Draft script (idea 1)

1. Media– Unit 16 Elfie Cheetham 21/09/2018
Ideaone:Draft Script
ACT ONE
SCENE 2
SYNOPSIS: ABBIE GETS UP ONE MORNING, AND DRESSES FOR WORK, SHE
GOES DOWNSTAIRS AND HAS BREAKFAST AND IS JOINED BY HER
ROOMMATE. THEY HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THEIR JOBS, ABOUT
WANTING TO QUIT. THEY STOP TALKING AND SHE GETS INTO HER CAR
TO DRIVE OFF TO WORK. SHE KNOCKS ON THE DOOR OF A FEW HOUSES
AND GETS DECLINED AT EACH DOOR, TRYING TO SELL HER PRODUCTS.
SHE GETS BACK INTO CAR IN DISAPPOINTMENT. THERE IS SOMETHING
STUCK IN HER WINDSCREEN WIPERS. IT’S A FLYER ABOUT LOCAL OPEN
AUDITIONS FOR A THEATRE PERFORMANCE. NOT THINKING ANYTHING OF
IT, SHE THROWS IT IN HER BAG.
ROOMMATE
Hello
ABBIE
(TAKES OUT HEADPHONE) Morning
ROOMMATE
(GETTING SOME BREAKFAST) what are you doing today?
ABBIE
Working (PAUSE) Roommate I hate it, I’m going to quit.
ROOMMATE
NO!!! Abbie no don’t quit, what about mate’s rates?
ABBIE
You have everything I sell and you never use them, you
don’t even have an office job.
ROOMMATE
(PAUSE)
ABBIE
I need to get a proper, well-paid job, something that
challenges me. And so should you.
ROOMMATE
(IN SHOCK) I have a real job, Abbie.

2. ABBIE
Freelance piano playing to old people, doesn’t count.
ROOMMATE
(LONG PAUSE) I know you’re right, but John Williams hasn’t got in
touch yet.
ABBIE
You need to build up your CV. Even your piano repertoire is just
Jurassic Park.
ROOMMATE
Just Jurassic Park! Film music composition is lost and forgotten
art.
ABBIE
Update your CV. John Williams is more likely to get in touch with
someone who hasn’t had a year in … training five years ago.
ACT THREE
FOR AN EXTRA SCENE: POSSIBLY FOR THE END OF THE FILM. ONCE
RECEIVED LETTER FOR PART.
SYNOPSIS: A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER WE SEE ABBIE IN HER KITCHEN,
ROOMMATE ENTERS WITH MAIL AND LETTERS. SHE HANDS ABBIE OVER A
BILL, AND LEAVES THE ROOM. ABBIE, THINKING THAT SHE WON’T BE
HEARING BACK FROM THE AUDITIONS. ROOMMATE ENTERS AGAIN AND
HANDS OVER ANOTHER LETTER IN APOLOGY. SHE OPENS THE LETTER TO
SEE THAT SHE HAS GOT THE PART. SHE THEN GETS HER PHONE AND WE
SEE HER TEXT HER MANAGER, TO QUIT HER JOB. TO END THE FILM WE
HAVE HER DRIVING OFF IN HER CAR.
ROOMMATE
So, what happens now? Do you have to re-audition?
ABBIE
No, why would I have to re-audition?
ROOMMATE
To get a role.
ABBIE
I have a role.

3. ROOMMATE
*reads letter*, ‘we are delighted to offer you the part
of dancer #29’.
ABBIE
Yes, you’re right that’s what my part is (sarcastically),
I have quit my job on the whim that maybe Broadway might
pick me up on that. No, the main role is real.
ROOMMATE
When do you start?
ABBIE
Soon for rehearsing, it’s a tour of the show, so it’ll
run for a while. (CONTEMPLATES) Hopefully.
ROOMMATE
A new show is it?
ABBIE
No, it started a few months back in London, but this is
the tour, it’s travelling over Europe first. *reads
letter*, ‘if successful, is due to tour around the United
States in 2020.’ So, a couple years till I hit the big
states, but I guess Europe will do (SARCASTICALLY).’
ROOMMATE
Yeah right, so when do you move out.
ABBIE
When the tour starts, a few months yet.
ROOMMATE
I HAVE ALREADY RENTED YOUR ROOM OUT THOUGH… (JOKING)
ABBIE
…