1. Steven and his friend Tom go exploring in the woods near South Meadow Lane. Steven notices the road sign is covered in flies. 2. While walking, Tom discovers a skeletal bone on the ground. They investigate it but decide they should head back. 3. After changing the camera battery, Steven loses sight of Tom. He searches for Tom and finds scattered feathers, burnt logs, and a torn sleeve, confusing him. Steven gets increasingly worried as he cannot find Tom.

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S O U T H M E A D O W L A N E
by
Steven Hance and Haseeb Khan
story by
Steven Hance

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EXT. FOREST – AFTERNOON
Steven is wondering and exploring with his friend, Tom.
Steven looks up to find the name of the road that they
are going into and notices flies on the road name, from
the display of his camera.
Steven
This thing is covered with flies,
hang on wait let me zoom in on this..
Look! It’s just disgusting.
He zooms and pans over the road name covered with flies
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There is a zoomed view of the trees with birds heard in
the background.
ZOOM OUT:
Tom
It doesn’t seem right.
Steven
Hmmm...
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Tom making a silly face directly at the camera and then
turns away. Steven laughs at him jokingly.
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A view of Tom walking further in with Steven.
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Steven, confused, is looking down to see if he has seen
what appears to be a medicine bottle. Steven sighs. They
continue to walk.

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Tom
Haven’t you heard, apparently you can get high off of
cough medicine?
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Tom walking more forward. The battery is lowered.
Steven
Try not to trip.
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Steven looking at the ground.
ZOOM
He quickly turns around to where Tom is
PAN
Steven
You okay?
He is crouching.
Tom
Yeah… Oh shit!
Steven
What?
He is still crouching.
Looking at the floor, he has discovered something.
He calls Steven over to where he is, with a hand gesture
while still looking at the floor.
TOM (CONT’D)
Come look at this!

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Steven has come to where Tom called him to.
They find a skeletal bone. They are startled. Tom pokes
it around with a stick.
Steven
Oh no! Ah… Let’s get right up in there…
Steven homes in on the skeleton part they have found.
Look at that!
After poking and moving it around, Tom moves it up to
Steven’s face as a joke.
STEVEN (CONT’D)
No… Put it down, stop!
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Tom is moving the skeletal part around with his foot
He then pans up to his face.
Tom is looking down at it.
Steven
Something tells me we should head back.
Tom
Nah, its fine… it’s just... It’s just nature, animals –
you know animals right?
Steven is uncertain.
Steven
Hmmm…

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Tom is walking while Steven is behind him continuing to
walk.
Steven
How long we been walking for?
Tom
Yeah.
Steven
Erm… Err, couple of hours.
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Steven continues to walk with Tom in front of him.
The camera beeps as a sign of low battery.
Steven
Hey Tom!
He turns around.
Tom
Yeah?
Steven
The camera’s about to die, just gotta change the battery,
yeah?
Tom
Yeah.
Steven
Alright, sweet.
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Steven can see Tom in the distance.

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Tom is far away as he has moved from Steven after
changing the battery.
He sounds worried.
Steven
Tom! I said wait!
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Steven readjusts the camera and looks up. He talks to
himself.
Steven
Right… That’s sorted. Where’s he gone?
The camera is tilted and Steven progresses forward.
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Steven continues to look for Tom and looks around him.
Steven
Where’s he gone?!
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Steven still walking.
Steven
Tom!
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There is a dirty lake near him.
He looks to the right and is uncertain where Tom exactly
is.

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He still talks to himself to not feel alone.
Steven
Couldn’t of gone this way, this is river. How would he
have crossed it?
Steven looks around the river.
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Steven back in the fields looking for Tom.
Steven
Tom?!
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There are feathers and wood on the floor. Steven is
uncomfortable.
Steven
There’s all feathers around here.
He moves from feathers to logs.
That’s some more burnt logs.
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There is a sleeve on a leaf and branch.
It is confusing and making Steven increasingly
uncomfortable.
Steven
Some torn sleeve. What is going on here?
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Steven continues to try and find Tom in the woods.
There are trees everywhere.
Steven
Where are you?! Tom!
Steven is becoming more and more scared.
He is confused.
He makes a small grunt sound in nervousness. His voice
has lowered in tone significantly.
Steven
Starting to get worried… Toooooooommmmm!
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Steven is again, readjusting the camera.
His shoes are showing in the frame and looks up shakily.
Steven
Toooooooommmmmm!
The non-diagetic music gets eerie.
Steven begins to shake nervously.
He gets more worried and turns around in a quick motion
to find Tom.
Steven
Tom!
WHIP PAN

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Tom jumps out and scares Steven
Tom
Arghhhh!
Steven
Jesus!
Steven drops the camera.
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Steven picks up the camera. Assumingly he has fainted. He
confronts Tom.
Steven
You shouldn’t do that, Tom!
Tom gives a smirk to Steven.
Steven pushes him annoyed while Tom is still continuing
to grin/laugh.
STEVEN (CONT’D)
You shouldn’t do that! Why did you do that?!
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Steven asks Tom if he has the map.
Steven
Have you got the map?
Tom turns around and looks at him.
Tom
Yeah.

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Tom looks at his back and begins to open it and look for
the map.
Steven
Brilliant. So we need to start heading back.
While looking for the map, Tom suddenly looks up and to
the left of Steven.
Non-diegetic music makes a sharp sound. Tom looks
startled beyond belief.
He is utterly shocked and closes his bag without looking.
He slowly steps back without taking his eyes off the area
next to Steven.
Steven
Err, Tom?
Tom backs away more and more quickly.
Steven
Tom?
CUTS TO:
“SOUTH MEADOW LANE”