Working Title- Born In Captivity
Writer –
Joel Lampkin Home Number- (0151)-269
7645
JL Productions
10 Liminate Street Fax – 334 – 511- 9869
Liverpool, West Derby
England
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Logline- Drugged, beaten, abused, threatened,
starved, sold. Meet Michael the boy denied Freedom.
Key characters-
Michael- Sold by his mother and father because of their extreme
poverty issues. He was modelled as a prodigy for a major drug lord, everyday of
his short life he was beaten, burned, mentally and emotionally tortured. Crying
himself to sleep one night, he suddenly realised his life mattered more.
Alexander Solimir- raised
in a family heavily involved in mass
drug rings in Eastern Europe raised Alexander. Alexander was scarred emotionally
as well as physically by his father who was a drug addict as well as a
supplier. Alexander treats everybody in a harsh way in order to command
respect.
Dmitri- A private investigator that has been tracking
Alexander for 3 years. He believes that alexander has been harbouring children
and using them to distribute his drugs in an unsuspecting manner. Dmitri grew
up in a family of police officers and keeps the family traditions strong via
his work
Arnolk Sweech- a
lackey with a warm heart. Arnolk always states how much he hates his job, we
find out that his daughter is suffering with cancer and that this job is the
only job he can find with a sufficient wage to cover her treatment costs
Stavan Hontawitz-
Stavan is the meanest of the enforcers; Stavan has a past history of violence
and only got a job with Alexander due to killing a man who was attacking him.
An avid drug user, with more brawns that brains, his head is very rarely at
100% due to his drug taking.
Roman Angelov- He
is the most likeable out of all the Enforcers as he makes sure the other
enforcers do not treat the lower ranking workers too badly. A typical teenage
life changed with the murder of his parents with no where else to go he lived
on the streets before a former worker of Alexander offered him shelter and food
in exchange for work.
The story revolves around Michaels life story, the story
shows how his life has evolved from typical poverty childhood poverty in
Eastern Europe to being sold for money in order for the remaining family to
survive. We meet Alexander Romanov and his team of henchman and find out about
all of their stories. We see that Michael is planning to escape, this brings in
private investigator Dmitri who may either be the saviour or the devil in
disguise. The story is set in forest of Russia, with flashbacks to the
childhoods and early life of every key character. The forest is the ideal place
for a drug company and it achieves less attention than from a public factory or
building. The story is told in order to show how children have been exploited
in the drug world; the themes in the story revolve around childhood and how
family can either lead us to our own demise or save us in the end. The story takes place in 1990’s with flashbacks
ranging from 1973-1987.
Act One
We are introduced into Michael in stages as he is in a dimly
light room, explaining everything that happened to him in his life. Michael
tells a story and we are gradually shown his body to reveal his scars then his
facial features. As the story continues we flashback to the beginning where
Michael is standing next to his family as a young boy with Alexander and two
Men in front of him and an exchange sees Michael taken away, with his mother
falling to her knees crying. The lighting in all these scenes are very dark to
create a dark atmosphere that the audience can recognise as bad. Michael is led
away and told to forget about his old family and brain washed into believing
Alexander was his true
Act Two
We see Michael attempting to escape numerous times then
being heavily beaten. Michael eventually escapes the factory and is running
through the forest at night. The character is constantly chased by enforces of
Alexander who realised Michael had escaped hours after he got out of the
factory. Michael eventually becomes too fatigued to continue and slumps to the
ground. A mysterious stranger who eventually ties him up and calls the police
helps Michael off the ground. The mysterious stranger turns out to be Dmitri
who is a private investigator he believes the child was a drug smuggler and
arrests him instead of believing he is a prisoner.
Act three
With the police on their way, Alexander and their henchmen
confront Dmitri and demand them to return the boy to them; the boy with his
mouth taped shut is helpless to diffuse the situation. Guns are pointed at
Dmitri, who in turn puts a gun to the boys head, unknowing that Alexander
actually wants him to be killed in order for him to not reveal his secrets. A
gun shot is heard and it fades out to Michael talking in the police station
about his version of events
