1. Media– Unit 16 Elfie Cheetham 20/09/2018
IdeaTwo: Draft Script
ACT ONE
SCENE 1
SYNOPSIS: ANNA, EXPERIMENTAL HAIR DRESSER IS TRYING TO
IMPROVE HER PORTFOLIO BY TESTING OUT SOME STYLES ON
ABBIE. ABBIE, OUR PROTAGONIST IS SAT RELUCTANTLY, GETTING
HER HAIR DONE. ABBIE A TOMBOY, DOESN’T DO MUCH WITH HER
VERY STRAIGHT HAIR OR USE MAKE UP OR DRESS UP. ANNA SHOWS
ABBIE WHAT SHE’S DONE WITH HER HAIR. IT’S VERY CURLY.
ANNA PERSUADES HER TO LIKE IT AND WITH MUCH RELUCTANCE
AGREES TO ANNA GIVING HER COMPLETE MAKEOVER TO SUIT HER
NEW HAIR.
THE NEXT DAY WE SEE ABBIE WALKING INTO SCHOOL WITH HER
NEW LOOK. EVERYONE TAKES GREAT INTEREST IN HER AS THEY
HAVEN’T REALLY IN THE PAST. TWO GIRLS, ALISSA CHAMBERS
AND SAFIYA HALL, GIVE ABBIE, AND NOT ANNA, THE
OPPORTUNITY TO HANG OUT WITH THEM AT LUNCH. ABBIE TAKES
THEM UP ON THE IDEA, LEAVING ANNA OUT AT LUNCH.
ABBIE STARTS HANGING OUT WITH THE TWO GIRLS QUITE A LOT
AND THEREFORE NOT SPENDING ANY TIME WITH ANNA GREAT?
“THEREFORE, THIS EFFECTS THEIR RELATIONSHIP”. ABBIE IS
INFLUENCED BY THEM, SHE STARTS MISBEHAVING IN CLASS, NOT
COMPLETING HOMEWORK AND GETTING DETENTIONS, WHICH SHE AND
HER ‘FRIENDS’ THINK IS COOL. AT THIS POINT ABBIE IS
CONVERTED FROM THE A-GRADED STUDENT, WITH A GOOD (GOOD?)
REPUTATION, TO ABBIE, A POPULAR, FEARED, JUDGEMENTAL 18
YEAR-OLD.
ANNA
Do you ever wash your hair?
ABBIE
Anna (IN OFFENSE)
ANNA
(CONTINUES STYLING HAIR, GETTING OUT SCISSORS)
ABBIE
(IN PANIC) No don’t, I’m not even joking.
ANNA
You have to be a little adventurous, the more unearthly
it looks, the better grades I’ll get.
2. ABBIE
What, is outlandish in the official criteria? You’ll get
a pass if you do something remotely regular and nice?
ANNA
(PAUSE) Yes. (IN EMBARRASSMENT AND SERIOUSLY). Can you move…?
ABBIE
(MOVES OVER TO GET HAIR WASHED OUT WITH HER HEAD OVER THE
BATHS AND ANNA GET THE SHOWER HEAD)
ABBIE
Aren’t you supposed to ask me if the temperature is
okay, because it’s NOT!
ANNA
Only paying customers get that.
ABBIE
Do you want to be a hairdresser Anna?
ANNA
(PAUSE) God no. Do you actually want to be a…?
ABBIE
What?
ANNA
What?
ABBIE
You know perfectly well that I’m training to be an accountant.
ANNA
OMG! You should so be an accountant. You are an ‘A’ star
student, nearly got head girl, you are a shining light in
our community.
SCENE 1 (B)
ABBIE
(LOOKS IN MIRROR TO SEE NEW HAIRSTYLE)
ANNA
3. Right…
ABBIE
Um…
ANNA
Well…
ABBIE
Right…
ANNA
At least you’ve got me a pass in my coursework.
ABBIE
It’s curly.
ANNA
Do you know what we should do?
ABBIE
You’re not GIVING ME A MAKEOVER.
(Makeover montage begins.)
ACT TWO
SCENE 5
SNYNOPSIS: FOLLOWING FROM THAT SAME DAY, SHE GETS HOME TO
FIND HER DAD INCREDIBLY DISAPPOINTED WITH HER. HE HAD
PREVIOUSLY RECEIVED A PHONE CALL FROM SCHOOL. THEY ARGUE,
WHICH IS UNLIKE THEM. SHE GOES UP TO HER ROOM.
SHE GOES INTO SCHOOL THE NEXT DAY, NOT IN GREAT MOOD.
ABBIE IS SAT ALONE AND ALISSA AND SAFIYA COME UP TO HER
AND TELL HER THIS RUMOUR ABOUT ANNA, ABBIE SHOWS THAT SHE
THINKS LITTLE OF ANNA AND GOES THROUGH WITH THE RUMOUR.
SHE’S WALKING DOWN THE CORRIDOR AND SEES ANNA IN TEARS
ABOUT THIS RUMOUR. ABBIE EXPLAINS EVERYTHING AND ANNA
GETS REALLY ANGRY WITH HER. THEY ARGUE AND ABBIE BLAMES
ANNA FOR MAKING HER LIKE THIS. THEY SPLIT.
SHE’S WALKING HOME WHEN SHE REALISES WHAT’S HAPPENED.
DAD
Abbie (TO GET ATTENTION)
ABBIE
4. (IGNORES HIM, STARTS WALKING UP THE STAIRS)
DAD
So, I got a call today.
ABBIE
Yeah? (IN ANTICIPATION)
DAD
It was the school, they said that you haven’t been
handing work in on time, and your work effort has been
(SARCASTICALLY TRIES TO REMEMBER EXACTLY WHAT THE CALL
SAID) less than adequate, so you have been given a
NUMBER, of detentions. Care to explain…?
ABBIE
I have fallen a bit behind recently, because of… (TRYING
TO THINK OF AN EXCUSE) stuff, you know boyfriends,
(LOOKING AT HIM IN HOPE THAT HE WOULD LET IT GO) Uneven
eyeliner (SCATTERS EYESIGHT AROUND THE FLOOR TO THINK OF
SOMETHING ELSE) periods. (SQUINTS EYES IN ANTICIPATION) I
don’t want to bore you.
DAD
Abbie, tell me if there’s a problem, don’t just let it
affect your school WORK.
ABBIE
I don’t have to tell you everything.
DAD
Not everything. I just…
ABBIE
No dad you don’t understand.
DAD
Understand what? You don’t tell me anything. All I know
about you is you come home at stupid o’clock and that
you’re failing all your subjects.
ABBIE
I’m not failing.
DAD
I’m really disappointed.
