Dieser Film ist ein fiktives Projekt, das ich für meine Filmproduktionsklasse als Abschlussarbeit einreichen durfte:

"The Red Balloon", ein Kurzfilm über wahres Verlangen. Das Cover besteht aus verschiedenen Stockfotos.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

“THE RED BALLOON”

Press Kit

Written&Designed by Tobias Deml

1 ….. Table of Contents

2 ….. Synopsis

3-4 … Actors – Headshots & Bios

5 ….. Treatment

6 ….. Above the Line / Filmmakers

7 ….. Budget

8-9 …Shooting Schedule

The Red Balloon

Logline:

A young boy finds himself mysteriously attracted to a red balloon and does everything to get it.

Synopsis

We find ourselves in the big-city-life of a little boy during the 1950s. He likes to play all day long in the rain – so he eventually ends up in the hospital. As he lies in bed, he sees a beautiful, red balloon flying by. He is fond of it and encounters one red balloon flying by every day for a whole week, till he gets out of the hospital.

After being released, the boy waits patiently for another balloon to pass by. This day, he finds out that a balloon seller walks by every day. He follows the man to a plaza and observes his balloon business. A balloon costs 10$, much too much for the little boy to pay by himself. Watching the man selling his balloons, he witnesses how a limousine stops at the balloon cloud, the driver gets out, buys the red balloon, and gives it to a rich boy inside the car.
Knowing that the balloon seller inflates new balloons every day, the next day, the little boy waits again for his chance, but again another boy takes it away from him: A famous child buys the red balloon. The boy tries to find work at local businesses – but is rejected or taken advantage of. A few days later, with only two dollars in his pocket, he runs toward the square where balloons are usually sold. When he arrives, it is raining in streams and the plaza is empty/ The boy runs under a passageway and sees a very sick homeless man.

Still disappointed about his inability to get a balloon but full of empathy, the boy gives the homeless guy his only money. The mysterious man smiles, lifts the ragged clothes next to himself and pulls out a beautiful, red balloon. He gives the balloon to the boy.

ACTORS for THE RED BALLOON

	As ”TOMMY”: Vini Ribeiro Acting Experience: 2004 - “The Lorax” – Old Orchard Repertory Theater -Campbell CA 2004- Let’s Do it Show – Mountain View Community Center -Ca 2004 – “Silly Simon” – San Jose Ballet Theater – Ca 2002 – “Bugs” A Musical – Old Orchard Repertory Theater Campbell -Ca Sports & Hobbies: Soccer, Swimming, Computer Games, Traveling, Hiking, Bike Hide, Reading. Language: English, Portuguese, Spanish and Germany
	As ”MOM”: Elizabeth Anderson Experience: “A Tale of Revenge” (NYFA) “The Object and the Machine” (USC) “The Samurai’s of Strongsville, Ohio” (USC) Training: Jim Metzler, acting coach Childhood courses in local and school classes Special Skills & Talents: Piano Singing Songwriting/Writing Vast emotional access
	As ”BALLOON SELLER”: Brian Kent TRAINING: MARILYN FOX, PACIFIC RESIDENT THEATRE MILTON KATSELAS WORKSHOP CBS/DISNEY STAND-IN PAUL SORVINO UNIVERSITY OF SO. CALIFORNIA AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE TRACY ROBERTS ACTIGN STUDIO FREDERICK COOMBS (LA ACTORS LAB) CHRIS DiCARLO SANTA MONICA PLAY HOUSE JOHN RUSKIN (S. MEISNER TECH.) FILM: LOOK AT ME CO-STAR POWER PLAY CO-STAR LOVE KILLS PRINCIPAL
	As ”HOMELESS MAN”: Vernon Corneaux Credits Californication, Nip/Tuck, Bret Michaels rock of love, heroes, CSI Miami, Tekken(film), Lie to me, monk, my name is earl, sympathy for delicious(film), E.R., life, The Closer, Date Night(film),Greenberg(film),Raising the bar, Sisters(indie film), The Roommate(indie film), Meiko “under my bed”(video)
	As ”RICH BOY”: Andy Scott Harris FILM AND TELEVISION: Alice in Wonderland – Co-Star – PBS-TV From My Window – Supporting – Dir. Sana Soni/UCLA Jimmy Strikes Back – Supporting – Dir. Nico Schwierz/NYFA TRAINING: Commercial - Jan Bina & Jon Smet with Lien Cowan Casting Acting – Actorsite, The Academy for Film and Television, Young Actors Space Comedy – Joey Paul Jensen & Colette Craan Voice-over - Anthony Gonzales with The Young Actors Voiceover Workshop Musical Theater – Gloria Bennett with Demme-Bennett Music & Theatre Dance – Tap, Ballet, Jazz at Millennium Dance Complex

The Red Balloon

Treatment

We see blurry blues and cyans, in the background loud rain sounds. In the picture, two red dots are flickering. The focus shifts to backlit drops slowly rolling down a window – through which we eventually discover a boy, Tommy, that is dancing in the rain It must be autumn, the narrow brickwall-street tells us we are in an urban area in the 1950s. Low shots Tommy’s the boots show puddles of mud splashing through the air.

We hear a shouting, female voice from the off – his mother appears on the street, coming home from work. She is soaked with rain as well. “How long have you been out here?!”, she says. “Oh, just a couple of hours.”
Mom hurries to get her boy inside the house and warm him up.

Being out too long in the rain, Tommy gets sick this evening and has a fever. The next morning, his mother decidedes to bring him to the hospital. Being employed full-time and a single mother, she has to leave him mostly by himself during the hospital stay.

While Tommy lies in the hospital bed, covered by thick, fluffy blankets, he suddenly encounters a magical object outside the window: A red balloon flies by. He is thrilled and wants to know where the balloon came from. During the next four days, he sees the balloon again and again. On the day of his release, he waits outside the hospital to see where the balloon came from.

This day, he finds out that a balloon seller walked by every day, holding the red balloon on top of all the others. He follows the man to a plaza and observes his balloon business. A balloon costs 10$, much too much for little Tommy to pay by himself. While Tommy admires the balloons dancing in the air, a sleek, black limousine stops in the middle of the plaza. The driver exits, shortly negotiates with the balloon salesman and buys the one red balloon that is on the very top of the whole bunch.

Tommy is deeply disappointed and leaves; he is convinced tough that he will have a chance the next day.
And truly, the balloon seller shows up with a new, even shinier red balloon. As Tommy contemplates how to get the money to buy the balloon, a cheering crowd passes him. They all dance around a child movie star – who walks straight towards the balloon salesman and buys the red balloon.

Tommy tries to find work at local businesses, doing errands and small jobs – but is rejected or taken advantage of. A few days later, he counts his earnings: 2$ (remember, in the 50s, 2$ was quite something). On the next morning, with only two dollars in his pocket, he runs towards the square where the old man usually sells his balloons. When Tommy arrives, it is raining in streams and the plaza is empty. Blue-turquoise rain surrounds little Tommy who is now left alone. To not get a cold this time, he runs under a passageway to shelter himself and meets a sick, coughing homeless man who is lying on the stone floor, covered in rags and trash.
Still disappointed about his inability to get a balloon but full of empathy, Tommy hands the homeless man his only money. The mysterious man smiles, lifts the ragged clothes next to himself and pulls out a beautiful, red balloon. He gives the balloon to the boy.

ABOVE THE LINE for THE RED BALLOON

SHOOTING SCHEDULE

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