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- 1. ME, MYSELF AND THEM. By Katy-Anne Coleman
- 2. 2 FADE IN: SCENE 1: INT. REVY’S HOUSE CORRIDOR. NIGHT. REVY’s plain white bedroom door sits in the middle of a cream coloured corridor: to the right of it, there’s another white door which is open, though the room inside can’t be seen apart from the aqua floor by the door. SCENE 2: INT. REVY’S BEDROOM. NIGHT. REVY sits on her bed comfortably, listening to music through some earphones, eyes closed. Her pale pink hair flows down her back, and her fringe is brushed out of the way of her eyes. She’s wearing a lilac T-shirt and blue leggings, with her feet bare. Her phone is on the bed to her right, and she’s listening to music. Her curtains are mostly closed, though a crack reveals its dark outside. REVY’s room is a mix of messy and clean; an Xbox controller sits at the foot of her bed along with her PJs, and yet her bookshelf is neat and tidy and her bed which she’s sitting on is made. REVY pulls her earphones out and immediately there’s a ding as she receives a message. REVY picks up her phone to check who is messaging her. It’s from someone simply called “Rosa <3”. ROSA is REVY’s girlfriend, who remains faceless for the majority of the film: ‘You and I should probably be getting some rest soon, shouldn’t we?’ Her eyes narrowing, REVY notices the time on her phone: 12:10am at night. She responds to ROSA: ‘Sh*t, you’re right. We should probably go to sleep. Especially since we’ve got college tomorrow.’ REVY makes her phone go on standby and gets up, heading out her bedroom and entering the bathroom. SCENE 3: INT. REVY’S BATHROOM. NIGHT. The bathroom has a simplistic layout: opposite the door is a toilet, and far to the side of the toilet is a shower. In between the shower and toilet is the sink, with a shelf in front of it for toothbrushes and the mirror. REVY places her phone on the shelf, to the left (her right) of the mirror. As she brushes her teeth and then brushes her hair afterwards, she keeps looking back at her phone over and over again; she’s waiting for a response. Once REVY is done brushing her hair, she grabs her phone and leaves the bathroom, heading back to her own bedroom. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
- 3. 3 SCENE 4: INT. REVY’S BEDROOM. NIGHT. REVY sits down on her bed with her legs hanging over the side, and another ding alerts her of a response. She looks down at her phone to see ROSA has replied to her message from earlier: ‘Yup. Sounds like a plan to me!’ REVY responds quickly: ‘What took you so long?’ and gets a response from ROSA after a few more moments pass: ‘I was busy, sorry ‘bout that.’ (BEAT) REVY responds with: ‘It’s fine, don’t expect you to be there all the time after all.’ She puts her phone down on the bed and flops backwards, lying with her arms and legs spread like a starfish as she looks up at the ceiling. Looking a little worried, she closes her eyes. SCENE 4A: REVY’S MIND, NIGHT. REVY opens her eyes suddenly, as she and the world around her goes black. Her body is outlined white, her hair has turned grey, and all colour has disappeared. REVY quickly gets up and looks around, and fear quickly hits her as she seems to realise where she is. REVY begins to run to the left (her right), trying to get somewhere. As she runs, dark figures start to appear and disappear in the background, almost like ghosts. When REVY sees the Safe Space, she begins to run faster and becomes more frantic, as she knows that it’s the place she needs to go to escape the ghostly figures; she’s aware they’re following her. The Safe Space stands out from the darkness as a large and bright area with green grass, flowers and a pond, as well as some trees. White figures, GOOD THOUGHTS, stand about the Safe Space, and each of them look slightly different from each other with their different hairstyles and haircolours. There’s also some of the GOOD THOUGHTS that are in the form of white animals, mostly birds and butterflies, though there’s a cat and a dog there too. Suddenly, as REVY gets closer to the Safe Space, a large swarm of the ghostly figures rise from the ground and block her access to the Safe Space. They are the SHADOW PEOPLE, each at a different height and also with different expressions: most seem angry, though some look gleeful and others look sad. Behind the wall of SHADOW PEOPLE, some of the GOOD THOUGHTS in 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33
- 4. 4 the Safe Space turn and look to see what’s going on. They all look shocked. REVY screeches to a halt, clearly surprised. Her expression shifts to one of fear, as she quickly turns around and then runs in the other direction. As REVY tries to get away from the SHADOW PEOPLE as fast as she can, they all promptly chase after her in their large group, hunting her down like an animal after their prey. After running fearfully for a few moments, REVY suddenly trips up and stumbles, falling forward and landing on her hands and knees. The SHADOW PEOPLE rush forward and crowd REVY as she lies on the floor. Looking around and seeing that she’s surrounded, REVY begins to try and kick away the SHADOW PEOPLE, who all begin to say horrible things to her. SHADOW 1 speaks first out of the crowd, saying: ‘You’re such a failure.’ SHADOW 2 speaks after them, saying: ‘Nobody cares about you!’ Terrified and trying to block out the SHADOW PEOPLE, REVY curls up on her front on the floor and starts to cry, as more and more SHADOW PEOPLE surround and say horrible things to her. SHADOW 1 starts to jeer at her again, shouting: ‘You mean absolutely nothing!’ to REVY. SHADOW 4 shouts too, stating: ‘You’re not talented at all!’ while SHADOW 3 yells beside them: ‘You’re so pathetic!’ REVY screams loudly and suddenly, getting overwhelmed by the SHADOW PEOPLE surrounding her and sounding desperate for someone to come to her aid. As she screeches, the SHADOW PEOPLE all vanish in an instant, leaving REVY alone on the floor in the darkness. Carefully and quietly, a GOOD THOUGHT in the shape of a bird lands in front of REVY as she continues to cry. It says softly: ‘You’re pretty!’ REVY looks up at the GOOD THOUGHT in disbelief and surprise from behind her fringe. Behind her another GOOD THOUGHT walks over, in the form of a female human with short red hair. GOOD THOUGHT 2 says encouragingly: ‘C’mon, you’re doing so well!’ Another GOOD THOUGHT in the form of a male human with short blue hair appears beside the GOOD THOUGHT with red hair, and then a GOOD THOUGHT in the form of a butterfly lands on her head, and then another one appears by the bird. One by one, more GOOD THOUGHT’s appear around REVY, supporting her with kind words. GOOD THOUGHT 3 murmurs: ‘You’re trying your best.’ GOOD THOUGHT 4 says: ‘People do care about you, y’know.’ Shortly after them, GOOD THOUGHT 5 states firmly: ‘You deserve to be loved.’ A few more tears fall from REVY’s eyes as she smiles, before then proceeding to close her eyes, now calm and content. 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50
- 5. 5 SCENE 4B: INT. REVY’S BEDROOM. NIGHT REVY’s eyes open when the sound of her receiving a notification brings her back to reality. The world around her has changed once again, and she’s back in her pastel room, on her bed, still sprawled out like a starfish. Blinking a few times in surprise, REVY sits up and looks at her phone, before picking it up and reading the message, which is from ROSA: ‘Hey, you okay?’ (BEAT) REVY responds after a moment: ‘Yea, I’m just… Dealing with some troubles again.’ ROSA replies to her message a few seconds later: ‘You’re alright now though, aren’t you? You want me to stay awake a bit longer?’ REVY blushes and smiles to herself, before responding: ‘No, I’m gonna be okay. Thanks though sweetheart. I appreciate it <3’ ROSA replies to her girlfriend after another moment of nothing: ‘No problem. I’ll see you tomorrow then. Goodnight, sleep well! I love you <3’ Finally closing the conversation, REVY replies with: ‘Goodnight Rosa. I love you too, so much xx’ REVY puts down her phone on her bedside table, next to a photo frame of REVY and ROSA: ROSA has short dark blue hair and glasses, and in the picture she’s wearing a white t-shirt and dark blue jeans to match her hair colour. As REVY gets up from the bed and passes the picture, the GOOD THOUGHT in the form of a white bird from earlier appears, perched beside it. Off- screen, REVY gets changed into her PJs seen earlier, as the GOOD THOUGHT sits patiently and pecks at the photo frame in an almost curious manner. Once REVY is finished getting dressed, she goes and reaches out for the light switch, which is by her door and also by her mirror that sits on the wall to the left of the door. However, as she does so, she pauses and looks at herself in the mirror with a concerned expression. The GOOD THOUGHT flies up and lands on her shoulder, chirping cheerfully and innocently. REVY smiles at her reflection, looking happy, before turning off the light. FADE OUT The End. 51 52 54 55 56 57 58 59 60