Creative Digital Media Production

1. Dimple
The woman
INT. DAY – LIVING ROOM
Raining
ELLA staring out of the window holding a cup of coffee in her hand.
She tucks her hair behind her ear which reveals the bruise on her
face.
INT. DAY - BEDROOM
HANNAH
(screaming)
I told you not
to step out of
this house
without asking
me.
ELLA
I just wanted to
get some
groceries
(looking down on
the floor).
HANNAH
(grips her face
and slaps her)
I will decide
your wants and
needs.
Doorbell rings
INT. DAY – LIVING ROOM
ELLA jumps off the couch and runs towards the door
ELLA opens the door
JADEN

2. Ella! How have
you been. I
haven’t seen you
since the
college is over.
ELLA
I’ve been busy.
JADEN
I really
missed...
ELLA
(Interrupts
Jaden)
What are you
doing here
Jaden?
JADEN
I’m the new
cleaner. Hannah
hired me.
ELLA
Let me show you
the house.
He follows her around as she shows him around the house.
ELLA
You can start
working now if
you want.
ELLA leaves before JADEN could say anything more.
INT. DAY – PAINTING ROOM
ELLA goes into her painting room. The room is messy and has a lot of
paints and paintings laying around the room.
JADEN opens the door.

3. ELLA
(Screams)
JADEN
Oh God I'm so
sorry I
should've
knocked.
ELLA
It's s okay.
JADEN looks around and notices each painting of ELLA.
JADEN
Your paintings
are still
beautiful.
ELLA smiles and takes her hair behind her ear
JADEN sees the bruise on her face.
JADEN
what happened to
your face?
She quickly untucks her hair.
ELLA
(Panics)
Uhh...I... fell
down the stairs.
JADEN
Ummm, okay.
INT. DAY – THE HOUSE
Doorbell rings.
ELLA opens the door for JADEN. And goes into her painting room and
starts painting and JADEN starts cleaning again
JADEN knocks the door where ELLA is painting.

4. ELLA opens the door for him
JADEN
I was leaving, I
finished all the
cleaning, so I
came to say
goodbye.
ELLA
(trying not to
look at Jaden)
Goodbye.
JADEN notices another bruise near ELLA’S lip.
ELLA shuts the door straight way on his face before he could say
anything. He stands staring at the door for awhile.
INT. DAY – BEDROOM
HANNAH is sitting on the bed smoking her cigarette while ELLA is
sitting near the corner of the bed crying with knees to her chest and
the arms wrapped around her legs. ELLA has fresh scratches on her
neck.
Doorbell rings.
HANNAH puts her cigarette in the ash tray and walks out to open the
door
Background sound - Faded voice of HANNAH
HANNAH
Yeah sure.
HANNAH walks back into the bedroom
HANNAH
get up and clean
your god damn
face. I don’t
want to see
another tear

5. falling down
from your eyes
in front of the
Jaden.
ELLA gets up and walk to the bathroom and washes her face. She stares
at herself in the mirror.
She hears the faint voices of JADEN and HANNAH
INT. DAY – LIVING ROOM
ELLA walks in the living where JADEN and HANNAH are standing by the
dining table.
JADEN
(laughing)
That sounds
amazing.
HANNAH
(Excited)
It was.
HANNAH sees ELLA walking towards them
HANNAH
oh, look who is
here, my
beautiful baby
girl! Isn't she
pretty Jaden?
JADEN
(Smiles at ELLA)
of course, she
is.
HANNAH
(looks at the
watch on her
wrist)

6. Sorry guys I’m
getting late for
work, got a big
presentation
today.
(hugs ELLA)
I love you baby.
ELLA
(Hesitates)
...I love you
too.
HANNAH leaves the room.
JADEN look at ELLA and smiles. She smiles back at JADEN and leaves the
room too.
INT. DAY – THE PAINTING ROOM
JADEN knocks on ELLA’S door and she open the door.
JADEN
I was just about
to make some tea
for myself,
would you like
to have some.
ELLA
Thank you but I
don’t drink tea
JADEN stops ELLA
as she tries to
close the door
to go back to
painting.
JADEN
I can make
coffee as
well...I like to
have my tea with
a good company.

7. ELLA
(smiles)
...okay.
INT. DAY – THE LIVING ROOM
ELLA is sitting
near the table.
JADEN walks up
to her with two
cups in his
hand.
ELLA
thank you.
JADEN
...hmm so you
have a voice,
you should speak
up
ELLA
(gives JADEN
confused look)
JADEN
I mean I have
never heard you
talk since I
started working
here. You used
to chat so much.
(laughs). I
haven’t seen you
step out of this
house either.
ELLA
I like to stay
inside.
JADEN

8. But your
paintings show
otherwise.
What’s with the
bird trapped in
the cage.
ELLA
They are just a
painting.
JADEN
Really, looks
like
metaphorical
reality to me.
Someone people
are trapped and
can set
themselves free
yet the choose
not to.
ELLA
Well maybe those
people aren’t
really trapped.
They just choose
to be in that
situation where
others might
think they
shouldn’t.
JADEN
Is that how
brainwashed and
blind you are
Ella! This whole
time you’ve been
acting like you
don’t know me. I
have known you
for a long time,
you were my best
friend Ella.
What happened to

9. you. You're not
the Ella I know.
ELLA
people change.
JADEN
You think I'm
dumb. I can see
those bruises. I
walk into this
house and see a
new bruise on
your face every
day. Why are you
letting someone
treat you like
that?
ELLA
I love her.
JADEN
And what about
yourself huh? Do
you love
yourself Ella?
You can’t even
lie to me about
this because I
know you. How
can you love
someone when you
don’t love
yourself? This
is not you. You
used to love
yourself. The
Ella I knew
would never let
anything wrong
like this happen
to family or
friends. But
here you're
choosing to let
it happen to
you. It’s wrong!

10. And I can’t see
you like this.
ELLA
(starts crying)
I can’t, leave
her. She won’t
let me.
JADEN takes out
his phone out of
the pocket and
dials 999
JADEN
It takes one
phone call. Just
one. And you
have me’ you
don’t have to do
this alone.
INT. NIGHT – THE HOUSE
HANNAH opens the front door and walks into the living room.
HANNAH
(shouts angrily)
Ella! Come here
right now
She finds a note on the table.
Background sound – voiceover of ELLA.
ELLA
I can’t do this
anymore and I
have realized I
don’t deserve
this pain you
give me every
day. I’m

11. leaving. Hope
you'll realize
what you did one
day. Goodbye
Hannah.
She hears police siren
Doorbell rings
HANNAH opens the door. (shocked)
There are two policemen standing outside.