Jayden, a 12-year-old boy, questions Amaziah, an elderly man, about the inevitability of death. They have a philosophical discussion about mortality while going about their daily activities. Jayden stages a protest against the passage of time by sitting in the middle of the road. Amaziah joins him, and through their time together Jayden gains a new perspective - he learns to appreciate life's beauty rather than dwell on its brevity.
1) Charlie is a 17-year-old science student who is close to cracking a scientific theory but is stuck on the last details.
2) The document then introduces Luke, a 19-year-old who enjoys golf and music, and Mia, a 16-year-old who left school and now housesits while observing everyday people.
3) It describes each character's style, hobbies, and personalities through a series of scenes before returning to Charlie who realizes she may need help from others to complete her theory.
Charlie is a 17-year-old science student who is close to cracking a scientific theory but is stuck on the last details. Luke is a 19-year-old outgoing golfer and musician, while Mia is a 16-year-old who quit school and now housesits, dealing with OCD. Through flashbacks and scenes of their daily lives, the narrator introduces each character. In the climax, Charlie believes she has an epiphany by observing actions of Luke and Mia but then realizes it is not helpful. She remains stuck on her theory alone in frustration.
Charlie is a gifted student close to cracking a scientific theory but is stuck on the last details. She observes three classmates - Luke, a popular but struggling student who plays golf and records music; Mia, a solitary girl diagnosed with OCD who watches people's daily lives; and connects their actions to insights that could help her breakthrough. However, upon revisiting their behaviors, Charlie realizes they do not provide the answers she needs to solve her theory after all.
Ellie is a 17-year-old girl with cancer who is nearing the end of her life. Her overprotective father Dave does not approve of her relationship with her friend Sam. After an argument, Dave realizes Ellie's wish is to experience prom and love before she dies. He arranges a prom in their home with Sam as Ellie's partner so she can have this experience.
Adam wakes up hungover after a night of drinking. He gets ready for college while being yelled at by his mother to hurry up. On his walk to college, he is startled by his friend Sean who is excited about the night before. Adam notices Lucy in the college parking lot and watches her dreamily as she talks with her friend.
Adam wakes up hungover after a night of drinking. He gets ready for college while being yelled at by his mother to hurry up. On his walk to college, he is startled by his friend Sean who is excited about the night before. Adam notices Lucy in the college parking lot and watches her dreamily as she talks with her friend.
1) The document describes a student who is having difficulty with her studies and begins experiencing strange occurrences involving a clown.
2) She sees the clown in her home and finds a woodlouse that disappears. While attempting to study, ink on her notes forms the shape of a clown's face.
3) The clown and student then appear to swap identities, dressing in each other's clothes and playing chess using the woodlouse as a piece. The student then cleans makeup off the clown's face.
Makerspaces are areas within school libraries that allow students to be creative, innovative, and learn practical skills through hands-on experiences. The document discusses the history of makerspaces originating from the DIY movement in 2005. Makerspaces provide tools for activities like 3D printing, crafts, robotics, and more to engage students and support STEM and other subjects. The case study of New Milford High School shows how transforming their library into a vibrant makerspace helped students take ownership of their learning. Makerspaces allow for creativity and innovative ways to meet education standards.
1) Charlie is a 17-year-old science student who is close to cracking a scientific theory but is stuck on the last details.
2) The document then introduces Luke, a 19-year-old who enjoys golf and music, and Mia, a 16-year-old who left school and now housesits while observing everyday people.
3) It describes each character's style, hobbies, and personalities through a series of scenes before returning to Charlie who realizes she may need help from others to complete her theory.
Charlie is a 17-year-old science student who is close to cracking a scientific theory but is stuck on the last details. Luke is a 19-year-old outgoing golfer and musician, while Mia is a 16-year-old who quit school and now housesits, dealing with OCD. Through flashbacks and scenes of their daily lives, the narrator introduces each character. In the climax, Charlie believes she has an epiphany by observing actions of Luke and Mia but then realizes it is not helpful. She remains stuck on her theory alone in frustration.
Charlie is a gifted student close to cracking a scientific theory but is stuck on the last details. She observes three classmates - Luke, a popular but struggling student who plays golf and records music; Mia, a solitary girl diagnosed with OCD who watches people's daily lives; and connects their actions to insights that could help her breakthrough. However, upon revisiting their behaviors, Charlie realizes they do not provide the answers she needs to solve her theory after all.
Ellie is a 17-year-old girl with cancer who is nearing the end of her life. Her overprotective father Dave does not approve of her relationship with her friend Sam. After an argument, Dave realizes Ellie's wish is to experience prom and love before she dies. He arranges a prom in their home with Sam as Ellie's partner so she can have this experience.
Adam wakes up hungover after a night of drinking. He gets ready for college while being yelled at by his mother to hurry up. On his walk to college, he is startled by his friend Sean who is excited about the night before. Adam notices Lucy in the college parking lot and watches her dreamily as she talks with her friend.
Adam wakes up hungover after a night of drinking. He gets ready for college while being yelled at by his mother to hurry up. On his walk to college, he is startled by his friend Sean who is excited about the night before. Adam notices Lucy in the college parking lot and watches her dreamily as she talks with her friend.
1) The document describes a student who is having difficulty with her studies and begins experiencing strange occurrences involving a clown.
2) She sees the clown in her home and finds a woodlouse that disappears. While attempting to study, ink on her notes forms the shape of a clown's face.
3) The clown and student then appear to swap identities, dressing in each other's clothes and playing chess using the woodlouse as a piece. The student then cleans makeup off the clown's face.
Makerspaces are areas within school libraries that allow students to be creative, innovative, and learn practical skills through hands-on experiences. The document discusses the history of makerspaces originating from the DIY movement in 2005. Makerspaces provide tools for activities like 3D printing, crafts, robotics, and more to engage students and support STEM and other subjects. The case study of New Milford High School shows how transforming their library into a vibrant makerspace helped students take ownership of their learning. Makerspaces allow for creativity and innovative ways to meet education standards.
James visits his dying mother Teresa in the hospital. On her deathbed, Teresa tells James that he is special and meant for great things. She encourages him to change the world. Eight years later, James is in high school where he torments other students, including a boy named Anderson. James' friend Adam struggles with mental health issues and takes medication, which concerns James.
DARK HARBOURWritten byCatherine Wignall[email prot.docxwhittemorelucilla
DARK HARBOUR
Written by
Catherine Wignall
[email protected]
FADE IN:
EXT. BLACKNESS
We can HEAR breathing.
Slowly, ever so slowly, tiny pinpricks of light pierce
through the veil of darkness.
STARS.
We are looking at the vastness of space.
IMANI (O.S.)
Danny!
INT. RELIEF SHIP - OBSERVATION HATCH - NIGHT
DANNY SHEPHERD lies at the observation window, staring out at
the infinity of stars. He’s an excitable puppy, cute, 26, and
African American.
IMANI (O.S.)
Get your butt down here!
Reluctantly, Danny moves away from the observation hatch. As
he does, he reveals a new section of window previously
obscured. Outside is a big, blue PLANET. NEPTUNE.
EXT. RELIEF SHIP - NIGHT
The space capsule floats through the silent void, passing by
Neptune and on toward a distant moon.
SUPER: “Triton”
A BLAST OF FIST-PUMPING, HEART-JUMPING ROCK MUSIC assaults us
and -
INT. TRITON BASE - EXERCISE ROOM - NIGHT
AURORA (RORY) REYNOLDS (27) runs on a treadmill in the
brightly lit exercise room, the music blaring from her
speakers.
Her hair’s pulled back tightly, her movements taut and
expert. She keeps up a brutal pace.
EXT. ISCO HEADQUARTERS - COMPANY CAR PARK - DAY
The sky is beautiful as the sun sets, a blaze of diaphanous
fire.
SUPER: “Orlando, Florida”
SAM SHEPHERD (29) clambers out of his car. He takes a moment
to look up at the sky, a small smile gracing his face. You
can see the family resemblance to Danny, though slightly
older, more mature.
INT. ISCO HEADQUARTERS - CORRIDOR - DAY
A variety of LAB WORKERS in white coats and OFFICE WORKERS in
scruffy smart-casual pass Sam as he wends through dimly lit
corridors. He nods a greeting to each one of them, a buoyancy
in his step.
Sam passes a series of doors labelled with various MOON
NAMES. He reaches a door labelled TRITON. Across the hall
another door is labelled CALLISTO.
INT. ISCO HEADQUARTERS - TRITON MONITORING ROOM - DAY
MAYA PATEL (28) flicks through a magazine while chipping at
her nail varnish, a bank of monitors in front of her. She
wears a headset and mic. TINNY ROCK MUSIC filters through the
headset.
MAYA
You’re late.
She doesn’t look up as Sam enters.
SAM
Sorry. All good?
MAYA
Wish she’d choose a different song.
Barely glancing up, Maya flicks a few switches. The MUSIC
from her headphones now blasts through a pair of battered
speakers.
Sam slumps into a seat beside Maya and turns the music down.
He scans the monitors before them. Each screen monitors the
vitals of a different person: COMMANDER ANGELA HAWKINS,
KARINA BABIKOVA, AZIZ KADER, RORY REYNOLDS. Three screens are
dark.
2.
SAM
Any problems?
MAYA
Nada.
SAM
Well, it was lovely talking to you
as always, Maya, but you’re in the
good chair. Go home. Shift.
Sam yanks the headset off Maya’s head. She barely notices.
INT. TRITON BASE - EXERCISE ROOM - NIGHT
Rory’s still pounding away at the treadmill. Her MUSIC cuts
out, replaced by the CRACKLE of the comms..
An Indian elder encounters a bear in the forest that submits to him. He later walks through a northern town, ignoring a logging accident. A security guard watches him enter a rehab center where he encounters Jake Hudson, a former police officer now in rehab. The elder rips open Jake's gown and places his hand on Jake's chest, causing a tornado-like wind to form around them. The elder then transforms into a large white bird and flies away, leaving Jake determined to find out what happened.
Only in america by arty finkelstein and andrew garrettAndrew Garrett
When his ailing mother refuses an affair with the head of the local draft board, a young man is kicked to the front of the line for Vietnam. If he can’t get out of the Army, he and his mother may both be dead before he gets there.
**
Arty Finkelstein is working multiple jobs to make ends meet for himself and his sick mother in Liberty, NY, in the late 1960s.
When Arty's mother refuses to have an affair with the head of the local draft board, Arty is singled out and whisked off to basic training in South Carolina.
Nearly killed by a sadistic Lieutenant, battling small minds, Arty bounces into and out of the military justice system and an insane asylum—with trouble telling which is which.
His--and his mother's--only hope is to gum up the works long enough for justice to prevail.
Will Edgington arrives in Louisville, Ohio to meet with Dano Lawler on behalf of his company. When he goes to Dano's house, Jess Cutefield answers and is suspicious of Will. However, Will convinces her he knows Dano by revealing details about his and Dano's past. Dano then comes out and is initially aggressive, but recognizes Will when Will says he is the son of Paige Edgington, someone Dano seems to know from the past.
This document provides a summary of a screenplay about Sidney Collins, a down-on-his-luck theatre director. His current theatre, The Swan, is struggling financially and may close. During a vision at the site of the historic Iroquois Theatre fire, Sidney gets the idea to reopen the Iroquois Theatre. He pitches the idea to his friend Michael Jennings. Michael is skeptical but agrees to hear Sidney's plan. Their discussion is interrupted when Sidney discovers a strange book in Michael's collection - a Satanic Bible that seems to move on its own. Sidney takes the book, hoping to prove Michael has been sleepwalking.
This document provides a summary of a screenplay about Sidney Collins, a down-on-his-luck theatre director. His current theatre, The Swan, is struggling financially and may close. While attending a poor performance at The Swan, Sidney has a vision of the historic Iroquois Theatre that burned down, killing hundreds. He gets the idea to reopen the Iroquois Theatre. He pitches the idea to his friend Michael Jennings but Michael is skeptical they can raise the funds. Sidney discovers a strange book in Michael's apartment and takes it, hoping to prove the book mysteriously reappears. Later, Sidney performs a ritual with the book but strange events occur in his apartment.
This document provides a summary of the pilot episode of a new television show called "Tell Me a Story." It introduces several main characters that will be followed, including Mitch and Eddie, brothers involved in a criminal scheme, Jordan Riley who is a jogger living with his partner Beth, Jesse Mercer who is a driven professional in New York City, and Kayla Sherman who has recently moved to New York with her father Tim. The summary establishes the settings and introduces conflicts between the brothers Mitch and Eddie, and tensions between Kayla and her father.
This document provides a summary of a short film script titled "Lost". It follows an elderly mixed-race man as he goes about his day in his home. Scenes show him in different rooms of the house, interacting with his daughter Claire and an unseen woman named Laura. The man goes up to the attic to search for old photos at Laura's request. While in the attic, he finds a photo album and looks through old blurred photos. Later he goes to the supermarket, where he runs into an old friend. Throughout the script, music is heard which seems to trigger memories or moments of confusion for the man.
1. Josh lies awake at night unable to sleep for more than 4 hours, which has been exacerbated by recent family issues following an accident.
2. Josh's parents are constantly arguing, often about Josh, which stresses him. At breakfast, an argument erupts over Josh not eating.
3. Feeling disconnected from his family, Josh leaves to meet friends, but declines playing soccer with them, sitting alone as a dark figure looms behind him. He returns home to an empty house and packs a bag, leaving with the dark figure following.
1) Gradlad is bored with his corporate job and seeks excitement through illegal activities with his friends Jeff and Chris.
2) Jeff is a drug dealer who knows the nightclub scene well. Chris is a former soldier who enjoys guns.
3) They recruit the help of recently released criminal British Mike, who is picked up from prison by bumbling associate Ron. British Mike checks Ron's gun, seeking his next adventure.
1) David interviews 10-year old Sammie and her father Jason about Sammie's refusal to leave her bedroom for two years since her mother's death.
2) That night, Jason moves Sammie to his bedroom while she sleeps. Sammie wakes up and cuts Jason's arm with a threat.
3) Sammie disappears and Jason searches the house, finding her interview with David where she claims Jason murdered her mother in her bedroom and she will kill him if she leaves the room. Jason is then stabbed in the living room.
This document is a screenplay that tells the story of a journalist named David who interviews a young girl named Sammie. Sammie claims that her father Jason murdered her mother two years ago in their flat. That night, Jason tries to move Sammie from her room by secretly taking her to his bedroom. Strange events occur and Sammie threatens Jason, implying she witnessed him kill her mother. The screenplay ends with David interviewing Sammie, who openly says she will kill Jason if she ever leaves the room because he murdered her mother.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Shooting)kcarmody
- Joel takes a train to Montauk to get away from his life in the city. On the beach, he writes in his journal about running into his ex Naomi and considering getting back together with her.
- He notices another visitor to the beach, Clementine, and is too shy to make eye contact with her. The next day at a local diner, Clementine recognizes Joel from the beach and tries to start a conversation with him.
- On the train ride back, Clementine sits with Joel and talks animatedly with him. She thinks she may recognize him from the bookstore where she works, though he doesn't remember her due to her frequent changes in hair color.
James visits his dying mother Teresa in the hospital. On her deathbed, Teresa tells James that he is special and meant for great things. She encourages him to change the world. Eight years later, James is in high school where he torments other students, including a boy named Anderson. James' friend Adam struggles with mental health issues and takes medication, which concerns James.
DARK HARBOURWritten byCatherine Wignall[email prot.docxwhittemorelucilla
DARK HARBOUR
Written by
Catherine Wignall
[email protected]
FADE IN:
EXT. BLACKNESS
We can HEAR breathing.
Slowly, ever so slowly, tiny pinpricks of light pierce
through the veil of darkness.
STARS.
We are looking at the vastness of space.
IMANI (O.S.)
Danny!
INT. RELIEF SHIP - OBSERVATION HATCH - NIGHT
DANNY SHEPHERD lies at the observation window, staring out at
the infinity of stars. He’s an excitable puppy, cute, 26, and
African American.
IMANI (O.S.)
Get your butt down here!
Reluctantly, Danny moves away from the observation hatch. As
he does, he reveals a new section of window previously
obscured. Outside is a big, blue PLANET. NEPTUNE.
EXT. RELIEF SHIP - NIGHT
The space capsule floats through the silent void, passing by
Neptune and on toward a distant moon.
SUPER: “Triton”
A BLAST OF FIST-PUMPING, HEART-JUMPING ROCK MUSIC assaults us
and -
INT. TRITON BASE - EXERCISE ROOM - NIGHT
AURORA (RORY) REYNOLDS (27) runs on a treadmill in the
brightly lit exercise room, the music blaring from her
speakers.
Her hair’s pulled back tightly, her movements taut and
expert. She keeps up a brutal pace.
EXT. ISCO HEADQUARTERS - COMPANY CAR PARK - DAY
The sky is beautiful as the sun sets, a blaze of diaphanous
fire.
SUPER: “Orlando, Florida”
SAM SHEPHERD (29) clambers out of his car. He takes a moment
to look up at the sky, a small smile gracing his face. You
can see the family resemblance to Danny, though slightly
older, more mature.
INT. ISCO HEADQUARTERS - CORRIDOR - DAY
A variety of LAB WORKERS in white coats and OFFICE WORKERS in
scruffy smart-casual pass Sam as he wends through dimly lit
corridors. He nods a greeting to each one of them, a buoyancy
in his step.
Sam passes a series of doors labelled with various MOON
NAMES. He reaches a door labelled TRITON. Across the hall
another door is labelled CALLISTO.
INT. ISCO HEADQUARTERS - TRITON MONITORING ROOM - DAY
MAYA PATEL (28) flicks through a magazine while chipping at
her nail varnish, a bank of monitors in front of her. She
wears a headset and mic. TINNY ROCK MUSIC filters through the
headset.
MAYA
You’re late.
She doesn’t look up as Sam enters.
SAM
Sorry. All good?
MAYA
Wish she’d choose a different song.
Barely glancing up, Maya flicks a few switches. The MUSIC
from her headphones now blasts through a pair of battered
speakers.
Sam slumps into a seat beside Maya and turns the music down.
He scans the monitors before them. Each screen monitors the
vitals of a different person: COMMANDER ANGELA HAWKINS,
KARINA BABIKOVA, AZIZ KADER, RORY REYNOLDS. Three screens are
dark.
2.
SAM
Any problems?
MAYA
Nada.
SAM
Well, it was lovely talking to you
as always, Maya, but you’re in the
good chair. Go home. Shift.
Sam yanks the headset off Maya’s head. She barely notices.
INT. TRITON BASE - EXERCISE ROOM - NIGHT
Rory’s still pounding away at the treadmill. Her MUSIC cuts
out, replaced by the CRACKLE of the comms..
An Indian elder encounters a bear in the forest that submits to him. He later walks through a northern town, ignoring a logging accident. A security guard watches him enter a rehab center where he encounters Jake Hudson, a former police officer now in rehab. The elder rips open Jake's gown and places his hand on Jake's chest, causing a tornado-like wind to form around them. The elder then transforms into a large white bird and flies away, leaving Jake determined to find out what happened.
Only in america by arty finkelstein and andrew garrettAndrew Garrett
When his ailing mother refuses an affair with the head of the local draft board, a young man is kicked to the front of the line for Vietnam. If he can’t get out of the Army, he and his mother may both be dead before he gets there.
**
Arty Finkelstein is working multiple jobs to make ends meet for himself and his sick mother in Liberty, NY, in the late 1960s.
When Arty's mother refuses to have an affair with the head of the local draft board, Arty is singled out and whisked off to basic training in South Carolina.
Nearly killed by a sadistic Lieutenant, battling small minds, Arty bounces into and out of the military justice system and an insane asylum—with trouble telling which is which.
His--and his mother's--only hope is to gum up the works long enough for justice to prevail.
Will Edgington arrives in Louisville, Ohio to meet with Dano Lawler on behalf of his company. When he goes to Dano's house, Jess Cutefield answers and is suspicious of Will. However, Will convinces her he knows Dano by revealing details about his and Dano's past. Dano then comes out and is initially aggressive, but recognizes Will when Will says he is the son of Paige Edgington, someone Dano seems to know from the past.
This document provides a summary of a screenplay about Sidney Collins, a down-on-his-luck theatre director. His current theatre, The Swan, is struggling financially and may close. During a vision at the site of the historic Iroquois Theatre fire, Sidney gets the idea to reopen the Iroquois Theatre. He pitches the idea to his friend Michael Jennings. Michael is skeptical but agrees to hear Sidney's plan. Their discussion is interrupted when Sidney discovers a strange book in Michael's collection - a Satanic Bible that seems to move on its own. Sidney takes the book, hoping to prove Michael has been sleepwalking.
This document provides a summary of a screenplay about Sidney Collins, a down-on-his-luck theatre director. His current theatre, The Swan, is struggling financially and may close. While attending a poor performance at The Swan, Sidney has a vision of the historic Iroquois Theatre that burned down, killing hundreds. He gets the idea to reopen the Iroquois Theatre. He pitches the idea to his friend Michael Jennings but Michael is skeptical they can raise the funds. Sidney discovers a strange book in Michael's apartment and takes it, hoping to prove the book mysteriously reappears. Later, Sidney performs a ritual with the book but strange events occur in his apartment.
This document provides a summary of the pilot episode of a new television show called "Tell Me a Story." It introduces several main characters that will be followed, including Mitch and Eddie, brothers involved in a criminal scheme, Jordan Riley who is a jogger living with his partner Beth, Jesse Mercer who is a driven professional in New York City, and Kayla Sherman who has recently moved to New York with her father Tim. The summary establishes the settings and introduces conflicts between the brothers Mitch and Eddie, and tensions between Kayla and her father.
This document provides a summary of a short film script titled "Lost". It follows an elderly mixed-race man as he goes about his day in his home. Scenes show him in different rooms of the house, interacting with his daughter Claire and an unseen woman named Laura. The man goes up to the attic to search for old photos at Laura's request. While in the attic, he finds a photo album and looks through old blurred photos. Later he goes to the supermarket, where he runs into an old friend. Throughout the script, music is heard which seems to trigger memories or moments of confusion for the man.
1. Josh lies awake at night unable to sleep for more than 4 hours, which has been exacerbated by recent family issues following an accident.
2. Josh's parents are constantly arguing, often about Josh, which stresses him. At breakfast, an argument erupts over Josh not eating.
3. Feeling disconnected from his family, Josh leaves to meet friends, but declines playing soccer with them, sitting alone as a dark figure looms behind him. He returns home to an empty house and packs a bag, leaving with the dark figure following.
1) Gradlad is bored with his corporate job and seeks excitement through illegal activities with his friends Jeff and Chris.
2) Jeff is a drug dealer who knows the nightclub scene well. Chris is a former soldier who enjoys guns.
3) They recruit the help of recently released criminal British Mike, who is picked up from prison by bumbling associate Ron. British Mike checks Ron's gun, seeking his next adventure.
1) David interviews 10-year old Sammie and her father Jason about Sammie's refusal to leave her bedroom for two years since her mother's death.
2) That night, Jason moves Sammie to his bedroom while she sleeps. Sammie wakes up and cuts Jason's arm with a threat.
3) Sammie disappears and Jason searches the house, finding her interview with David where she claims Jason murdered her mother in her bedroom and she will kill him if she leaves the room. Jason is then stabbed in the living room.
This document is a screenplay that tells the story of a journalist named David who interviews a young girl named Sammie. Sammie claims that her father Jason murdered her mother two years ago in their flat. That night, Jason tries to move Sammie from her room by secretly taking her to his bedroom. Strange events occur and Sammie threatens Jason, implying she witnessed him kill her mother. The screenplay ends with David interviewing Sammie, who openly says she will kill Jason if she ever leaves the room because he murdered her mother.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Shooting)kcarmody
- Joel takes a train to Montauk to get away from his life in the city. On the beach, he writes in his journal about running into his ex Naomi and considering getting back together with her.
- He notices another visitor to the beach, Clementine, and is too shy to make eye contact with her. The next day at a local diner, Clementine recognizes Joel from the beach and tries to start a conversation with him.
- On the train ride back, Clementine sits with Joel and talks animatedly with him. She thinks she may recognize him from the bookstore where she works, though he doesn't remember her due to her frequent changes in hair color.
2. BLACK SCREEN
JAYDEN (V.O.)
Shh.
Nothing.
JAYDEN (V.O.)
Listen.
(A beat.)
The silence.
EXT. GARDEN - DAY
A small hand holds a bunch of flowers.
INT. LIVING ROOM - DAY
A cat stretches on the floor.
EXT. BEACH - DAY
A wave rolls on the sand.
INT. ROOM - DAY
A woman in a large dress turns round and round.
EXT. RIVER - DAY
Several paper boats float on the water.
EXT. GARDEN - DAY
A cloud flies in the sky.
JAYDEN (12), a white kid, looks at the sky.
He turns towards the camera and smiles.
INT. BEDROOM - DAY
Jayden holds a wooden panel that reads “ONCE UPON A”.
He carves in “TIME”.
INT. KITCHEN - DAY
It’s a small and cute kitchen - colored, clean.
3. Jayden sits on the tiny kitchen table. Facing him, on a
chair, is AMAZIAH (70), a black old man.
He looks down, as Jayden runs his fingers on Amaziah’s head,
checking for possible injuries.
AMAZIAH
You gotta admit, a horse that eats
a clown fish, that’d distract
anyone.
Jayden shakes his head. He sits back and crosses his arms.
JAYDEN
Next time you endanger yourself, we
will have to find a punishment for
you.
Amaziah doesn’t answer.
Jayden cocks his head to one side and frowns.
JAYDEN (CONT’D)
Do you understand?
AMAZIAH
The clown fish jumped out of the
horse’s mouth once. But it couldn’t
escape fast enough.
Amaziah’s eyes narrow. He moves his chair back.
Jayden extends his hands towards Amaziah but they’re too far
from each other. Amaziah doesn’t reach out.
JAYDEN
(louder)
Do you understand?
Jayden hears MURMURS and shivers.
The kitchen seems normal, until shadows appear on the wall -
human silhouettes.
Jayden shakes his head quickly and runs away.
As soon as he disappears, the shadows and the murmurs fade
away.
Amaziah looks up.
AMAZIAH
Jayden?
INT. LIVING ROOM - DAY
Jayden is on his knees.
2.
4. He takes a picture of the wall.
AMAZIAH (O.S.)
Walls can’t breathe.
Jayden turns around. Amaziah stands at the threshold.
JAYDEN
And yet, they are not immortal.
Amaziah shrugs his shoulders.
JAYDEN (CONT’D)
Tsunami, fire, earthquake.
Amaziah nods. Point taken.
Jayden nods. He knows he’s right.
Jayden points towards Amaziah.
JAYDEN (CONT’D)
You.
He takes a picture of Amaziah.
JAYDEN (CONT’D)
(counting on his fingers)
Sickness, accident-
(a beat; then, angry:)
Like falling on the street because
of a stupid clown fish.
Amaziah sighs.
JAYDEN (CONT’D)
-heart attack, murder...
AMAZIAH
Got it.
Jayden gets closer to Amaziah and he aims the camera at his
face.
In the end, though, he moves the camera and takes instead a
picture of the wrinkles on Amaziah’s neck.
Jayden walks out.
EXT. AVENUE - DAY
Amaziah strides towards an open air market. He holds a
basket.
Jayden follows him. He’s a few steps behind.
3.
5. JAYDEN
So, basically, what you’re saying
is that there’s no way out of it?
AMAZIAH
Yup.
JAYDEN
We’re all cursed. Damned.
Jayden spots, on the sidewalk, a YOUNG WOMAN helping her
GRANDMOTHER to walk.
He turns back towards Amaziah.
JAYDEN (CONT’D)
Jesus did it.
AMAZIAH
What?
JAYDEN
He came back.
AMAZIAH
He got a special pass from his
daddy.
(snorts)
Spoiled kid.
JAYDEN
A Jewish man was buried alive five
days ago. Ran out of oxygen.
Amaziah doesn’t answer.
Jayden kicks a rock.
JAYDEN (CONT’D)
What if we become astronauts and
live on Mars? Or in a spaceship?
What if we put our bodies in
massive freezers?
AMAZIAH
Wouldn’t change nothing. There’d
still be a time.
Jayden stops. He watches Amaziah getting further and further
away.
JAYDEN
Will it look like this?
EXT. STREET - DAY
Jayden wears pants, a dark jacket and a backpack.
4.
6. He holds a paper board glued to a wooden stick, face down.
He walks on the street.
It looks like he’s running away.
But instead he sits down in the middle of the street. He puts
the board on the floor, still face down.
A car approaches.
Will it hit him?
No, the driver hits the brakes and the car stops brutally.
Jayden hears the driver SHOUTING angrily at him.
Jayden lifts the board up.
He’s just a boy sitting on a road with a school backpack and
a board that reads:
“IF YOU DON’T STOP, YOU’LL GO TO JAIL
THAT’S WHAT A POLICEMAN TOLD ME AND POLICEMEN NEVER LIE”
EXT. AMAZIAH’S HOUSE - DAY
A 30 year-old man knocks on Amaziah’s front door.
Amaziah opens.
AMAZIAH
Yes?
EXT. ROAD - DAY
Amaziah stares at Jayden.
AMAZIAH
What are you doin’?
JAYDEN
I’m on strike.
AMAZIAH
Against what?
JAYDEN
Time.
Amaziah looks around him.
A DRIVER tilts his head up.
The sun is low in the sky.
5.
7. A WOMAN closes her shop.
Amaziah sits down a few steps away from Jayden.
AMAZIAH
Me too.
EXT. ROAD - NIGHT
The crowd has left.
They’re alone.
Amaziah stares towards the end of the road.
Jayden sleeps in a foetal position.
EXT. ROAD - EARLY MORNING
Jayden slowly sits up.
AMAZIAH
It’s time.
Jayden turns his back on Amaziah.
He puts his knees against his chest.
He presses his fingers against his temples.
JAYDEN
The world’s a merry-go-round.
His hands, his temples, his eyes.
INT. SWIMMING POOL - DAY
A 20 year-old young woman sobs.
JAYDEN (V.O.)
Can’t you hear them drowning in the
foam of sorrow?
EXT. STREET - NIGHT
A 30 year-old man at a crossroads. He reads the signs, looks
right, looks left. Where’s the good path?
JAYDEN (V.O.)
They built mazes in the shape of
their loss-
6.
8. INT. ELEVATOR - DAY
A 40 year-old man screams, shouts, hits the walls with his
fists.
JAYDEN (V.O.)
- and cubicles to imprison madness.
EXT. CAFE - DAY
A man and a woman - 50 years old.
They sit at different tables.
The man stares hopelessly at the woman. She doesn’t look at
him.
JAYDEN (V.O.)
They long for ideals that laugh at
their faces.
INT. LIVING ROOM - DAY
The images of the TV fill the screen.
They are extracts from tv shows about gags, about people
falling and others mocking them, etc.
JAYDEN (V.O.)
The laughter.
The extracts are shorter and shorter.
JAYDEN (V.O.)
The cruelty.
BLACK SCREEN
JAYDEN (V.O.)
(murmur)
And what about death?
EXT. CEMENTERY - DAY
A woman kneels down on a tomb and prays.
INT. BEDROOM - DAY
A man closes the eyes of his wife.
JAYDEN (V.O.)
NO!
7.
9. EXT. ROAD - NIGHT
Jayden is still shouting.
Then, he becomes silent. Neither him nor Amaziah move.
Two silhouettes on a road in the early morning.
Jayden stares at the ground. Amaziah stares at Jayden.
Amaziah steps forward and sits down behind Jayden.
He puts his hands on Jayden’s hands.
AMAZIAH
I wish you could see what I see.
INT. ROOM - DAY
Close-up on computer. The screen fills the frame.
Extracts of Youtube videos of gay weddings.
AMAZIAH
The freedom.
EXT. BEACH - DAY
Jayden eats an ice cream.
AMAZIAH
The sweetness.
The ice cream falls and Jayden laughs out loud.
It’s the first time we see him as a joyful kid, without
preoccupations, without questions.
AMAZIAH (CONT’D)
The innocence.
FADE TO WHITE.
The cries of a newborn.
AMAZIAH (CONT’D)
The beginnings.
EXT. CAFE - DAY
The 50 year-old man and woman sit at the same table.
They just look into each other’s eyes.
8.
10. INT. PSYCHATRIST’S CABINET - DAY
The 40 year-old man that was screaming in the elevator sits
on a sofa, facing the psychiatrist.
He sighs and runs his hands through his hair.
AMAZIAH (V.O.)
The second chances.
EXT. BEACH - DAY
The ocean. Infinite. Lit by the sun.
AMAZIAH
The beauty of it all.
EXT. ROAD - DAY
Amaziah takes his hands off Jayden’s.
Jayden smiles and frowns at the same time, processing.
He feels better.
Amaziah wraps his arms around Jayden and puts his head on his
shoulder.
Two faces next to each other: an old black man and a young
white kid. They both look at the end of the road - and
everything that’s in between.
And they both smile.
INT. ROOM - DAY
A wall.
Jayden and Amaziah sit next to each other on the floor, back
against the wall.
In the middle of the wall, there’s a vertical line with a
list. It reads:
GIVE
SMELL
SEE
HEAR
TOUCH
TASTE
9.
11. TRY
DISCOVER
EXPLORE
TRAVEL
LOVE
RECEIVE
OFFER
EAT
DRINK
SWIM
WALK
RUN
FLY
SHARE
CREATE
Around the list, they drew a bird, a starfish, a family.
They glued leaves of trees.
And they taped large, bright photographs.
Of a rainbow.
Of a Saint-Valentine’s box of chocolate.
Of a white wall.
Of the road in the early morning.
Of Amaziah’s wrinkles.
In an aquarium, next to them, there’s a paper boat.
Jayden and Amaziah just sit there.
In spite of everything scary and harmful, they choose life.
They choose to enjoy the present. Together.
10.