Dog Library
An outline for a film about a pair of budding young entrepreneurs who disrupt the age-old relationship between people and dogs by launching a K9-lending library.
1. Opening Image
Manny is 15-years old. He lives in a run-down house in a poor suburb with his recently divorced Mom, and the untrained Labrador that she loves more than him. The Lab has just guzzled a whole bag of groceries.
2. Theme Stated
“Dogs are easier to love than people.”
Mom is patient and forgiving of the Labrador, but she’s frustrated at her idiot son for leaving the groceries where the dog could find them. She orders Manny to take the Lab for a walk to aid its digestion.
3. Set-up
Manny wants his mom to love him as much as she loves her dog. He believes he can win that love by becoming the family breadwinner. So he needs to get rich quick. His strategy is to pick up free stuff that people leave on the curb and resell it on the internet. He comes across a promising stack of magazines, but the Lab pees on them. They walk on and encounter an elderly neighbour being dragged along by her dog. Manny offers to walk her dog. She’s grateful and offers him a dollar for his trouble.…