I realised that I was essentially on my own right about the time that I noticed that you weren’t listening to a word I said.
Oh, I don’t mean you were ignoring me, like the way the people do in a waiting room; or even just blanking me as if I were a customer in your [...]
Hannah seemed to be on a roll. Yet another girl’s night out and she was flying high. Ever since her ridiculous split with Jack just a month before, she had made it her goal in life to make the most of every second of every day. There wasn’t a bar or a club that she [...]
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THE OFFICE – NIGHT
MICHAEL and JOHN are the only people here.
MICHAEL
I’m BORED. I’m bored bored bored.
JOHN
I’m sure you’re not.
MICHAEL
I’m so bored..
Pause
JOHN
Yes?
He waits.
Jesus!
He leans over the desk and punches MICHAEL in the chest.
MICHAEL
Agh! What? What happened?
JOHN
You’re heart stopped. I’m sorry, I should have realized.
(Script Competition Entry) ***TO BE FILMED AUGUST***
JIM
A Short Film
EXT.DAY. A park and a bench in some recent time, somewhere forgotten. We see a young HILDA in her 20’s, talking to her husband JIM, also in his 20’s.They are both clearly courting on the bench. Sounds of distant voices also somewhere and HILDA is sometimes distracted [...]
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FADE IN:
INT. THE OFFICE – DAY
On screen : Two weeks previous. Monday
MAX (27) dressed in slacks and shirt, is in his office with two women, his personal secretary JANE, (24) short skirt and low cut top and her assistant KAREN, (19) large lady in very tight trousers and buttons which almost burst off [...]
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:FADE IN
EXT. PIER HEAD -SAT AFTERNOON
ELLIE (mid twenties)gets out of a taxi, closes the door,
leans in and pays the driver. She crosses over the road to
the ticket office for the ferry.
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EXT.LIVERPOOL PIER HEAD – DAY
Lots of tourists walk about between the Liver Buildings and
the river taking photos, but the huge space looks bare. A
bedraggled man, HENRY is shambling across the square and
asks people for change. He calls to a suited man, ALEX early
30’s smartly dressed. Carries a briefcase. Walks
quickly, eyes and mind elsewhere.
HENRY mid 20’s dressed casually. A haughty look.
HENRY
Mornin boss, beautiful day.
The suited man turns his head and his pace slows a
little. Henry seizes his chance and moves in, big smile and
walks with Alex.
Here it is, what you’ve all been waiting for. I know, I know, it’s taken a little bit of time, but,well, these things need discussion, pushing and pulling about, and tactile infusion when things get a little bit rough. However, I digress, here we are: 2009 Scribblepool Short Film Entry.
We all know that Rome wasn’t built in a day, however,here at Scribblepool we have a secret weapon, MethodDan!
And he has built Scribblepool in a day. A million thanks Dan
What a fabulous start we are off to thanks in the main to Dan. We now have a permanent framework upon which we can build and [...]