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The Bet

An outgoing teen makes a joke bet at a football game and it turns serious.

For my idea I thought I would have two teens one called Sam and another called Jake. The more outgoing one Sam makes a joke bet with his friend Jake that he will bet £1000 that Newcastle (or another team) will win. His friend Jake laughs it off as a joke but there is a larger guy stood behind who hears and takes it up with Sam. Sam thinks it is a joke and sort of ignores it but the guy is serious and has a reputation of violence and getting into trouble. Later on at half time the guy comes over to the two and says you better have my money and walks off. At the end of the match the two lads see the guy walking over and they try to walk away but because everyone is leaving they can’t get out and he comes over and says if you don’t have my money by tomorrow you’ll get it. On the way back from the match Sam is on edge the whole way panicking checking every corner that no one is following, Jake just winds him up about it. When Jake gets home he goes through all of his money which he has saved and realises he still doesn’t have enough so he tells the police and they sort it out.

I think the genre is thriller/drama.

I think my story is unique because there isn’t anything like it.

My target audience is 16-18 and I think it fits in well as it teaches them not to gamble.

 

Act 1: It is when the lads are walking to the station, waiting for the train and when they get on.

Act 2: when Sam makes a bet and the guy is alerted. The guy asks about it and makes the bet.

Act3: Sam is seen by the man at half time and at full time. Sam goes home and contacts police and it is solved.

 

 

Name: Sam

Age: 16

Gender: Male

Sam is an outgoing teen who thinks he is the best and is cocky. He also thinks he is a casual, a casual is similar to a football hooligan but tends not the be involved in the violence part as much just likes to dress like them.

 

Name: Jake

Age: 16

Gender: Male

Jake isn’t as outgoing as Sam and tends to try to keep Sam under control. Jake is also involved in the casual culture and also dresses like one.

 

Name: James Rock

Age: 20-25

Gender: Male

James Rock goes by the nick name Rock and is heavily involved in the casual culture and is also heavily involved in the violence.

 

For the setting I was thinking at a train station and show them waiting there. In the train if possible to show when the lads are talking and when the first part of the conflict happens. For the football ground there will be no actual footage of the game so I was thinking in the place where you go at half time or we could recreate it somewhere else. For the footage at the football ground I was going to use a cctv style of footage so you see the guy walk over to the two lads.