This scene summary outlines a toxic relationship between a mother and son in which the son slaps his mother. The young boy enters the kitchen where his mother has just opened the oven and insults her cooking, prompting her to throw a spatula at him in response. In anger, the son gets up and slaps his mother, causing her to fall to the ground while he takes money from her wallet and returns to rolling a cigarette, leaving the central question of why he felt the need to slap her.

1. Extended Step-Outline Sheet
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Slugline
Interior, night, house, kitchen.
Endpoint of last scene
Mother opening oven
Characters in scene Son, Mom
Point of scene
To show a toxic relationship between mother and son.
Conflict He slaps her
Ending / central
question
Why does he slap her?
Scene description (without dialogue) focusing on key micro aspects (mise-en-scène,
camera, sound, editing, etc)
The young boy walks down the stairs.
He enters the room. Then the young boy gets out a chair and sits. He asks for
money, he gets out his tobacco and paper. His mom, confused, states she has just
cooked for them. He insults her cooking. she throws a spatula at him. He is angry,
gets up and slaps her. She falls to the ground, while the boy goes to her wallet and
takes a 20. He goes back to his chair and sits down and keeps rolling his cigarette.