1. “BREAKDOWN”
by
Ceren Kangal
96 Wrotham Road
Welling, Kent DA16 1LN
02083014316

2. FADE IN:
ROBERT’S ENTRANCE.
Robert’s house is perfectly clean. Everything is in its
correct place and there are many extravagant paintings on
the walls. He has a grand fireplace and masses of thick
brown books on the perfectly straight shelves.
ROBERT
(Laughs) Americans.
The news is on the television, showing some information
about some natural disasters which have been occurring in
America.
ROBERT
They never learn.
He leaves his house and shuts the grand, wooden door
promptly.
CUT TO:
Average looking door slams shut.
LINDSEY
Come on Brian, it’s your fault we have
to go to this bloody meeting anyway.
BRIAN
Yes. I know, I know. (Whilst locking
the door)
LINDSEY
Give me the folder. Knowing you, you’ll
leave it on the train.
They both begin to walk swiftly down the ordinary, narrow
road on which they lived. Lindsey quickly shoves the folder
in her bag and zips the bag up.
CUT TO:
Lauren unzips her bag and starts rooting around for her
purse.
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3. LAUREN
I have it in here somewhere. I put it
in here this morning, honestly.
ROBERT
(sighs) Excuse me miss, but would you
mind getting out of the line, some of
us are trying to buy tickets too.
LAUREN
Hold on, hold on. Aha! Here it is.
Sorry for that, this bag is just too
big.
Lauren purchases her ticket and Robert is quickly loosing
his patience. He taps his foot. Lindsey and Brian walk
towards the underground tracks.
LINDSEY
Right, so when John asks you about the
budget how much are you going to say?
BRIAN
I don’t know Lindsey. How much would
you think is the right price? (Brian is
the weaker one in the relationship and
in the workplace, he always relies on
Lindsey to help him)
Lauren accidently pushed Lindsey out of the way to get to
the tracks.
LINDSEY
Well – hey watch where you’re going!
LAUREN
I’m sorry. I wasn’t looking.
Robert strolls past, tutting whilst doing so. His large
brown briefcase was clean and scratch free.
ROBERT
(under his breath) People these days.
No manners.
The underground train arrives.
CUT TO:
The underground is quite busy and in one carriage we see
Brian and Lindsey surrounded by people. They both try to
talk to one and other until the train suddenly comes to a
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4. stop. They all stumble.
BRIAN
Oh come on, not now. We haven’t got
time for this!
The train fills with anxious and annoyed chatter.
LINDSEY
We’re not going to get there in time at
this rate. John is going to sack us for
sure.
The train lights flicker and the train begins to move
again. Spluttering with each movement.
CUT TO:
Robert and Lauren are in the same carriage as each other,
but a few away from Brian and Lindsey. Their carriage is
surprisingly quiet and relatively empty. The train stops
once again.
ROBERT
For God’s sake! What is wrong with this
bloody train? Get a move on Driver, I
have places to be.
LAUREN
I doubt it’s the drivers fault. We’ve
just got to wait until the train starts
again. Calm down.
Robert tuts and fiddles around with some papers in his
perfect brown briefcase. The lights on the train flicker
and the train’s breaks make noises often. There is a faint
sound of panic coming from the other carriages and some
sighing in their carriage.
FADE OUT:
THE END
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