2. INT.HOME.NIGHT
A living room setting, tv on quietly in the background. The room
is dark STEWART sitting destressed on his sofa with a painful
facial expression. Images and sounds of war flash up as he
destress turns into grunting as the images continuously flash
up.
STEWART
No..no...no
STEWART swings at his coffee table knocking tablets all over the
floor. He then drops to the ground and curls up
INT.DOCTOR OFFICE.DAY
An animated HELP TECH video begins to play visuals alongside the
voice over.
HELP TECH VOICE
Hello, we at HELP TECH have spent years working on medical
remedies in this current world stressed with war. With new
technological advancements we have created the HELP TECH HOME.
HELP TECH is the future solution to therapy and medical
treatment. To work HELP TECH HOME complete the brain diagnostic
test and put the sim into the device. The device then uses this
to adjust all home appliances, locks, and other household items
to best suit you. Such as adjusting house temperature when you
are feeling hot and bothered. Or putting on your favourite
relaxing music to calm you down. HELP TECH HOME now available
STEWART sitting in the doctor's office tapping his leg
nervously. As he hears the end of the advert he slaps his leg.
Doctors desk. Stewart standing at desk. Doctor hands over HELP
TECH HOME device and a form. Stewart signs the form quickly and
excitably. He then takes the device.
EXT.BUS.DAY
3. STEWART on bus home. Listening to ambient calming music. He then
looks out the window. Slowly rising he hears an ambient sound of
war in his head. His eyes start to widen and fear is clear on
his face. A bus bell sound then cuts the rising tension from the
sound. He then takes a deep breathe and looks around him. He
then gets up and exits the bus.
EXT.STEWARTS HOUSE.DAY
STEWART walking listening to calming music. He approaches his
house but, in the distance, NEIGHBOR notices and tries to get
his attention
NEIGHBOR
Oh hey Stewart
STEWART has a look of nervousness and begins to speed up walking
awkwardly towards his house.
NEIGHBOR
Hey Stewart, I’ve been meaning to ask you something.
STEWART ignores and nervously grabs his keys from his pocket
shaking he attempts to open the door but is struggling. An
ambient white noise starts to rise and the NEIGHBOR continuously
calls his name starts to drown out.
STEWART
struggling
Come on...come on!
STEWARTS hands shaking he finally puts the key in the door and
opens it as the white noise reaches becomes loud.
He slams the door shut heavily panting with his back to the door
and wide eyed expression.
INT.STEWARTS HOUSE.DAY
STEWART pulls the help tech home out of the box. He reads the
intrusions muttering the words of the instructions as he reads.
4. STEWART plugs in the device and pulls a tube that states
“diagnostic chip” and inserts it into the device.
The help tech home devices lights up turning on. Stewart stares
at the device intensely with a worried expression. The tension
builds but then is broken when the calming music that he was
listening to on the bus begins playing again.
STEWART
That’s...that’s what I needed.
INT.STEWARTS ROOM.DAY
Stewart dreaming. Sees from his point of view doctors hands with
surgical gloves and tweezers holding a SIM card. The hand starts
moving towards his face.
DOCTOR
This may hurt a little.
The DOCTORS hand goes closer and closer towards his face.
Sudden loud music blaring from his from activated help tech home
device.
STEWART
What the…? Stop...stop...stop the music
STEWART sits up in his bed confused.
A knocking from the door. The knocking starts to get louder and
more aggressive.
STEWART begins to look anxious and hides slightly under the
covers.
The knocking becomes extremely loud and aggressive.
5. STEWART struggling climbs out of bed and runs to the help tech
device
STEWART
they’re here!...Lock lock the house down now.
STEWART
Screaming
Lock it now help tech now!
HELP TECH HOME
house lockdown processing...confirmed.
STEWART runs down the stairs to the front door to see if someone
had broken in to just see cards and letters at the door. He goes
over to the door and falls of exhaustion by the letters.
STEWART picks up a letter that states “from mum” he opens to see
a card from his mother stating that she misses him.
STEWART closes his eyes and takes a deep breath in.
INT. STEWARTS LIVING ROOM.DAY
A clock and Calendar show that a few months have now passed. His
living room is in a complete state with food boxes piled up next
to him and his previous tablets scattered all over the floor.
His house now looks like the complete opposite of how clean and
tidy it was before.
STEWART is slouched on the sofa eating a pack of crisps watching
tv. He has a completely blank and lifeless facial expression.
A microwave bell sound goes off from the kitchen
STEWART glances in the direction but doesn’t pay any attention
to it.
The microwave sound becomes more constant and intense.
6. STEWART lazily gets up and goes to the kitchen and looks
confused
STEWART
Help tech stop!
STEWART stares confused and frustrated as it carries on. He
attempts to unplug it but the noise carries on.
He then walks into the living room where the tv has turned off
now.
STEWART
What the hell…the TVs gone now too help tech what’s going on.
The tv turns back on but a full volume on with static.
STEWART shocked covers his ears
STEWART
What’s going on!!!
The tv turns back off for a few seconds before turning back onto
a war documentary on full volume. The war gun sound effects and
screams become increasingly loud.
STEWART Becomes visibly uncomfortable and looks hot and
bothered.
STEWART takes off his jumper and walks over to the thermostat to
see that it is rapidly increasing in temperature. It begins to
reach dangerously high numbers.
STEWART looks shocked and worried. Sweat starts to form on his
forehead.
STEWART
It must be broken.
He goes to unplug the help tech home device but once he’s
unplugged it the lights begin to dim and turn red. As the
7. temperature is so high he runs to the window to try and get
fresh air. He then discovers that the window is locked.
STEWART runs to the front door and struggles for the front door
struggling at the handle but now the front door is locked making
it impossible for him to escape.
STEWART
No...no...no
STEWART begins screaming and banging at the door mouthing words
like help through the glass of the window.
He turns we see sweat dripping down his face mixed with tears
that start to form. He slowly lowers himself right at the front
door eventually on the floor leaning on the door gasping for
air.
INT.STEWARTS HOUSE.DAY
STEWART'S body lies there lifeless. The front door opens and
these mysterious characters walk in with doctors uniform. They
begin to drag the body out of the doorway outside. On the leg of
the doctor we see the help tech logo. The other doctor is then
seen with a clipboard in hand with a sheet full of information
about an experiment.
The doctor then writes experiment 1 successful.
END
