Carinne’s Story

Form

Short Feature

Genres

Dark Romanticism, Drama, Narrative Fiction

Context

Script reading followed by focus group survey and editing.

Rating

The Carinne’s Story script contains adult situations.

Running time

Estimated theatrical version: 80 minutes

Technical Specifications

The plan is to create it for: Wide screen (16:9), Dolby stereo, NTSC, high definition.

Tagline (working draft)

Inspired by the poems of Edgar Allan Poe, Carinne’s Story is a dark romantic story within a story.

 

Synopsis (working draft)

As writing professor David Parker becomes captivated by Carinne, his most gifted student, they take on the role as each other’s muses, and enter into a relationship that unfolds like their dark writing. But true to their stories, it’s a relationship that cannot last.

 

Long Synopsis (coming soon)

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Characters

Lead

Carinne
She is a woman in her 30s and a writing student who has become attracted to her writing instructor, David. She is a gifted writer who tends toward dark material drawn from her past — she’s an orphan who was in and out of foster homes as a child until she finally ran away.

She has a varied and complicated past. She suffers from bi-polar disorder and has medication. She knows that the medication dulls her senses and adversely affects her ability to write, so she stops taking it.

 

David
He is a man in his 40s who is a popular writing instructor at a local community college. Outside of his professional world, he is very much living a solitary life. He suffers with depression and attention deficit disorder which leave him isolated from others and without the ability to complete his own stories. He has difficulty being in crowds: ironic for a person who’s profession is teaching.

He’s also very lonely and when Carinne comes into his life, he is swept away by her vibrant personality and brilliant prose.

 

Support

Wendy
She is a woman in her 40s and a colleague of David’s in the writing department. She likes David very much, but finds him difficult to get to know. She is also very competitive with David in their professional relationship. She’s the level-headed friend with whom David shares his problems.

 

Additional

Narrator
For the purposes of the reading, the Narrator is a critical role. The dialogue does not tell the complete story, so it’s vital to have the Narrator read the action lines and sluglines. Timing and a careful reading of this part is important.

 

Background and Minor Roles
There are a few other minor speaking roles and a few roles for background performers. These roles are for people of all different ages, genders, ethnicities, shapes and sizes.