The Meeting development

I have spent time over the last week developing my idea and pre-writing my story.

I have changed the title of my story to 'Ripple'. After comments made at the development lab I decided to change the title as  'Weak' had a more negative meaning to it. I think Ripple sounds better as the film is set next to the River.

I changed the pitch slightly:

Neal, a young working man who is met with a stressed woman, attempting to jump of a bridge and end her life.

I have kept the characters and location same. I have been scouting for a specific location on the River Medway and planning to set the location near the bus station at Chatham (pending permission). Neal misses his bus and has to start walking to work when he is met with the woman, Linda. They meet near the bus station at the side of the River. See picture below, red circle indicates main location of set. 

Filming location

I need to find 2 people who can play the characters Neal and Linda. I will be having auditions at the base room and selecting people who fit the character description.

I will be selecting a few people to help crew the production - Sound and AD. I plan to be D.O.P.

Planning the shoot days to be Monday 9th Nov and Tuesday 10th Nov - Day shoot both Int/Ext. Wednesday 11th Nov a contingency day.  Filming the first 2 minutes of the story.

Story:

Story begins with Neal out of his daily routine and waking up late for work, he rushes to get ready and leaves his flat running for the bus. Neal is running down the high street when he sees his bus pulling away. He now starts walking quite fast to work, walking past the river. He spots some unusual activity, a woman about to jump over into the river. Neal goes over and speaks to the woman, trying to stop her and calm her down. The woman is nervous but responds to Neal, they then talk. Neal comforts the woman getting her a coffee. He is late for work and leaves Linda, he turns around to say good bye but she is gone.