single camera production ideas

Single camera production draft ideas for ‘Purgatory’.

Purgatory

·       Guy dies at the start. Mix in footage from POV when being hung with other content quick short cuts. Like a horror film.  

·       Guy wakes up in Purgatory, finds himself sitting opposite to a mysterious man with only a desk between them.

·       Mysterious Man welcomes guy to Purgatory, and explains the only to get to heaven is to amend his sins through confessing. 

Possible Confessions 

·       Murder - "Reasonably easy" - Alfie suggests rope to strangle X person.  

·       Robbery - House (X climbs over garden gate to get into house and break in and steals expensive items in bag) 

·       Kidnaping - abducting one or more people to add tot he story of the plot

·       Domestic Violence - Beats wife 

·       Suicide - Cannot live with what was committed, kills self by hanging or overdose. 

 Locations 

Purgatory| Kieran's attic 

Murder | Lounge 

Robbery| Kieran's house 

Kidnaping| Kieran's garage/cellar  

Suicide| Lounge/ tree 

Structure

Character X dies. Some evidence of his death is revealed through POV camera shot, mixed in with introductory scene. 

Character wakes up in Purgatory, finds himself sitting opposite to a mysterious man with only a desk between them.  

Mysterious Man welcomes guy to Purgatory, and explains the only to get to heaven is to amend his sins through confessing. 

Character X confesses a small sin in the hope of getting to Heaven without confessing about any others. 

Character Y knowing the sins already he goes along with it, while coxing Character X into confessing others. Character Y reminds Character X piece by piece of the past disgraceful actions he has committed. We find out about Character X's previous life, his hobbies, his crimes and his reason for each crime.