06/03/16 - Final Script - Team Spinach

INT: DARK APARTMENT, ROOM IS MESSY, RUN DOWN (PAST EARTHQUAKE - CRACKS IN THE WALLS, SLANTED WALL SHELVES, SLANTED PHOTOS AND PAINTINGS ON WALL, CEILING LIGHT HANGING LOW WITH VISIBLE WIRES, MAYBE BROKEN APPLIANCES, WATERMARKS ON CEILING AND WALL ETC).

LONG SHOT: FOCUSED ON DOOR AS MAN RUSHES INTO ROOM, QUICKLY TAKES OFF JACKET OR IS ALREADY HOLDING JACKET, COULD BE HOLDING BRIEFCASE, AND IS HOLDING TAKE AWAY FOOD.

MID SHOT: FOCUSED ON A DINING TABLE WITH A MIRROR ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE. LIGHT FLICKS ON AND IN THE MIRROR'S REFLECTION THE LIGHT ALSO TURNS ON BUT A DIFFERENT LOOKING APARTMENT IS SHOWN (THE CURRENT APARTMENT BUT FROM THE PAST, BEFORE THE EARTHQUAKE AND IS CLEAN), MAN IS TALKING IN THE BACKGROUND.

MAN: *Sighs* what a day. Work was so busy today I'm exhausted.

MAN ENTERS THE SHOT AND UNPACKS THE TAKE AWAY FOOD, PUTS IT ON THE TABLE, PLACES FOOD IN FRONT OF HIMSELF AND ON OPPOSITE SIDE OF TABLE WHERE THERE IS A MIRROR.

MID OVER THE SHOULDER SHOT, ANGLED BEHIND MAN FOCUSING MORE ON MIRROR:

MAN: Oh I'm starving, didn't get to have lunch today. Had to fill in for George, you know how he is..."

MAN AND WOMAN ARE EATING WHILE HE IS TALKING. WOMAN IS EATING FOOD IN THE REFLECTION, BUT ACTUAL FOOD IN FRONT OF THE MIRROR ISN'T TOUCHED.
WOMAN IN MIRROR GIGGLES SILENTLY.

CLOSE UP OF TABLE, FOCUSING ON NEWSPAPER ARTICLE ABOUT EARTHQUAKE. SHOT IS STILL ON NEWSPAPER AS THE MAN TALKS.

MAN: I miss you.... It's my fault you're gone.... I could have saved you...

MID SHOT IN FRONT OF MAN:
MAN PUTS DOWN FORK AND CLENCHES HIS FIST. HE HAS A GRIM EXPRESSION ON HIS FACE AND LOOKS REGRETFUL.

MID OVER THE SHOULDER SHOT FOCUSING ON MIRROR:

HE LOWERS HIS HEAD AND THE WOMAN LOOKS SAD AND APOLOGETIC. THE HOUSE INSIDE THE MIRROR STARTS SHAKING AND HE LOOKS UP. SHE LOOKS SLIGHTLY SURPRISED

MAN: No.... not again!!!

MAN SITS UP AND GRIPS THE TABLE. WOMAN CALMS DOWN AND SMILES AT HIM SHE HOLDS UP HER HANDS TO GESTURE TO HIM THAT SHE IS OK.
MAN RELAXES SEEING HER EXPRESSION AND ACTIONS.

CLOSE UP OF MIRROR:
WOMAN SMILES EARNESTLY, PUTS A HAND ON HER HEART AND ONE ON THE GLASS OF THE MIRROR AS HER HOUSE FALLS APART. SHE STARTS TO FADE AWAY AND THE PERFECT HOUSE STARTS TO REFLECT THE ACTUAL APARTMENT IN THE REFLECTION. WE ARE LEFT WITH HIS REFLECTION IN THE MIRROR. THE MAN SLOWLY LOOKS DOWN AND FURROWS HIS BROWS AT SOMETHING.
CLOSE UP OF HAND AND NEWSPAPER:MAN GRABS THE CORNER OF A PHOTO WHICH IS STICKING OUT FROM UNDERNEATH THE NEWSPAPER. THE HAND BRINGS THE PHOTO UP TO THE CAMERA (POV?) THE PHOTO SHOWS THE HAPPY COUPLE TOGETHER.

MID SHOT OF MAN:

MAN SMILES GENTLY AND FINDS COMFORT IN THE PHOTO FROM THE HAPPY MEMORIES.

03,04/03/16 - Rewriting the script + notes, in progressssssss

INT: DARK APARTMENT, ROOM IS MESSY, RUN DOWN (PAST EARTHQUAKE(CRACKS IN THE WALLS, SLANTED WALL SHELVES, SLANTED PHOTOS AND PAINTINGS ON WALL, CEILING LIGHT HANGING LOW WITH VISIBLE WIRES, MAYBE BROKEN APPLIANCES, WATERMARKS ON CEILING AND WALL ETC))

LONG SHOT: FOCUSED ON DOOR AS MAN RUSHES INTO ROOM, QUICKLY TAKES OFF JACKET OR IS ALREADY HOLDING JACKET, COULD BE HOLDING BRIEFCASE, AND IS HOLDING TAKE AWAY FOOD.

MID SHOT: FOCUSED ON A DINING TABLE WITH A MIRROR ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE. LIGHT FLICKS ON AND IN THE MIRROR'S REFLECTION THE LIGHT ALSO TURNS ON BUT A DIFFERENT LOOKING APARTMENT IS SHOWN (THE CURRENT APARTMENT BUT FROM THE PAST, BEFORE THE EARTHQUAKE), MAN IS TALKING IN THE BACKGROUND.

MAN: *Sighs* what a day. Work was so busy today I'm exhausted.

MAN ENTERS THE SHOT AND UNPACKS THE TAKE AWAY FOOD, PUTS ON THE TABLE, PLACES FOOD IN FRONT OF HIMSELF AND ON OPPOSITE SIDE OF TABLE WHERE THERE IS A MIRROR.

MID OVER THE SHOULDER SHOT, ANGLED BEHIND MAN FOCUSING MORE ON MIRROR:

MAN: Oh I'm starving, didn't get to have lunch today. Had to fill in for George, you know how he is..."

MAN AND WOMAN ARE EATING WHILE HE IS TALKING. WOMAN IS EATING FOOD IN THE REFLECTION, BUT ACTUAL FOOD IN FRONT OF THE MIRROR ISN'T TOUCHED.
WOMAN IN MIRROR GIGGLES SILENTLY.
MAN IS STILL TALKING.

CLOSE UP OF TABLE, FOCUSING ON NEWSPAPER ARTICLE ABOUT EARTHQUAKE.

MAN: I miss you.... It's my fault you're gone.... I could have saved you...

MID SHOT IN FRONT OF MAN:
MAN PUTS DOWN FORK AND CLENCHES HIS FIST. HE HAS A GRIM EXPRESSION ON HIS FACE AND LOOKS REGRETFUL.

MID OVER THE SHOULDER SHOT FOCUSING ON MIRROR:

HE LOWERS HIS HEAD AND THE WOMAN LOOKS SAD AND APOLOGETIC. THE HOUSE INSIDE THE MIRROR STARTS SHAKING AND HE LOOKS UP. SHE LOOKS SLIGHTLY SURPRISED

MAN: No.... not again!!!

MAN SITS UP AND GRIPS THE TABLE. WOMAN CALMS DOWN AND SMILES AT HIM, AND HOLDS UP HER HANDS TO GESTURE TO HIM THAT SHE IS OK.
MAN RELAXES SEEING HER EXPRESSION.

CLOSE UP OF MIRROR:
WOMAN SMILES EARNESTLY, PUTS A HAND ON HER HEART AND ONE ON THE GLASS OF THE MIRROR AS HER HOUSE FALLS APART. SHE STARTS TO FADE AWAY AND THE PERFECT HOUSE HOUSE STARTS TO REFLECT THE ACTUAL APARTMENT IN THE REFLECTION. WE ARE LEFT WITH HIS REFLECTION IN THE MIRROR.

Notes:
As she's fading away camera changes back to over the shoulder shot, the mirror changes back to his reflection. he looks down, sad. Camera changes to a close up of his hand as he picks up a photo that was in between the newspaper which shows the couple when they were happy. Shot of him smiling gently as he finds comfort from it and the events from today.

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.

26/02/2016 - Script Version 1

Logline:
A man can see his deceased wife in a mirror which one day falls over in an earthquake.

Summary:
A man brings home take away dinner for two to share with his deceased wife that he can see in a mirror she used to own. He eats the dinner with her while he shares his tales of the day until a sudden earthquake starts and the mirror falls over and smashes on the ground. The man is devastated until he discovers a hidden photo of them both with a message on it within the ruins. The man reads the message and finds comfort in the words.

Script Idea
By Taylor Jones

Version 1

INT: DARK APARTMENT. LIGHTS ARE OFF, ROOM IS MESSY. SMALL AMOUNT OF LIGHTS 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: 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,
THE MAN BEGINS POURING THE TAKE AWAY FOOD ONTO THE PLATES AND PLACES ONE IN FRONT OF THE MIRROR, AND ONE IN FRONT OF HIS OWN SEAT AND HE FLOPS INTO THE CHAIR.

MAN: Wow what a day. You wouldn't believe what happened.

MAN STARTS DIGGING INTO HIS FOOD, WOMAN IN MIRROR STARTS EATING DELICATELY 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 GIGGLES AND LOOKS AT HIM LOVINGLY.

MAN: ...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.