planning document for short film episode

1. Short Film Series called The Morning After
Planning document for first episode
Epsiode1: The Morning after
Synopsis: Brief prologue of the evening before and the events that happened. All three protagonists
arrange to have a party at their university housing to celebrate the bank holiday weekend. The
characters then arrive home and shows people entering and leaving the home and alcohol and drugs
piling up and the minor amount of chaos. The Episode leads to the main character Craig waking up
and beginning his normal morning and gets back into bed he looks at the body lying in his bed he
begins to kiss the arm of the body and then throws the cover off finding a body in blood. He screams
awaking his roommates (Nicola and Paul) who come to the conclusion that the dead body is the
body of the drug dealer who came to their house last night. Then there is a knock at the door.
Duration: 7-8 minutes
Characters: Craig, Nicola, Paul, Dead Dealer
Costumes: Craig wears a suit in the prologue, in the rest of episode he wears a dressing gown and
slippers. Nicola wears tracksuit in the prologue, in the rest of the she wears a baggy t shirt and
pyjama trousers. Paul wears baggy jackets and cargo trousers with big Basketball trainers in the
prologue, in the rest of the episode he wears the same top half as the prologue but bottom half is
boxer briefs and white adidas socks. The drug dealer wears all black in both the prologue and the
episode
Locations: Office and Flat
Props: Empty bottles, some full bottles of alcohol, Camel cigarettes, pizza boxes, clothes on the floor,
ashtrays plates of half-finished food and drug paraphernalia.
Script
Prologue:
Fades in to Craig’s feet and camera slowly comes up to see Craig working at his office desk.
Shot of the date.
Close up of Craig tapping his glass of water with his pen.
Message comes up on his phone from Paul saying “Party tonight getting the stuff in from my mate”.
Craig rips up a day clean sheet and throws it into the bin.
Cuts to Nicola getting same text from Paul she looks at it at returns to her position on the couch.
Cuts to Paul next to a pond feeding bread to the ducks and sitting there smoking
Cuts to Nicola drinking wine watching daytime TV.
She answers the door to Craig and Paul with bags of alcohol.
They begin to drink
Prologue quickens with quicker shots of the dealer entering pizza delivery and peopling coming and
going.

2. Fades out.
Shot of Craig stumbling out of bed.
Shot from bottom of the stairs as Craig walks down.
Craig prepares some breakfast a bowl of cereal and some orange juice.
Shot from top of stairs of Craig walking upstairs.
Craig sets the food down and sips his orange juice he spits it out and exclaims
“Shit who put vodka in the orange Juice”
Craig looks at the body in his bed he seductively beings to kiss the arm whispering
“Nicola Nicola Wake up baby”
As there is no response he pulls the cover off and it’s a body covered in blood.
“What the fuck” exclaims Craig as he falls out of bed in shock.
Nicola enters the room eyes slightly shut she picks up Craig’s breakfast and whispers
“What’s wrong” she then exits the room to the living room
Craig says
“I thought you were in my bed?”
Nicola chokes on the orange juice.
“I wasn’t that fucked” she kisses hi on the cheek and walks out.
Paul walks into the room.
“Morning morning everyone how’s everyone doing”.
Nicola walks back in.
“My heads a bit fucked to be honest”.
Paul “Aint it always hahahaa” he laughs hysterically.
Craig shouts “excuse me to interrupt” it silences the laughter.
Paul “You are excused” chews on toast.
Craig “There’s a dead body in my bed”.
Nicola “Fuck off”.
Cuts to all three around the dead body in Craig bedroom.
Paul “Fuck me that’s a dead body”.
Craig “See I told you”.
Nicola interrupts before Craig finishes.
“I’m to fucked to be dealing with this” clutches her mouth.

3. Craig “I I think the worst thing is I can’t remember who he is”.
Paul “It’s my dealer”.
Nicola slightly teary “Oh I remember now didn’t he say if he could have a nap or something”.
Craig “That’s right you know I remember something like that”.
Nicola shouts “Did you kill him in your sleep?”
Paul “Na he’s overdosed look blood from nose and mouth small amount of sick hes choked on poor
sod.
Knock at the door
Craig “ Shit hide the body”
Fades out to credits.