Five Card Charlie

This was our first main idea for our short film:

Scene List
Scene 1. Int
Charlie being beaten up in a dark room by security

Scene 2. Ext
Charlie sitting outside, expensive car pulls up, Gabriella gets out car with boyfriend, kisses him goodbye and walks into collge.

Scene 3. Int
Charlie is in the library (doing maths homework) and staring at Gabriella. Max is sitting across the table and notices Charlie staring. Speeks to Charlie and tells him hell help him to get Gabriella in exchange for help in school looking at books and talking about the girl he has seen, Max tells him the only way he has a chance is by making money. They then spot a book “counting cards”
- Charlie helps with Max’s maths homework, in return for Max to teach him about girls.

Scene 4. Int
Fast forward cross cutting of Charlie learning how to count cards, then playing and then racking in chips - montage

Scene 5. Int
Charlie is playing a game of cards in a dark room, with 3 others, plus the dealer. voice over of him counting the cards, he’s then grabbed on the shoulder and voice over stops. He is taken into a room.

Scene 6. Int
Charlie being beaten up in a dark room by security (Scene 1)

Name
We came up with the title Five Card Charlie, by researching Blackjack slang and terms used in the game. We found these on Ildado.com. Five Card Charlie in blackjack terms is a blackjack rule variation where if you get 5 cards without busting, you win that hand. We picked this particular term out of all the others because we thought it had a good ring to it and we imagined it would be a catchy film title which related well with out film.

Characters
- Charlie: main character, nerd/geek, unconfident, lower/middle class, from London
- Max: Charlie’s best friend, not as geeky as Charlie, can still get girls
- Gabriella: girl Charlie admires