Thursday, 22 January 2015

Screenplay For Film | Draft 1

SCENE 1

INTERIOR – CLASSROOM G28?

Inside a classroom the children are playing and doing what they like, a reward time has been given. Most of the children are on their tablets playing various games. Chatter and exclamations from children can be heard. GIRL is sitting on the floor reading Harry Potter, along with a large pile of books beside her. She is engrossed in reading the books and is oblivious to the other children around her. BOY comes over and starts a conversation.

BOY:

What are you doing?



GIRL

Reading…

 

BOY

Don’t you want to play Minecraft? We’re all going on a quest together. You see we need to get this special object, and we need the object to level up and unlock more stuff. And then with the stuff we will be able to unlock means we can level up faster.

 

GIRL is still very engrossed into her book.

 

GIRL

(Dreamily) Maybe some other time

 

BOY

(Sighs) You’re so boring…

 

GIRL takes no notice. BOY then quickly snatches the book from her hands and runs out of the classroom.

 

GIRL

HEY!

 

They both run through the corridors and out into the Peace Garden.

 

EXTIRIOR – PEACE GARDEN

GIRL

Hey! Give me that back!

 

BOY

Or what?

 

GIRL sees a stick lying on the floor and picks it up.

 

BOY

What are you going to do? Throw a stick at me?

 

GIRL

This isn’t a stick…

 

The stick then turns into a wand. BOY, obviously up for the confrontation, grabs himself a stick and his turns into a wand also. The two share a tense moment. Then all of a sudden GIRL throws a spell at him, but BOY manages to deflect it. Both are surprised and amazed at their new abilities and smile wildly. They both then continue to cast spells towards each other but also having fun at the same time, laughing. BOY then casts one final spell and it hits GIRL and she shields herself and closes her eyes.

 

SCENE 2

EXTERIOR – FIELD

GIRL opens her eyes and sees that she is in a field and that she is wearing different clothes. She realises that she is in The Hunger Games.

 

GIRL (to herself)

I haven’t read The Hunger Games yet…

 

GIRL looks over towards BOY, he look guilty.

 

BOY

I only read a bit… What?! Why do you get to have the bow?

 

GIRL looks down and sees that she is carrying a bow. She rolls her eyes and she hands it to BOY. He looks pleased.

 

BOY

Oh yeah…

 

In the distance, a scream can be heard and dogs howling and snarling. A canon goes off. Both BOY and GIRL turn round, scared.

 

BOY (whispers)

Mutts… RUN!

 

They both start to run.

 

GIRL

I thought you said you only read a bit of it!

 

BOY

I LIED!

 

As BOY and GIRL are running, the pass through trees and then are transported into The Maze.

 

SCENE 3

EXTIRIOR – FIELD

BOY and GIRL come to a sudden stop after running. They notice that they are wearing different clothes from before and BOY doesn’t have his bow. Both BOY and GIRL are panting heavily from the run.

 

BOY (nervously)

Where are we now?

 

GIRL

We’re in the Maze

 

BOY

The what?

 

GIRL

The Maze! Grievers… that means there’ll be –

 

A strange roar-like noise is heard coming from the Maze. BOY and GIRL look terrified.

BOY

What was that?!

 

GIRL

Just follow me, and run like your life depends on it

 

BOY

But I’m scared

 

GIRL

If you aren’t scared…

 

BOY

You ain’t human…

 

GIRL smiles, and they both begin to run, again, into the Maze.

 

SCENE 4

INTERIOR – WARDROBE/ROOM

 

BOY and GIRL fall out of wardrobe. They look bewildered. They both stand up and realise that they are back in their school uniform. As they leave the room in which the wardrobe was in, snow drift out from the wardrobe door and the faint noise of a lions roar can be heard.

 

INTERIOR – HALLWAY

The both enter the hallway, seemingly disappointed that there is no magic universe to be found.

 

BOY

I’m sorry I took you book from you…

 

GIRL

That’s alright. I really like your necklace by the way.

 

BOY is wearing the One Ring. They both smile. A TEACHER steps outside from a classroom. BOY and GIRL turn round, startled.

 

TEACHER

I thought I told no one to leave the room! Come back in please.

 

Both BOY and GIRL go back into their classroom and GIRL finds that her books are in the pile that she left, including the one BOY took from her.

 

BOY

What shall we do now?

 

GIRL takes out LORD OF THE RINGS from her bag and hands it to BOY. He seems delighted. GIRL picks up HARRY POTTER and they both begin to read.

THE END

 

POSSIBLE VFX IDEAS

·         The One Ring glows red and then the film ends, suggesting that the BOY is about to be transported into LOTR.

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