Malcolm is grieving the loss of his sister Abi. During a breakdown, he has a vision of Abi who tells him her death was not his fault and he must learn to be happy. This gives Malcolm closure. Though still depressed, Malcolm believes he is making progress in therapy and learning to cope with his grief.

1. Malcolm
By
Jake Beare, Ben Bullock and Charlie Robertson

2. EXT. PLAYGROUND . DAY
It feels cold in the air, it is winter. Everything is
quiet, all you can hear is the wind. Two young men are
sitting on the swings, the playground is deserted.
ANDY
so how you coping? (silence)
MALCOLM
Yeah, I'm good
ANDY
Malcolm. c'mon you know what I
mean.
MALCOLM
Yeah, I'm doing fine.
INT. BEDROOM. DAY
Malcolm arrives to an empty house. He slowly but surely
walks upstairs, each step is a struggle, he opens the
door to his bedroom and stops and stares at his bed,
almost mesmerised by the room he has been living in for a
long time. He looks at the bed again and he is then
staring at his past self and his dead sister talking.
Malcolm sees a note from his Mum saying that the mum and
the dad are away for the night.
He slowly but surely walks upstairs, each step is a
struggle, he opens the door to his bedroom and stops and
stares at his bed, almost mesmerised by the room he has
been living in for a long time. He looks at the bed
again and he is then staring at his past self and his
dead sister talking.
INT. BEDROOM. DAY
This is a flashback of his sister giving him a framed
picture of the two of them. Abi hands the framed picture
to him.
INT. BEDROOM. DAY
Malcolm is splashing his face with water. He stares
hard in the mirror at the thing he calls his face. He
takes a big breath. Malcolm then slowly makes his way
downstairs while clutching the picture his deceased

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sister previously gave him
INT. KITCHEN. DAY
After the flashback, Malcolm goes downstairs, before he
gets down the last step the phone starts to ring. he
goes towards the phone, looking suspicious at the house
phone. He slowly stares at, looking like theres
something seriously wrong, slowly waiting for it to stop
ringing. Malcolm grabs the picture again and goes to sit
down on his chair, buries his head in his hands, trying
to block out all demons. Picks up the newspaper and sees
a depressing headline, he throws it away. Malcolm goes
to make himself a cup of tea, this becomes obvious after
he gets his mug out on the table, he reaches to get the
mug but in the process accidentally knocks something
over. It becomes apparent that it is the picture frame
that his sister gave him in the previous flashback, but
only this time it is all smashed up and there is glass
all over the floor, the picture is lying lifeless, it is
symbolic that such a happy memory just shatters like
that. After the sight of the framed picture broken on the
ground, Malcolm's head goes into overdrive and he begins
to have a nervous breakdown. This will be portrayed
through montage.
SERIES OF SHOTS
A. GRAVE YARD
A very depressing clip of his just staring in anger and
disgust at the grave stone.
B. PICTURE SMASHING
this is the sight of the framed picture falling in the
air it shows that this framed picture meant a lot to
Malcolm as it was his last sentimental object of his
sister that he had.
C. ABI GIVING HIM THE PICTURE
Same footage as the flash back, showing to the audience
that the particular moment was incredibly meaningful to
him.
E. ANDY CONCERNED
Same footage from earlier scene.
F. MALCOLM CRYING (PRESENT)
(CONTINUED)

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(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: (2)
This would be a highly emotional moment, this would be
longer than the other clips, it would show Malcolm pacing
up and down his stairs and banging his head on the wall.
MALCOLM
Its not my fault (repeats)
G. PICTURE SMASHING
H. THE GRAVEYARD
I. CAR CRASH
J. MALCOLM CRYING (PRESENT)
Malcolm is just banging his fists into the floor to show
his frustration.
K. PICTURE SMASHING
L. CAR CRASH
M. THE GRAVEYARD
N. ABI SMILING
O. ABI'S FACE SMASHED IN THE PICTURE
P. MALCOLM CRYING (PRESENT)
INT. KITCHEN. DAY
The breakdown is over, Malcolm is on the floor, curled up
in a ball. Malcolm is helped up by a familiar hand, he
looks up and is startled. he can't believe it at first,
but then he looks angry.
ABI
You never used to clean anything
when I was here.
MALCOLM
What? how? You are dead, how are
you here? Are you here to taunt
me? Or am I just crazy?
ABI
You're not crazy, you're just
severely depressed.

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(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: (2)
MALCOLM
Why does it have to be so hard,
why did you have to die, how come
I didn't die?
ABI
Don't torture yourself with this.
MALCOLM
Torture myself? I love you, you
were the only person in the world
that i truly cared about, and you
were taken away from me. you
cared for me. without you, I'm
nothing. Its not fair! And its
all my fault, oh God, its all my
fault.
ABI
Malcolm, your mistakes can
control you, or you can control
your mistakes. You have to forget
the things that you can do
nothing about. You have to get
over me.
MALCOLM
I really don't know how.
ABI
Yes you do, and you will. But I
think you should start with being
happy.
Abi is gone, Malcolm is alone, but this experience has
finally given him closure. He goes towards the couch
that he sat on before the smashing of the picture, he
looks at the newspaper that he threw, he looks at the
smashed photo across the room, and he smiles as he is a
different person to how he was before. Then there is a
sound bridge of the next scenes dialogue to make it look
like that this whole film was a counselling session this
whole time.
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(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: (3)
INT. OFFICE. DAY
COUNSELLOR
So what did she say? when you
saw her?
MALCOLM
She said that it wasn't my fault
and that I had to get better.
COUNSELLOR
This is very common in people who
have lost someone. This is
called an apparitional
experience. But I do feel that
you have made a break through.
MALCOLM
I hope so. (smiles)
COUNSELLOR
So i'll see you next week?
MALCOLM
Yeah, see you
The counsellor believes he has got better and believes
that he has made a break through
EXT. OPEN SPACE. EVENING
This will be the final scene of the film, this will make
the audience have closure on if Malcolm has gotten over
his sisters death.
MALCOLM
I realise now after all of this,
after all my pain. That life
isn’t for the good times, or even
the bad times. Its for those
times when you truly feel alive.
When you get to a place when you
know you are significant and you
know that you aren’t alone. You
could say that everything you go
through gives you something to
cherish. And when you get to a
good place and you feel like you
can take on the world, thats when
you remember that pain, that pain

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(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: (4)
that made you realise “I am
alive, Malcolm, you are alive”.
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