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                     ROCKET


                       by

                   Becky Brown




BMB Media © 2011                 Rebecca Brown
Rocket                           0025
BMB Media                        The Beacon School
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                           "ROCKET"

    FADE IN:

    SERIES OF SHOTS:

    A) A small pair of hands is vacuuming a bedroom.

    B) The same small hand is polishing the banister.

    C) A pair of small hands are tidying her bedroom.

    D) A small girl is dusting bookshelves standing on the
       desk.

    E) A small pair of hands is vacuuming along the landing
       she then switches it off and picks it up she begins to
       walk downstairs.

    INT. STAIRS/ DAY

    KATE, 5, dressed in leggings and a t’shirt, is walking
    slowly downstairs carrying the vacuum cleaner which is al-
    most her size. She reaches the bottom of the staircase,
    and looks over the banister into the living room.

    INT. LIVING ROOM DOORWAY/ DAY

    FI, early 40’s, dressed in jogging bottoms, a jumper and a
    silk scarf, is sitting on a sofa watching TV.

    POV on the screen Tom Hanks is sitting in his garden look-
    ing up into the sky at the moon and moving his thumb in
    front of it and to the side. She takes an inhaler from her
    pocket and takes a couple of puffs. A wheelchair is rest-
    ing against the arm of the sofa.

    INT. HALL AND STAIRCASE/ DAY

    GREG, late 40’s, dressed in working jeans and a polo
    shirt, walks into the hall from the kitchen. Kate looks at
    him.

                         Greg
               Have you done Jesse’s room?

                         Kate
               But she’s not here anymore.

                         Greg
               Don’t argue.
!

    Kate irritated sulks back up the stairs; Greg walks back
    into the kitchen.

    INT. LANDING/ DAY

    Kate sulks along the landing towards a bedroom door, the
    vacuum cleaner dragging behind her. She pushes the door
    almost with her head.

    INT. JESSE’S BEDROOM/ DAY

    Kate plugs the vacuum cleaner into a socket she begins to
    vacuum the room, edging towards the window. She takes off
    the floor adaptor for the vacuum and begins vacuuming the
    window sill. She sees a butterfly through the glass sitting
    on the window ledge. Shocked, she quickly runs to the vacuum
    and switches it off. She grabs a chair and puts it up
    against the wall under the window. Kneeling on it she looks
    out at the butterfly, fluttering its fragile wings but rest-
    ing on the outside window ledge. The butterfly’s wings flut-
    ter and Kate’s face appears shocked as she tries to push it
    off the ledge by tapping the window. It flutters of the
    ledge and Kate looks stunned as it flies off the ledge.

    INT. LANDING/ DAY

    Kate runs across the landing.

    INT. STAIRS/ DAY

    Kate runs down the stairs.

    EXT. OUTDOOR PASSAGE/ DAY

    Kate walks towards a shed in the garden.

    INT. SHED/ DAY

    Kate looks at the recycling holding area, which is full of
    cardboard boxes, plastic bottles and glass jars all in
    separate compartments, which are labelled appropriately.
    She walks towards it.

    EXT. OUTDOOR PASSAGE/ DAY

    Greg walks out of the kitchen in to the outdoor passage
    and goes to the airing cupboard. He begins to fold sheets.
    Kate walks out of the shed carrying armfuls of packaging
    materials in front of her like Obelix with his stone. She
    walks to the garage and then runs back to the Shed. She
    then comes back out of the shed with another armful of ma-
    terial. She repeats this routine three more times. Whilst
!

    she is going backwards and forwards Greg becomes dis-
    tracted by Kate. On the sixth time Greg turns towards her.


                       GREG
             What are you doing?

                       KATE
             I’m going to fly Mummy to the moon.

                       GREG
             OK, be careful.

    Greg finishes getting the sheets and walks back in to the
    house. Kate continues her journeys back and fourth from
    the shed.

    SERIES OF SHOTS:

        A) Tape is ripped from a band.

        B) Kate moves some boxes together.

        C) Bottle caps are unscrewed from the empty bottles
           and thrown into a pile.

        D) Foil is ripped.

        E) Kate wipes her forehead and then looks back at
           then continues to build.

    INT. LIVING ROOM/ LATE AFTERNOON

    Kate walks in to the living room, and Greg and Fi are sit-
    ting on the sofa watching TV. Both of them turn to look at
    Kate and Fi turns the TV to silent with the remote.

                       KATE
             It’s ready for take off.

    Greg turns to Fi who is smiling at Kate. He looks con-
    cerned and then stands up and begins to walk towards Kate.

                       GREG
             I think its time for bed sweetheart. Why don’t
             you go and get changed.

                       KATE
             But I need to take mummy, and I’m not tired.

                       GREG
             I know, but it’s probably for the best.
!

                       KATE
             No Daddy, I need to take mummy to the moon, and
             we need to go now.

                       GREG
             Kate, stop this, you’re not actually going to be
             able to fly Mummy to the moon, it’s ...

    Fi holds Greg hand and squeezes lightly. Greg stops talk-
    ing and Kate who looked slightly puzzled goes back to
    smiling at Fi.

                       KATE
             Don’t worry Daddy. Come on.

    Kate runs out the living room. Greg reluctantly lifts Fi
    into the wheelchair and begins to push her out of the liv-
    ing room.

    EXT. IN FRONT OF THE GARAGE/ LATE AFTERNOON

    Greg finishes pushing Fi to the front of the garage. Kate
    is standing by the garage door and begins to turn the han-
    dle to open the door. Greg moves in to help and lift the
    door fully open to reveal the Rocket, a large structure
    which is juvenile in its appearance, however the way it
    has been made makes it appear above her years. Kate excit-
    edly runs behind her mum and begins to push her in to the
    Garage. Greg begins to pull down the garage door.

                       KATE
             Don’t worry Daddy, I’ll look after her.

    Greg steps out back in front of the garage door and Kate
    finishes closing the door.

    INT. GARAGE/ LATE AFTERNOON

    Kate again pushes Fi into the Rocket. She closes up a
    cardboard hatch. Fi looks around at the rocket’s interior
    with a number of bottle tops, bottles and boxes all acting
    as various knobs and buttons, levers and handles to ‘work’
    the rocket. Kate is tirelessly moving about the rocket
    trying to begin the ‘launch’ she picks up a makeshift
    head-set and puts it on. Anxiously she walks towards Fi,
    who is in shock.

                       KATE
             (in to the head set)

             Are we ready?
!

             (to Fi)

             We need to strap you in Mummy. We’re nearly
             ready to go.


    Kate gets a ribbon which is laying on the floor and places
    it around the wheelchair and over Fi. A cardboard buckle
    which is looped on the ribbon hangs at the side. Kate
    makes a clicking sound as she places it on the chair. She
    smiles and returns back to the levers and buttons. She
    then gets a computer swivel chair which also has a ribbon
    strap around it. She puts it over her. Fi welling up
    smiles at her daughter, as she sits and works at the con-
    trol panel.

                       KATE
             Houston we’re clear for take off.

    The soundscape from Apollo 13, when the rocket is taking
    off, begins to play. The rocket which has been lit like an
    ordinary room becomes darker, with spotlighting from the
    floor. These then begin to flash as the sound grows in to
    the launch and take off. When it does take off, the light-
    ing mixes between white and red. To end a spotlight is
    shined brightly through the port hole and then it fades
    out to black.

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Rocket film final draft

  • 1. ! ROCKET by Becky Brown BMB Media © 2011 Rebecca Brown Rocket 0025 BMB Media The Beacon School
  • 2. ! "ROCKET" FADE IN: SERIES OF SHOTS: A) A small pair of hands is vacuuming a bedroom. B) The same small hand is polishing the banister. C) A pair of small hands are tidying her bedroom. D) A small girl is dusting bookshelves standing on the desk. E) A small pair of hands is vacuuming along the landing she then switches it off and picks it up she begins to walk downstairs. INT. STAIRS/ DAY KATE, 5, dressed in leggings and a t’shirt, is walking slowly downstairs carrying the vacuum cleaner which is al- most her size. She reaches the bottom of the staircase, and looks over the banister into the living room. INT. LIVING ROOM DOORWAY/ DAY FI, early 40’s, dressed in jogging bottoms, a jumper and a silk scarf, is sitting on a sofa watching TV. POV on the screen Tom Hanks is sitting in his garden look- ing up into the sky at the moon and moving his thumb in front of it and to the side. She takes an inhaler from her pocket and takes a couple of puffs. A wheelchair is rest- ing against the arm of the sofa. INT. HALL AND STAIRCASE/ DAY GREG, late 40’s, dressed in working jeans and a polo shirt, walks into the hall from the kitchen. Kate looks at him. Greg Have you done Jesse’s room? Kate But she’s not here anymore. Greg Don’t argue.
  • 3. ! Kate irritated sulks back up the stairs; Greg walks back into the kitchen. INT. LANDING/ DAY Kate sulks along the landing towards a bedroom door, the vacuum cleaner dragging behind her. She pushes the door almost with her head. INT. JESSE’S BEDROOM/ DAY Kate plugs the vacuum cleaner into a socket she begins to vacuum the room, edging towards the window. She takes off the floor adaptor for the vacuum and begins vacuuming the window sill. She sees a butterfly through the glass sitting on the window ledge. Shocked, she quickly runs to the vacuum and switches it off. She grabs a chair and puts it up against the wall under the window. Kneeling on it she looks out at the butterfly, fluttering its fragile wings but rest- ing on the outside window ledge. The butterfly’s wings flut- ter and Kate’s face appears shocked as she tries to push it off the ledge by tapping the window. It flutters of the ledge and Kate looks stunned as it flies off the ledge. INT. LANDING/ DAY Kate runs across the landing. INT. STAIRS/ DAY Kate runs down the stairs. EXT. OUTDOOR PASSAGE/ DAY Kate walks towards a shed in the garden. INT. SHED/ DAY Kate looks at the recycling holding area, which is full of cardboard boxes, plastic bottles and glass jars all in separate compartments, which are labelled appropriately. She walks towards it. EXT. OUTDOOR PASSAGE/ DAY Greg walks out of the kitchen in to the outdoor passage and goes to the airing cupboard. He begins to fold sheets. Kate walks out of the shed carrying armfuls of packaging materials in front of her like Obelix with his stone. She walks to the garage and then runs back to the Shed. She then comes back out of the shed with another armful of ma- terial. She repeats this routine three more times. Whilst
  • 4. ! she is going backwards and forwards Greg becomes dis- tracted by Kate. On the sixth time Greg turns towards her. GREG What are you doing? KATE I’m going to fly Mummy to the moon. GREG OK, be careful. Greg finishes getting the sheets and walks back in to the house. Kate continues her journeys back and fourth from the shed. SERIES OF SHOTS: A) Tape is ripped from a band. B) Kate moves some boxes together. C) Bottle caps are unscrewed from the empty bottles and thrown into a pile. D) Foil is ripped. E) Kate wipes her forehead and then looks back at then continues to build. INT. LIVING ROOM/ LATE AFTERNOON Kate walks in to the living room, and Greg and Fi are sit- ting on the sofa watching TV. Both of them turn to look at Kate and Fi turns the TV to silent with the remote. KATE It’s ready for take off. Greg turns to Fi who is smiling at Kate. He looks con- cerned and then stands up and begins to walk towards Kate. GREG I think its time for bed sweetheart. Why don’t you go and get changed. KATE But I need to take mummy, and I’m not tired. GREG I know, but it’s probably for the best.
  • 5. ! KATE No Daddy, I need to take mummy to the moon, and we need to go now. GREG Kate, stop this, you’re not actually going to be able to fly Mummy to the moon, it’s ... Fi holds Greg hand and squeezes lightly. Greg stops talk- ing and Kate who looked slightly puzzled goes back to smiling at Fi. KATE Don’t worry Daddy. Come on. Kate runs out the living room. Greg reluctantly lifts Fi into the wheelchair and begins to push her out of the liv- ing room. EXT. IN FRONT OF THE GARAGE/ LATE AFTERNOON Greg finishes pushing Fi to the front of the garage. Kate is standing by the garage door and begins to turn the han- dle to open the door. Greg moves in to help and lift the door fully open to reveal the Rocket, a large structure which is juvenile in its appearance, however the way it has been made makes it appear above her years. Kate excit- edly runs behind her mum and begins to push her in to the Garage. Greg begins to pull down the garage door. KATE Don’t worry Daddy, I’ll look after her. Greg steps out back in front of the garage door and Kate finishes closing the door. INT. GARAGE/ LATE AFTERNOON Kate again pushes Fi into the Rocket. She closes up a cardboard hatch. Fi looks around at the rocket’s interior with a number of bottle tops, bottles and boxes all acting as various knobs and buttons, levers and handles to ‘work’ the rocket. Kate is tirelessly moving about the rocket trying to begin the ‘launch’ she picks up a makeshift head-set and puts it on. Anxiously she walks towards Fi, who is in shock. KATE (in to the head set) Are we ready?
  • 6. ! (to Fi) We need to strap you in Mummy. We’re nearly ready to go. Kate gets a ribbon which is laying on the floor and places it around the wheelchair and over Fi. A cardboard buckle which is looped on the ribbon hangs at the side. Kate makes a clicking sound as she places it on the chair. She smiles and returns back to the levers and buttons. She then gets a computer swivel chair which also has a ribbon strap around it. She puts it over her. Fi welling up smiles at her daughter, as she sits and works at the con- trol panel. KATE Houston we’re clear for take off. The soundscape from Apollo 13, when the rocket is taking off, begins to play. The rocket which has been lit like an ordinary room becomes darker, with spotlighting from the floor. These then begin to flash as the sound grows in to the launch and take off. When it does take off, the light- ing mixes between white and red. To end a spotlight is shined brightly through the port hole and then it fades out to black.