Betterment and Praxis

Rough turbo-treatment:

Ella can't seem to hold on to her husbands; every time she thinks she's finally got a marriage worth keeping, she gets divorced. Strangely, this always coincides with her starting a new garden. But this time is going to be different — she's just married Mark, and he's Mr. Perfect. This time, there will be NO gardens! But then Ellas favorite aunt dies, and leaves her a billion dollars and a sprawling estate in England. The catch? Her aunts will stipulates that in order to receive the inheritance, Ella must create the perfect garden, and win the coveted Norfolk Garden Of The Year award. And she has 6 months to pull it off.

and then I ran that through ChatGPT a few times ...

Title: "The Garden Curse"

Movie Trailer Script:

[Soft romantic music. A bouquet is tossed at a wedding. Freeze-frame. Ella’s voiceover kicks in.]

Ella (voiceover, wry):
"Hi, I’m Ella. Three marriages, three divorces, and one really weird curse: every time I start a garden… my husband leaves."

[Quick montage of Ella digging in gardens while husbands dramatically exit: slamming doors, driving off, and one just yelling, "I CAN’T DO THIS!"]

Ella (to camera, deadpan):
"Yeah, I’m done with plants."

[Cut to her dream wedding. Ella and Mark, her charming new husband, laughing and spinning on the dance floor.]

Voiceover:
"Now she’s married to Mark. Mr. Perfect. No gardens. No curse. Just love."

Ella (to Mark, serious):
"Promise me: no gardens, no divorces!"

[Record scratch. Cut to a lawyer’s office. Ella stares in disbelief.]

Lawyer:
"Your aunt left you her billion-dollar estate in Norfolk, England."

Ella:
"WHAT?"

Lawyer (grinning):
"On one condition: you must create a garden and win the Norfolk Garden of the Year award. Within 6 months."

[Cut to Ella standing in the middle of an overgrown, chaotic estate in England, jaw dropped.]

Ella (panicked, to Mark):
"The curse! If I pick up a shovel, you’ll be gone by Christmas!"

Mark (smirking):
"Ella, it’s just a garden. I’m not going anywhere."

[Fast-paced montage of chaos: Ella covered in mud, accidentally spraying herself with a hose, and losing a fight with a hedge trimmer. Mark looks on, half-amused, half-concerned.]

Voiceover:
"But curses don’t care how perfect your husband is…"

[Mark sitting alone at dinner as Ella sketches garden plans. Ella frantically planting under moonlight while Mark sighs in the doorway. The eccentric judge of the Norfolk competition glances at Ella’s half-finished garden, unimpressed.]

Judge (dramatic):
"This? Needs a miracle."

[Enter Mabel, Ella’s snarky gardening mentor, slapping a pair of gloves into her hand.]

Mabel:
"You want a billion dollars? Then grab a spade and start digging, sweetheart."

[Montage of high-stakes gardening and marriage chaos: Mark stepping on a rake, Ella rushing to a posh, romantic dinner in muddy boots, with a peacock under her arm.]

Ella (to herself):
"I can’t lose Mark over this stupid curse."

[Final montage: the garden coming to life, Mark and Ella laughing together in the dirt, and the judge returning for his final verdict. The music swells as Ella and Mark hold hands in the finished garden.]

Voiceover:
"Can she break the curse… and win the garden of the year? Or will love wilt once again?"

**Screen text fades in: "The Garden Curse. This spring, love needs a little fertilizer."

[Final shot of Ella chasing a runaway wheelbarrow down a hill while Mabel shouts:]

Mabel:
"Faster, girl! Those hydrangeas won’t plant themselves!"

Ella (shouting back):
"Next time, I’m just buying fake grass!"

[Final shot of Mabel yelling as a goat runs off with a prized rose bush.]