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    This document provides a concept and logline for a film project called "The Scoundrel". The story follows a young ambitious man who climbs the ladder of fame by being complicit in exploitation and abuse until committing a heinous crime. Twenty-five years later, as he tries to redeem himself, the consequences of his past crime catch up to him. The film will be told mostly through flashbacks and will explore themes of redemption, revenge, fame, and exploitation through contrasting visual styles and tones that become more muted as the narrative progresses.

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    This document provides a concept and logline for a film project called "The Scoundrel". The story follows a young ambitious man who climbs the ladder of fame by being complicit in exploitation and abuse until committing a heinous crime. Twenty-five years later, as he tries to redeem himself, the consequences of his past crime catch up to him. The film will be told mostly through flashbacks and will explore themes of redemption, revenge, fame, and exploitation through contrasting visual styles and tones that become more muted as the narrative progresses.

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    This document provides a concept and logline for a film project called "The Scoundrel". The story follows a young ambitious man who climbs the ladder of fame by being complicit in exploitation and abuse until committing a heinous crime. Twenty-five years later, as he tries to redeem himself, the consequences of his past crime catch up to him. The film will be told mostly through flashbacks and will explore themes of redemption, revenge, fame, and exploitation through contrasting visual styles and tones that become more muted as the narrative progresses.

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    “Man grows used to everything, the scoundrel!

    ”
    ― Fyodor Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment
    THE
    SCOUNDREL
    A Feature Film Project by Yuvraj Singh Gusain
    CONCEPT/LOGLINE:
    A YOUNG MAN RUTHLESSLY CLAWING HIS WAY
    UP THE LADDER OF FAME BECOMES COMPLICIT
    IN SEVERAL INSTANCES OF EXPLOITATION AND
    ABUSE UNTIL ONE DAY COMMITTING A HEINOUS
    CRIME OF HIS OWN, THE CONSEQUENCES OF
    WHICH FOLLOW HIM 25 YEARS LATER AS HE
    CONTINUES TRYING TO REDEEM HIMSELF.
    THEMES
    REDEMPTION

    REVENGE

    FAME

    EXPLOITATION

    TRAUMA AND ABUSE


    DIRECTOR’S NOTE AND ARTISTIC APPROACH:

    • MAJORITY OF THE FILM TAKES PLACE IN FLASHBACKS, AS THE PROTAGONIST IS REMINDED OF THE THINGS HE HAS
    DONE WRONG.

    • LIKE THE TIME, THE COLOUR SCHEME ALSO SWITCHES FROM SATURATED AND EXTRAVAGANT TO MUTED AND ALMOST
    MONOCHROMATIC AS THE NARRATIVE PROGRESSES.

    • IN TERMS OF CINEMATOGRAPHY AND EDITING THERE’S A CONTRAST OF EXTRA WIDE SHOTS, COVERING THE SCENIC,
    ICY LANDSCAPE IN WHICH THE PROTAGONIST IS CURRENTLY SITUATED IN, ALONGSIDE TIGHT CLOSEUPS AND SHAKY
    CAMERA SHOWING THE RESTLESNESS HIS PAST LIFE HAD.

    • COMING TO THE SOUNDSCAPE, INSTEAD OF A LIVELY NATURALISTIC SOUNDSCAPE THAT USUALLY SURROUNDS A
    SPACE SO CLOSE TO NATURE, MOST OF THE SOUNDS AROUND THE PROTAGONIST ARE AT TIMES MUTED ALMOST AS IF
    LIVING IN A VACCUM DEPICTING HIS LONELINESS AND ISOLATION.

    • THE MAIN THEMES OF THE FILM BEING REVENGE AND REDEMPTION OUR SECONDARY MAIN CHARACTER OR THE ONE
    WHO CONFONTS THE PROTAGONIST AFTER 25 YEARS ALWAYS BARES A STARK CONTRAST VISUALLY, BE IT THE
    FRAMING, THE LIGHTING OR THEIR WARDROBE.
    SOME REFERENCES
    CHARACTER SKETCHES
    PRATHAM

    • 25 years old(later about 55)


    • Ambitious and street smart
    • Not cunning but smart enough to never be the
    one on the line for someone else’s mistake
    • Has had a harsh upbringing due to lack of a
    parental figure
    • Rather ambiguous when it comes to morality
    which is what leads to him becoming complicit
    in several wrongdoings
    ELLY(OR ALISHA)

    • About 28 years old


    • Determined and strong-willed
    • Has been solely-focused on avenging her
    mother since she saw her die at a young age
    • Has had a rough upbringing as well
    • Is a realist to the point of being cynical
    • Is the one to bring Pratham to justice in the
    end
    AAZAM

    • 45 years old
    • Ruthless and a veteran in the business he’s
    in
    • A godfather like figure to Pratham on his way
    to the top
    • Is cruel and abusive to most people around
    him
    • Involved in several illegal businesses
    STYLE & TONE
    THE FILM PLAYS OUT ALMOST LIKE A THRILLER, AS EACH REVELATION ABOUT THE
    PROTAGONIST’S PAST BECOMES AN ESCALATION TOWARDS HIS FINAL ACT/CRIME

    ELLY’S INTENTIONS ARE UNCLEAR TILL THE VERY END WHICH IS WHAT MAKES
    THINGS EVEN MORE EXCITING FOR THE CHARACTER AND THE AUDIENCES

    TENSION IS THE DRIVING POINT OF THE FILM AS THINGS PLAY OUT IN A HEIGHTENED
    ATMOSPHERE IN TERMS OF SOUND, VISUALS AND BACKGROUND SCORE

    BACKGROUND SCORE PLAYS A KEY ROLE IN BUILDING THE ATMOSPHERE AND MOST
    OF THE MUSIC CONSISTS OF EXPERIMENTAL ROCK SONGS

    DESPITE THE REST OF THE FILM’S TREATMENT, THE BUILD-UP LEADS TO A RATHER
    SUBVERSIVE, SOMBER ENDING LEAVING THE VIEWERS WITH A LASTING IMPRESSION
    OF ALL THE CHARACTERS INVOLVED
    FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, THE SCOUNDREL
    THANK YOU

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