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Sunday, 28 February 2016

29/02/16 - Final Script

Script Idea - The Woman in the Mirror
By Taylor Jones

Version 2 (Final)


INT: DARK APARTMENT. LIGHTS ARE OFF, ROOM IS MESSY. SMALL AMOUNT OF LIGHT COMING THROUGH CURTAINS TO SLIGHTLY LIGHT THE ROOM.

DOOR CLICKS UNLOCKED AND A FIGURE SHUFFLES INTO THE ROOM HOLDING SOME PLASTIC BAGS. HE FLICKS ON A DIM CEILING LIGHT THAT ILLUMINATES THE ROOM.

MAN: Honey, I'm home!

MAN PROCEEDS TO TAKE OFF JACKET AND BAGS AND PUT THEM DOWN. HE GRABS A COUPLE OF BOWLS AND UTENSILS FROM THE KITCHEN AND MAKES HIS WAY OVER TO A TABLE WITH A MIRROR SITTING ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE. THERE IS A LAMP ON THE SIDE OF THE TABLE AND HE TURNS IT ON, WHICH WARMLY LIGHTS THE DINING AREA.
THE MAN BEGINS POURING THE TAKE AWAY FOOD ONTO THE PLATES AND PLACES ONE IN FRONT OF THE MIRROR CAREFULLY, AND ONE IN FRONT OF HIS OWN SEAT AND HE FLOPS INTO THE CHAIR.

MAN: There you go, your favourite! What a day. You wouldn't believe what happened today.

MAN STARTS DIGGING INTO HIS FOOD, WOMAN IN MIRROR SMILES AND STARTS EATING IN THE REFLECTION, REAL FOOD IN FRONT OF HER DOESN'T MOVE.

MAN: This mad woman on the street had a box full of kittens and she was trying to make me buy them! She kept pulling out kitten after kitten, trying to make me choose one. I tried to tell her politely that I had a wife and that she's allergic to cats... but I think she was crazy, she wasn't listening to I just had to walk off.

WOMAN IN THE MIRROR STOPS EATING AND GIGGLES, SMILES AT HIM LOVINGLY.

MAN: *sigh* ...I missed you today...

HE SMILES AT HER SADLY. SHE SHARES THE SAME EXPRESSION.

THE ROOM STARTS SHAKING AND RUMBLING AND THINGS START TO FALL OVER.
THE WOMAN'S EYES WIDEN AS SHE STARES AT THE MAN. THE MAN REALIZES THERE'S AN EARTHQUAKE AND BEGINS TO REACH OUT TO THE WOMAN IN THE MIRROR AS IT TIPS OVER AND FALLS.

MAN: No nonono... NOOO!!!

THE MIRROR SMASHES ON THE GROUND AND THE MAN IS DEVASTATED.
HE RUSHES OVER TO THE RUINS AND NOTICES A SMALL PIECE OF PAPER UNDER THE SMASHED GLASS. HE PICKS IT UP AND IT IS A PHOTO OF THEM WITH A MESSAGE ON THE BACK.

THE MAN SMILES.



Notes:

I didn't change or add much to my script because I think the length is fine as it is, any more and it might be too long. I also didn't want to over complicate the story either since we only have 30-40 seconds to establish a scene with something dramatic that happens and ends with some sort of resolution.

3D features would be the mirror, the woman in the mirror as the mirror needs to fall over and smash on the ground. A slow motion shot would look good while the mirror is falling with the man reaching out to the woman and she is also reaching out, maybe incorporate some 2D elements of a faint arm coming out of the mirror like shes almost coming out of it.

The 3D woman shouldn't look too realistic, maybe like a memory of what she looked like, since memories aren't exactly photo realistic, they tend to be blurry and out of focus.

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