Monday, 8 February 2010

new script

Script




EXT. ON A STREET - DAY

Tina is a 25 year old homeless woman. She's wearing a ragged dark colored top, tatted unbranded track suit bottoms and an old pair of shoes. She wrapped up in a sleeping bed. She wakes up from her sleep in an unknown place she cannot describe; she’s lying down on a bench on a busy road.



LS: LOOKING STRAIGHT JUST INFRONT OF THE BENCH



CUT

Sandra is also a 25 year old wealthy artist. She’s wearing a clean cut top with smart jeans and home socks. She’s on her bed drawing and keeps throwing the papers in the bin, she’s trying to find a good



LS:



CUT



POV/LS: LOOKING TOWARDS THE END OF THE ROAD.



Pan: FROM THE END OF THE ROAD TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD.



On the other side of the road, people with bright, bold clothes are walking in one direction, each smiling at the other and polite conversations taking place.



CUT

CU: OF TIM'S TRAINERS AS HE STARTS TO WALK ON HIS WAY.



CUT



OVER THE SHOULDER: OF LISA WALKING TOWARS TIM.



Lisa is a young woman, dressed well with neat blonde hair. She smiles at Tim before stopping to have a conversation with him.



MEDIUM CLOSE UP/OS: LISA'S FACE.



LISA

Hi! Haven't seen you in ages- well since yesterday actually.

Laughs



Tim smiles



Yeah, I'm fine thanks. How's everything going?



Tim nods



Yeah, thought as much. Well, I can see you're late so I won't keep you too long. See you soon, yeah?



Tim nods and smiles, his eyes slightly following her as she walks past him.



CUT



POV: OF THE SUNNY, BARELY CLOUDY SKY.



CUT



Suddenly, Tim notices a sound that seems to be closer to him than the traffic and voices-footsteps.



CUT



MEDIUM: AS TIM LOOKS OVER HIS SHOULDER TO SEE WHAT THE SOUND IS.



CUT



POV:OF THE DISTANCE HE HAS ALREAY WALKED - LISA CANNOT BE SEEN.



CUT



CLOSE UP: TIM'S TRAINERS.



CUT



As Tim speeds up he can hear that the footsteps also speed up.



LONG SHOT: TIME FROM THE FRONT AS HE STARTS RUNNING.



CUT



EXTREME CLOSE UP: TIM'S TRAINERS AS HE STARTS TO TRIP



CROSS DISSOLVE



INT. A DARK HOLE WITH ONLY A SLIGHT LIGHT ON TIM AS HE 'FALLS' DOWNWARDS. - DAY

In a dark hole, Tim 'falls' down, arms and legs spread showing the speed at which he is falling.He cannot see the where the hole ends. Tim begins to recall the conversation he had with Lisa, but this time his side of the conversation can be heard. Tim's facial expression doesn't change and hardly blinks.



HIGH ANGLE/LS: TIM FALLING DOWN THE HOLE, SLOW SPIN OF THE CAMERA.



TIM

(In his head)

Who was that lady. Lisa? I've never met a Lisa before.



Lisa's part of the conversation can be heard, almost as a whisper.



I know! It's good to see you again. You okay?



Lisa's whispered conversation again.



FADE



EXTREME CLOSE UP: OF TIM'S EYE, WITH A SLIGHT GLEAM.



It's going well actually. just started the second year at college and it seems to be going smoothly.



FADE



CLOSE UP: OF TIM'S FACE.



Lisa's conversation



Okay. Bye.



What? I don't know her do I? Do I?



CROSS DISSOLVE



EXT. ON THE SAME STREET AS BEFORE - DAY



Tim 'lands' on the same street he was on earlier on his hands and knees, only this time it seems to be darker due to different weather. Tim, however, is still wearing his bright clothes.



HIGH ANGLE/MEDIUM SHOT: TIM ON HIS HANDS AND KNEES.



CUT



POV/MCU/TILT: OF PEOPLE'S HSOES IN FRONT OF HIM, SLOWLY SHOWING THEIR FACES. THE CAMERA RISES AS TIM GETS UP.



The same people that Tim saw before are back, but this time on his side of the road. Their clothes appear to be dirty and faded compared to what they were wearing earlier. No one is talking to each other this time, but the sound of distant traffic can still be heard. Everyone's faces look more aggressive.



CUT



MEDIUM CLOSE UP: OF TIM LOOKING FRIGHTENED AS HE LOOS DOWN THE STREET.



CUT



POV/ECU: TIM'S WRIST WITHOUT A WATCH



CUT



EXTREME CLOSE UP:TIM'S EYES AS THEY LOOK AROUND



BLUR



MLS: PEOPLE HE SAW ON THE STREET.



CUT



OVER THE SHOULDER/MCU: OF LISA.



LISA

What are you looking at?

CUT



OVER THE SHOULDER/MCU: OF TIM LOOKIGN FRIGHTENED.



CUT



OVER THE SHOULDER/MCU: OF LISA.



Who do you think you are, walking round here like you're better than everyone. You posh lot really think you're something special, don't you.



CUT



LONG SHOT: TIM IN LEFT THIRD RUNNING, LISA IN BACKGROUND.



Tim becomes scared and thrown off by this sudden anger that he's not used to.



BLUR



POV/MCU: OF TIM BUMPING INTO A YOUNG BOY.



CUT



POV/MUC/HIGH ANLE: OF THE BOY LOOKING AT TIM



CUT



MS: OF TIM AS HE TURNS AROUND.



BLUR



Tim becomes more aware that his journey should be finishing and soon he would be able to escape these people. He looks aggitated and his movements are jumpy.



POV/LS: OF THE ROAD, SHOWING NO SIGN OF ENDING.



CAMERA TRACKS FORWARD SLIGHTLY BEFORE TILTING UP AND SPINNING.



CUT TO TITLES.

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