BBC Crime Drama - 'Details' Screenplay

7/29/2019 BBC Crime Drama - 'Details' Screenplay

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By Chris Tuck


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Weve seen Sherlock Holmes uncanny attention-to-detail.

What if such a character wasnt working WITH the police?


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My story follows John Mason, a 22 year old man with justsuch an ability. He is on the run having been framed as aterrorist by the British media.

In reality, he is working to uncover the truth behindgovernment organisation Neptune who kidnapped hisfamily 7 years previously. He has incredible attention-to-detail and this skill is his main asset as well as his mainenemy.

N E P T U N E


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The main villains of the drama surround the activities of thechairman of Neptune, David Waters, and the head scientiston the project, Maria Mason.

Maria Mason is the main heros mother who needed to leavewhen he was a child to work for Neptune.


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As far as the audience know, John Mason is fightingimpossible odds with no help. So does he.

However, unknowingly to the audience, David Waterspersonal assistant, Matthew Connolly, is in fact WilliamMason, Johns older brother. He was taken by Neptune atthe same time as his father.

In reality, whilst the audience see him as a key he is workingto protect John from the organisation behind closed doors.


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John Mason is 22 years old. This, combined with theengaging storyline laden with plot twists and eccentriccharacters, means that the primary audience would range

from around 18-35 years old. A secondary audience may alsoincorporate a teen and older adult audience.

Since the original circumstances of the characters aretypically domestic but later elevated to a new level, thedemographic could cover audiences from the working andmiddle classes.


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When John is 16, his family are kidnapped by an organisation called Neptune.

6 years later, we are introduced to his current situation.

We see his activities regarding Neptune.

We meet Matthew Connolly and Maria Mason and get an initial hint to Neptunesactivities.

John heads back to his hideout which has been broken into.

He demonstrates his attention to detail. (On-Screen Text and Narration)

He is greeted by a shady man. Welcome Back.


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This crime drama has a lot of political suggestion aboutgovernment corruption and secrecy.

However, there is a greater, covert meaning regarding mediarepresentation and the lost emphatic qualities of the humanrace.

This will be communicated through my use of playing withthe lives of relatable characters, based in the present day.


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