A conversation with the brilliant cinematographer Gabe Mayhan, who has signed on to do TAN LINES (or GAME SET MATCH, depending on what we choose), led me to a major revision in the script: I reversed the opening two scenes.
In the original version, we meet the hero at home, before his first day on the job at the down-and-dirty Derby Club, a public tennis facility. Second scene was going to pick up his last check at his former employer, the fancy Fountain Club. By reversing these two scenes, we accomplish two things. One, we meet Owen and his chief antagonist, Charles, head pro at the Fountain Club. Two, we have an opportunity for a time jump, which allows for Owen to have secured a new job at the Derby Club, where most of the action in the movie takes place. Seems so obvious now.
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