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The Exam - Overview



The Exam - Premise
Story - A student takes an exam, using the events of the previous week to help him answer the questions in the exam.
Questions 1 - What is the common informal term for members of the Irish Traveller community? (2 marks)
A - Bully at dodgeball calls him pikey.
Question 2 -What is the name of the messenger of God in the religion of Islam?. (1 mark)
A - Discussion with friends (Muhammed) about meaning of names
Question 3 - How long will does the average human remain a virgin for? (6 marks)
A - Recalls 'the talk' with his mother, writes ask Mr Jones
Question 4 -
A -
Final question -






Comedic

Characters:
Protagonist - Bored, un-athletic student, spends most of his time playing video games. Unpopular, has barely any friends. Doesn't care about many things except his k/d on Call of Duty. Flunking school, held behind to take exam.
Antagonist/Enemy of progress - Angry, underpaid teacher. Lazy, doesn't want to work, is annoyed at protagonist for making him stay behind on a Friday after school.
Third party - Second student -  Exact opposite of protagonist in all aspects apart from schoolwork - popular, athletic, and arrogant. Also held back to take exam.
More characters to appear during flashbacks.

Recurring theme - Time?
Location - A school, large hall? - Exam Environment
Props and mis-en-scene - Clock ticking monotone all the way through (except for flashbacks)
Protagonist - Slumped and daydreaming during exam , questions trigger flashbacks over the past week.
Opening shot - Slow zoom in of isolated student in hall filled with empty desks - add tense, creepy music for effect.
Jump-cut to stationary side view of bored student at exam desk, contrasted with light, comedic music. Title also covers most of screen in this shot.

Opening dialogue begins - between angry teacher and bored student - leads to student reading exam question and having first flashback.
Closing shot - Close up/ Extreme close up of Jim smirking, walking away from exam.


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