Script

Anna's version of the script

Storyline/ Script:

SCENE ORDER AND CHARACTERS

1.                Train station/ Bus stop (start) – Girl 1 (Charis), Guy 1 (Chris)

2.                Mersey Way Bridge and path, chase fight scene – Guy 2, Attacker Guy 1, Attacker Guy 2, Main Attacker Guy 3

3.                Train station/ Bus stop (getting angry) - Girl 1 (Charis), Guy 1 (Chris)

4.                In home, Toilets, pregnant girl – Girl 2 (Amy)

5.                Walking down the street, guys talking about football – Guy 1, Guy 3, Guy 4

6.                Brick wall, Pregnant girl telling friend – Girl 2 (Amy), Girl 3 (Emma)

7.                Street, Girl circling around her with people kissing – Girl 4 (Cathy), Girl 5 (Anna), Guy 2 (Luke)

8.                Train station/ Bus stop (arguing) - Girl 1 (Charis), Guy 1 (Chris)

9.                Park, holding girl back – Girl 5 (Anna), Guy 1 (Chris)

10.              Park, Girl fight rolling scene - Girl 4 (Cathy), Girl 5 (Anna)

11.              At home, door scene – Girl 3 (Emma)

12.              Leaving house, phone call scene – Girl 4 (Cathy)

13.              Bedroom suitcase scene – Girl 5 (Anna), Guy 2 (Luke)

14.              Brick wall – Girl 2 (Amy), Girl 3 (Emma)

15.              Train station/ Bus stop ending – Girl 1 (Charis), Guy 1 (Chris)

16.              Final shot of group all together, with show times on screen – Girl 1 (Charis), Girl 2 (Amy), Girl 3 (Emma), Girl 4 (Cathy), Girl 5 (Anna), Guy 1 (Chris), Guy 2 (Luke), Guy 3, Guy 4

Extras – 

Attacker Guy 1

Attacker Guy 2
Main Attacker Guy 3

Group of friends -

Girl 1(Charis) – Girlfriend on the train station/ bus stop

Girl 2(Amy) – Pregnant girl, tells friend, gets distress on brick wall

Girl 3(Emma) – Friend of pregnant girl, girl shutting door at home, helps distress pregnant girl

Girl 4(Cathy) – Girl who is hurt by people kissing, gets in fight with that girl, gets suspended

Girl 5(Anna) – Girl who kisses guy, gets in fight with girl who sees this, breaks up with guy in suitcase scene, held back

Guy 1(Chris) – Boyfriend at train station/bus stop, Guy getting bullied by football friends, holds girl back

Guy 2(Luke) – Gets chased and beat up, guy kissing girl, guy gets dumped in suitcase scene

Guy 3 – Football bully

Guy 4 – Football bully

· Train station/ Bus stop (start) – Girl 1 (Charis), Guy 1 (Chris)

Begins with Guy 1 and Girl 1 on bench
Establishing shot, long shot, to full shot, to close up, to two shot, to extreme close up to his face
Guy 1:    “We’re in trouble”
Extreme close up of eyes shift and worried.
Close up of her face looking at him all worried.
Starts music, fast paced.

· Mersey Way Bridge and path, chase fight scene – Guy 2, Attacker Guy 1, Attacker Guy 2, Main Attacker Guy 3

Low angle floor shot, see Guy 2 run pass, puddle splash, quickly followed by 3 guys chasing him.

Attacker guy 1:           “Oui!”
Attacker guy 2:           “Get here”
Switch to hand held point of view of Guy 2, camera falls to ground. Quick switch to side view of Guy 2 half gets up, as you see Attackers catch up and grab him, grab his hood and throw him back and push him around a bit. 
Guy 2:                    “Get off me”
Switch back to point of view, low angle looking up at attackers. Two attackers holding him down, main attacker in middle.
(More aggressive)
Main attacker guy 3:          “You sneaky shit!”
                Switches to over the shoulder shot of main attacker looking down at Guy 2.
Guy 2:                    “It wasn’t my fault”

Switch back to point of view.

Main attacker guy 3:          “You said you wouldn’t tell anyone, it had to stay hidden, you’ve ruined everything for me”

Guy 2:                    “I didn’t have a choice though, it was getting out of hand, I had to tell someone. I                                               -                              couldn’t keep it to myself any longer!”
Main attacker guy 3:          “You’re just a pathetic...”

PUNCH! In the camera

· Train station/ Bus stop (getting angry) -  Girl 1 (Charis), Guy 1 (Chris)

Two shot of Guy 1 and Girl 1 on the bench. Then to over the shoulder, reverse angle edit.
(Starting to get annoyed at each other)
Girl 1:                    “How did it come to this? You said we wouldn’t have a problem”
Guy 1:                    “It’s wasn’t just me that slipped-up. We all decided to do this”
Girl 1:                    “But it was always about you, we did this all to help you!”

· Different montage of quick sequences:

Music gets really loud and fast
· In home, Toilets, pregnant girl – Girl 2 (Amy)

Small pan of bathroom to side view of Girl 2, lots of close ups of her face, and extreme close ups of her eyes and hands. Girl starring at pregnancy test.
Girl 2:                    “Please don’t be positive... "

· Walking down the street, guys talking about football – Guy 1, Guy 3, Guy 4
Track of 3 boys walking down the street towards to camera, handheld. Switch from two shot of Guy 3 and Guy 4, to close up of Guy 1.
Guy 3:              “That was a rubbish lesson, almost fell asleep"
Guy 4:              “Yeah but at least we've got football tonight man! You're going down right!"
Guy 1:              “Yeah, well we'll see. I've got to see my girl tonight"
Guy 3:              “Why are you with that skank all the time? We're your really mates"

Guy 4:              "Are you gonna come back to the boys and do what you are actually meant to be doing instead of bedding your girlfriend all the fricken time?!"
· Brick wall, Pregnant girl telling friend – Girl 2 (Amy), Girl 3 (Emma)
Over the shoulder and two shot
Girl 2:              “Emma can I tell you something.. I’m pregnant”
Girl 3:              “Oh god, it’ll be okay”
Girl 3 hugs Girl 2. Then secretly gives snicker look towards Girl 2 while hugging, over shoulder shot.
· Street, Girl circling around her with people kissing – Girl 4 (Cathy), Girl 5 (Anna), Guy 2 (Luke)
Girl 4, quick zoom/ walk towards her with the camera, then circles around her to over the shoulder of her seeing Girl 5 and Guy 2 kissing.
· Train station/ Bus stop (arguing) - Girl 1 (Charis), Guy 1 (Chris)

Two shot of Guy 1 and Girl 1 on the bench. Then to over the shoulder, reverse angle edit.
(In heated argument). Angry face.
Girl 1:                    “I can’t believe you did this. You’ve ruined everything for us”
Guy 1:                    “Just stop it”

· Park, holding girl back – Girl 5 (Anna), Guy 1 (Chris)
Over shoulder of Guy 1 with Girl 5 running towards the camera, as Guy 1 holds them back 
Girl 5:              “Nooo!!”

· Park, Girl fight rolling scene - Girl 4 (Cathy), Girl 5 (Anna)

Long shot of two girls about to fight each other. Switches to over the shoulder.
Girl 4:                    “Ahh you bitch!”

Switches to over the other shoulder.

Girl 5:                    “What?!”
 Girl 4 ruby tackles Girl 5 to the ground on hill, scuffling. Switched to long shot of them 

· At home, door scene – Girl 3 (Emma)
Girl 3 runs into a room and closes the door, holds on to the door handle trying to keep the door shut. Medium close up from diagonal, showing her and the door

· Leaving house, phone call scene – Girl 4 (Cathy)

 (Filming girl on phone, then person on phone to use dialogue to make over voice). Girl 4 walks out the front door and tracks her walking walks to go to college towards camera, phone rings, get phone out of pocket, extreme close up of phone ‘College calling’. Close up of her face as she’s on phone.
Girl 4:                        “Hello”

College:           “Girl 4 we have decided that we have suspended you for the week on the accusations that you have attacked another student”

· Bedroom suitcase scene – Girl 5 (Anna), Guy 2 (Luke)

Fade in black. POV of clothes falling on camera, switches to side view of Girl 5 throwing clothes out of a suitcase Guy 2 as he wakes up.
Girl 5:                    “What have you done? We’re finished!”
· Brick wall – Girl 2 (Amy), Girl 3 (Emma)
Girl 2 (pregnant girl) crying and then Girl 3 grabs her buy the coat and shoves her against the wall. Over the shoulder and two shot, handheld.
Girl 3:                 “Pull yourself together”

· Train station/ Bus stop ending – Girl 1 (Charis), Guy 1 (Chris)

Two shot of Guy 1 and Girl 1 on the bench. Then to over the shoulder, reverse angle edit, close up of the sad faces.
(Sad ending)
Girl 1 gets up and collects bag
Girl 1:                    “I can’t do this anymore”
Switches to camera from across the tracks, train/bus pulls up, stops (quickly stops, fasts up) train pulls away, just him on the bench.

· Final shot of group all together, with show times on screen – Girl 1 (Charis), Girl 2 (Amy), Girl 3 (Emma), Girl 4 (Cathy), Girl 5 (Anna), Guy 1 (Chris), Guy 2 (Luke), Guy 3, Guy 4

Whole group leaning against the wall. Switches to title card. Show times and channel.

Emma's version of the script
  
Stockport Train Station or the Heaton Norris Park.

·         Begins with Boy 1 and Girl 1 on bench...either at the train station or at the park.

Establishing shot, then to a long shot, to a full shot, to close up of the Boy 1 and Girl 1.  Also as a two shot both on the bench.

Boy 1: “We’re in trouble”

·         Extreme close up and close ups of their faces of eyes shift and worried faces.  Heads in hands.

·         Starts fast pace music.

Mersey Way Bridge and Path.

·         Low angle floor shot, see Boy 2 run pass, with a puddle splash, quickly followed by 3 or 4 other guys chasing him. 

Attack Boy 1: “Oi!”
Attack boy 2: “Get here!”

·         Switch to handheld point of view shot of Boy 2, him and the camera fall to the ground as he stumbles. Another angle to a side view of Boy 2 as the audience see the gang catch up and grab his hood and pull him back to the group.

Boy 2: “get off me!”

·         Then the camera switches back to point of view, where Attack Boy 1 aggressively talks to him while the other two hold him back.

Attack Boy 1: “you sneaky shit!” 

·         Switches to over the shoulder shot of attack boy 1 looking at Boy 2.

Boy 2: “it wasn’t my fault” 

(...Can Switch To Another Montage...)

·         Switch back to point of view.

Attack Boy 1: “You said you wouldn’t tell anyone, it had to stay hidden and you’ve ruined everything for me now!”
Boy 2: “I didn’t have a choice! It was getting seriously out of hand, I had to tell someone. I couldn’t keep it to myself any longer!”   
Attack Boy 1: “You’re just a pathetic???!”
Punch the camera

Stockport Train Station/ Heaton Norris Park

·         Two shot of Boy 1 and Girl 2 on the bench and over the shoulder- Reverse angle edit.

Girl 1: “How did it come to this? You said we didn’t have a problem”
Boy 1: “It’s wasn’t just me that slipped up. We all decided to do this!”
Girl 1: “But it was always about you! We did this ALL to help YOU!”
Jump cuts Starts. Full on Music
Walking down the road:

·         Track of three boys walking down the street towards the hand held camera. Switches from a two shot of Boy 2 and Boy 3, to a close up of Boy 4.

Boy2: ‘That was a rubbish lesson, almost fell asleep’
Boy 3: ‘Yeah but at least we’ve got football tonight man! You’re going down right?’
Boy 4: ‘Why are you with that skank all the time? We are your real mates’
Boy 3: ‘Are you gonna come back to the boys and do what you are actually meant to be doing instead of bedding your girlfriend all the frickin’ time?!’ 

In the bathroom, girl sat with back to the bath:

·         Small pan of the bathroom to a side view of Girl 3. Lots of close ups of her sad, worried face and extreme close up of her eyes and hands. Girl 3 starring at a pregnancy test.

Girl 3: ‘Please don’t be positive’

·         Cut to an outdoor location: over the shoulder shot or two shot

Girl 3: ‘Girl 4...I’m pregnant’ as she admits the news to her friend.
Girl 4 hugs her from a two shot.
Park/Anywhere:

·         Close up including her shoulders Girl 2- quick zoom/ walking towards the camera, then circles around her to over the shoulder of her seeing Boy 2 and Girl 3 kissing. She has a close up shocked face. With music over voice.

Park/Anywhere:

·         Over the shoulder of Boy/ Girl with Girl 4 running towards the camera, as Boy 4holds them back.

Boy/Girl shouts: ‘Noo!’

Train Station/Heaton Norris Park:

·         Two shot of Boy 1 and Girl 1 on the bench. Then to an over the shoulder, reverse angle edit

·         (in heated argument)

Girl 1: ‘I can’t believe you did this!’ You’ve ruined everything for us!’
Boy 1: ‘Stop it! Just stop it! (ANGRY FACE)

Alex Park hill:

Girl 2 and Girl 3 Over the shoulder and two shot.
Girl 2: “Ahh You Bitch!”
Girl 3: “What?” 
Girl 2: pushes/rugby tackles Girl 3

·         Long shot of them rolling down the hill towards the reservoir

Home/Bedroom:

·         Fade in black/Point of view of clothes falling on camera, switches to a side view of Girl 3 throwing clothes on Boy 3.

·         Guy wakes up with his girlfriend throwing a suitcase full of clothes on to him Medium close ups.  

Girl 3: ‘What have you done!?’/ ‘We’re finished’

Leaving the House/outdoors:

·         (Filming girl on the phone, then teacher on phone to use dialogue to make over voice.)

·         Girl 2 walks out the front door and tracks her walking on a road towards the camera, phone rings, gets her phone out of her pocket, extreme close up/ close up (inter textual shot) of phone saying ‘college calling’ then the phone tracks to her holding the phone to her ear.

Voice of Teacher 1: ‘Girl 2, we have decided that we have to suspend you for a week on the accusations of you being involved in vandalism around the school grounds.’

At home/Indoors:

·         Girl 5 runs into a room and closes the door, holds on to the door handle trying to keep the door shut. Medium close up from diagonal angle, showing her and the door.

Brick Wall:

·         Girl 3 (pregnant girl) crying and then Boy 3 grabs her by the coat as an over the shoulder shot and shoves her against the wall. Over the shoulder or two shot and handheld.

Boy 3: ‘Pull yourself together!’
Train Station/Heaton Norris Park:

·         Two shot of Boy 1 and Girl 1 on the bench. Then to an over the shoulder, reverse angle edit

·         (sad ending) CLOSE UPS OF FACES

·         Girl gets up and picks her bag up

Girl 1: ‘I can’t do this anymore’ (weak attitude)

·         Switches to camera from across the tracks, train pulls up, stops (quickly stops, speeds up), and train pulls away, just him on the bench.

Ending. Brink Wall:

·         Long shot of whole group of the characters/cast leaning against a wall. Switching to a title card which shows time and channels.