Elevator pitch- 'The Unfinished Robot'

1. A robot is unfinished by his master and tossed into the rejection bin.
2. The robot goes on a a quest to complete himself by whatever means.
3. He seeks out his masters most prized finished robots and begins to cannibalise their parts for himself.
4. He finds out that with each part he adds the owner of that parts personality/soul is connected to that part. He hears the voice of each robots he takes apart.
5. The voices of his 'victims' echo in his head and the guilt drives him mad.
6. He rips the parts off and crawls back into the rejection bin defeated. His selfish and destructive acts get him no where.

Developed script- 'The Unfinished Robot'

Act 1

Exposition

A workshop purposed to build robots. It uses advanced technology but it is not a shiny futuristic setting, more of a 'steampunk' workshop. A world where technology allows robots to have a personality and conciousness, true artificial intelligence. But robots are not thought equal and are regularly mis-treated and used for manual labour. 

Inciting incident 

The robot is thrown away by his master into the rejection bin, unfinished and deeply hurt. He is missing his legs, and arm and one eye. He seems to be a pathetic creature. 

Plot point 1

While lying in the rejection bin the robot sees his master interacting with his other creations, treating the finished robots in the workshop with admiration and pride.. He then vows to complete himself no matter the cost and win his masters approval. He'll show him that he can be just like one of his great creations. 

Act 2

Midpoint

The determined robot seeks out other robots in the workshop for the parts. After his master leaves the workshop for the night, he crawls out of the rejection bin. He sneaks up on the 'sleeping' robots scattered around the workshop and begins pulling off the parts he needs, in effect destroying the robot.

By adding all these different parts from other 'living' robots he begins to hear the voices of the robots he took apart. Each robot part he added contains still contains the 'soul' or personality of the previous owner.

Plot point 2

The voices in his head become to much and he is overcome with grief. He dramatically rips off the parts he added to himself in a fit of rage/madness.

Resolution:

Defeated he crawls back into the rejection bin as incomplete as he was at the beginning. Selfishness has got him no where and his quest has destroyed the other robots in the workshop. Although the motivation to complete himself and become whole was an innocent one, his actions were destructive and negatively impacted others. The robot has learned a tough lesson.

Character grid

Motivation:
To complete himself and become whole. A pathetic creature looking to better himself. He wants to show his master that he can be completed and become one of his great creations. 

Personality:
Determined but selfish,bitter,greedy,inferiority complex, a sense of rejection that he must overcome.

Looks:
Patched together, missing his legs and one arm, one eye. 

Their world:
A world where technology allows robots to have a personality and conciousness, true artificial intelligence. But robots are not thought equal and are regularly mis-treated and used for manual labour.

Loves and hates:
He hates the other completed robots in the workshop, he hate
He hates how his masters treats them like his own children while he was tossed away.
He loves his master unconditionally and seeks his approval more than anything.

Paradigm- 'The Unfinished Robot'

Setting

A workshop purposed to build robots. It uses advanced technology but it is not a shiny futuristic setting, more of a 'steampunk' workshop

A robot unfinished by his master is tossed in the rejection bin like a piece of trash.

Character:
A unfinished robot; determined, selfish,bitter,greedy,inferiority complex, a sense of rejection that he must overcome. Because he is mistreated he draws sympathy from the audience. He will stop at nothing to complete himself, he is willing to cannibalise the other robots in the workshop to get the required parts.

Quest

The determined robot vows to go out and complete himself and require the parts that he needs. He will do whatever is takes however morally reprehensible. Seeks out other robots in the workshop for the parts.

Conflict

By adding all these different parts from other 'living' robots he begins to hear the voices of the robots he took apart. Each robot part he added contains still contains the 'soul' or personality of the previous owner. This drives him mad with grief and guilt. 

He rips the parts off of him in a fit of rage/madness. 

Resolution

Defeated he crawls back into the rejection bin incomplete. Selfishness has got him no where.