Core Narrative 1

Title: Look To The Stars

Macro Story Beat : Monkey Wrench, prequel

Logline: In the Future Earth has burnt through about all their natural resources and now look up to the Sun for a new form of energy that they hope will save our planet.

SHORT STORY SYNOPSIS

Act 1: In the year 2065, earth is at an all time low with their natural resources. Due to the engird crisis, the world is in a panic and fear they are soon facing the end of mankind. Their last hope of surivial relies in the hand of group scientist that they believe the solution to the problem is the Sun itself. They team up with NASA and begin preparation on a mission to unlock unlimited solar power. The mission summary is that they will relaunched into space and travel for one year until they get as close to the sun as possible to launch a new satelite that they hope will unlock unlimited solar energy for our planet to thrive. In the first Act we are introduced to each scientist and what brought them to agree to this mission.

Act 2: After each scientist is introduced and motivations are clear for agreeing to this mission NASA has set out for them, they begin the preparation. 5 months of tests, equations, and physical endurance to make sure this mission is one hundred safe and successful. NASA does relate details of the mission to the public and claim that this is the most expensive and dangerous exploration they have yet tried to achieve. They also claim that if this mission is unsuccessful that the satellite they are launching into the Sun's orbit could potentially make the problem worst and they do have a back up plane but that they are not sharing with the public because they feel so confident that this mission will be successful. Act 2 will end when the scientists are launched into space and their mission has begun.

Act 3: Now that the scientist are in space we only focus on them and the mission. Their flight time is scheduled for 1 year and the satellite they are launching cannot go into orbit until they've reached their destination. When they do reach the sun's orbit the most important task of mankind is set into motion. All seems well but after numerous problems that start after a sun flare nearly destroys their ship, the scientists do not launch the satellite correctly. One of the scientists even sacrofise their lives by launching into space and trying to course correct the satellite and aim it for the orbit. He is successful but not quite. The satellite does enter the suns orbit but is destroyed and several harms the sun due to the nuclear power they had built into it. The last shot of the series is an image of the sun turning blue and NASA picking up and saying it's time for plan B.

GENRE: Sci Fi, Drama

Protagonist: The earth, it's natural resources are running out

Antagonist: The 5 scientist chosen for this mission NASA has set out for them.

MAIN SUPPORTING CAST

Henry, an Ecologist scientist. 35 years old, and motivation for being on the this mission is his kids and wife. He wants them to live a long life and provide for them. With the way the earth is shaping, chances are that his kids kids are probably the last generation of humans to exist on the planet.

Stacy, a meteorologist. She is 30 years old and her motivation is her grandmother that past away. Since the earth's energy crisis began, black outs happen regularly. Wile her grandmother was in the hospital a black out occurred that turned off the machine keeping her alive and lead to her ultimate death.

Peter, a systems ecologist. He is 32 and his motivation is money. He loves money and when NASA came to his door step he immediately began talking price tags. He is extremely successful and brilliant but does have an ego that leads to future conflict between the characters.

Kaine, a biologist. He is 45 years old and a quiet man. His motivation is his family even though most of them do not speak to him anymore. He hopes after this mission his family and kids will forgive him for past actions and he'll have their love again.

Heather, an Ecologist scientist. She is 29 years old and her motivation is being responsible for saving the earth. She a feminist and believes that a women having this opportunity will help bring more attention to woman rights and potentially make her name known around the world and potentially being the most beloved woman on the planet.

ADDITIVE COMPREHENSION: This is the first story in our story world. This is essentially a prequel series that creates our story world.

Medium: Tv Series, 8 hours, 8 one hour episodes.

Why this medium works: With 8 hours, we have plenty of time and narrative to successful set up our story world and lead into our other platforms. With a tv series we'll have time to create stakes and characters we care about that will ultimately lead to success.