The Racers - Scene Proposals

Scene Proposals

Scene 1:  A crowd of screaming, standing fans all shouting encore. The camera pans around the audience from a high angle, as the audience looks down on them and the stage. The screen then cuts to black, where a male voice says "One more song boys?" and a different voice saying "Let's do it". The sound of the audience cheers highness dramatically, and the name of the film "The Racers" is displayed in White. The screen then fades back in from black, and an original song of the Band's is played. During the performance, closeups of their faces and various instruments/equipment are shown, which change in time with the song. (Main emphasis being on the old man in the band, the protagonist). The scene ends with the song being finished, with the five members all thanking the audience and standing together on the stage.

Scene 2: Set in a pub the day after the show, the guys from the band are all sat in a round, having conversation about last night and exchanging light-hearted banter. They also discuss how they're upset the tour of the country is over, and the boys all decide to go on holiday to the Caribbean. The older man can't fly, as he has had a hip replacement following an injury at a gig, which is explained. He says the rest of them should go and is happy to see them leave for a good time.

Scene 3: A few weeks later, the man can be seen abandoned in his house. He lives in a big house that's very empty, and he can be seen to be very sad and depressed at the isolation he is living in. The only thing that lights his rugged face with a smile is when he goes to his shelf and picks up an old photograph of him and his wife, and a photo of him and his bandmates. Later, he walks to the shop with great difficulty, using a walking stick that is worn down and quite unstable. He picks up a newspaper and is shocked to hear the headline that a plane has crash landed in the water. He picks up the paper, and sees a list of the people who have been confirmed "Missing presumed dead", where he sees the names of his bandmates. He then suffers a heart attack, and faints, and the scene ends with people crowding around him in support.

Scene 4: The camera blinks from light to colour, to resemble the man waking up. At the foot of his bed, is an agent dressed in all black (symbolism of evil). He tells the man that he has to play at a concert without them, or he will have to terminate his record deal and will become in possession of all his belongings, due to a technicality. The man then delivers a Rocky Balboa style monologue, in which he inspires the audience as well as convincing the agent to make all proceeds go to a charity close to the heart of one of his bandmates.

Scene 5: On the day of a gig, the man stands in front of a curtain and goes to address the audience, with guitar in hand. Before he gets chance to speak, an announcer takes over, and begins to tell the story of what has happened. Closeups of the man's face are used to show his sheer depression, but as the announcer develops his story he begins to explain how the band were saved, and a drum roll kicks in, to add suspense to the curtain rising with the band all stood behind it in dramatic fashion. The man  is perplexed and in utter shock, bursts into tears and runs over (at the best of his ability) to the rest of the band. A close up of the agent's face is shown, he looks very displeased and cowers out of the room. They then all play a song, and the film ends with the band holding the main character up, as he is fatigued and still not fully recovered, and take their victory bow, as the curtains close and credits roll.