Joe
(temporary name) works at a call centre helping people with their queries
(opening credits/voiceover)
At the end of the opening credits/monologue, Joe gets called
into the boss’s office.
He gets told off for not doing his job properly – two options:
1. The company is corrupt and they keep people on the phone
as long as possible as that’s how they make money, and Joe is a good guy who
actually helps people.
2. Joe is just a guy who’s so eager to help, that he doesn’t
follow all the precautions that are required (such as skipping a few security
questions to get straight to the point of helping people)
Joe agrees to change his ways, and goes back to his desk and
gets on with work. He gets frustrated during his next phone call and leaves
work with a bad feeling.
On his way home he walks past a homeless guy, who looks
desperate for money. Joe decides to help out and gives him some of his money.
(Maybe he could vision himself getting fired from his job
and ending up on the street asking for money himself, and so feels sympathetic)
The homeless guy seems overjoyed, making out like Joe is
some kind of a hero. Joe feels good about himself and in his head, gets the
idea of him literally being a hero.
What follows is Joe doing a bunch of good deeds, The idea’s we have so far is him collecting
money for charity, seeing himself looking really heroic when he’s really just
stood in the street with a bucket. The other idea we had was him helping an old
woman crossing the road. In his head he is carrying her in his arms and she’s
really happy when actually he’s just dragging her across the road.
Joe one day finds a girl being attacked, so him being the
hero that he thinks he is, steps in, the camera pulls into his eyes, and
pulling back out were in Joes superhero world where he is in his costume. (Thinking
maybe the mugger has his own costume too? The two fight and Joe beat him. The
damsel in distress thanks him for the help; Joe goes in for a kiss in
traditional superhero fashion and receives a slap in the face from the woman
for being a pervert.
Joe goes back to work happy, and with his new confidence
decides to help people promptly over the phone as he believes is right. His
boss is once again not happy with this. And so calls him into the office again.
The boss tells him off again for leaving work early the last time, and coming
back and not doing as he was told. Joe doesn’t really care; we once again go
inside his head, where he and his boss have a showdown. (Got a few ideas for
the transition, such as the office desks sliding out the way and the lighting
changing) Joe punches his boss out cold in an awesome fashion. Cut back to
reality Joe is still being told off still. Joe stands up to his boss and quits.
(Closing monologue begins - Joe decides he’s going to move on
in life, thinking of moving to the big city and achieving better things)
Joe is standing on a rooftop (of his apartment??) and we see
his ordinary town fade into his imaginary metropolis and him into his super
suit. Freeze shot and End Credits begin.
ideas for montage bit- cutting back and forth between good deeds and
joe at work answering calls – time passes.
Old Lady crossing road
Helping someone up who has fallen over
Holding the door open for somebody / push somebody’s car
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