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Peter Kam Fai Cheung SBS

FADE IN:

INT. CLUB HOUSE - DAY

Sitting on a sofa, PETER reads newspapers.

PETER (V.O.)

What a leisure when I've

accomplished all my March

2019 tasks. I've learned a lot

and should write them

down. A survival kid or

a work manual?

Pausing.

PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd)

That was what I suggested

my wife to do when she

began practising. I've the

inclination to do that. But

can I make it interesting

like telling stories.

Peter's eyes look down and left.

PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd)

Yes!, Let me write another

120-minute feature screenplay!

I've enough good scenes

and drama.

INT. STUDY - DAY

Peter works on a computer.

PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd)

What should be the opening

image? Yes, coming out

of the court house yesterday.

Use flashback to relate the scene

when I got my first court

assignment in Dec 2017. A

snapshot of my problem in

undertaking private practice.

Pausing.

PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd)

What should be the set-up?

I'd present my background

as a government retiree and

what's missing in my life after

decades of hectic public

practice.

Pausing.

PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd)

The theme of my story is

about how to live a life

as a senior junior lawyer.

I didn't have the experience

and didn't know what to

expect.

Pausing.

PETER (V.O.)(Cont'd)

When a friend suggested

I might join his chambers in

the summer of 2017, my

life began to change.

Peter's eyes look down and right.

PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd)

As to the self debate about

my doubt to undertake the

adventure, I can also present

the doubts of my family and

friends. That's Act I.

Pausing.

PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd)

At the beginning of Act II,

I'd narrate my love story

regarding composing

songs. making music videos

and performing. My very

first assignment in Oct,

2017 was to represent the association to speak on IP

in KL. A very pleasant new-

world experience.

Pausing.

PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd)

At midpoint, I'd return

to my first assignment to

appear in court. The matter

was something so unimportant

that I was not trained to do,

but had to learn on the

spot.

Pausing.

PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd)

Then the challenge got

complicated as repeated

or new assignments didn't

come quick, defeating my

objective. My great time began to disintegrate.

Pausing.

PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd)

It seems all was lost and

there was no meaning in

my adventure. It was at

rock bottom and my life

returned to my old world.

That's the end of Act II.

Pausing.

PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd)

Act III will depict the scenes

in March 2018 when I had

the opportunity to learn

from a learned friend to

advise defendants in

criminal cases, and the

job satisfaction to help

those down-on-the luck

in difficult situations.

Pausing.

PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd)

And a montage of my other

experience in human rights

cases, pro bono works and

domain name dispute

settlement and other

criminal and civil practice...

I therefore press on.

Pausing.

PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd)

Then I synthesize my theme

with the stories in Acts I & II

in Act III, making sense to

to all of them.

Peter's eyes look down and left again.

PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd)

In the finale, I'd prove

visually in the closing image

the same court house scene

in the opening image that

a change has occurred within

me!

Peter clicks the screen icon: Save as Draft.

FADE OUT. The End

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