Movie Idea (In Depth) - 16th September 2013

Deserted Sailor -

In my movie idea, there is one main character and a group of 3 characters that will only appear for a short time. The main character is called Rob. Rob is 24 years old and a world champion sailor born in England. The other 3 characters are known as 'The Hijackers' and range from 30-35 years old. The genre of my film will be Adventure/Drama.

One day, Rob was practicing sailing off the coast of Cornwall when suddenly he fell unconscious. The morning before Rob was practicing, he took a double dose of performance steroids to boost his performance in training and the consequences were almost deadly. After Rob fell unconscious, he lost control of his small boat and drifted off to sea, only to be found by 'The Hijackers' who were on a fishing trip early in the morning.

'The Hijackers' took advantage of Rob and decided to kidnap him and take him to a hideout. At the hideout, Rob was knocked out again and then taken across the world by 'The Hijackers' in a private helicopter. The group of 3 then took Rob to the Sahara Desert and dumped him with a survival pack and a compass.

In the survival pack, there were enough resources for Rob to survive for a week maximum. The survival pack contained 4 litres of water, a container of food, a compass and a towel.

The main plot of the story is to follow Rob's journey as he tries to escape to safety using just his survival pack. This will show all things involved in his journey and also flashbacks from his sailing trip before he passed out, his family at home and when he was kidnapped at the hideout.

Later in the film, we are shown Rob's wife and child. The family are shown as innocent and are worried about the whereabouts of Rob. They do not know where he is, what has happened to him and whether he is still alive or not.

At the end of the film, Rob will reach a service station at the edge of the desert and will get the essentials he needs to survive. He also calls his family to tell them he is okay (using the phone in the service station) and then arranges to get picked up by the police closest to where he is. Rob is then re-united with his family and lives the rest of his life with his family.

The poster for my film will be very plain. Most of the poster will be the setting of the desert. There will be somebody sitting in the desert looking over at the distance. The title on the poster will be very rough and messy to promote the condition of the main character whilst in the desert.