Thursday 8 December 2016

Script - First Draft

First Draft of My Script
I have planned and constructed the first draft of my script for my coursework. It gives me a more precise idea of what I'll need to consider when casting, choosing my location etc. Furthermore, once I have chosen my cast, location, props etc. I can alter the script accordingly.


SCRIPT FOR [YET TO BE TITLED]
WRITTEN BY WENDY MACKINNON


MAN IS SLUMPED AGAINST A DECAYING WALL

NARRATOR:
Have you ever felt completely alone?

MAN RETRIEVES GAS MASK FROM BAG AND PUTS IT ON

NARRATOR:
Have you ever felt broken?...
Exhausted?...
Isolated?...

CUT TO...

MAN WALKING THROUGH SCENERY

NARRATOR
Have you ever lost the person who meant everything to you?

CUT TO...

BRIEF FLASHBACK OF WOMAN'S PANICKING FACE IN DIFFERENT SETTING

CUT TO...

PRESENT SETTING: MAN FALLS TO HIS KNEES, REMOVES GAS MASK, CRIES

NARRATOR:
Did you watch them be taken... right before your eyes?

CUT TO...

LONGER FLASHBACK OF WOMAN BEING MURDERED

CUT TO...

PRESENT SETTING: MAN PULLS GUN OUT OF BAG

NARRATOR:
I've tried to make my peace with it

MAN HOLDS GUN UP TO HEAD

NARRATOR:
But what keeps you going, when everything you had has been ripped from you?

BUSHES RUSTLE, MAN TURNS HEAD

CUT TO...

DOG IS SEEN NEXT TO MAN

CUT TO...

MAN PUTS GUN DOWN, EXAMINES DOG

NARRATOR
Have you ever felt completely alone?

CUT TO BLACK





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