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- 1. “CAPTURED” By Sophie Waters Parsonage Barn Lane, Ringwood Hampshire, BH24 1SE 01425 475000 Waterss.student@ringwood.hants.sch.uk
- 2. 2 FADE IN: SCENE 1: EXT.LOCATION #1 – SCHOOL - DAY A quiet area, outside, located at school. Four teenage girls eating lunch on a seated table, talking about birthday arrangements. There is blue sky and the sun is shining. CHARLOTTE, a girl of about 16 dressed in a casual top and jeans, sits at the table with her legs crossed. She appears distracted. PHEOBE, a girl of about 16 dressed in a formal top and trousers, sits at the table with CHARLOTTE. She appears enthusiastic. CHARLOTTE So what’s happening later? Are we still going out pheobs? PHEOBE I dunno. How are we gonna get there? CHARLOTTE I can walk to yours and then we can get a lift together. PHEOBE Yeah okay, sounds good. Actually buzzing to go out. LUCY What time then? PHEOBE 8? Unless we wanted to get ready together? CHARLOTTE I have to stay for dinner at home. I’ll just walk over to yours when I’m ready. Parents are such a pain. 1 2 3 4
- 3. 3 PHEOBS Yeah that’s cool. Luce you can come over early. LUCY Thank you Pheobs. School bell rings to indicate the end of lunch. The girls leave, saying goodbye to one another. SCENE 2: INT.LOCATION #2 – CHARLOTTE’S HOUSE - NIGHT A teenage girl sat in the living room, waiting for dinner. CHARLOTTE is aware of how dark it is becoming outside but she knows that her parents will still make her walk. MICHAEL and KAREN appear to be arguing about dinner. INT. LIVING ROOM – NIGHT MICHAEL, the dad of CHARLOTTE, about 50 dressed in a casual top and jeans. He appears angered. KAREN, the mum of CHARLOTTE, about 50 dressed in a casual top and skirt. She also appears angered and irritated. MICHAEL Why are you using up all the hot water? Do you not think to give me some for the pan? KAREN Stop shouting, all you ever do is shout. MICHAEL What do you want me to do? Whisper? I’m definitely very calm about this. CHARLOTTE DAD! MICHAEL Not now Charlotte. Just leave it out, will you? 5 6 7 8 9
- 4. 4 KAREN What is wrong with you? Listen to your daughter MICHAEL Shut up Michael. (Turns to CHARLOTTE) what is it? CHARLOTTE I was just going to ask when dinner’s ready because I’m going out at 8. MICHAEL Is that it? All of that just to selfishly ask when you can go out. CHARLOTTE I’m hardly being selfish. Look at yourself dad. MICHAEL Don’t you dare speak to me like that? Why don’t you just go now? Find your own dinner. Cooker timer goes off. CHARLOTTE runs upstairs, crying, as this is an ongoing situation of her parents always arguing and never giving their daughter any attention. MICAHEL Who even is she anymore? KAREN (unimpressed) Who even are you? SCENE 3: INT. BEDROOM - NIGHT CHARLOTTE, a good-looking girl in a trendy t-shirt and jeans runs into her bathroom and looks at herself in the mirror. Tear runs down her cheek as she stares at herself. She wipes it off and walks back into her bedroom, where she selects her outfit and sets out her make up. CHARLOTTE gets dressed and gets ready to go out. Loud background music to block her parents out in the background. 10 11 12
- 5. 5 INT. LIVING ROOM - NIGHT CHARLOTTE walks downstairs and walks out the door, without making any eye contact to her parents. MICHAEL (directed at charlotte) Bitch KAREN walks off, shaking her head disapprovingly at her husband. SCENE 4: INT.LOCATION #3 – WALKING TO FRIEND’S HOUSE/CAPTURE – NIGHT A dark evening and a long dark road where CHARLOTTE starts her walk to the friend’s house. CHARLOTTE looks around, paranoid. A shriek from a bird screams loudly, and she begins to walk faster. Eerie music starts and quiet footsteps progress from behind her. CHARLOTTE stops and turns around. Footsteps stop. She turns back around and continues walking, picking up the speed. Footsteps begin again, but louder this time. CHARLOTTE looks nervous and starts running. Footprints from behind her get louder towards her. CHARLOTTE gets her phone out and tries searching for someone to phone but she drops it, and starts running quicker. Footsteps stop, assuming they have her phone. Over the shoulder shot of someone in a black balaclava and all in one, showing the audience someone is actually after her. Close up of feet running from CHARLOTTE to the child catcher. Music increases and builds up in tension Extra close ups of both CHARLOTTE and the child catcher’s face. We see how scared CHARLOTTE is. 13 14 15 16 20 18 17 19 21 22 23 24 25
- 6. 6 CHARLOTTE starts weeping and her eyes begin to well up. Child catcher reaches out an arm. The screen turns black. SCENE 5: INTERCUT – EXT.LOCATION #4 – FRIENDS HOUSE – NIGHT A large old house set in the New Forest. A number of cars are parked outside. INT. BEDROOM – NIGHT PHEOBE looks at her watch. Pop music is playing in the background, as the other girls sit around on their phones laughing. PHEOBE It’s nearly 8:30, where is she? LUCY She’s late for everything. Give her some time PHEOBE shrugs and gets up to clean her dressing table. PHEOBE continues to look at the clock. LATER PHEOBE Okay. It’s now quarter past 9. Where is she? Lucy call her. LUCY gets out her phone and makes a call to CHARLOTTE. LUCY (distressed) It went straight to voice mail. The service around here is usually fine. PHEOBE Look how dark it is out there. What if her battery’s just died and she’s walking alone. PHEOBE starts to get worried, biting her nails and looking nervous. 26 27 28
- 7. 7 LUCY Look let’s go round her house and see what’s going on The girls run downstairs. PHEOBE grabs her keys. PHEOBE Let’s go SCENE 6: EXT.LOCATION #5 – CHARLOTTE’S DOOR – NIGHT A large house with a white front door, with lights on in the front room and living room. PHEOBE rings the doorbell. Moments after the door unlocks and opens. Karen stands at the door, looking exhausted with messy hair and bags under her eyes. KAREN What is it? PHEOBE Do you know if Charlotte’s still getting ready? KAREN No, she left around 7 or 8. Can’t remember. LUCY Well, we’ve been waiting for her at Phoebe’s house but she never arrived, and we just wanted to check you were aware, or if you knew anything. KAREN (rudely) She’ll be fine. Have you called her? PHEOBE Yes we tried but it goes straight to voicemail. KAREN goes to shut the door but PHEOBE puts her foot out to stop it from closing 29 30
- 8. 8 PHEOBE So you both don’t know where she is? KAREN No. She just left. Just walked out. PHEOBE Do you have any idea where she could be? KAREN I’ve had an awful evening. Please go. She’ll turn up. All the girls turn and walk back to the car. LUCY Well that wasn’t weird at all PHEOBE Yeah right. At least she cares about her own daughter. All the girls get back to the car and leave. Faint laughing starts in the background of the house. SCENE 7: EXT.LOCATION #5 – PARENTS’ DOOR – DAY Background noise of sirens can be heard. From inside the house everything is silent. Doorbell rings Over the shoulder shot of a police officer standing at the door. KAREN (tired) Can I help you? POLICE OFFICER Are you Mrs Foster? KAREN Yes 31 32
- 9. 9 POLICE OFFICER Are you Charlotte Foster’s mother? KAREN Yes, yes POLICE OFFICER Can I come in? KAREN nods and opens the door more to let the police officer in. She guides him to the living room. Karen waves Michael into the living room, as he looks confused and runs in. POLICE OFFICER I am sorry to come round like this but I would like to ask you a few questions. I believe you are aware that your daughter is missing, yes? KAREN (rushed) Oh yes we have been struggling so much. We tried calling you but told Pheobe to report this. We are desperate. We need help. Don’t we Michael? KAREN Yes, yes. It’s been so hard. We have no idea where she is POLICE OFFICER When was the last time you saw your daughter? KAREN When we were cooking her dinner last night. We were all sat at the dining table, eating (pause) spag Bol. POLICE OFFICER Right. And what time was that? 33
- 10. 10 KAREN and MICHAEL both speak simultaneously and give different times. POLICE OFFICER Right. So what happened after that? KAREN She just left. KAREN starts weeping. MICHAEL Oh it’s okay love. She’ll be home soon. We’ll find her. POLICE OFFICER What do you mean she just left? MICHAEL Can you see what you’re doing to my wife? This is a very hard subject for both of us. How many more questions do you have? POLICE OFFICER Why did she leave? KAREN (choked up) She was going out POLICE OFFICER Where? MICHAEL To Bournemouth. With her friends. POLICE OFFICER Did you try contacting her at all? KAREN Um…no 34
- 11. 11 POLICE OFFICER Right. This is all not very clear but thank you for your time. We will get back to you and if you hear anything please let us know. The POLICE OFFICER leaves. KAREN walks to the kitchen as MICHAEL continues to sit on the sofa, looking down at his hands. SCENE 8: INT.LOCATION #6 – TRAPPED CHARLOTTE - NIGHT A dark room with CHARLOTTE tied to a chair, in the middle of the room. Footsteps begin to get closer to her. A hand circles around CHARLOTE’S face, as CHARLOTTE menaces. SCENE 9: INT.LOCATION #5 – PARENTS’ HOUSE – NIGHT Doorbell rings POLICE OFFICER Good evening Mrs Foster. Can I come in? KAREN leads the POLICE OFFICER into the living room and sits down. MICHAEL walks from the kitchen to the living room. MICHAEL Would you like a hot drink? Tea? POLICE OFFICER nods. MICHAEL walks out to the kitchen and grabs a mug. He turns the kettle on and moves a black balaclava behind the mug. MICHAEL returns to the living room and hands the POLICE OFFICER the mug. BLACK SCREEN FADE OUT: THE END 35 36 37 38 39 40
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