Simon peg inspired short student film idea

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Notes:
Day goesby as normal- montage busydaygoingpast one another
* alarm
* Get up(knockon bathroomwaitfor curtaintime to go in-7:30)
* Wash face
* Glassof Water
* (goingout) (take the dog)
* Come out of shopwithbags and dog
* Go home people movinginbackground?
* Grab toast
* Bye,bye- leave house
* Dark- home
* Sofa- at same time
* Remote
* Watchingtv (doyou thinkthiswouldhappen) (howcouldhe be sooblivioustothe zombies) slow
fade to black
* Alarm
* Repeatsbutwithlesspeople andwaitsfortime butnoone inbathroomand goesin,I’m going
out,you take the dog, toastis bread- tooundertoastedmum, doyou thinkthiswouldhappen,how
couldhe be so,hello,hello,oh,looksatphone,where are you? ohmustbe alreadyinbed.
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Script:
Title?
Morning.Bedroom
Startswith a close up of a phonealarmgoing off at 7:00 and then cuts to a shotof bed covers
moving and Samgetting outof bed.However,you can only see her legs. Then the nextshot,fromthe
bedroom,showsSamfrombehind knockon thebathroomdoor:
Sam
Hurry up Hayley!
Then an extremeclose up of Sam’sphoneshowing 7:30 with Hayley moving pastin the background
and then backto the shotfrombehind asHayley exits thebathroomand goesto her roomand Sam
enters thebathroom.Samisa moviefan who is 17. She lovesall films fromcomedy to horrorher
favouritebeing Simon peg films. Shehasa summerjob.Hayley is Sam’syoungersisterby 3 yearswho
is less of moviebuff butstill lovesfilms. Shedoesn’thavea job butstill busy athome.
The nextshotis of the bathroommirrorwhereSam’sfaceis revealed after washing herfaceand
looking up drying it.
Then a close up shotof thekitchen tap filling a glass of waterand a wide shotshowing Mumwalking
past.Mumis notreally shown on camera.Sheis incredibly busy in thebackground through the
opening shots:
Sam
Going out
Samfinishes her glass of water
Mum
Walk the dog
A wide shotshowsSamwalking away froma cornershop with a carrier bag and thefamily shih tzu
puppy besideheron a lead.Shotsof her and her puppy walking homepastpeoplein the streets
doing very specific thingssuch as getting in a car, tripping over a crack in the road and Samwalking
around them.

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She entersthe houseand there’sa close up shotof Samgrabbing toast.And then leaving the house
again:
Sam
Bye!
Mum
Bye!
Hayley then walking pastfromcoming down to the stairs:
Hayley
See yah!
The nextshotshowsher entering the housewith the shotfromoutsidethe house.Itis the evening.
The following shotshowsHayley and Samsitting on the sofa atthe sametime and then picking up
the remote:
Hayley
Do you think this could happen?
This then turnsto an overthe shouldershotof Hayley on thework ‘oblivious’asSamlooksatHayley.
But each of themduring the conversation lookateach otherbriefly and stay on the tv:
Sam
Nah, no one is that oblivious
Hayley
Well no, I mean the zombie thing
Then it switches to an overthe shouldershotof Sam

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Sam
I don’t know, but I would if saw it
The shotis nowa two shotof the sisters watching tv.The screen fadesto black.
Alarm.
This is followed by the shotof the bed coversmoving and Samgetting outof bed again.Samknocks
on the bathroomdoor:
Sam
Harry up Hayley
However,the extremeclose up shotof thephonethis time doesn’tshow Hayley walking past.This
then cuts to theglass of watershotswithoutMumpresent:
Sam
Going out
Samfinishesher glassof water
Cutsto the shotof Samwalking homefromthe shop butwith no onearound.Thecar dooris left
open,Sammovesaround theperson who tripsbutthey are not thereand Samdoesn’tnotice.
It cuts to theshotof Sampicking up a piece of bread not toast:
Sam
Bit underdone today Mum. Bye.
Cutsto Sam leaving thehouseand then cuts to her re-entering thehouseand sitting down on the
sofa on her own butthe shotangleas before.

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Sam
I agree with what you said yesterday Hayley, he is far to oblivious.
‘Oblivious’being theword the camera angle changesand Samfinally turnsand noticesthatshe is
notthere.
It the. Turnsto a shotfromin frontasshe looksaround and then looksather phone.
Sam
Oh wow, must already be in bed.
She then relaxesagain and the screen fadesto black.
Credits
Duringthe start:
~ Producer
~ director
~ camera
(These will occurduringthe gettingupmontage,e.g.the bedroom, bathroomandmorningkitchen
scenes)
At the end:
~ Sam
~ Hayley
~ mum
~ backgroundpeople
~ script
~ editor
~ editingsoftware
~ musicsource
(These will appearafterthe screenfadestoblackandmightbe accompaniedbya change in music)