Berlin

Title: A Simple Gesture

Original Idea

Synopsis:
Shawn Michael who was traveling abroad, has all his belongings stolen, including his
passport. Stuck in a foreign country with no money, he soon becomes homeless and
begs on the streets of Berlin. When a wealthy businesswoman Teagan Miles starts
leaving him money, Shawn does his best to survive with the little he has. An
accidental confrontation starts a chain of events that changes everything.

Wealthy / woman. 1 suit with a different Shoes (for the woman).

Homeless man/woman

The businesswoman is waiting for an important phone call

Everyday for work she walks the same way and sees the homeless man sat outside
the office asking for money. Trying to avoid conversation she throws lose change
down on the floor whilst seeing the man scatter round to collect all the money.

This scene will be shot 3-4 times in the same way but with a change of their shoes.

Woman walks into the office building on the phone completely blanking the
receptionist that says good morning…NAME… to them (in german).

On the last day the homeless man sat outside isn’t there so the business woman
goes looking for him but accidentally bumps into them, spilling the coffee they just
brought down them.

Offering to take them back to the cafe, the two people have a conversation about life
and how they got to where they are. Feeling bad for themselves, the business
woman offers the homeless man a hotel room which they will pay for in return and
buy them some items to get them back on their feet. After a few days of talking, the
two people start to fall in love with one another, hiding their feeling away will this lead
to a new start?

Locations in Berlin
The Hostel: Generator Hostels, Oranienburger Str. 65, 10117 Berlin, Germany.
Telephone: +49 30 921037680
Website: https://generatorhostels.com/destinations/berlin/mitte?utm_source=google-
my-business&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=hostel-Mitte
Camera Shops:
FOTOIMPEX GmbH, Downtown Store Berlin, Alte Schönhauser Str. 32b, DE-10119,
Berlin
Telephone: +49 33631 64590
Website: https://www.fotoimpex.com/
Opening Times: Monday to Saturday 12.00 - 20.00 CET

Calumet Photographic Berlin, Bertha-Benz-Straße 5, Moabit, 10557, Berlin

Telephone: +49 (0) 30-257571-0
Website: https://www.calumetphoto.de/store/berlin
Opening hours:
Monday 9am - 7pm
Tuesday - Friday 10am - 7pm
(professional service and call center from 9am)
Saturday 10am - 6pm

MBF Film Technology Berlin GmbH

Lützowstr. 102-104
D-10785 BERLIN
TEL 030 - 683 28 12-0
FAX 030 - 683 28 12-30
info@mbfberlin.de

Rental House
LFB - Light
Forum Berlin GmbH Ackerstraße 93 13355 Berlin
Germany
E-Mail: info@lichtforum.de
Phone: +49 (0) 30 - 29 36 18 30
Fax: +49 (0) 30 - 29 36 18 50
Website: http://lichtforum.de/
OPENING HOURS
Monday - Friday: 09:00 - 18:00

Film School
Met Film School Berlin
Berliner Union Film Studios
Oberlandstraße 26-35
12099 Berlin

Tel:+ 49 (0)30 76 73 331 70

Email: info@metfilmschool.de
Filmschool Berlin
ART-ON-THE-RUN

Schönfließer Straße 13
10439 Berlin

Mo, We, Fr: 10am – 6pm

Tue, Thu: 12pm – 7pm

we@filmschool.berlin
+49 (0) 30 805 795 45

Filming Locations:
Office Building: Berlin @ the circus/ Offices in the UK
Reception area: The hostel or office building
Street: Weinbergsweg /liniestraBe
Hotel: Hostel room
Café/ Bar: KUPFER BAR, OPENING HOURS: Sun - Thurs: 18:00-Late
Fri - Sat: 16:00-Late
ABOUT: Generator Berlin Mitte includes the perfect space for your next event; Go
subterranean in our sky-lit, multipurpose space. The interior represents the unique
character of the city, with exposed brickwork, a rustic finish. Whatever the event,
hold it here and you'll make a big impression. Generator Berlin Mitte is an über
hostel Germany can be proud of.

Restaurant: CAFÉ AND BREAKFAST ROOM, OPENING HOURS:

Breakfast: 07:00-10:00
Lunch: 11:00-18:00
Dinner: 18:00-23:00
ABOUT: Whether you're a local or an out-of-towner, sample German delights and
barista-style coffee served up in plush surroundings. Wooden walls and geometric
string drawings hang from exposed ceilings, and a colourful caricature mural by
British artist Luke Embden overlooks the hostel canteen. And when you’re finished,
retire to the cosy couches in the library.

Homeless Shelters:
VITA domus - Kreuzberg
Blücherstraße 26/26 A
10961 Berlin
Phone: 030 - 31958960
030 - 31985691
Fax: 030 - 31958410
Management: Sven Hubold
E-mail: leitung-kreuzberg@vita-domus-berlin.de
Deputy Head: Stefani summer
E-mail: leitung-kreuzberg@vita-domus-berlin.de
Cutaway Locations:
Brandenburg Gate, Pariser Platz, 10117 Berlin, Germany
Berlin Wall,
Potsdamer Platz, Potsdamer Platz, 10785 Berlin, Germany
Fernsehturm, Panoramastraße 1A, 10178 Berlin, Germany
Checkpoint Charlie, Friedrichstr 43-45, 10117 Berlin
Glienicker Brücke, Königstraße, 14109 Berlin, Germany
Hospitals:
Alexianer St. Hedwig-Krankenhaus, Great Hamburger Straße 5-11, 10115, Berlin
Tel: (030) 23 11-0
8 minute Walk away from the hostel

St. Hedwig-Krankenhaus Berlin Klinik für Anästhesie und Intensivmedizin, Große

Hamburger Str. 5, 10115 Berlin, Germany
Tel: +49 30 23112511
The emergency numbers in berlin are 110 for Police and 112 for medical and fire.
● Passport
● Purse
● Clothes
Business Woman
Props:
Homeless Man
● Paper cup / coffee cup
● Cardboard sign Briefcase with pen and plain paper
● Sleeping bag inside
● Change
● Phone
Flashback scene ● 3-4 different coloured heeled
shoes
● Rucksack ● Change
 After confrontation ● Another phone
● Bag with clothes and cosmetics
● Hotel key / card ● Purse

Character profile
Chosen actors / actress
Businesswoman : Teagan Miles ● Small / Mid height (5ft 2in)
● Full suit and Shoes, which will ● Homeless man : Shawn
change each day, with black Michael
leather shoes ● Scruffy jumper and old tracksuit
● Brown overcoat (outside use) if with holey trainers
cold ● Sleeping bag
● Sunglasses if warm ● Mid built
● Briefcase ● Dirty
● Brown or blonde haired ● Height 5ft 5 inches
● Well kept
● Small built

Contacts and extra crew/actors:

Crew needed Contacts
● Camera op - Lewis John ● Performing arts (Kyle Davies)
● Director - Melissa Glover ● Hair and beauty
● Producer - Leah Cooper ● SFX specialist (Ebony)
● DOP - Liv Pierce
● Audio Crew
● Editor
● Camera Assistant ● Mel
● Screenwriter - Lewis John & ● Lewis
Melissa Glover ● Cerys
● Continuity monitor ● Charlie
● DIT (Digital Ingest Technician) - ● Tabby
Josh Clark ● Liv
● SFX Specialist / prosthetics - ● Leah
Ebony Dawn ● Josh
● 1st AD & 2nd AD ● Izz
● 1st AC - Liv Pierce & 2nd AC - ● Gui
Josh Clark ● Rich
● ● Dan
● Craig
Cast ● Nathan
● Ed
● Business woman - Georgie ● Peter
Boulton ● Andy
● Homeless man - Dominic
Sweeney
● Cafe owner / staff
● Receptionist
● Extras
Production schedule
● 25/02/19 - depart from uk at 5pm
● 26/02/19 - film main scenes of homeless woman and office
● 27/02/19 - film cafe scenes and shoot nighttime date scene
● 28/02/19 - establishing shots and cutaways. Also use as reshoot day
● 01/03/19 - fly back from Berlin to the uk
Equipment list:
● Canon C100 x1
● Samyang lens kit - 14mm, 35mm & 50mm
● Tripod x1
● SQN x1
● XLR cable x3
● Rode boom mic x1
● Black magic monitor with HDMI
● Waterproof C100 cover x1
● Spare C100 batteries x4
● Canon C100 battery charger x1
● AA batteries for H4N x2
● Spare SD cards for C100 and H4N x2
● Manfrotto magic arms x1
● Laptop to upload footage
● 2x External Hard Drive to backup footage

Audio and Sound

Background cafe music
Traffic soundscape
Phone ringtone for business name
Money hitting concrete soundscape
Intro and outro music

The Story Structure

Beginning of the story the character in a ‘normal world’ - a zone of comfort- Rich
Business woman giving money to a homeless man but doesn’t want to converse.
She just wants to get on with the business day. This is something she does everyday
- it’s her normal world.
But the character wants something - She wants to help the homeless man after a
conversation with her mum.
Character will enter an unfamiliar situation - Character bumps into homeless man
who she has been avoiding a conversation with. Homeless man drops his coffee all
down him. A coffee that he could scarcely afford. She buys him a new drink.
 Character will adapt to it - She starts buying him more items to help him get back
onto his feet and their relationship slowly starts to develop into something more
romantic.
Character will then have to pay a heavy price for it - Rich woman feels ashamed for
dating a homeless man? Will she overcome this to get the guy?
Character will then return to a familiar situation having changed - We see the rich
woman giving money to a homeless man but stood next to her is the homeless man
that she helped. They are a couple now.