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Being Human 1x01 Script Extract
- 1. Being Human 1x01 Script Extract (Example of good Scene Direction) This script shows good use of scene directions for multiple characters in different scenes. The first scene in this extract is about Mitchell who is waking up from being drained of blood as avampire. His first gasps of breath in his second chance at life. Thewords used throughout relate to him beinga soliderin the First World War at the time of him being turned. This first scene establishesthecontext behind thecharacter for the rest of the series. "Being Human" Episode 1 SHOOTING SCRIPT 17th September 2008 2. 3 CONTINUED: 3 Suddenly his body jackknifes and arches. He gasps - huge gulps of air, like someone bursting to the surface from the depths of the ocean. He looks around, shocked, disorientated. The puncture marks on his neck still just about visible. The secondscenein this extract is someone who has died and come back as a ghost but it unseen by everyone around her. Her family, her friends and her loved one Owen who fails to see her just like everyone else. The scene direction shows Annie’sattempt to get notice by someone whilst they mourn her in her home where she died. She shouts, pleads, waves her hand point blank in front of their face and she remain unseen. The second scene also shows some context of Annie’s character being a ghost without anyone actually saying the word in addition to her fears, and self-image that she now has. Furthermore, is shows the outer presence and context of everyone around her as they mourn her. 4 INT. THE HOUSE. KITCHEN. DAY B. 2008. 15:41. 4 Various relatives - Owen among them - stand around the kitchen. All in funeral black. Shocked, mute and awkward. Their grief and bodies too big for the tiny kitchen. ANNIE (V.O.) You can love if you like. Annie stands to one side, looking strangely out of place in her t-shirt and jeans among all the black. She pleads with the people in the kitchen, waves her hands, shouts in their faces. No one sees her, no one hears. The third scene and fourth scene shows Mitchell getting intimate with Lauren whom he then proceeds to drainofher blood in his uncontrollablebloodlust. In these sceneswe see
- 2. inner and outer presence plus comeadditional context behind the character of Mitchell as well as some minorpoints of outerpresence about Lauren. The inner presence is tricky to notice but it’s there.As Mitchell is avampire one can start to think about thestereotypes etc. However, we find out that he lives a human life as if he were normal which shows us that he hides who hereally is and that he wants to be a part of society. However, saying this we also find out that he gives in to his addiction of drinking blood andthat he can’t control it. He beats himself as he’sdonethe one think he hates the most. Taking an innocent life. We know that he is okay with taking lives as he was a solider just not an innocent one. 4a INT. LAUREN’S FLAT. BEDROOM. NIGHT D. 2008. 23:06. 4a Mitchell, and a young beautiful woman we will later recognize as Lauren. They are having sex. ANNIE (V.O.) And if you’re very lucky you can be loved. Then Mitchell opens his mouth wide. Baring vampire teeth that are long and sharp and wicked. Lauren’s body shudders and braces as he bites her. He drinks and drinks. 5 INT. LAUREN’S FLAT. BEDROOM. NIGHT D. 2008. 23:17. 5 Lauren is laying face down on the bed. Eyes open, but dead. ANNIE (V.O.) But everyone gets a death. Mitchell is slumped on the floor. Blood on his lips. Tears running down his face. He beats himself with his fists. Whack. Whack. Whack. A slave to his addiction. Biblography: Date Acquired: 29/11/2016 http://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/scripts/being-human-s1-ep1