Final draft from outside in by lucy pratt
- 1. FROM OUTSIDE IN by Lucy Pratt 01425 475000 Prattl.student@ringwood.hants.sch.uk
- 2. 2 *FROM OUTSIDE IN* FADE IN: SCENE 1: INT. BEDROOM - MORNING Phone alarm sounds. It reads ‘Monday’. SAM’s hand turns off the alarm, on the white bedside table and proceeds to get out of bed, we only see the movement of the bed covers and her legs. Sam, 17, is kind hearted and on the outside can look shy and geeky but on the inside she suffers from severe Anxiety and Depression and identifies as Asexual. She is also an introvert. SCENE 2: INT. LANDING - MORNING SAM walks out of her room, opening the door. She reaches the bathroom door and knocks on it, in a tired, frustrated manner. She then leans back against the wall, waiting. SCENE 3: INT. BATHROOM - MORNING Seeing SAM in the bathroom mirror, she dries her face. This is the first shot of her face. We continue watching in the mirror as Sam brushes her teeth and leans out of frame to spit. SCENE 4: INT. LANDING - MORNING We then see SAM from behind as she makes her way down the stairs. The stairs are narrow with walls directly both sides. She is carrying her school bag. It is black with a pattern at the base. She is wearing a white and grey striped top, blue jeans, a black jacket and black shoes. SCENE 5: INT. KITCHEN – MORNING Looking from above, we see SAM, in the Kitchen, making up a bowl of cereal. We see her pour the box of cereal into a small white bowl, with grey butterflies circling the outside, and pouring in the milk. This all happens in one shot on the Kitchen counter. SCENE 6: EXT. OUTSIDE SCHOOL – MORNING SAM is getting out of the back of her mother’s car, a black Mocker, this is down the road from the student entrance of the school. Once standing outside the car, SAM, leans back into the car to grab her school bag, before stepping back, closing the door and walking out of frame. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
- 3. 3 SAM stops before entering the school gate, large black gates with card scanner to the left of them and a pad-lock that is not currently holding the two gates together. We see her stop, check her jean pockets, adjusts her jeans, breath and continue through the gate. FADE TO: TITLE SCREEN – BLACK BACKGROUND The logo for ‘AMETHYST PRODUCTIONS’ appears, followed by the title screen, ‘FROM OUTSIDE IN… TIME TO POP THE BUBBLE’ SCENE 8: INT. SCHOOL STUDY – DAY From above, SAM is sitting in one of the study cubicles, she is writing an essay in her coursework book. We can see that she is finishing a double page of writing and proceeds to turn the page and continue. Her phone sits on the desk further away from her, on the desk, to the right, it reads ‘8:20’. A pencil and rubber sit on the desk too. Her school bag sits on the ground by her feet. SCENE 9: INT. CLASSROOM 1 – DAY They are in a lesson. SAM is seated in the back right hand corner of the room. In front and next to her are STUDENT 1 and STUDENT 2. STUDENT 1 and STUDENT 2 are stereotypical “cool kids” in a class, who don’t do the work and talk to one another. They are sitting, leaning their elbows on the table, bored. They are wearing brighter colours and/or patterns than Sam. Sam is trying to focus on her work. STUDENT 1(suddenly remembering) Did you see the photos from Friday night? STUDENT 2 Yeah, I saw them on Snapchat, what the hell happened? … STUDENT 1 I have no idea but it looked like… STUDENT 1 stops as STUDENT 3 enters. They are annoyed. They are carrying a used make-up wipe. They enter the frame and sit down in front of Sam and turns to face STUDENT 2. 9 10 11 12
- 4. 4 STUDENT 2 (CONT ‘D) It’s not that bad, you can hardly tell. Pause, STUDENT 3, annoyed, looks at STUDENT 2 STUDENT 3(grunting sulkily) Wearing NO make-up is bad! I look terrible, I can’t go all day like this. STUDENT 1 Don’t worry about it, you look better than you think. STUDENT 3(annoyed) I don’t care, I am going to re-apply it at break. STUDENT 2 taps on STUDENT 3’s shoulder and indicates out of frame, towards the door, with their head. STUDENT 1 So Hot STUDENT 3 Yup so hot SCENE 10: EXT. OUTSIDE SIXTH FORM BUILDING – DAY The sound of a school bell. The automatic doors of the sixth form block are the focus of the frame. We see STUDENT 1, STUDENT 2, STUDENT 3, Sam and other Sixth Form students exiting the building. STUDENT 1, STUDENT2 and STUDENT 3 are talking and joking about and walk out of frame to the left. We can’t make out what they are saying. Other students follow, individually or in small groups. One other student turns to the right, just before we see SAM walk out of the building and to the right. The other student then turns down the corner to the right and SAM continue to the left. She is walking a different way to all those around her. 13
- 5. 5 SCENE 11: INT. - DAY SERIES OF SHOTS: A) Classroom 2, SAM sits in the centre front row with STUDENT 1, STUDENT 2 and STUDEN 3 sitting at the desk directly behind her. Other students fill the remaining desks in frame. SAM is trying to stay focused on her work, with STUDENT 1, STUDENT 2 and STUDENT 3 talking and joking with one another. Again we cannot make out the dialogue. B) Classroom 3, SAM is sitting in the left seat of a 2 seated desk, she is nearest to the wall. STUDENT 1, STUDENT 2 and STUDENT 3 are sitting on the desk in front of SAM as well as behind. They are talking to each other over SAM. She is still trying to do her work. SCENE 12: EXT. / INT. FRONT DOOR – AFTERNOON SAM then enters her house again from outside the house. Once she opens the door we move inside to see her pull up the handle. SCENE 13: INT. LANDING – AFTERNOON We then see SAM from the landing walking up the stairs with the head down. She then walks into her room, where the lights are off, and shuts the door. Blackout to match the beat of the door closing. We hear the phone alarm. FADE TO: SCENE 14: INT. LANDING - MORNING We are in the opposite room as we see SAM open her bedroom door, walk to and knock on the bathroom door. She leans on the wall, waiting. This is exactly the same as before, however the shot type is different. SCENE 15:EXT. OUTSIDE SCHOOL - MORNING We watch SAM, from behind, we see her stop, check her jean pockets, adjust her jeans, breath and continue through the gate. She is wearing a plain black top, blue jeans, a black checked over shirt and black shoes. 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
- 6. 6 SCENE 16:INT. – DAY SERIES OF SHOTS: a) School Study, we are behind SAM who is sitting in the same cubical as before. Her phone, pencil, rubber and coursework book are all is the same arrangement. She is also about to turn the page again. b) Classroom 1, SAM is seated in the back right hand corner of the room. In front and next to her are STUDENT 1, STUDENT 2 and STUDENT 3. Other Students are filling the rest of the in frame desks. c) Classroom 4, SAM sits at the front of the class, on the furthest left, next to the wall. She is just near the door to the classroom. STUDENT 1, STUDENT 2 and STUDENT 3 are again surrounding her. d) Classroom 2, SAM sits in the centre front row with STUDENT 1, STUDENT 2 and STUDENT 3 sitting at the desk directly behind her. Other students fill the remaining desks in frame. SCENE 17: EXT. / INT. FRONT DOOR – AFTERNOON Watching from afar, SAM enters her house again, we move inside, looking at Sam pulling up the door handle. We are watching from just behind the wall. SCENE 18: INT. LANDING – AFTERNOON We are then at the other end of the landing and we see SAM ascend the stairs, open her bedroom door, walk in and shut the door. Blackout again to match the beat of the door closing. We hear the phone alarm. FADE TO: SCENE 19: EXT. OUTSIDE SCHOOL – MORNING Wearing a black top with small rainbows on the shoulders, black and white checked over shirt, black jeans and black shoes, we see SAM stop, sort out her pocket, adjust her jeans, and then continue towards the camera, through the gate. SCENE 20: INT. SCHOOL STUDY – MORNING SAM is then seen in the same study cubical as the previous days. This time we are watching from across the room. She has the same set up on her desk and her work is at the same point as before. 21 22 23 24 25 26 28 29
- 7. 7 SCENE 21: INT. CLASSROOM 4 – DAY SAM enters the frame not wearing her black and white checked over shirt. She puts down her bag by her chair, puts on her over shirt and sits down. As Sam starts to take her things out of her school bag, STUDENT 1, STUDENT 2 and STUDENT 3, along with other students, walk into frame, sitting in the same seats as before. They are talking as they do so. STUDENT 1 I know, it’s amazing STUDENT 2(slightly jealous) Yeah, you’re so lucky, what are they like? STUDENT 3 I bet they are romantic… STUDENT 3 notices that SAM is sitting in front of them, she is trying again to focus on doing her work. STUDENT 3 (CONT ‘D) …Hey Sam, do you think they are hot? SAM is shy and hesitant SAM (without looking up) No STUDENT 1 Really? Pause Oh do you like... SAM No STUDENT 2 You must like someone? Sam doesn’t reply to this. STUDENT 3 Well, do you like boys or girls, because it sounds like you’re a……? The school bell is heard. 30
- 8. 8 SAM Neither SAM reaches down, picks up her school bag, and puts it on her shoulder as she stands up. She then picks up the work she has been doing, holding it in her arms, and exits the classroom and out of the frame. SCENE 22: INT. LANDING – AFTERNOON We are in SAM’s bedroom and we see her walk up the stairs, into her room and shut the door. The lights are off so this will start the FADE TO BLACK. Blackout again to match the beat of the door closing. We hear the phone alarm. SCENE 23: INT. - MORNING SERIES OF SHOTS: This series of shots is accompanied by the following voice over. a) Bathroom, SAM is seen from the mirror, as before, drying her face. A voice over of SAM’s voice is heard. b) Landing, we see SAM walking down the stairs, we are watching through the banisters. She is wearing a plain black hoody, black jeans and black and white canvas shoes. c) Kitchen, we watch from over SAM’s shoulder as she makes a bowl of cereal, the same way as before. SAM (V. O.) Thursday, today is Thursday……. Wait is it? ...... Ok so I have English, Media… homework, have I done the homework, please tell me I’ve done it. Detention. Detention. Detention…… What if I haven’t done it, what if I’m late, is the meeting at lunch today or tomorrow, are we getting our assessment results today, I bet they are low, did I work hard enough…. 31 32 33 34 35 33 34 35
- 9. 9 SCENE 24: EXT. / INT. – DAY SERIES OF SHOTS: This series of shots is accompanied by the following voice over. a) Outside school, we are behind SAM as she is getting out of the car. She starts for the student gate, before stopping, sorting out her pockets, adjusts her jeans and then continuing through the gate. b) School Study, We are SAM’s eyes, she is doing the same work as before. c) Classroom 1, SAM is sitting in her back right hand corner seat as she did before. Again with STUDENT 1, STUDENT 2 and STUDENT 3 sitting around her. They are talking to one another but we can’t make out what they are saying. Other students are filling up the rest of the desks in frame, again as before. d) Classroom 3, looking over SAM’s shoulder we are looking at the work she is doing. We can see in her peripheral vision, STUDENT 1, STUDENT 2 and STUDENT 3, talking and fidgeting with the work they are supposed to be doing. Again we can’t make out what they are talking about. The school bell is heard again, STUDENT 1, STUDENT 2, STUDENT 3 and all the other students are quick in leaving the classroom. SAM has not moved. e) Outside Sixth Form building, we continue to watch SAM from over her shoulder as she leaves the Sixth Form building. You can see that everyone apart from one other student, same as before, walks to the left whereas that student and SAM walk off to the right. That Student then turns to the right as SAM turns to the left. We see this scene from multiple close angles. SAM (V. O.) I have everything I need, wait, no I do because I didn’t take anything out of my bag at home….. (taking a deep breath) Ok….. (continue) 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 36
- 10. 10 SAM (V. O.)(CONT ‘D) Ok, breath, is anyone watching me, no I’m early enough, ok….. Ah my chest hurts, am I shaking, I hope it’s not obvious, is someone going to see, what will they think? ….. I hope I’ve written enough, is it good enough, I bet its worse that everyone in the class that does not work and gets As, why am I so bad at this, I’m terrible, why am I trying? ….. What’s the point, I want to stop, I’m exhausted and it’s only my first lesson, I want to hide….. Why are they calling them hot, I don’t understand what that means? ..... I need to finish this…. They need to stop talking, distracting, work, distracting…. (pause for school bell) No, no, no, no, no, no... In Conclusion…., oh that film comes out tomorrow, FOCUS, aaaaaaaaand, done Sam starts to pack her things. SAM (V. O.) Wait… where is everyone? Am I going the right way? Please don’t be late, please don’t. Has the bell gone? Am I early? Oooh a new episode comes out tonight… no, I need to find the classroom. SCENE 25: INT. MEDICAL BLOCK – DAY This is a new location for SAM. She is walking down the corridor and around the corner. She is walking slowly, the music stopped suddenly as the scene began. The sound effect of a heart thumping is all that can be heard. When she reaches the door to the room she need to be at, she hesitates, knocks and slowly enters. 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44
- 11. 11 SCENE 26: INT. JANE’S ROOM - DAY The room has low lighting, there is peaceful music, and we are looking at positive posters on the wall from behind SAM’s shoulder. There’s a change in shot as SAM sits down looking at the pillow as she does. SAM then begins to talk, however the music drowns out what she is saying. Each time she pauses, as if listening to someone out of frame, the camera zooms a bit further out from SAM. During this SAM could be crying as she is clearly talking about her anxiety, getting everything out. SCENE 27: INT. / EXT. – MORNING SERIES OF SHOTS: a) Bathroom, the same shot as each time before, looking at SAM in the mirror as she raises her head, drying her face. However, this time she proceeds to stop, look straight ahead, into the mirror and take a deep breath in and out. b) Outside school, SAM is wearing a plain black top, a black and white checked over shirt, black jeans and white and black canvas shoes. We watch from inside the gate as she stops, takes a deep breath in and out, before walking towards the camera, through the gate. FADE TO: END CREDITS FADE OUT. THE END 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52