Saturday 14 January 2017

Script first draft

This is the first draft of my script. Once I have done all my official casting, found all my props and made final desicions regarding the location, I will be able to adjust this accordingly.

FADE IN:
BLACK SCREEN
NARRATOR
You turn left,

CUT TO:
EXT. CAR – DAYTIME
The camera is looking at the windscreen from the outside; the character turns the wheel to the left.

NARRATOR
Then right,

CUT TO:
EXT. CAR – DAYTIME
The camera is looking at the windscreen from the outside; the character turns the wheel to the right.
NARRATOR
Then left again.
CUT TO:
EXT. CAR – DAYTIME
The camera is looking at the windscreen from the outside; the character turns the wheel to the left.

NARRATOR
Coffee, after coffee, after coffee
CUT TO:
INT. KITCHEN – EARLY MORNING
Hip-hop montage style cuts showing close-ups of making coffee.

CUT TO:
INT. KITCHEN – EARLY MORNING
Over each word (next piece of narration) a different action is shown – pushing down the top of the coffee machine, pouring the coffee, empty cup being put on the table.

NARRATOR
Black [pause] no milk [pause] no sugar
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INT. CAR BOOT – DAYTIME
The camera is in the (shut) boot of the car, looking diagonal (mostly upward).

NARRATOR
Open,
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INT. CAR BOOT – DAYTIME
The boot opens and the character becomes visible.

NARRATOR
Shut,
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INT. CAR BOOT – DAYTIME
The boot is open and the camera is looking out at the character, he shuts the boot, submerging the camera in darkness.
NARRATOR
Open.
CUT TO:
INT. CAR BOOT – DAYTIME
The boot opens and the character reaches inside and picks up his coat and newspaper.

CUT TO:
EXT. OUTSIDE THE TRAIN STATION – DAYTIME
The character walks toward the entrance to the train station, and puts on his coat while doing so.

EXT. IN THE TRAIN STATION, ON A BENCH – DAYTIME

NARRATOR
And then, you wait.
 
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Shots of the character sitting on a bench, looking around absent-mindedly.

NARRATOR
And that’s basically my life.
CUT TO:
Character notices a pair of shoes across the station; looks up, tilts head slightly.

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A pair of black shoes sit neatly on a bench over on the opposite platform.

CUT TO:
Character looks down at his own shoes, then back up again at the shoes on the platform.

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A shot of the shoes on the bench, this time from slightly further away. The character walks up to the shoes, and just before touching them, a train hurtles past. Once it has passed, we see the character has disappeared, and so have the shoes.

NARRATOR
They say, ‘you never really know someone until you’ve walked a mile in their shoes’.

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EXT. SHOT OF THE STAIRS LEADING OVER THE TRACKS – DAYTIME

NARRATOR
I don’t know who ‘they’ is, but now, I know that quote can sometimes be quite true.

 A tilting shot; the camera moves up as the character walks into shot, places the shoes down, and proceeds to walk up the stairs and towards the exit.


[PRODUCTION SEQUENCE AND CREDITS APPEAR]


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