Life ExperienceTwo best friendsOne gap year What could go wrong?

CharactersCharlie- Protagonist

Cisco- ProtagonistFlick (& Digby)- The logic Vincent- Male Antagonist Sidekick (unknowingly)Adanna- Female Antagonist

OpeningMontage of Charlie and Cisco packing bags, getting on a plane and arriving in Africa. This is all filmed in a home camera style, so first person from either of their views. There is a voice over from Charlie explaining who him and Cisco are and what they are doing.All of a sudden the video cuts to black and it goes to third person HD camera. Charlie and Cisco are looking at their damaged car up the tree in the middle of the grassy wasteland. Charlie is hyperventilating and there is comedic dialogue from Cisco. All their clothes are ripped and they look dirty and tired, leaving the audience wondering what has happened to them. Then the titles kick in.

PlotTwo friends go on a gap year trip to Africa but nothing seems to go planThere car get charged by rhino, they get mugged then lose the rest of their possessions. So they are lost, stranded and walking trying to find someoneEnter Flick and Digby. A clumsy women and her dog, they join Charlie and Cisco in trying to find a safe placeThey all get kidnapped by Vincent, a seemingly wealthy and powerful man The real villain and mastermind behind this is Vincents wife (Adanna) She is the one behind everything, and her husband is just a gullible lackey Charlie, Cisco and Flick all think they are going to die so they confess there deepest and darkest secrets Charlie and Cisco confess there love for one another Digby find a way to escape and they all run back to where the car was, only to find it has been strung up the tree (scene from the beginning )Trying to find a safe place, they realise they have been going round in circles and missed a extremely close village several times They are only running for two minuets before they find the village When they get to the village they contact the authorities and they are rescued and Vincent and Adanna are arrestedCharlie and Cisco are safe and back in the USA in an apartment with picture of them and Flick all over. (Born free plays as credits role in.)

ComedyConventionsComedic dialogueFast edits in montageBinary opposites Upbeat musicComedic events in dire situationsOver exaggeration

Narrative HooksMontage of their journey Voice OversStarting with the end (cyclical)Binary opposites

Charlie and CiscoCharlie is:Unlucky and awkwardGoing to Harvard to study medicineGets easily strung up and has asthma The youngest of sixBullied at school

Cisco is:Strange, but likes to think and act like he is coolGoing to Yale to study Astrophysics Easy goingAn only child

Flick and DigbyFlick is awkward and unfortunate, a bit like our main protagonist Its mostly accidental heroic actsShes really smart and intelligent and can think on her feet

Digby is protective of FlickHe is really intelligent He follows all of Flicks commands, but also takes initiative action and saves the trio from harm

VincentStupidGullible More like a sidekickComedic relief Worships his wife and carries out her every commandIs rich form old money

Adanna Evil mastermindLots of moneySassy and easily annoyed by her stupid, grovelling husbandHer hobby is taxidermy. She has a massive collection of African animals but she wants to add two new specimens to her collectionOnly married to Vincent for his money

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