![FADE IN:
EXT. MUDDY HILL - DAY
Dog walkers and various travelers are strolling casually
through the fields and the dirt paths. A casually dressed
BOY [JAMES] and GIRL [KERRY] in their late teens are
walking down a muddy path on a gradual hill.
James is looking down at his phone and messaging
someone. Kerry is walking alongside James and is staring
at him, whilst glancing down at the mobile.
JAMES
What’s up? Why do you keep
looking at my phone?
KERRY
Nothing! I was just wondering who
you were messaging.
James puts away his phone into his pocket and stops
walking to look at Kerry.
JAMES
Well for god sake am I not allowed to message anyone
anymore without you knowing exactly who?
KERRY
No! Its just im a bit bored here
whilst you’re texting on that
stupid phone as usual.
JAMES
You know it’s annoying having
someone having a go at you all
the time for no reason!
KERRY
Well do you know what is
annoying? This fucking stupid
ring! So you can have that back
and enjoy talking to all your
other friends!
Kerry pulls a ring off of her left hand and throws it at
James, then storming off back up the hill.
JAMES
Oh come on! You can’t be serious!
Kerry ignores James and keeps walking away from him. James
looks down at the ring on the floor and picks it back up,
putting it in his coat pocket.
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Short Film Script - Draft 1
- 1. TITLE By Liam Monk Monk Productions The Beacon Sixth Form
- 2. FADE IN: EXT. MUDDY HILL - DAY Dog walkers and various travelers are strolling casually through the fields and the dirt paths. A casually dressed BOY [JAMES] and GIRL [KERRY] in their late teens are walking down a muddy path on a gradual hill. James is looking down at his phone and messaging someone. Kerry is walking alongside James and is staring at him, whilst glancing down at the mobile. JAMES What’s up? Why do you keep looking at my phone? KERRY Nothing! I was just wondering who you were messaging. James puts away his phone into his pocket and stops walking to look at Kerry. JAMES Well for god sake am I not allowed to message anyone anymore without you knowing exactly who? KERRY No! Its just im a bit bored here whilst you’re texting on that stupid phone as usual. JAMES You know it’s annoying having someone having a go at you all the time for no reason! KERRY Well do you know what is annoying? This fucking stupid ring! So you can have that back and enjoy talking to all your other friends! Kerry pulls a ring off of her left hand and throws it at James, then storming off back up the hill. JAMES Oh come on! You can’t be serious! Kerry ignores James and keeps walking away from him. James looks down at the ring on the floor and picks it back up, putting it in his coat pocket. (CONTINUED)
- 3. CONTINUED: 2. JAMES Oh for god sake, every time... He takes one last glance at Kerry in the distance, and then carries on walking down the dirt path. As he is walking along, he notcies that his shoelace is coming untied. He then stops and crouches down to tie them back up, when two hooded figures are now moving behind him in the distance. After he has tied the laces, he takes a quick look behind and spots the two hooded figures following him. JAMES (Mutters under breath) Oh god not again.. His face drops, he jolts his head forward and starts to pace down the path again. As he is marching down the path, he turns his head around to look for an alternative route and spots a small gap in the bushes to his right. He quickly turns and moves through the opening. EXT. GRASS FIELD - DAY James walks through the grass field is halfway through this, he takes one last glance behind him. There doesn’t seem to be anyone in sight, so the boy sighs in relief and slows down his walk. Taking the ring out of his coat pocket, James slowly moves it through his fingers, staring deeply into the small etchings inside. ATTACKER #1+2 (Shouting outside of frame) Oi dickhead! All of a sudden, James is tackled violently to the floor by one of the hooded figures, dropping the ring into the grass. James tries to grab the ring off of the floor. ATTACKER #2 Hold up bruv, we’re gunna ’av that The attacker steps on James’ hand, picks up the ring and puts it in his pocket. JAMES Ah nah man not the ring! It’s my girlfriends.... ATTACKER #1 (Quickly interrupted) Shut up bruv! You think we care ’bout dat? (CONTINUED)
- 4. CONTINUED: 3. JAMES Nah it’s just that.. ATTACKER #2 Are you deaf or summin? I thought he told you to shut the fuck up! Now set us your phone and wallet yeah JAMES ok, ok James slowly reaches into his coat pocket and pulls out a black leather wallet and an old Nokia mobile and passes these over. ATTACKER #2 What? Do you think we’re stupid or somethin? This aint your real phone! JAMES No I swear to you! My iPhone broke so i’m using this one at the moment ATTACKER #1 Oi hurry this up bruv ATTACKER #2 Yeah I am! Alright get the fuck out of here then Attacker #2 pushes James away from him ATTACKER #2 and don’t go phoning the police or nothin, or we’ll actually fuck you up bruv The two attackers mutter to each other as they walk away looking inside his wallet, but as James is standing still in shock, his other mobile phone goes off, alerting the two men. ATTACKER #2 Huh? ATTACKER #1 (shouting intensely) Oi! What the fuck you lying cunt! You told us you didn’t have another phone! JAMES Oh my god oh my god... (CONTINUED)
- 5. CONTINUED: 4. James is desperately thumbling to turn off his mobile, but can not get it out of his pocket quick enough. The two run over to him and push him onto the floor, kicking him hard in the stomach. One of the attackers then pulls out a flip knife from his bag and points it towards James’s face. ATTACKER #1 Now you listen here.. JAMES (Interrupting) Oh my god, please ATTACKER #2 You think you can pull that kinda shit with us? ATTACKER #1 Yeah you cheeky little prick! The attackers continue to kick James in the stomach, but then take his rucksack from him. ATTACKER #1 We’ll be having that! The two attackers then run off into the distance with his bag, leaving James wearing and winded on the ground. After a few minutes, James gets himself together, picks himself back up and scans the surrounding areas to see if they’ve definitely gone. He limps down to a road at the bottom of the park. EXT. ROAD BY EDGE OF PARK - DAY In the distance he sees a group of people around a stopped car in the road. Intrigued, he walks over and sees his bag lying next to the car. BYSTANDER #1 Oh my god what happened here? JAMES (Whispering) What the? My bag? He walks closer and sees the limp body of one of his attackers under the car bumper. With an astonished face, the boy slowly grabs his bag and walks off into the distance BYSTANDER #1 Excuse me? You can’t just take that!....Hello? (CONTINUED)
- 6. CONTINUED: 5. He searches inside the bag and finds all of what the attackers took from him, including the ring from earlier. The boy takes this and his mobile out the bag, puts it in his jeans pocket and slumps down onto the curb, staring at phone with a missed call from the Kerry. FADE OUT THE END