Monday, July 1, 2013

Script - Short Film 'Money'

  TITLE OF FILM - 'MONEY'

          SCENE 1: Going Out

          LOCATION - {PREPARES HERSELF - IN A RELIGIOUS HOUSE}

          Girl: *Rummaging through her mothers handbag and takes the money and checks her cigarettes*
          --Wide Shot of Girl--

          --Shot close up of what she’s putting in--

          --Medium shot of the door--

        Girl: *Tries to rush out of the door*
                    
Dad/Mum/Brother: Do you want me to
                    drop you off to college?
                    
Girl: *comes back and leans over
                    the door frame* Nononono I’m fine!
                    (in frustration)
                    
Dad/Mum/Bother: Oh, okay, good luck...

          Girl: *Leaves without replying or before she’s finished*

(Cut away shot)
Girl: *Walks out of the estate, moves to a corner 
and starts to change by taking off her headscarf*

*Leaves to go college she changes into her real casual outfit - taking off her headscarf first*
 
(Pan right from girl to corner to stalker cam then pan from corner to completely out of site)

          {TRANSITION: MASKED PAN TRANSITION TO GIRL IN THE PARK}
                   

          SCENE 2: The Girl on her phone calls her Boyfriend

          LOCATION - ON A PARK ON BENCH, W2 ST MARY'S PATHWAY
          --Establishing shot from the rails--
  
          --Shot: over the shoulder pan left to right--
                    
Girl: where are you? (arrogantly)
                    
Boy: I'm on my way don't worry
                    babe. (acting calm)

          --Medium close up from the front--
  
Girl: this is taking the piss!
                   
 Boy: Don't worry don't worry
                    (sharply) I'll be there in 5
                    minutes.

          --Right Side close up--
Girl:  Why is it taking so much
                    time, I swear you live down the
                    road?
                    
Boy: Yeah , but I had to deal
                    something, innit (trying to smooth
                    it out)
                    
Girl: [Talks into the phone] You
                    always do this!
                    
Boy: okay, chill I’ll be there in
                    a bit.
                    Girl: just hurry up and get the
                    stuff.

          --Close Up Shot--

Girl: [Cuts off the phone with the Boyfriend]

          --Medium Shot Right Side--

Girl: [Facial expression changes and tone]
 [Gets called from an anonymous person]

          --Close up of phone--

          --Medium right side--

          Girl: *Answers the Phone*

          Anonymous Person: [talking low, almost whispering to the anonymous caller]

                                         --TRANSITION: FADE OUT--

          SCENE 3 - The Meet Up
          LOCATION: {STREET ACROSS FROM THE PADDINGTION
          GREEN CAR PARK}

          Girl and Boy: [walking towards each other]
          --Following over the shoulder--
                    Girl: Well you finally made it, to
                    see your Girlfriend
                    (Sarcastically).. So you got the
                    stuff yet? [both stop facing each
                    other]

          --Medium Shot --
                    Boy: Nah, not yet [Looks around]

          --Close up--
                    Girl: One of these days I swear!
                    You told me you already got some!

          --Medium Shot--
                    Boy: yeah yeah, the man should be
                    here soon innit. I told you don't
                    worry about it(continues to look
                    around
          --(Boy Over the shoulder) to (slow right rotation ) --
                   
 Girl: Better be here soon (Arrogantly)

 Hooded figure: [Walks into frame] Yo fam!

          --Pan comes to a halt  to hooded figure calls his name to and start
          to talk then go to the corner--

          Hooded figure: [Walks into frame] Yo fam!

          Boy and Girl: [They both look at him]

                    Boy: See I told you he would be
                    here soon.(Enthusiastically)

          --Medium wide of the two from the front--
                    
Girl: Oh Finally!

          --Close up fast panning on each line--

                    Boy: Mind lending me £5 (casually)
                    
                    Girl: Are you being
                    serious....*stands with a posture*
                    
                    Boy: [the boy remains Silence and
                    just looks at her in an uncaring
                    way]
                    
                    Girl: One of these days! *Hands
                    him the money*

          --Wide Shot from across the street--
                    Boy: *Walks across the Road*

          --Follow wide shot of the boy and hooded figure walking into
          the car park, Shot of girl following them from across the
          street--

          [she sees him run up to the hooded figure, talks then walk
          behind the bend of the car park]

          -

                              GIRL: [SHE COMES TO A STOPS ]

          --Medium close up--

          --Shot of Car Park panel--

          [the hearing of some commotion and loud voices]

     
         {SFX/Recorded yells and commotion rising - Till one big
          yelp}

          -- Medium Shot of girl standing with confused face --

          [now dead silence, she realised that he
          had been killed and all that is left is a horrifying pitch]

      
          {Audio Edit of pich repeating}
       
           --Wide shot of car park opening--

          Girl: [Sees the figure walk out of the car park shoving something
          within his pocket and walking away]

          --Extreme Close up with slight tilted--

          Girl: [She Realised what’s just happened, and in the shock she
          remind frozen]

          {Effects: slow motion extreme close up + pitch
          sound comes to a peak and cuts}

                               --TRANSITION: QUICK CUT TO BLACK--
 
          SCENE 4 -

          Location - The Paddington Green underpass

          --Wide shot of her running towards inside the tunnel--

                              Girl:[She is now mentally alone, brain struck
                              because of the realisation of what she had done, killing her boyfriend]

          Girl: [She bursts out of the corner and slides to the ground in
          shock to curl up emotionally]

          --Medium close up of her crouched--

          Girl: [Running into the underpass out of breath, slightly
          emotional still in shock and rests on a wall. she gets a
          phone call.]

          Girl: [She calms down and answers the phone]

          --Extreme close up of face--
                      Girl: "where do I collect my
                    money?"

                                     TRANSITION: INSTANT TO BLACK

          --CREDITS ROLE THE TITLE OF 'MONEY'--

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