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1. The unfortunate life of James Flint
Original script
Director/scriptwriter – Connor Evans
All scenes
Scene 1:
Location – Connor’s house.
Characters – James Flint.
 The scene begins when the camera fades in to James Flint lying in bed. It is the morning on
the 24th
February 1934. James sits up, rubs his eyes and then moves to get out of bed to
head downstairs.
 The camera switches to a shot from the floor, in which the audience can see James’ feet
swing into frame as they dangle over the floor. He places his feet down, gets up and walks
out of the room.
 James walks out of his bedroom, wearing pyjamas. He then enters the bathroom and
remerges a few seconds later wearing a full suit and jacket combination.
 The camera then changes to a shot of his feet walking down the stairs and then past the
camera.
 A sudden cut to a sequence of jump cuts that shows James opening and then closing the
door.
Scene 2:
Location – Pamela Park and the driveway to Connor’s house.
Characters – James Flint and Peter Clarke.
 The scene begins with James Flint walking into the park through the main gates.
 James continues to walk through the park. As he approaches the end of the path, he
encounters his friend, Peter Clarke.
 The camera then focuses on Peter Clarke who waves at James Flint as he walks past,
ignoring him.

2.  Scene fades out.
 The scene fades back in, to a shot of James Flint walking down the driveway and into his
front porch.
 James enters the porch and notices a camera and note on the floor.
 OTS shot of James picking up the note and camera, before sighing and entering his house.
Scene 3:
Location – Inside of Connor’s house (James’ office)
Characters – James Flint
 James Brings the note and camera into his office. He dumps them on the desk and reads the
note. James learns that he has been asked to fix a camera for a friend. Disgruntled, he stands
up and goes to the cupboard to fetch his tools.
 James pulls out a case from the cupboard and opens it to grab his tools. Whilst searching for
the tools – James comes across a picture of his family, who left him. He looks at the picture
lovingly and then puts it back.
 He enters his office once again, putting the tools down on the desk before sitting down and
reaching underneath his desk for another case.
 James opens the small case and pulls out a bottle of corrector fluid before placing the case
away again.
 James empties the fluid into a dish and adds a spoon to mix it.
 He then gets up and leaves to go and make some tea.
 James returns seconds later with a teapot, saucer and a cup. He pours the tea and milk but
realises there is no spoon.
 James reaches for the spoon from the corrector fluid dish and dips it in his tea. James takes a
sip before collapsing on the table due to being poisoned.
Scene 4:
Locations – Inside of Connor’s house
Characters – James Flint

3.  James wakes up in the living room of a modern day house. He sits up, looks around and then
leaves out of the living room door and into the kitchen.
 He walks into the kitchen area that is empty with no signs of any life. He spots a calendar
and paces towards it.
 Extreme close up of the calendar. It reads February 2015.
 It all gets too much for James, who walks over to a sofa and falls on it, slowly falling asleep.
 James awakes some time later, gets up and leaves the house to walk and clear his mind
properly.
 James comes across a park that looks similar to the one that who encountered Peter in – in
1934.
Scene 5:
Location – Pamela Park
Characters – James Flint and random man.
 James enters the park, looks around for any sign of life and spots a person sitting on the
bench.
 The camera zooms on the person. He appears to look a lot like Peter Clarke from the 1930’s.
 James runs towards the man at the bench and starts to try and get his attention.
 The man becomes annoyed with James, gets up, pushes him away and walks off.
 Extreme close up of James Flint looking distraught.
Scene 6:
Location – Connor’s house and back garden.
Characters – James Flint
 James comes back to the house that he had woken up in and heads straight outside.
 Once outside, James sits on a step leading down from the back garden.
 James looks around, down towards the end of the garden and notices something.

4.  It is a case… the same case that he used to use back in the 30’s.
 James runs towards it – opens it and sees the picture of his family once again.
 It all gets too much. James heads inside the house, finds some tablets, a glass and some
vodka. He takes the tablets with a huge swig of vodka.
 Knowing well that the mix of an overdose and strong alcohol will kill him, James goes back
into the living room and lies in the same position that he woke up in. He drifts away to sleep
peacefully… and never wakes up again. Lost in time.