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- 1. (MIKO) by (G. Kaur) Name (of company, if applicable) Address Phone Number
- 2. 2. FADE IN INT STUDY ROOM- IN ENGLAND NIGHT 2008 Music playing in the background. The camera tilts up, and it goes to this girl facing the camera and she is writing something on some paper, then the camera moves closer and it zooms in to the wall that is at the front of the girl, there is lots of prizes put like in shelves, in all fo them there is a "Sarah Paul best seller of the year" wrote. And there is some newspapers framed, which are all about Sarah Paul being best seller but this time with her face on it. And next to all those trophies and pictures, there is a necklace with a pendant, a heart, but half of it is missing. Slowly fades out to dark. 1998 - EVENING Music fades in and it keeps playing in the background, the screen is still dark and there is a date at the middle of the screen wrote with a Typewriter font which says "10 years ago". FADE IN: EXT. 1998, IN A PARK - DAY Music slowly starts to play while a flashback is been showed, in the flashback there are two girls taking pictures next to trees,both enjoying each others company, and just messing around with each other. INT RESTAURANT- NIGHT Both girls eating food, music still playing. Close ups of their faces, them enjoying the food and giving really goofy expressions to each other.
- 3. 2. EXT BRIDGE - NIGHT Flashback still going on, both young girls are holding their ands while admiring the beautiful sunset. Both slowly start to move closer to each other, and their shoulders are touching, there is 2 seconds eye contact between them, and then they quickly turn around and they start laughing.The camera slowly tilts towards the sky and it fades out. (Music was still playing until the screen fades out completely) FADE OUT: INT STUDY ROOM- NIGHT 2008 Flashback's over. The girl sitting on the chair holding tea gets up, and the camera follows her around while keeping an over the shoulder angle for some shots and close ups to her hands, puts the tea down and grabs a book. Moves around study room ,and she looks like the girl from the flashbacks and the girls from those newspapers, the one that has the best seller of the year Sarah Wu. Then the camera does a close up again to her hands holding the book. SARAH- 25 years old, British raised in Australia, in search of lost love, famous writer. SARAH (in a very tired and miserable tone) Miko... She reads the title of her book which is of the girl she loved and gave her everything for but she lost her 10 years go. Miko is the same girl that was seen at the start with Sarah. CLOSE UP OF SARAH'S FACE A tear rolls down, then you hear the phone ringing really loudly and it was coming from the study room. Sarah wipes her tears off and slowly goes to pick the phone up. MID SHOT OF SARAH SITTING ON A CHAIR
- 4. 2. She is holding the phone, there is complete silence for some seconds. STRANGER (Over the phone) Heyyy...Sarah, missed me ? A girl with a really bright and lively voice says. And Sarah freezes for a bit, she is lost for words, she quickly recognises that soft voice. She starts to cry again. Miko- 29 years old, Indian, comes from a really strict and close minded family. Lost love of Sarah SARAH ( with hiccups because of how much she is crying) MIKO.. why did you leave me ? MIKO (over the phone) Before I start explaining what happened that day, you have to stop wasting your tears on me. SARAH (not crying as much as before) (ANGRILY) Just shut up and talk! I've waited 10 years...You know how damn long that is MIKO (over phone) cool tone I can't talk if you want me to shut up (giggle guffaws) but yeah...(serious) I know that I hurt you, and that my one stupid decision caused lots of pain for the both of us... But we both know we were never meant to be together. The people around us would have never let us be. SARAH (STILL ANGRY) So you were scared of what people were going to think about us? Is that why you left huh?
- 5. 2. MIKO (over the phone) (shocked) Is that what you really think of me? My life has never been easy but I never wanted to leave you... (pause)cut to Sarah's reaction My father had passed away, i just didn't know what to do that day. The first thing that came to my mind was to just leave because I wanted to see him one last time. SARAH (CALMLY) I'm sorry for what happened to your father I just... MIKO (over the phone) Sarah it's okay: You don't have to forgive me but what happened should be left in the past... It would be best for us, cause we can't do anything anymore. SARAH (TENSE) What you mean nothing can be done! We have found each other again after 10 years, you can't tell me to move on without you when we have finally heard from you again. This IS MEANT TO BE, we are meant to be... MIKO (over the phone) (sadly) Sarah...I'm married, my mother forced me into getting married right after father's death. She couldn't raise me and my siblings by herself and since I'm the oldest I had to leave. SARAH(STILL ANGRY) If you were such a BIG problem for her to deal with, why didn't you just run away? Why did you even let your mother, rule and play with your life. It's yours not hers. MIKO (over the phone)
- 6. 2. Because respect and what society would think, this is all my cares about... She would have died if I had ran away and not because she cared about me but because of all the things people would have said about her and my siblings. And she was all I had after my father... Please try to understand... SARAH I could've been there if you had let me. And this would't have happened if I was, You wouldn't be married. I wouldn't be broken. WE wouldn't be broken. MIKO (over the phone) Nothing would've happened, we wouldn't be together anyways. Sarah, wake up and realise the world is not and will ever be the way we want it, some things can't happen no matter how hard we try. SARAH (DISAPPOINTED) You changed, you wouldn't be so scared of anything, of anyone. MIKO (over the phone) (calm) I haven't changed, I've become more mature and back then I was young, immature and in love... (sassy) Unlike what your book said. SARAH What do you mean? MIKO Let's meet up, I've got something that belongs to you. DISSOLVES TO: EXT. SAME PARK OF 2008- DAY MID SHOT OF THEM SITTING ON A BENCH The camera facing their back.
- 7. 2. After the camera cuts to the front facing them now. MID SHOT Miko and Sarah, looking down,, Sarah sitting with her legs open, while Miko sitting with her legs crossed, they sitting on opposite sides of the bench. SARAH So you read my book? MIKO (OVER EXAGGERATE) Read? More like memorised every single page CLOSE UP Sarah looks at Miko with a smile, and quickly looks away when Miko looks at her. MID SHOT Miko takes a little box out and puts on the bench, on the space that was between them. SARAH What is that? MIKO Something that belongs to you...please take it. CLOSE UP Sarah takes the box and quickly opens it. She smiles and a tear falls down. it's a necklace, it's their necklace. The necklace has a pendant, a heart, but half of it missing, because Sarah has it. SARAH Is this really necessary,you have already pushed me out of your life let me at least be part of your memories. MIKO Nothing will EVER erease the memories we've made. So please try to understand that I'm trying my best to move on and so should you. So please keep this necklace and
- 8. 2. think of it as if I was giving you half of me. CLOSE UP Miko gets up and smiles MIKO Your book Sarah...on the last chapter you said how you had doubts about me, about us. So before I go...I did and I always will love you CLOSE UP Sarah gets up and walks towards miko (WHISPER) Miko, I love you and I will always love you...(can't hear the last part because of the loud wind noise) MID SHOT Miko and Sarah looking at each other, while standing on each side of the bridge and then the title of the short film "MIKO" fades in at the center. FADE TO BLACK
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