Bounty
Log line: An exiled knight/outlaw is attacked by a bounty hunter, who incidentally is his long lost son.
Requirements:
5 Pages
Treatment:
Opening Scene:
Atmosphere:
Sun is shining
Settings:
Rolling hills
Daelin is watching a small group of soldiers make their way down the road while seemingly reciting the words to a story
Act I
Inciting Incident:
Daelin attacks the soldiers, but is poisoned by a mage
Plot Point 1:
Haron, Daelin’s long lost son appears
Act2
First Half:
Daelin doesn’t believe haron even exists, and is sure its just the poison.
Midpoint:
Haron lays a hand on Daelins shoulder, Daelin then knows he is real
Plot Point 2:
Haron announces he is there to kill Daelin for the bounty on his head
Conflict:
They start to shove each other around Daelin refuses to draw his weapon on his son.
Daelin is injured and the poison is spreading through his body, Haron is approaching with his knife drawn about to kill Daelin, he charges.
Act3
Crisis:
Daelin manages to unsheath his own knife and raise it between them as they impact each other.
Falling action:
Haron pulls back to realize that Daelin was holding the knife towards himself and Haron has pushed it in. Haron is looking through Daelin’s belongings and discovers Daelin has the book his long lost father used to read to him when he was young, and then realizes he has just assassinated his dad.
