Righttt, I think we had a good productive meeting today and we are getting a clearer idea of what direction this film is going in. I think we had a good idea with Jake (the protagonist) wanting to find his daughter, but what I think might work is not wanting to find his daughter, but trying to get her back from a kidnapper - this would involve Jake helping to assist the kidnapper in a robbery of his own office. Now I wouldn't want the audience to know what's going on until the final climax, but obviously they will know that something's going on through small visual clues, body-language and a mystery phonecall (possibly involving the Jake mentioning a number). The ending is something I'm not sure about but i think leaving it open ended would be a good thing to do...

I'm not saying we have to go with this idea, it's just something I've thought up and think would involve a lot of tension building and guessing etc, I'm also not saying that this is some epic scale John Dillinger bank robbery! It's a small-time office with a handful of people working there with small time criminals making a robbery. But yeah obviously it would involve quite abit of planning and research etc and good acting, because it would almost certainly be terrible with a load of students acting in it!

Anyway, just thought i'd throw that idea in there as i think it is quite a simple plot, not saying we have to use it and it could be something other than a robbery but maybe with the same kind of structure.....

Here's some key incidents/clues that I have come up with/added to.

START.
* Strange dream...don't know what yet..
* At work - acting strange - people ask if he's ok etc.
* Boss arranges group meeting for a set date - Jake reacts strangely to this, what is it?
* Back at home - See date of meeting circled on calender - Phone call (maybe gives out a number - audience doesn't know what it is)
* Next day , travelling to work, picks up something on the way - what is it?
* Late for meeting, showing signs of nervousness - keeps checking watch - get's asked questions - no reply, looks increasingly agitated - watch turns to the hour.
* Bursts up grabbing his boss, putting a gun to his head while 3 criminals come in to take the money and any of the employees valubles.
* They all rush out, including Jake.................................that's as far as I got and I don't know about the ending, obviously it would involve seeing the daughter........

Anyways I'll leave it at that for now, criticism is welcome!