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the darkness script
1. The Darkness
5 minute script
Ext. Friday.06:25 PM
-Car on gravel sound- 5 seconds
-music- 3 seconds
-car stopping sound- 3 seconds
-car doors opening and closing- 4 seconds ^-z o I-people walking on gravel- 6 seconds
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So this is it? This is the beautiful lake house your grandma owns? lt looks like a shack
LUCAS - zo o.^.rozKs
Don't be so rude Lia, you didn't come up with any ideas for a holiday, did you? lt's nice, I like it.
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Well... I guess it will have to do for a few days
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lf you don't like it you can find your own way back?
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And miss the chance to have a relaxing holiday with my friends before we all leave and go to uni or
whatever? Never. Lets make this weekend the best weekend ever
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Well isn't this very touching. Can I get drunk now?
-everyone laughs- 2 seconds
-walking on gravel- 3 seconds
lnt. Friday. 11:12PM
The friends are in the living room playing a game and drinking
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-veronica pouring a drink- 3 seconds
-glasses tapping each other- 2 seconds
Okay okay, my turn. (moves hand to indicate it is a film) Wait wait, I got to (jet props for this
-footsteps- 3 seconds
Shawn walks over to the book shelf and looks for a book. While he looks a book falls on his head.
-book hitting the floor- 2 seconds
He picks it up and walks to carry on playing the game.
-footsteps- 3 seconds
He opens in to look as if he is reading it. Veronica sees it.
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Where did you find that book?
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I fell on my head when I went to go look for a book.
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It fell on your head? Wow you're even more pissed than I thought
Veronica gets up and takes the book off Shawn.
-footsteps- 3 seconds
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My Grandma used to tell me stories about this book. About these three great witches who went on
adventures to save innocents.
Veronica opens the book
-page flipping- 2 seconds
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Huh thats weird, its blank. The whole book. Theres no writing
The other walk up to Veronica crowding around the book to look at it.
-footsteps- 4 seconds
The book glows
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Wow, what the hell
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Why is it doing that?
Before anyone could say any more the group gets pushed back onto the floor and the book closes
on the floor.
-bodies falling on the floor- 4 seconds
-book hitting the floor- 3 seconds
They all sit up and holds their heads. Veronica stands up and puts the book back on the shelf.
-footsteps- 4 seconds
-book sliding on surface- 2 seconds
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okay, I think thats enough drinking for tonight. l'm going to bed
-footsteps- 4 seconds
They all go to bed.
lNT. Saturday. 09:16 AM.
Veronica and Lucas are in bed. Veronica wakes up and walks into the bathroom. When she walks
out she sees the book that she put on the shelf on the floor.
-footsteps- 6 seconds
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Lucas! Lucas! Wake up
She walks over to the book and picks it up.
-footsteps-3 seconds
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I thought you put that book back in the bookshelf ...
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lNT. Saturday. 10:30 AM
The group is sitting in the living room around this book
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Okay... so what you're saying is that you think this book is haunted and we made the ghost mad or
something...? What a load of bullshit. You're just trying to scare us.
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l'm not lying. I honestly have no idea why this book got into my room lEst night. And a ghost is the
only explanation for this if you guys swear you didn't put it in there.
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Do you think your Grandma would know anything?
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Maybe. l'llcall her
Veronica walks off to go and call her grandma. Shawn leans over and opens the book to see that it
is full of writing.
-footsteps- 4 seconds
-book page flipping- 3 seconds
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Didn't Veronica say this was blank?
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It was. We allsaw it was.
They all look at each other confused.
Veronica comes back.
-footsteps- 3 seconds
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my Grandma sounded kind of excited when I mentioned the book. she said she will be here as
soon as she can. Whats up with your faces?
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Theres.. Writing in the book.
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Wait what?... But I saw there was't last night. we all saw.
EXT. Saturday. 11:55 AM
Veronicas grandma pulls up in the driveway and gets out of the car. Veronica comes up to her to
greet her.
-car on gravel- 5 seconds
-car door opening and closing- 4 seconds
4. -footsteps- 4 seconds
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Gosh Grandma you got here fast
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Theres no time. You all must know -n
Her grandma speed walks past Veronica into the house and Veronica follows
-footsteps- 4 seconds
her grandma sits down in front of the book and looks at the group
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reason why you all became friends.
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Grandma. What are you saying?
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Well l'm saying you are all witches what do you think l'm saying?
The group looks at each other shocked