
Tom and his wife KATE’s worst nightmares are confirmed when a kidnapper contacts them and demands a $2 million ransom. While he and his family are in Central Park, his son, SEAN, is kidnapped. "TOM MULLEN is a rich businessman who made his fortune creating a successful airline company from scratch. On your first day as an intern, you might be asked to write four or five of them. Also, as a writer, sometimes I send a one-page synopsis to producers to get them excited about reading my full draft or to help them sell it in the international market at a festival like Berlin or Cannes. If you're working on a film treatment or an outline, you want a synopsis to be able to communicate your story and its beats to an audience. Your screenplay synopsis is a great tool to master for your first job as a Hollywood assistant, mainly because you'll spend most of your nights and weekends writing coverage for your boss.

Limit your synopsis to one to three pages.So what should be in your synopsis? Movie/TV synopsis checklist:

You want to build the best version of the story that covers the beats that matter in the world makes this work viable in the marketplace. I like to think of a screenplay synopsis as an extended trailer with an ending. When you're writing a synopsis, you want to cover each act and story beat that matters. What belongs in your screenplay synopsis?
