Steem Cameroon Contest - My Short Movie Script (Week 4) : Political campaign
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Short understanding of Political Campaign: A political campaign refers to the organized effort of a candidate, political party or interest group to persuade voters to support their candidate or cause through various means such as speeches, debates, rallies, advertisements, and social media campaigns.
Title: The Choice
Characters:
John - A charismatic and passionate politician running for mayor
Sarah - A young journalist covering the mayoral election
Michael - John's campaign manager
Peter - John's opponent, a corrupt politician with deep pockets
Plot:
FADE IN:
EXT. CITY HALL - DAY
John and his team are setting up a stage outside City Hall for his campaign rally. Sarah arrives with her camera crew.
SARAH: (approaching John) Hi, I'm Sarah. I'm here to cover your campaign.
JOHN: (shaking her hand) Pleasure to meet you, Sarah. Let me know if you need anything.
MICHAEL: (approaching John) John, we have a problem.
JOHN: (concerned) What's the problem?
MICHAEL: Peter's team has hired a group of thugs to disrupt our rally.
JOHN: (determined) We can't let them intimidate us. Let's do this.
The rally begins. John delivers a passionate speech, highlighting his vision for the city and promising to put the people first. The crowd cheers.
Suddenly, a group of thugs, hired by Peter's team, storms the stage and starts attacking John and his supporters. Chaos ensues.
Sarah captures everything on camera, including Peter's team standing by and watching.
The next day, the incident makes headlines. John's popularity skyrockets, while Peter's team is exposed for their dirty tactics.
John and Michael strategize their next move.
JOHN: (determined) We need to fight fire with fire. We'll launch a social media campaign exposing Peter's corruption and his ties to the thugs who attacked us.
MICHAEL: (nodding) I'll get the team on it right away.
The campaign goes viral. John's supporters share the posts, and even people who weren't initially interested in politics start paying attention.
On election day, John wins by a landslide. The people have spoken.
FADE OUT.
THE END.
