Short Film Treatment
The man gets up. He walks over to the kitchen. He reaches into the cabinet and pulls out a box of cereal. He walks over to refrigerator and takes out a gallon of milk. He takes the cereal and milk to the table and puts it down. He then looks over his shoulder to check if he forgot something and notices the clock. The clock reads 10:21 flashing on and off. The man drops to the floor and then screams. He has just missed the biggest opportunity of his life. He has now lost 100 million dollars. He picks himself up and runs out the door.
A shot of his face running is shown. His face seems stressed. The next shot is shown of him running in the streets in front of a crowd of people. You now come back to him and he is rushing passed the crowd still. He stops in the middle of people looking around. He notices a bank. His face seems more relieved. He walks calmly into the building.
He walks up to the counter and says a code phrase. The teller nods his head and takes him to the back room where the vault is. The teller walks up to a keypad and punches in some numbers. A secret room appears. The two walk in. There is a man waiting for him. The screen goes dark. The man in the room’s voice comes on.
He opens his eyes and notices he is in the back of a car. He looks at the driver and back at his hands which are tied up. He struggles with his hands and rocks back and forth only to get get a butt of a gun slapped in his face. The screen goes black again.
He then wakes again. This time when he looks around he is in dessert alone and dry blood on his face. He gets up and moves his hands around. He then looks around for anything he can use. He looks at his shirt and notices it bulging. He takes off his shirt and notices he is strapped with a timer. It reads 23:54:21 and a note is attached saying “If you want to live get to the rock”. He then realizes if he wants to save himself, he must find a way to get to his house. The screen shifts to a shot of him running.
He knows where he is. He is in the Mojave dessert. It will take 3 days to walk to his house to save his life. He only has 22 hours left. He notices a slight road where a car might travel. He sees a car drive by. He throws a rock at it, hitting it and the car comes to a screeching halt. He runs and opens the door knocking the driver on the floor. He doesn’t care. He drives away with a smile on his face. He was going to save himslef.
