Pre-Production - Preliminary Task - Script

Individuality

Written by Samantha Bean

Draft 1

FADE IN.

1.  Int – Bare room – Night.

A dark bare room comes into sight. It appears to be very small but all four walls are hard to see in the dim light. There appears to be a window on the far wall that is letting in a small amount of light through the leaves of the bush and tree outside. There is a chair in the middle of the room with a women tied up. Her clothes are torn and dirty. They were once stylish.

P.O.V SHOT. CAROLYN SHARPE slowly wakes up. She comes too slowly. Everything appears fuzzy in the dim light, slowly things come into focus as her eyes a just to the lack of light. There is nothing in the room around her apart from a coffee table just out of her reach. She is suddenly aware that she is tied to the chair tightly. She looks down at herself to see her feet are tied too. She wriggles and moves, the chair falls over and she manages to loosen the rope and get free. She lies on the floor for a few seconds panting. CAROLYN then stands up and walks cautiously over to the coffee table. She sees a bit of paper, picks it up and unfolds it to read ‘What’s your choice?’ Carolyn raises her head and blinks.

CUT TO BLACK.

FADE IN.

2.  Int – Carolyn’s house – Night.

CAROLYN walks into her apartment, kicking off her heels and throwing her bag down in the side, a packet of cigarettes and a lighter fall out on the counter. She places her shopping bags down next to her handbag.

CAROLYN SHARPE (V.O)

My day was like none other. I had been to work. Made my money and got myself home. Nothing too out of the ordinary, I had closed deals at work, made sure that I had got the boss the coffee and did my kissing ass for the day, nothing more than anyone else in the office. It hadn’t been a particular stressing day, but I had felt the need to do a little retail therapy on the way home.

(CAROLYN walks to the kitchen and pours herself a glass of wine and then goes to her bedroom. She turns on her music and opens her wardrobe to show a wide range of clothes. She picks out a dress and some heels and begins to get ready for her night out)

CAROLYN SHARPE (V.O)

I had a night out planned with my girls but they had failed me, but this was not going to stop me from enjoying a night out. I had it all planned, go to my local, tipsy of course, meet up with, a ‘special’ friend. And enjoy my night how I knew best.

3.  Int – Local pub – Night.

CAROLYN is sitting at the bar with a man. They are drunk and laughing. They lean in closer and talk in hushed tones.

CAROLYN SHARPE (V.O)

I have always enjoyed the opposite sex’s company a little more then I probably should, but what can a woman do. Can’t go turning down drinks from our friends now can we? I was never short of cash. I worked hard for what I earned, and although I didn’t have a future plan for saving money for anything in particular I didn’t feel as though I needed one. All I wanted was the life that I currently lived.

(The man that CAROLYN is sitting with at the bar looks about himself for a second, hand in his pocket he turns back to CAROLYN and takes out a small bag filled with white powder. He casually passes it to CAROLYN who smiles at him.)

CAROLYN SHARPE (V.O)

In fact I had plenty of money to throw about without thinking about the consequences of what I was doing to any part of me, my career and also to my body and mind. You only live once and all that. I believed in having fun foremost and then dealing with anything later.

(CAROLYN and the man stand up and walk out of the pub, CAROLYN stumbles a little into someone else in the pub, mumbling a quick sorry. He just looks at her and nods. She then is taken out the pub by her friend.)

4.  EXT – Outside a club – Night.

CAROLYN is stumbling along the street, trying to use her mobile but she is far too drunk and high to be able to make sense of anything.

CAROLYN SHARPE (V.O)

Many people have tried to make me see that my actions are not the right way of having fun and that there is always another choice to be made when it comes to the decisions of life. I suppose they are right. I shouldn’t take drugs, I should save my money instead of wasting it on cigarettes and countless pointless items that I buy every day.

(CAROLYN stumbles across the road. The camera stays still and a man in a hoodie and big jacket walks past, glances over his shoulder and follows CAROLYN across the road. CAROLYN bends over suddenly to try and throw up. The man comes behind her and knocks her off her feet and drags her backwards into an alley.)

(BLACK AND WHITE)The day is played backwards quickly. It is shown in reverse right back to the start of the day.

FADE OUT.

FADE IN.

5.  Int – Bare room – Night.

A dark bare room comes into sight. It appears to be very small but all four walls are hard to see in the dim light. There appears to be a window on the far wall that is letting in a small amount of light through the leaves of the bush and tree outside.

P.O.V SHOT. CAROLYN sees a bit of paper, picks it up and unfolds it to read ‘What’s your choice? Continue. Change.’

CAROLYN SHARPE (V.O)

I knew now that I had to make the biggest choice of all choices in life. I realised that not all choices are as easy as they appear when written in black and white on paper.

FADE OUT.