And the winner is....

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 I will be doing a romance short film! My pitch will remain the same. I picked romance over comedy and drama because I feel it will be an easier-obtainable goal. I have ideas as to my location and actors I need to use and feel as though their abilities and setting will be befitting of romance over anything. My pitch is this: (These are moving names) John is a poor man. On his last leg, he decides to gamble with what little he has left. He sits at a poker table and has a little luck. The table worker though is a beautiful woman (Cecilia) that John takes a liking for. John starts going to the casino daily and continues winning little by little. He still thinks that the table worker is beautiful, and takes a strong liking to her. He ends up falling in love with her and goes to the casino just for her. He begins losing again, distracted from the game by the table worker. Down to his last dollar, he asks her out and is rejected. He steps away from the table and it is revealed that he wasn't addicted to the game; he was addicted to the feeling of the table worker. He spends the last of his money on a shot that kills him, ending the film. The names of the characters are not permanent, but I like them for production purposes. The casino will be called "Heartbreak Hotel" because I think it serves as a telling motif. It also references Elvis, who wrote a lot of music about love and heartbreak.



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