“Runaway”
By
PALM Productions
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Fade In:
SCENE 1
INT. DAY. KITCHEN
Girl and mum are sitting across a table to
each other, in a kitchen. The girl Is screaming at her mum, crying. She points,
holds her head in her hands and waves to try and get her attention but the mum
just sits there, arms folded, blankly. There is an ambient piano track playing
over the top. There is no dialogue but the following script can be seen
mouthed.
Girl
Screaming. You never listen to me! You act like im not even here!
I hate you! I can’t live here with you
anymore!
Are you just going to continue to ignore
me?!
Girl slowly realizes her mum is still un
responsive
Girl
Repeats. I can’t live here with you anymore!
Im going mum, I can take it.
Girl walks out of
the room, looking back over her shoulder as she reaches the door.
Girl
Have a nice life.
As the girl leaves, the mum finally moves,
looking up to an empty door way and is still expressionless.
Scene 2
INT. DAY. BEDROOM.
The Girl is in her room, packing items
furiously into a ruck sack. Tears are rolling down her cheeks. She shoves a few
notes into her bag and zips it up. Pulling on a pair of boots and a wooly hat,
she swings the ruck sack onto her back, picks up her guitar and walks out of
the room. We follow her down the stairs, reaching the bottom she looks back at
the empty table. Walking out the door and slamming it behind her, pulling her
jacket tighter.
Scene 3
EXT. DAY. UNDER PIER.
Black screen, white writing, courier new; “Day
1 ANGER.”
Girl wakes up under the pier. She is cold
and lonely, she picks up her guitar and ruck sack and walks along the seafront.
scene 4
EXT. DAY. SHELTER
Black screen, white writing, courier new; “Day
4 ISOLATION.”
Girl is sleeping in a small shelter on the
sea front, she walks around the shelter, smoking.
Scene 5
EXT. DAY. BRIDGE
Black screen, white writing, courier new; “Day
9 HOPE.”
Girl is sitting, under a bridge playing her
guitar to passers by. A few people stop to listen and give money, she has hope
that she might be able to get off the streets.
Scene 6
EXT. NIGHT. BENCH
Same day, girl falls asleep on a park bench
with guitar underneath her. A hooded figure approaches and steals the guitar,
the girl remains asleep
Scene 7
EXT. MORNING. BENCH
Black screen, white writing, courier new; “Day
10 HOPLESS.”
Girl wakes up to find guitar missing, she frantically looks
around her, screaming. She sits back on the bench with her head in her hands,
she is hopeless.
SCENE 8
EXT. NIGHT. ARCADE
Black screen, white writing, courier new; “Day
15 DESPERATION.”
The girl is walking along the arcades, mesmerized
by the lights. She see’s a man approaching her, he bumps into her and looks
into her eyes. The following script is silent but the dialogue is seen and
mouthed.
Man
Hey sorry didn’t see you there, Darling.
Girl
Nervously
Laughs. Haha its okay.
Girl tries to walk past but the man grabs
her arm, he strokes her face and moves the hair out of her eyes.
Man
Where are you off to?
Girl
No where special.
Man
Why don’t you come back to mine?
The man pulls his wallet out of his pocket,
insinuating that he will pay her to go back to his. She looks anxious but is
desperate for the money so nods her heads. He puts his arm around her waist as
he takes her away.
SCENE 9
INT. MORNING. BEDROOM
Black screen, white writing, courier new; “Day
16 SHAME.”
We see a man and a woman asleep in a bed
together. The girl wakes up, hair a mess and mascara down her face. We follow
her eyes across the bed as she see’s the man asleep next to her. She slowly
sits up and dresses on the edge of the bed. She see’s some money on the edge of
the bedside table and picks it up, stuffing it into her ruck sack. She opens
the draw, checking to make sure the man is still asleep and finds a watch and
phone inside, she also puts that into her ruck sack and leaves the room.
Fade Out:
The End
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