First Beat sheet w notes

Concept Statement:

Sometimes love is right under your “super” mask.

6-sentence story:

1. Maximo wants to …
2. He wishes for …
3. The next morning …
4. After…
5. Maximo realizes …
6. Maximo and Silver…

Beat Sheet

Act 1- ALONE: EXTERIOR – CITYSCAPE -- ROOFTOPS

·             Maximo (in super suit) on a skyscraper relaxing, observing.

·             POV Maximo - watches couples pass on the street below - he wants that.

·             POV Maximo -  looks at some messages on his phone.

·             Message on phone says “excited to meet you tonight! I’ll have a red flower on my coat!”

·             Maximo hears a cry for help and looks up.

·             Maximo springs into action and flies away.

Act 2- SAVE THE DAY: EXTERIOR PARK

·             Maximo arrives at the scene of an old woman getting robbed.

·             The thief is running away as Maximo arrives.

·             Silver Streak swoops in, stops the thief before Maximo can react.

·             Silver Streak returns the stolen purse and gives Maximo a cocky grin.

·             Cry for help.

·             Silver Streak rolls his eyes at Maximo and flies away.

·             Maximo is caught off guard by this challenger. He takes a moment to collect himself.

·             Maximo flies away after Silver.

·             Silver Streak arrives at an apartment building on fire - a child is inside.

·             Silver he stops to take in the scene

·             Maximo swoops past, saves the child from the fire.

·             Maximo gives Silver Streak a smug look.

·             Silver is visibly pissed off at being bested.

·             Another cry for help.

·             Both heroes look at each other again before taking off.

·             Both heroes arrive at a part of the city where two trains are speeding towards each other.

·             Heroes sneer at each other again and speed off to the two different trains, refusing to work together. 

·             Heroes land at the front of the respective trains.

·             Heroes try to hold the trains back (think scene from Spider-Man).

·             The trains slow as the characters come face to face.

·             There is a moment where their eyes meet - a spark.

·             They take in each other as the passengers cheer and the sun begins to set

·             Hero’s watches go off with watch alarms flashing DATE! 30 mins

·             Day is saved – heroes save the train together hurriedly to make their important date!

·             Hero’s take off in different directions in the sky.

Act 3- DATE: EXTERIOR/INTERIOR RESTURANT

·             Silver lands in a side alleyway, where he pulls out dressy clothes from behind a dumpster.

·             Silver Streak walks to the front of the restaurant from the alley.

·             Silver comes face to face with Maximo (also in plain clothes). They don’t recognize each other as their alter ego/super hero selves.

·             Silver has a red flower in his breast pocket that is the signal that this is Maximo’s date (blind? Tinder?)

·             They sit down for dinner in a booth.

·             Maximo excuses himself to go to the restroom.

·             While Silver Streak waits at the table, an alert plays on the screen about a new accident - a bomb threat with ticking timer that is shown on tv?

·             In the bathroom, Maximo gets the alert on his phone.

·             Heroes need to get out of the date situation ASAP but hesitate.

·             Maximo leaves the restroom and peers around the corner looking at Silver.

·             Silver is looking for Maximo.

·             Maximo takes one last look at Silver at the table.

·             Silver takes one last look around, pulls out money to leave for the bill.

·             Maximo sneaks out the back door of the restaurant. He’s upset but knows he had to do this.

·             Maximo begins to pull out his suit.

·             Maximo hears something shuffle nearby.

·             Maximo looks up - he’s face-to-face with Silver Streak, who came to the alley to change as well.

·             At first, Maximo tries to hide his suit. Silver pulls his suit out from behind his back.

·             They both realize each other’s identity.

·             The two supers swoop in to the bomb threat scene.

·             Maximo grabs the bomb, throws it to Silver in the air who kicks it into the sky, where it blows up.

·             Maximo and Silver fly through the explosion and off into the night sky. They’re playfully messing with each other as they fly through the air 

Act 1 (beats)

·             Introduce Maximo alone

·             Introduce Silver alone

·             Illustrate they each have a date

Act 2 (beats)

·             One big save the day moment that escalates, woman waiting for train, train goes awry and fire?

·             Alarm = date time!

·             Both heroes save the day

Act 3 (beats)

·             Date at restaurant

·             Alert!

·             Reveal and save the day