OPENING TITLE 
Cut to 
TV end credits of HSM2 (whole screen zoom out of POV) 
POV of phone (over shoulder shot) Alice types and SEND TWO TEXTS 1. “We 
need to talk” 2 “Meet tomorrow at break” 
Cut to 
Medium shot zoom to close up of Alice’s face 
Establishing shot 
James on bed receives text (with friends) LAUGHING CHATTING about girls 
(phone on loud) 
Long shot of him looking at phone 
Cut to 
POV of his phone 
Cut to 
Close up expression of worryz 
Fade to 
Establishing shot of sixth form block 
Cut/zoom 
To Alice in shot 
Cut to 
Track James WALKING into block matching action on door OPENING 
Cut to 
Alice POV of James WALKING IN 
James SIT DOWN opposite Alice looking worried 
Throughout conversation shot-reverse-shot (over the shoulder) 
ALICE
I gotta say what’s on my mind something about us that doesn’t seem right 
these days 
JAMES 
Babe, we can fix this 
ALICE 
Life keeps getting in the way, whenever we try somehow the plan is always 
rearranged 
JAMES 
Last weekend’s plans went fine, not all of them are 
ALICE 
It’s so hard to say but I gotta do what’s best for me, you’ll be okay 
JAMES 
Please don’t do this 
ALICE 
I’ve got to move on and be who I am, I just don’t belong here I hope you 
understand 
JAMES 
Well where are you gunna go? 
ALICE 
We might find a place in this world someday but at least for now I gotta go my 
own way 
JAMES 
I can’t believe you actually want to do this... 
ALICE 
Don’t wanna leave it all behind but I get my hopes up and I watch them fall 
every time 
JAMES 
I don’t understand
ALICE 
Another turns to grey and it’s just so hard to watch it all slowly fade away 
JAMES 
You being a bit dramatic now 
ALICE 
I’m leaving today ‘cause I gotta do what’s best for me, you’ll be okay 
JAMES 
Where the hell are you going I’m so confused? 
ALICE 
I’ve got to move on and be who I am I hope you understand 
JAMES 
I’m trying to understand 
ALICE 
We might find a place in this world someday, but at least for now I gotta go my 
own way 
JAMES 
Stop saying that... What about us, what about everything we’ve been through? 
ALICE 
What about trust? 
JAMES 
What the hell when have I ever done anything untrustworthy? 
ALICE 
What about me 
STARTS TO BREAK INTO SONG TUNE 
JAMES 
What am I supposed to do? 
ALICE
I gotta leave but I’ll miss you// 
JAMES 
// Oh My God 
ALICE 
So I’ve got to move on and be who I am 
JAMES 
Those are High School Music lyrics... 
ALICE 
I just don’t belong// 
JAMES 
//Your breaking up with me using bloody High School Musical Lyrics 
ALICE 
We might find a place in this// 
JAMES 
Are you serious, your just gunna carry on? 
ALICE 
But at least for now I gotta go my own way 
JAMES 
Screw this. 
James WALKS OFF while Alice continues to SING the end chorus (Gotta Go My 
Own Way music comes in) 
FADE OUT TO BLACK 
CREDITS
Second draft script for our preliminary task

Second draft script for our preliminary task

  • 1.
    OPENING TITLE Cutto TV end credits of HSM2 (whole screen zoom out of POV) POV of phone (over shoulder shot) Alice types and SEND TWO TEXTS 1. “We need to talk” 2 “Meet tomorrow at break” Cut to Medium shot zoom to close up of Alice’s face Establishing shot James on bed receives text (with friends) LAUGHING CHATTING about girls (phone on loud) Long shot of him looking at phone Cut to POV of his phone Cut to Close up expression of worryz Fade to Establishing shot of sixth form block Cut/zoom To Alice in shot Cut to Track James WALKING into block matching action on door OPENING Cut to Alice POV of James WALKING IN James SIT DOWN opposite Alice looking worried Throughout conversation shot-reverse-shot (over the shoulder) ALICE
  • 2.
    I gotta saywhat’s on my mind something about us that doesn’t seem right these days JAMES Babe, we can fix this ALICE Life keeps getting in the way, whenever we try somehow the plan is always rearranged JAMES Last weekend’s plans went fine, not all of them are ALICE It’s so hard to say but I gotta do what’s best for me, you’ll be okay JAMES Please don’t do this ALICE I’ve got to move on and be who I am, I just don’t belong here I hope you understand JAMES Well where are you gunna go? ALICE We might find a place in this world someday but at least for now I gotta go my own way JAMES I can’t believe you actually want to do this... ALICE Don’t wanna leave it all behind but I get my hopes up and I watch them fall every time JAMES I don’t understand
  • 3.
    ALICE Another turnsto grey and it’s just so hard to watch it all slowly fade away JAMES You being a bit dramatic now ALICE I’m leaving today ‘cause I gotta do what’s best for me, you’ll be okay JAMES Where the hell are you going I’m so confused? ALICE I’ve got to move on and be who I am I hope you understand JAMES I’m trying to understand ALICE We might find a place in this world someday, but at least for now I gotta go my own way JAMES Stop saying that... What about us, what about everything we’ve been through? ALICE What about trust? JAMES What the hell when have I ever done anything untrustworthy? ALICE What about me STARTS TO BREAK INTO SONG TUNE JAMES What am I supposed to do? ALICE
  • 4.
    I gotta leavebut I’ll miss you// JAMES // Oh My God ALICE So I’ve got to move on and be who I am JAMES Those are High School Music lyrics... ALICE I just don’t belong// JAMES //Your breaking up with me using bloody High School Musical Lyrics ALICE We might find a place in this// JAMES Are you serious, your just gunna carry on? ALICE But at least for now I gotta go my own way JAMES Screw this. James WALKS OFF while Alice continues to SING the end chorus (Gotta Go My Own Way music comes in) FADE OUT TO BLACK CREDITS