Mackenzie is trapped in her home by a debilitating fear. She receives voicemails from her mother saying that her father has been injured and is in the hospital. Though terrified to leave, Mackenzie forces herself to go to be with her family in their time of need. On her journey, cars passing by frighten her but she pushes on. She finally makes it to her destination.

1. Trapped
By
Grace Johansson
2016 gracejohansson19991@gmail.com

2. 1 EXT. CITY - DAY 1
First Shot (Establishing shot of the surroundings of the
city):
A small, common looking city on the outskirts of London. An
average size, modern seeming house.
2 INT. LIVING ROOM - DAY 2
A phone rings and gradually gets louder as the need for an
answer gets more aggressive.
POV on table, camera is looking at smartphone as it buzzes
continuously:
New angle (High angle looking down) focusing on a teenage
girl, same scene:
Mackenzie, a female teenager in her late teens sits deserted
on an empty, darkly coloured sofa, cowering into the corner
as much as possible, her eyes wide with fear as her knees
are brought up to her chest. Trapped in a daze, her youthful
gaze is focused on nothing in particular she just stares
into space whilst leaves rustle in her peripheral vision.
Mackenzie is so deep in her thoughts and her daze that she
doesn’t hear the voicemails come in from her mother.
Different angle (Close - Up shot zoomed in to Mackenzie’s
face), different scene of Mackenzie:
A tear slides down the face of Mackenzie, she cannot bear to
be the way that she is and be confined to a space for so
long.
Different angle (Mid shot, Mackenzie is the main focus of
the scene), same scene:
Mackenzie suddenly snaps out of her daze, panicking
immediately once she realises that she has messages from her
mother.
Quickly reaching towards the table where she left her phone
earlier in the day, she dials the voicemail number and waits
to listen for all the things that she has missed out on
hearing from her mum via her messages.
First Voicemail:
"Mackenzie it’s bad, your father has been injured you need
to get to the hospital now!"
Second Voicemail:
(CONTINUED)

3. CONTINUED: 2.
"I’m begging you Mackenzie please get here as quick as
possible I need some family comfort".
Third Voicemail:
"Mackenzie you’re starting to worry me I haven’t heard from
you in hours what has happened to you".
In shock, Mackenzie drops her phone and covers her mouth in
horror.
New shot (Tracking shot following Mackenzie to the hallway
to put her shoes on), new scene:
Mackenzie stands up hurriedly and begins to walk quickly
towards her narrow, claustrophobic hallway to put on her
shoes as swiftly as possible, jumping as she sees her own
reflection in the corner of her eye in her hallway mirror.
Immediately afterwards, although she is in a rush, she
treads her floorboards carefully to not startle herself
anymore.
3 EXT. ROAD - DAY 3
New shot (Wide shot showing the door opening and Mackenzie
standing in the frame, trying to decide her fate), new
scene:
The door is finally open after a struggle with her own
conscience, although Mackenzie does not know whether leaving
is something she can really do right now and overcome her
limiting fear. Hesitant as she is to leave her home, she
must do it anyway because it is imperative she gets to her
family.
Mackenzie proceeds towards a main road, not thinking about
her own safety in any way as she is too worried about her
family. Whilst thinking about the incident she looks down at
the floor as she approaches a small, busy crossing.
4 EXT. CITY - DAY 4
A small, aggravating car zooms past, frightening her half to
death and it jolts her and terrifies her. She is shaken but
continues to wander along the road, looking around her and
scrutinising the area to make sure it is safe. Traffic
lights can be seen in the near distance, focusing on the
lights and only what is in front of her an anxious, upset
Mackenzie walks just a little faster, sniffling as she makes
her way along the path as speedily as possible.

4. 3.
Countless amounts of cars, small, red, long, silver, black
made their way past her. Turning her head away from the cars
Mackenzie looks straight ahead, staring at the path in front
of her. Finally... She can see her destination up ahead, she
has made her way to where she needed to be.