Hagan TV: Storytelling unit

Malcolm Caine’s reasons for continuing his dead daughter’s work of keeping the local beach free of garbage gets challenged by a young boy.

ASHORE is a drama about Malcolm Caine who is left alone after his daughter, an always smiling and active environmentalist, die in a car accident caused by her friend's reckless driving. Without a job and any contact to other relatives his only connection to the outside world is now gone. As a result Malcolm desides to shut himself away from society and continue his daughter’s work of keeping the local beach clean.
Every morning he goes to the beach to clean up the garbage that has been washed on land during the night, but one day a young boy shows up and slowly breaks Malcolm's mental wall that keeps him from opening up to other people.

Characters:

Malcolm Caine, 60

Divorced. His wife moved when she discovered she was pregnant with another man’s child.

Had a daughter who died in a car accident.

Greatly affected by his daughter's death.

Never been very open or social.

Doesn't like other humans.

Doesn’t work because of mental disability.

Enjoys reading.

Jenna Caine 16, (dead)

Malcolm's daughter, a typical "daddygirl".

Active environmentalist.

Social, always happy.

Smart, did great at school.

Rob Wescott, 7

Live alone with his mother.

Curious, smart, always questioning everything.

Active, plays football.

Doesn’t miss having a dad ‘cause his dad left when he was very young.

Elisabeth Wescott, 35

Rob's mother.

Got divorced when Rob was 2 years old.

Currently flirting with another man.

Working as a doctor.

Enjoys reading and art.

Locations:

Local beach - A small beach close to a small city.

Malcolm's house - A small house close to the beach. Old furniture, No new/modern decorations.

Rob's/Elisabeth's apartment - Small apartment, two bedrooms. Modern, clean.

Inspiration:

I got a lot of inspiration to the idea from "UP" and "Mr. Robot".

"UP" is an animation movie made by Pixar where an old man named Carl Fredricksen travels to Paradise Falls in his home equipped with balloons, and unwillingly ends up taking a young boy with him.

"Mr Robot" is an American drama-thriller television series about Elliot, a young programmer who works as a cyber-security engineer by day and a vigilante hacker by night. Elliot fins himself at a crossroad when he get recruited to destroy the corporation he is payed to protect.

I have wanted to make a short film that takes up the problem surrounding the garbage in the ocean for quite some time as i find a lot of inspiration from the YouTube channel AsapSCIENCE and articles from Greenpeace and NRK. And therefore want to have this environmental problem as an important part of this story and a great influence on why Malcolm thinks and acts the whey he does.

Link:
AsapSCIENSE

Article Greenpeace

Article NRK

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Rob