridge, what seems to be, an

extroidinary distance into the night. As the crowd hears the loud

splash they begin to cheer with joy. John walks back over to

Jessica and another makeout session begins.

The Present.

New York City.

Press conference.

Afternoon.

John is sitting at a long press conference table with microphones

in front of him next to Jessica and Pete Durham. He has a huge

smile on his face as the news channels, newpapers, and paparrazi

blind him with their flashing cameras eager to take his picture.

The Present.

New Jersey suburb.

Childhood home.

Afternoon.

Mom and Dad are seated on the couch in the living room watching

John's press conference on TV. As tears start to fall from Dad's

eyes he removes his t-shirt and jeans and reveals that he too

wears a superman costume underneath his clothes.

Feeble Force

A Screenplay By:

3’s Company Production

1 INT. BEDROOM- MORNING(PAST) 1

The Batman theme song escalates out of the alarm clock as

JOHN is wakened by the cool morning breeze blowing through

the open window. He slowly rises out of bed, stretches, and

hits the snooze button.

MOM

(O.S)

John! Get up! You’re going to be

late!

JOHN

Alright, alright I’m up! Geeze.

(Springs up. Rolls eyes. Gets

down on floor in push-up

position.)

UGH!

(Attempts to lift 10lb

dumbbells)

OOF!

(Drops dumbbell)

BOOM!

MOM

(O.S.)

What is all that commotion John?

Get your ass down here you’re going

to miss the bus!

JOHN

Mom, relax! I’m coming!

(Walking towards the

bathroom.)

MOM

Do not tell me to relax young man!

JOHN

(Looking at himself in the

mirror. Flexing biceps)

Damn. Looking good this morning.

(Walks back to room. Unzips

pajamas. Opens closet)

John picks out his outfit for the day, quickly throws it on,

and heads to the kitchen.

JOHN

(Pretending to fly down the

stairs.)

WOOOSHHHH!!!!

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 2.

MOM

(Hands him lunch box and

backpack.)

Here’s your lunch. Give me a kiss.

Goodbye.

JOHN

(Sprints outside then right

back in. Sprints to the

refrigerator and grabs milk)

I almost forgot my gallon!! Bye Ma!

MOM

What!! Bring that back here!!! Now!

2 INT. SCHOOL BUS- MORNING 2

John hops on the chaotic bus. He walks down the aisle and is

instantly shoved into a seat by PETE DURHAM.

PETE DURHAM

Sit down you little shit.

JOHN

Leave me alone Pete!

PETE DURHAM

What the fuck are you wearing?

JOHN

What? This? It’s my super suit you

idiot!

PETE DURHAM

(Grabs milk.)

Super Suit my ass.

JOHN

(Grabs for milk)

Give it back! I need my protein!

PETE DURHAM

(Pours the milk on John’s

head.)

You can drink all the milk in the

world and nothing will change the

fact that you’re a little twerp.

BUS DRIVER

(Looks in the rear view

mirror.)

Break it up back there!

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 3.

PETE DURHAM

It’s all good back here MRS. N.

Right, John?

JOHN

(Milk dripping down face.Puts

arm around Pete.)

Yup! Everything is fine. We’re just

joshin’.

MRS. N

You boys better behave. And clean

that damn mess up!

3 INT. APARTMENT BEDROOM- MORNING (PRESENT) 3

The Batman theme song escalates out of the alarm clock as

John is wakened by the cool morning breeze blowing through

the open window. He slowly rises out of bed, stretches, and

hits the snooze button.

JOHN

Good morning, Scooter.

SCOOTER

WOOF! WOOF!

JOHN

(Gets. out of bed and onto the

floor in a push-up position.)

Ah! Another beautiful day in

beautiful neighborhood. UGH!

(Attempts to lift 20lb

dumbbells)

OOF!

(Drops dumbbell)

BOOM!

SCOOTER

Woof! Woof!

JOHN

(Bends down to kiss Scooter.

Flexes bicep)

How am I looking today, boy?

SCOOTER

HOOOWWWWWL!

JOHN

(Walks over to closet.)

Who should I be today? Batman?

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 4.

SCOOTER

GROWLS

JOHN

Okay you’re right. Superman? No.

That was last Tuesday.

SCOOTER

(Walks over towards closet.)

PANTS

JOHN

(Grabs costume and suit.)

Ninja Turtle! Great choice!

Slipping into his Ninja Turtle outfit he picks out a green

button up shirt from the left side of his closet. Being

careful to cover up all evidence of his juvenile getup, he

throws on black dress pants and a matching sport jacket.

JOHN

(Checks himself in the

mirror.Sees buttons pulling

and costume underneath

showing)

Oh shoot. Good thing I double

checked. The guys at the office

would have had a field day with

this.

4 EXT. CITY STREETS- MORNING 4

On the streets of New York John heads directly towards the

Starbucks located on the first floor of his office building

only two blocks away from his apartment.

JOHN

(Holds the door open for the

attractive Starbucks employee

behind him.)

Um, Good Afte-...I mean, I mean

morning, Jessica. Heh.

JESSICA

(Looks confused.)

Uh, thanks.

Coming back down to reality, he shakes his head and focuses

on his next move. An embarrassing display of rowdiness

motions for him to join the group at the front of the line.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 5.

PETE DURHAM

Ay buddy! Over here!

JOHN

(Scans room. Confused.)

Where?

PETE DURHAM

Hello! Wake up. Right here!

John walks up to the front of the line to join the rest of

his associates. They are all decked out in formal business

attire with brief cases in hand.

JOHN

(Motions to the other

customers waiting in line.)

Sorry. Excuse me. Sorry.

PETE DURHAM

(Gives a friendly but

aggressive punch.)

Get over here sucker. What took you

so long? You’re late.

JOHN

(Grabs his sore bicep.)

Intense workout sesh. You know the

drill.

PETE DURHAM

(Rolls his eyes at the other

co-workers)

Oh yeah? If you say so.

JOHN

These guns don’t take care of

themselves.

As the rest of the “office crew” files into the building

lobby, John is cursed with his habitual spell of awkwardness

as he attempts to deliver his daily latte order. Distracted

by Jessica’s obvious beauty, she awkwardly signals John to

hurry up and order.

JOHN

Beautiful day outside huh?

JESSICA

Huh? Oh, yeah I guess.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 6.

JOHN

(Winks.)

Not quite as beautiful as you

though.

JESSICA

(Blushes.)

Um, okay. Can I just get your order

now please? There’s a really long

line behind you in case you haven’t

noticed.

JOHN

Oh. Um. Yeah. Sorry, I’ll have a

Vente Carmel Machiatto. And load on

the milk I’m trying to get huge.

JESSICA

(Tries to hold in a laugh but

fails.)

Yeah, that’ll be $5.95.

JOHN

(Hands over his money along

with his business card.)

Thank you miss. You stay beautiful

now. Enjoy the nice weather.

5 INT. OFFICE LOBBY- MORNING 5

John exits the Starbucks into the lobby of his office

building and heads towards the elevator. He sees the geeky

ELEVATOR GUY whose rolled up comic book is sticking out of

his pocket. John approaches him and they do their secret

hand shake.

JOHN

(Stepping into the elevator)

Sup buddy? How was your weekend.

ELEVATOR GUY

(Pushing the 66th floor)

Dude! Best weekend ever! Found a

first edition of the Aquaman comic

series on EBay.

JOHN

Awesome Dude! I locked myself in

watching the Ironman series on

Cartoon Network. You know how it

goes.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 7.

ELEVATOR GUY

Sounds like my kind of weekend bro.

But you know. Like, did you do

anything "special"?

JOHN

Ahhh I almost forgot. I spent a

good portion of the weekend trying

to figure out this weird shit that

has been going on with my eyes.

ELEVATOR GUY

Oh yeah! You told me about that

last week. How’s that going?

JOHN

Yeah I’m trying to perfect it.. but

you know... keep it on the down

low.

ELEVATOR GUY

(Elbows John)

Of course bud. I gotcha.

JOHN

(Exits elevator)

I’ll catch ya later man. Take it

easy.

ELEVATOR GUY

(Waving)

See yuh at 5.

As John heads into his office, the door closes behind him.

Before we know it, the clock hanging above the office door

fast forwards to five o’clock. John’s work day is finally

over. He walks out with his co-workers.

PETE DURHAM

(Tugs on John’s collar to see

what is underneath)

Wait! Wait! What the heck is that?

CO-WORKER #1

Hold up everyone! Catch this! Who

knew we were working with Leonardo

the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle?

GROUP OF CO-WORKERS

(Laugh hysterically and get

the boss from the office)

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 8.

CO-WORKER #2

Look at him! Is this for real?

CO-WORKER #3

This just made my day that much

better. You can’t make this shit up

guys.

John, about to explode with embarrassment and rage, runs to

the elevator and presses the elevator down button

repeatedly. Becoming even more enraged and impatient, John

shocks his co-workers and himself when he unexpectedly yanks

the steel doors apart just in time for the elevator to

arrive on his floor.

CO-WORKERS

(Gasp and whisper in shock to

each other)

JOHN

(sprints onto elevator quickly

pressing the close button

behind him. Leans against the

wall)

What did I do to deserve this?

ELEVATOR GUY

Rough day tough guy?

JOHN

(Rubbing his eyes)

You don’t even know. Hell beyond

belief.

ELEVATOR GUY

On the bright side, I’m not gonna

make your day any worse by telling

my boss about how you just mangled

by elevator doors.Sick move by the

way.

JOHN

Yeah that’s was a new one for me.

Pretty cool nonetheless. Gonna head

over to my parents for dinner in

Jersey.

ELEVATOR GUY

Haha, your parents house.

(Looks over at John who has a

serious look on his face)

Seriously?

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 9.

JOHN

(Of course! Its nice to get a home

cooked meal once a week. Plus,

tonight is my favorite, my mom’s

famous roast beef and garlic mashed

potatoes. Yumm!

(Walking out of the elevator)

Have a great night my man.

ELEVATOR GUY

(waving)

See ya tomorrow tough guy!

John leaves the building and heads to his parking garage to

get his beat up Volkswagen Beetle. We see him jamming to 3

Doors Down "Kryptonite" and singing along as he drives over

the George Washington Bridge into New Jersey territory. He

pulls into his childhood home. Getting out of the car, he

takes off his three piece suit one piece at a time and

throws it in the trunk.

6 INT. PARENT’S HOUSE- EVENING 6

JOHN

(Sprinting into the house)

Guess who’s home!!!!

MOM

(Smiling and hugging her son)

Honey! I am so glad you are here. I

have been missing you all week. I

put my entire day into this meal to

make sure that its perfect for my

baby.

DAD

(Rolls his eyes)

Hi son.

JOHN

(Heads to the couch and turns

on some Superman cartoons)

This Tivo is god.

MOM

You should be glad I got to the

clicker in time to stop your father

from deleting your shows!

DAD

(Looking annoyed he glares at

John’s outfit)

(MORE)

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 10.

DAD (cont’d)

So.. Did you wear that get-up to

the office today, John?

JOHN

Oh no! I always wear them

underneath my suit so I don’t get

shit from the guys in the office.

But today uh.. I wasn’t too good at

hiding it.

DAD

Hiding what?

JOHN

My identity! You know, this!

(Points at costume)

Dad, quit antagonizing me.

MOM

Boys! Dinner is ready.

Everyone’s seated around the table. Mom is at the head while

John and Dad are seated across from one another. There is a

little tension in the room.

MOM

(Grabbing the serving spoon

for the potatoes)

Here sweetheart, would you like

some mashed potatoes?

JOHN

(Smacks moms hand off of the

spoon and puts it back in the

bowl)

I can serve myself! Thanks anyway

mom.

DAD

(Grabs the bowl aggressively)

No! No! No! Here! C’mon now. Don’t

waste my time.

JOHN

(Hits the bowl out of dad’s

hands)

Let me try it! Mom! Tell him I can

try it just this once.

Dad gets up from the table and heads to the kitchen to cool

off. John kneels down to eye level with the bowl of mashed

potatoes as he tries to serve himself potatoes through

controlling the spoon with his eyes.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 11.

MOM

(Her head in her hands

unenthusiastically)

C’mon hunny. You can do it.

JOHN

(frustrated)

UGH! Dammit! I almost had it.

DAD

(Walking back into the room

and then turning back around)

I lost my appetite. Thanks John,

thanks a lot. Lovely dinner with

the family as always.

MOM

(tear rolling down her face.

sobs quietly)

Why can’t we ever just have a nice,

peaceful dinner?

DAD

(Storms back in. Slams fists

onto the table)

Maybe its because your son still

walks around in fricken Halloween

costume. Maybe its because your son

tries to use his "super powers" to

serve himself the food you slaved

over all day. Maybe its because

your son still thinks he;s in the

5th grade living on his own fricken

planet!!!

MOM

You, you stop that right this

minute! There is nothing wrong with

our son, he is just different! End

of story!!!

JOHN

(His face turns red and he

becomes enraged just as he was

earlier in the day at the

office)

I hate you dad!

Heating up and losing control of his rage and emotions, John

goes to push himself away from the dinner table and it

unexpectedly flies across the room. His parents are frozen

in awe of the incident that just unfolded in front of their

eyes. John storms out of the house and back into his car not

12.

even bothering to put his suit back on and speeds down the

residential street.

7 INT. CAR- NIGHT 7

JOHN

(face still bright red with

anger)

I can’t believe him. He’s supposed

to be my dad. He’s supposed to

support and believe in me.

As John approaches the bridge he notices a horrible bumper

to bumper traffic jam. So bad that the drivers and

passengers in the cars in front of him are parked and

standing outside trying to get a better view of the

commotion up ahead.

JOHN

(Bangs on steering wheel.

Sticks his head out the window

to try to see over the line of

cars)

UGH. What the hell is this now?!

8 EXT. GEORGE WASHINGTON BRIDGE- NIGHT 8

John angrily puts his car in park, opens the door, and gets

out to get a better view. Feeling a jolt of adrenaline rush

through his body, he is instantly aware that something is

wrong. He pushes through the crowd of people and approaches

the cop blocking off traffic.

JOHN

What’s going on!? Do you guys need

some help? I can help!

COP

(Looking confused)

Um. No I’m pretty sure we have it

under control...Leonardo?

(Giggles to himself)

Please back away from the blockade.

JOHN

(Backing away)

Jeeze alright then.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 13.

Taking a step backward, John tries to concentrate on

figuring out what the commotion is all about. All of a

sudden his eyes project a beam of light and are able to zoom

in close enough to see the face of the woman being dangled

off the edge of the George Washington bridge by a MUSCULAR

MAN.

JOHN

AHHH! Oh my god! Jessica!!!!!! I’m

coming! I’ll save you!

Without hesitation Josh sprints past the cop pushing him

aside, runs to the edge of the bridge just as he sees the

muscular man’s grip loosen finger by finger as Jessica

starts to fall into the lethal, rough waters that lay below

her. Not being able to take his eyes off of Jessica, he

jumps off to save her as if it isn’t the first time he has

done it.

JESSICA

AHHHHH! Help me!

ONLOOKER #1

Officer! He just let her go! Go

after him!

COP

I can’t fly!

ONLOOKER #2

AHHHH!

ONLOOKER #3

Someone help her!

Only a few feet from the water John swoops under Jessica and

saves her from hitting the rapid waves below.

JOHN

(Looking into Jessica’s eyes

flying up towards the bridge.

Winks.)

Hey, Beautiful.

They touch down on the bridge and the crowd starts to

applaud. John gently lays Jessica down and unexpectedly

Jessica pulls his head in for a make out session.

JOHN

(Opens his eyes)

Whoa! Wasn’t expecting that.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 14.

JESSICA

Well if that wasn’t enough. Thank

you from the bottom of my heart.

You’re my superhero.

Behind Jessica, in the distance, John notices the muscular

man being handcuffed and guided towards the police car.

JOHN

(Walks towards the police car)

You wait here my lady. I have one

more thing I have to take care of.

JESSICA

(grabs johns muscles)

I’ll be waiting hunk.

COP

Wow. Well done man. I saw your

ninja turtle suit and didn’t think

you had it in ya.

JOHN

Oh it was nothing. But there is one

more thing I need to take care of.

COP

(Nod towards muscular man.)

You mean this loser? Go, ahead be

my guest.

JOHN

(rips muscular guy out of car)

I’ve always wanted to do this.

MUSCULAR MAN

What are you doing? Don’t touch me.

(Looks at cop)

This is not legal! You can’t let

him do this to me. Let go of me!

JOHN

Let go of you? Okay, if you say so.

(John picks up the muscular man up over his head and throws

him off the bridge, what seems to be, an extraordinary

distance into the night. As the crowd hears the loud splash

of the muscular man into the river, they begin to cheer with

joy. John walks back over to Jessica and another make out

session begins. )

15.

9 INT. PRESS CONFERENCE- AFTERNOON 9

John is sitting at a long press conference table with

microphones in front of him in between Jessica and Pete

Durham. He has a huge smile on his face as the news

channels, newspapers, and paparazzi blind him with their

flashing cameras eager to take his picture.

MAYOR OF NEW YORK

(Pulls down cord attached to a

curtain to review Feeble Force

Billboard)

We are here today to award John for

his outstanding display of

citizenship, heroism, and bravery

that he exhibited last night. I am

both proud and honored to recognize

him as New York’s own Superhero

"The Feeble Force".

PETE DURHAM

(Shouts out loud to crowd and

holds John’s shoulders)

This is my best friend right here.

I always knew he had it in him!

JOHN

(Looks at Pete and gives him a

friendly but aggressive punch)

That’s right, Buddy. Here’s to

being best friends.

(Turns and gives Jessica a

kiss)

PETE DURHAM

(Grabs arm in pain)

CROWD OF REPORTERS

(Cheer. Raise hands start

jumping)

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!John! John!

Hey! Over here! John! John! Look

here! Over here buddy! Johnny boy!

JOHN

(points to reporter)

Um. Okay. You.

REPORTER #1

John, what made you risk your life

to save Jessica?

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 16.

JOHN

(Looks at Jessica)

Who wouldn’t want to risk their

life for this beautiful woman? The

truth is I wasn’t even aware that I

could fly...

REPORTER #2

What? What do you mean you didn’t

know you could fly?

JOHN

(his voice trails off in the

distance)

Well, you see I’ve always had this

feeling I had super powers. Ever

since I was little I just felt

different...

10 INT. PARENT’S HOUSE- AFTERNOON 10

Mom and Dad are seated on the couch in the living room

watching John’s press conference on TV.

MOM

(crying with happiness wiping

them with a tissue)

Look at our little boy! He’s so

famous! And that billboard! Oh, I’m

the proudest mother in the world!

DAD

Yeah, he is something isn’t he? I

feel terrible for the other night.

(Speaks quietly to himself

directing comments at John)

I love you, Son. I’m always proud.

You go get ’em boy.

As tears start to fall from Dad’s eyes he removes his

t-shirt and jeans and reveals that he is wearing a superman

costume underneath his clothes.

Scene Shot Description Elements

1 1 Establishing Shot: Aerial view of

suburban neighborhood.

FG: John’s house.

BG: Woods and grass.

1 2 Long Shot/Zoom: Through John’s

bedroom window.

FG: Window

BG: House and trees

1 3 High Angle/Long Shot: John

sleeping in bed.

FG: John’s bed

BG: Wooden floor

Props: Rug, end table, alarm clock.

1 4 High Angle/ Close Shot: Johns face

as he is waking up.

None

1 5 Point of View Shot: snoozes alarm

clock.

Props: Alarm clock, end table.

1 6 Long Shot: John gets out of bed and

does push-ups.

FG: John

BG: Room

Props: Weights, Superman poster, bed,

end table, dresser, alarm clock.

1 7 Low Angle/Medium Shot: John

struggles lifting the weights and

drops them on the floor.

FG: John

BG: Room

Props: Weights and wall poster.

1 8 Follow Shot: John walks to

bathroom.

BG: Hallway

1 9 Over the Shoulder Shot: Looks at

John’s reflection in the mirror.

FG: John in mirror.

BG: Bathroom

Props: Toothbrush, toothpaste

1 10 Follow Shot: John walks to

bedroom.

BG: Hallway

1 11 Point of View: Opens closet doors. BG: Hanging clothes

1 12 Low Angle/Long Shot: John

pretends to fly down the stairs.

FG: John

BG: Stairs and hallway.

Props: Picture frames, clock,

doorways, chandelier.

1 13 Medium shot: Kisses mom and

grabs lunch.

FG: John and Mom.

BG: Kitchen

Props: Orange juice, lunch, pan, eggs.

1 14 Long shot/Pan Left, then Pan Right:

John sprints out door then back

inside grabs milk.

FG: John

BG: Kitchen/outside

Props: Lunchbox, backpack, milk.

2 15 Following Shot: John walking onto

the bus and down the aisle.

BG: Bus interior and random students

Props: Backpacks and milk

2 16 High angle/ Long shot: Pete

shoving John into the seat.

BG: Bus interior and random students


2 17 Shot-Reverse-Shot: Pete talking,

John.

MG: Pete

FG: John

2 18 Medium Shot: Pete pours milk on

John.

FG: Pete and John


2 19 Long Shot/ Pan left: Pete and John BG: students

looking towards the Mrs. N, bus

driver.

2 20 Medium Close Up: Mrs. N’s face in

the rearview mirror.

None

2 21 Long Shot/ Pan right: Back to Pete

and John.

FG: Pete and John

Props: Backpacks

2 22 Point of View: From the bus driver,

looking back at Pete and John

through her rearview mirror.

FG: Pete and John

BG: Rest of the students

Props: Backpacks

2 23 Close Up: Mrs. N. None

3 24 Establishing Shot: Aerial view of

NYC skyscrapers.

FG: John’s apartment building.

BG: Skyscrapers and blue sky.

3 25 Long Shot/Zoom: Through John’s

apartment window.

FG: Window

BG: Buildings and sky.

3 26 High Angle/Long Shot: John

sleeping in bed. Scooter barking at

him.

FG: John’s bed

BG: Wooden floor and Scooter.

Props: Rug, end table, alarm clock.

3 27 High Angle/ Close Shot: Johns face

as he is waking up.

None

3 28 Point of View Shot: snoozes alarm

clock.

Props: Alarm clock, end table.

3 29 Long Shot: John gets out of bed and

does push-ups.

FG: John and Scooter.

BG: Room

Props: Weights, Batman poster, bed,

end table, dresser, alarm clock.

3 30 Low Angle/Medium Shot: John

struggles lifting the weights and

drops them on the floor.

FG: John

BG: Room

Props: Weights and wall poster.

3 31 High Angle/ Medium Close Up:

John bends down to kiss Scooter.

FG: John and Scooter.

BG: bedroom

Props: Alarm clock, end table, rug.

3 32 Point of View: Opens closet doors. BG: hanging clothes

3 33 Long Shot: Scooter walks to closet. FG: John and Scooter

BG: Hanging clothes

3 34 Medium Close Up: Scooter in

closet.

BG: Floor and shoes

3 35 Point of View: Scooter watching

John getting dressed.

FG: John

BG: Closet and clothes.

3 36 Follow shot: John walking to the

mirror by the door.

BG: apartment hallway

3 37 Over the Shoulder Shot: Looks at

John’s reflection in the mirror.

FG: John in mirror.

BG: Apartment

4 38 Follow Shot: John walks down the

city blocks to Starbucks.

FG: John

BG: Pedestrians, buildings.

4 39 Long Shot: John holds the door

open for Jessica.

FG: John and Jessica

BG: Customers in line at Starbucks

4 40 Point of View: John staring at

Jessica as he holds the door for her.

FG: Jessica

BG: City street.

4 41 High Angle/Long Shot: John in

Starbucks and scanning the room.

FG: John

BG: Customers in Starbucks

Props: Cups of coffee, food,

briefcases.

4 42 Pan left/ Pan right: scan the crowd

of people.

FG: Customers in line

BG: Starbucks employees behind the

counter.

Props: Cups of coffee, food,

briefcases.

4 43 Following shot: John as he moves

through the crowd to find Pete.

FG: John

MG: Customers in line

BG: Starbucks employees behind the

counter.

Props: Cups, food, briefcases.

4 44 Medium Shot: Pete and John

greeting one another.

FG: Pete and John

MG: Customers/co-workers


4 45 Shot-Reverse-Shot: Pete talking,

John.

FG: Pete and John

MG: Customers/ co-workers


4 46 Long Shot: The co-workers and

Pete leave John at Starbucks.

FG: Pete

MG: co-workers and John

BG: Customers


4 47 Over the Shoulder: John flirting

with Jessica.

FG: Jessica

BG: Employees behind the counter

Props: Cups, coffee, machinery

4 48 Close Up: John winking at Jessica. None

4 49 Pan Left: View long line of

customers behind John.

FG: Customers

BG: Starbucks

4 50 Medium Shot: John giving his order

to Jessica.


BG: Customers


4 51 Close Up: Jessica’s face None

4 52 Close Up: John’s face None

4 53 Low Angle/ Medium Shot: John

hands Jessica money.


BG: Customers

Props: Money and business card

5 54 Following Shot: John walks to

elevator.

FG: John

BG: Marble office

5 55 High Angle/ Long Shot: John

stepping into elevator.

FG: John

BG: Ground

5 56 Medium Shot: John greets Elevator

Guy.

FG: John and Elevator Guy

BG: Elevator interior

5 57 Close Up: Elevator Guy pushes

John’s floor.


5 58 Medium Close Up: John and

Elevator Guy talking.


5 59 Shot-Reverse-Shot: John and

Elevator Guy converse back and

forth.


5 60 Long Shot: Elevator Guy elbows

John.


5 61 Medium Close Up: John speaks,

then walks out of the frame

FG: John

BG: Elevator and Elevator Guy

5 62 Point of View Shot: Elevator Guy

waving at John from inside the

Elevator.

FG: Elevator Guy


5 63 Low Angle/Medium Close Up:

Office clock fast-forwards to five

o’clock.

BG: Wall

Props: Clock

5 64 Following Shot: Group of co-

workers walking out of the elevator

BG: Office door

Props: Coats, Briefcases

5 65 Over the shoulder shot/Close Shot:

Pete Durham pulls on John’s collar

to reveal costume

BG: None

Props: None

5 66 High Angle/ Medium Shot: Co-

workers laughing

BG: Office door

Props: Coats, Briefcases

5 67 Close Shot: Co-worker makes rude

remark

BG: None

Props: None

5 68 Follow Shot: John runs towards

elevator

BG: Floor Lobby

Props: Briefcase

5 69 Extreme Close Shot: John reputedly

hits the elevator down button

BG: None

Props: None

5 70 Point of View Angle: Looks up to

see what floor the elevator is on

BG: Wall, Elevator

Props: Elevator floor lights above

elevator

5 71 Long Shot: John yanks the steel

elevator doors apart

BG: elevators

Props: Briefcase

5 72 Medium Shot: John quickly presses

the elevator close button

BG: Elevator Guy, Elevator interior

Props: None

5 73 Medium Shot: John leans back

against elevator wall


Props: Briefcase

5 74 Close Shot: Elevator guy staring at

the mangled doors


Props: None

5 75 Medium Shot: Show the mangled

elevator doors

BG: Elevator Doors

Props: None

5 76 Low Angle/Medium Shot: Elevator

guys talks to John


Props: Briefcase

5 77 Close Shot: John rubs eyes/ temples BG: Some elevator interior

Props: None

5 78 Low Angle/Medium Shot: Elevator

guy and John have a conversation


Props: Briefcase

5 79 Pedestal/ Low Angle Shot/ Pan

Right: John bends down to pick up

briefcase, walks out of elevator

BG: Elevator interior, Building Lobby

Props: Briefcase

5 80 High Angle/ Long Shot: John walks

out of building, into the parking

garage

BG: City street

Props: civilians, parked cars

5 81 Medium Shot: John enters car BG: Parking garage

Props: Parked cars


drives over the George Washington

Bridge

BG: City Skyline, River

Props: Other cars on street

5 83 Close Shot: John is singing along to

music in the car

BG: Residential streets, interior of car

Prop: Air Freshener

6 84 Long Shot: John pulls into parent’s

driveway

BG: Neighbors’ house

Props: Parked cars across street,

newspaper in driveway

6 85 Medium Shot: John gets out of car

takes off suit

BG: Beetle, neighbor’s yard

Props: None

6 86 Over the shoulder shot: John opens

trunk and throws his clothes inside

BG: Interior of car

Props: Suit jacket, Suit pants, white

collared shirt

6 87 Follow Shot: John runs into the

house

BG: House and Neighbors house

6 88 Medium Shot: John walks into the

living room. Mom walks in and

gives John a hug.

BG: Living Room, Doorway to

Kitchen

6 89 Low Angle/ Medium Shot : John

jumps on the couch

BG: Living Room, Doorway to

kitchen, Mom

Props: Couch, end table, lamp,

grandfather cock

6 90 Over the shoulder shot: John is

flicking through the TIVO to find

his superhero cartoons

BG: Window

Props: Curtains, Picture frames, TV,

table

6 91 Pan Left/Pan Right/Medium Shot:

Dad walks in and sits down next to

John on the couch

BG: Living Room, Door way to

Kitchen

6 92 Point of View/ Tilting: Dad looking

at Johns costume

BG: None

Props: None

6 93 Close Shot: Dad and John have a

conversation about outfit

BG: None

Props: None

6 94 Extreme Close Shot: Mom calls the

men in for dinner

BG: None

Props: Bowl of food

6 95 Long Shot: Mom, Dad, and John all BG: Dining room

are seated at the table to eat Props: Bowls of food, utensils, cups,

napkins, table cloth

6 96 High Angle/ Close Shot: John

smacks bowl of food out of Mom’s

hand

BG: None

Props: Bowl, Serving spoon

6 97 Medium Shot: Dad aggressively

grabs bowl from both of them

BG: Dining Room

Props: Bowl, serving spoon

6 98 High Angle/ Close Shot: John hits

bowl of food out of Dad’s hand

BG: None

Props: Bowl, serving spoon

6 99 Pedestal/ Close Shot/Pan Right:

Dad pushes back chair, stands up

from table, throws napkin down on

table, walks towards kitchen

BG: None

Props: Napkin

6 100 Point of View Shot: John tries to

use his eyes to serve himself food

without using his hands

BG: None

Props: Bowl of food, serving spoon

6 101 Close Shot: Mom is holding her

head in her hands

BG: None

Props: None

6 102 Follow Shot: Dad walks back into

room and then turns back around

BG: Dining Room

Props: None

6 103 Close Shot: Mom is crying, tears

roll down her face, she sobs and

wipes them

BG: None

Props: Napkin

6 104 Tilting/ Medium Shot: Dad Storms

back into dining room

BG: Dining Room

Props: None

6 105 Close Shot: Dad’s fists slam down

on table

BG: None

Props: None

6 106 Long Shot: Mom yells at Dad,

Johns face turns bright red

BG: Dining Room

Props: Bowls of food, utensils, cups,


6 107 Panning Right: Table flies into the

wall and everything on the table is

all of the Dining Room

BG: Mom, Dad, John

Props: Bowls of food, utensils, cups,


7 108 Follow Shot: John storms out of the

house and gets into his car

BG: Parents

Props: None

7 109 Over the Shoulder Shot: John starts

his car

BG: The residential street

Props: Air freshener on rear view

mirror


speeds through the residential

streets and heads towards the GW

Bridge

BG: City skyline, Bridge, Bumper to

Bumper-Stand Still Traffic Jam,

Police cars with flashing lights

7 111 Point of View Shot: Bangs on

steering wheel, puts car in park,

opens door

BG: None

Props: Cell phone, loose change, trash

in middle consol

8 112 Medium Shot: John stands outside BG: Traffic

of car trying to see over the traffic Props: None

8 113 Extreme Close Shot: Has a

suspicious look on his face

BG: None

Props: None

8 114 Follow Shot: John walks towards

barricades and the police

BG: Traffic

Props: None

8 115 Panning Left/ Medium Shot: John

confronts cop

BG: Groups of Cops, commotion

Props: Caution tape, Barricades

8 116 Medium Shot: Cop puts his hand

out to stop John from coming closer

BG: Groups of Cops, commotion

Props: Caution tape, Barricades

8 117 High Angle/ Long Shot: John backs

away still looking at the commotion

BG: Traffic, group of onlookers

Props: None

8 118 Extreme Close Up: Johns eyes start

to bulge

BG: None

Props: None

8 119 Low Angle/ Long Shot: Large, long

beams shoot out of John’s eyes and

directly towards the commotion

BG: Bridge, Traffic, Police car,

Flashing lights

SFX: Beams of light out of John’s

eyes

8 120 Point of View: John’s eyes zoom in

and he sees Jessica being dangled

off the side of the bridge

BG: City skyline

8 121 High Angle/Following Shot: John

sprints towards the cop and shoves

him out of the way

BG: Group of cops, cop cars, people

8 122 Close Shot: Jessica’s scared face None

8 123 Long Shot: Onlookers screaming BG: Group of cops, cop cars, people

8 124 Medium Shot: Onlooker #1 BG: People and cops

8 125 Close Shot: Cop’s face Cops face

8 126 Shot-reverse-shot: Cop and

Onlooker #1


8 127 Medium Shot: Onlooker #2 BG: Group of cops, cop cars, people

8 128 Pan right/ Medium shot: Onlooker

#3



jumping off the bridge

BG: Bridge and water

8 130 Low Angle/ Long Shot: John

swoops under and catches Jessica

BG: Water

8 131 Point of View: John looking into

Jessica’s eyes

None

8 132 Low Angle/Long Shot: John and

Jessica flying back up to bridge

level

BG: Water

8 133 Long shot: John and Jessica landing

on bridge


8 134 High angle/ Long shot: John lays

Jessica down on the bridge


Props: Caution tape

8 135 High angle/Medium shot: Jessica BG: Group of cops, cop cars, people

pulls John in for a kiss

8 136 Close up: John’s face None

8 137 Medium shot: Jessica with her arms

around John’s neck


8 138 Close up: John’s face None

8 139 Point of View: John sees muscular

guy in the distance


FG: Muscular guy and Cop

8 140 Following shot: John walking

towards Cop car


8 141 Long shot: John stops turns around

to talk to Jessica


8 142 Medium shot: Jessica talking BG: Group of cops, cop cars, people

8 143 Following shot: John continues

walking to the Cop car


8 144 Long shot: John approaching Cop BG: Group of cops, cop cars, people

8 145 Shot-reverse-shot: John and Cop

talking back and forth


8 146 Point of View: Cop looking at the

muscular guy in the cop car

BG: Cop car

8 147 Long shot: John rips muscular guy

out of the car

BG: Cop car, group of cops, people

8 148 Medium shot: Muscular guy

struggling to loosen John’s grip

BG: Cop car

8 149 Close Shot: Muscular guy’s scared

face

None

8 150 Shot-reverse-shot: Muscular guy

talking back to John


8 151 Low angle/ Long shot: John picks

up muscular guy and hauls him off

the bridge, into the distance


8 152 High angle/ Long shot: Muscular

guy falls into the rough waters

below

BG: City building and lights

8 153 Low Angle/ Long shot: Crowd

cheering on the bridge

BG: City buildings and lights, bridge,

night sky

8 154 Medium Shot/ Following Shot:

John walks over to Jessica

BG: Crowd, Police, Cars still stuck in

lone of traffic

8 155 Close Shot: John grabs Jessica’s

face and they begin to make out

None

9 156 Establishing Shot: Press

Conference

BG: Journalists, Paparazzi,

Conference Table

9 157 Long Shot: John sitting at

conference table

BG: American Flag, Bright Lights,

Jessica, Pete Durham

Props: Microphones, Podium

9 158 Close up: John Smiling BG: American Flag

9 159 Long Angle/Long Shot/ Right Pan: BG: American Flag

Mayor of NY makes speech

standing at podium

9 160 Extreme Close up: Mayor of NY

pulls cord

BG: Wall

9 161 Long Shot: Feeble Force Billboard

is revealed

BG: Conference table, audience

looking up at billboard

9 162 High Angle/ Long Shot: Press and

Paparazzi taking pictures, raising

hands, and calling out John’s name

BG: Paparazzi, Press

Props: Tripods with cameras

9 163 Close Shot: John points out a

member of press of ask him a

question

None

9 164 High Angle/ Medium Shot:

Journalist asks John a question

BG: Other journalists and paparazzi

9 165 Close Shot: Journalist asks question None

9 166 Point of View Shot: John looks at

Jessica. She smiles at him.

BG: Other people sitting at conference

table next to Jessica

9 167 Close Shot: John answers question None

9 168 High Angle/ Medium Shot:

Another reporter shouts out a

question

BG: Other reporters taking pictures

9 169 Medium Shot/ Zoom Out: John

Answers question. The press

conference which seemed like it

was live is now pictured on a

television set.

BG: Window, Curtain, the outside

yard

9 170 Low Angle/ Medium Shot: Mom

and Dad Seated on couch.

BG: Picture frames hanging on wall

9 171 Medium Shot: Mom wipes tears of

joy with tissue

BG: Living Room

9 172 Medium Shot/ Pan Left: Dad

staring at TV

BG: Living room

9 173 Close Shot: Tears start to fall from

Dad’s eyes

None

9 174 Medium/ Tilting Shot: Dad Stands

up

BG: Couch, Living room, Mom

9 175 Low Angle/ Long Shot: Dad begins

taking off his coat


9 176 Medium shot: Dad takes off his t-

shirt


9 177 High Angle/ Close up: Mom looks

up at Dad smiling

None

9 178 Point of View: Mom watching Dad

take off pants

BG: Living Room

9 179 Low Angle/ Long Shot: Dad

reveals his superman costume

BG: Living Room

9 180 Medium/ Zoom Out Shot: Mom

stands up and gives dad a hug

BG: Living Room

9 181 Establishing Shot: Areal view of

suburban neighborhood, bridge, and

city

BG: City in NJ and NY, NY

9 182 Long Shot: Skyline of NY BG: Jet sky writing the words Feeble

Force

John likes to sport his Ninja Turtle

costume under his work apparel. He has

saved up a large collection of superhero

outfits over the years. The muscular lines

and overall tightness featured in the Ninja

Turtle costume make John feel powerful.

Although he does not wear the matching

mask to work, he likes to wear it in the

company of his parents and Scooter, his

dog. Underneath the costume, John

flaunts Superman boxers and matching

socks. The bright colors signify his true

character and obvious immaturity.

In the office, Pete portrays a modern

professional persona. He wears a button

up shirt and a suit jacket accompanied by

a pair of classy dress pants. A tasteful

burgundy tie adds a little spice to the

bland ensemble. Stylish dress shoes with

a matching briefcase are a must in a

professional office environment. His

watch is chic and displays the fact that he

does well for himself.

Our environment

concept is the

Hearst Tower in

New York City. We

thought this would

make a very visually

attractive office

building.

We scouted the inside of an office building similar to what we imagine John’s office would look like Copy Room Center of Office

Meeting Room Main Lobby/ Elevator Area

Cubicle

Music 5 Songs for Feeble Force Soundtrack

Aqua- Cartoon Heroes Context: A general song about comic book superheroes. Very pop sounding and upbeat . Perfect for the establishing/opening shot of Suburbia and into the superhero decorated room. Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kwCZOCW3dE

Superhero- Jane’s Addiction Context: Rock and roll sounding. Very upbeat. Perfect for the exercising scenes. Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZ1vIkTeh7I

Bat Man Theme Song Context: This is the song that the main character ’s alarm clock plays Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qP-NglUeZU

Marius Vries- Flying Home Context: This is soothing yet intense and is perfect for the rescue scene on the bridge. Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6W4qo_7z_9M

Superman’s Song- Crash Test Dummies Context: Closing song while credits are rolling. General song about different superheroes. Gentle sounding to match the feeling of the ending of the film. Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihUIPlLw2ZE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kwCZOCW3dE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZ1vIkTeh7I

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