Formal Proposal

This is the full proposal for my film idea.  Previously I wrote out the synopsis of the film as I had originally written it in the free writing exercise, this is how I would write it as a formal proposal:

Proposal

Title:  ‘Origin of Species’

Tag Line:  “In the beginning was the bird”

Log Line:  A laboratory experiment exposes the truth about the origins of life.

Scene Synopsis:

The scene is the brightly lit interior of a science lab, all white and sterile, and silent.  Close up of a tabletop experiment.  A live white rabbit is moving around a small sectioned off area with three walls, all of which have grid lines and measurements marked on them.  (Reminiscent of Muybridge’s photographic experiments regarding movement in animals.) 

After a short time the rabbit appears to be in discomfort and patches of his white fur start to fall out.  As the flesh below starts to show through, more and more fur falls out from all over its body.  The rabbit stands still as not only the fur but now patches of skin and flesh also start to fall away, revealing bones beneath.

This shedding of fur, then skin, then flesh continues until all that remains is the skeleton.  But as the last of the flesh falls away, we see that it is not the skeleton of a rabbit but that of a bird.

After a couple of seconds realising that the skeleton has wings instead of front legs, and a beak instead of its nose, there is a creaking sound as the skeleton begins to move of its own accord.  It is coming alive.  The bones are reanimated and the bird gathers itself, lifts up its head, stands on its skeletal legs, unfurls its wing bones and flies away.