It sounds a bit complicated, but I think I like it as a whole. It will definitely be tweaked and broken down to fill plot holes with the help of my partner, Jack, but here's the gist...
THE IDEA
The film starts with a scene in a diner. You see a girl who puts a coin in a jukebox which plays a love song. She walks slowly over to a table for two and sits down. She is staring lovingly to the man across her, who seems to be confused and a bit concerned why she is looking at him. She continues to stare when he starts to ask why she's doing this. Maybe they are dating, maybe they are ex-lovers. She tells him to stop talking and just listen to the song and stop talking. He gets more annoyed and picks a fight with her. Their argument increases in intensity while the love song is still playing. She ends up causing a scene- splashing water in his face or breaking something...
The scene cuts to a group of around 5 older teenagers (kids our age, 17-19 years old) in a different location. The girl and boy we saw in the opening scene are there but they are not seated next to each other. There are details in the set up of the scene that suggest the girl you saw in the opening is dating another boy at the hangout. The group is doing something- maybe playing poker, or simply strategizing (these are the details that I will fill in with my strategist Jack).
Whatever they are doing, they are planning a heist. The motivation is unclear now- but it will be figured it out. The dialogue is fast-paced, witty, comical, yet serious. This type of dialogue takes heavy inspiration from my friend group in real life, consistent of clever rips on each other. The main idea i'm trying to portray here is this isn't a fun and typical teenage hangout. These kids mean business, while also enjoying each other's company.
At this point in the film the viewer is still trying to break down the opening scene and why the girl they saw originally was so angry at the guy she doesn't even seem to have much connection to in this scene. After all, she's holding hands with someone else. Shouldn't he be the mad one?
More planning is done by the group where they plan exactly how this heist is going down. Some are reluctant and think it's unrealistic while one or two of them are very convinced it's possible. The girl we saw in the opening scene is the most reluctant of them all. She is deemed useless for not trying to help. After some arguing and entertaining digs, they come to the conclusion that they need a distraction. The girl jumps up to participate in the distraction saying it's the only sensible thing they have said all day. They don't decide on what it is, but she claims she will deliver a distraction, and she says all the boy has to do is sit there and look pretty.
It is implied now that the scene we saw originally was actually the last scene in the film, the distraction to the heist that is about to take place.
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And there you go! There's the idea. Some details are yet to be figured out but I can visualize the film pretty well. It plays with a genre flip from romance to drama which I think is really interesting and different from what I have done. With some plot holes to be filled I am really looking forward to continue planning!!
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