SOMNIUM-draft 2 PDF

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SOMNIUMdraft 2

By

Rosie Chatterjea, Gabrielle Royle, Alexia Docker, FrancescaRoncoli

copyright to White Productions


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1. INT. BEDROOM. NIGHT

ROSIE (as a child) lies in a single bed asleep in silence onher side with her back facing the wall, looking innocent andpeaceful. The words SWEET DREAMS are hung up behind herheadboard, and the camera focuses in on this to establish

the theme.

MUM sits on the bed by her side and sweeps her hand overROSIES forehead to push her hair back and kisses herlightly goodnight on forehead.

MUMNight sweetheart.

MUM tucks ROSIE into the bed, stands up quietly after sayinggoodnight and exits the room turning the lamp off behindher. She carefully shuts the door behind her, making aconscious effort to be quiet when she leaves.

FADE TO BLACK


ROSIE (as a child) begins to toss and turn in her bed as ifshe is having a bad nightmare. She breathes heavily andshakes her head from side to side quickly in a restlessmotion.

FADE TO BLACK

3. INT. NIGHTMARE. NIGHT

In ROSIES (as a child) nightmare EVYLYN CRICK is rocking ona chair with a knife psychotically, holding the handle withone hand and the knife with the other, sniggering .

EVYLYN CRICK(sniggering)


ROSIE (as a child) wakes up suddenly screaming and cryinglooking scared and confused. She sits up in her bed andrubs her hands into her eyes in a child-like way.

YOUNG ROSIE(crying)

(CONTINUED)


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MUM runs into the room quickly and sits on bed next toROSIE. She hugs her and tries to console her as ROSIEslowly stops crying.

MUM(concerned and scared)

Youre not having those dreamsagain are you?

ROSIE sees the woman from her nightmares stood peering roundthe door in a long white night gown and her hair coveringher face.

YOUNG ROSIE(whispering)

shes behind you.

FADE TO BLACK

5. INT. LIVING ROOM. DAY

ROSIE picks up an old photograph of her and MUM from whenshe was younger off the window sill. She looks down at itand smiles.

FADE TO BLACK

6. INT. CLASSROOM. DAY

ROSIE stands at the front of a classroom full of loudchatting young students. She orders them to be quiet.

ROSIE(raised voice and clapping)

Be quiet class, today were goingto study the book, Somnium.

She turns away from the class to write the word somniumonto the white board behind her for them to see.

FADE TO BLACK

7. INT. HOUSE. EVENING

Banging and strange noises coming from the next room. ROSIElooks confused and goes to investigate. Camera follows herfrom behind to the door. She finds the door is locked andlooks through the keyhole. The camera reverses through thekeyhole to show her eye close up. A point of view shotshows an empty room then cuts back to the previous shot

(CONTINUED)


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CONTINUED: 3.

through the keyhole of ROSIE as she moves back. EVYLYNCRICK then appears behind her accompanied by some intensemusic. ROSIE is unaware of this.

FADE TO BLACK

8. EXT. ALLEYWAY. EVENING

ROSIE(gasping and panting)

ROSIE runs down a dark alleyway frantically away fromsomething unpleasant, looking behind her frequently. Thereappears to be nothing behind her. She breathes heavily andlooks scared and distressed.

FADE TO BLACK

9. INT. BALCONY. EVENING

EVYLYN CRICK, wearing a long white gown, creepily walksslowly pacing the balcony, watching over ROSIE from above.

FADE TO BLACK


EVYLYN CRICK turns and stops to look over the side of thebalcony with her hear down and her hair covering her face.

FADE TO BLACK


Over the shoulder shot from behind EVYLYN CRICK shows ROSIEwalking below looking innocent and relaxed.

FADE TO BLACK

12. EXT. PARK. DAY

Close up of ROSIE and her boyfriend, CRAIG.

ROSIE(deep breathing)

Whats wrong with me?!(crying)

CRAIG brings her close and kisses her forehead.

(CONTINUED)


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CONTINUED: 4.

FADE TO BLACK


ROSIE lies on her bed in a silent bedroom on top of the

quilt covers with her legs straight. She begins to sob andher body curls up in towards her as she covers her face towipe away her tears.

ROSIE(crying on her bed and slowlyputs her hands over her face)

14. INT. KITCHEN/CONSERVATORY. NIGHT

The room is brightly lit whilst the conservatory is in thedark. The dog sits still in the corner of the kitchen andbegins to bark suddenly as if there is something behind theglass.

DOG(barking violently)

ROSIE(in baby-talk type voice)

What are you barking at?

DOG(continues to bark)

ROSIE walks over towards the glass door to investigate andstrokes the dog. As she looks up to see what she is barkingat through the window, she sees a dark and mysteriouslooking figure (EVYLYN CRICK) and jumps back in horror.

ROSIE(screaming in horror)

FADE TO BLACK


ROSIE runs into her bedroom in panic and turns to close herdoor. She holds the handle of the door and shouts to theoutside.

ROSIE(crying but screaming)

Leave me alone!

(CONTINUED)


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CONTINUED: 5.

Holding the handle, ROSIE slams the door behind lookingextremely frightened and upset.

FADE TO BLACK

16.INT. CAR. NIGHT

ROSIE and CRAIG are driving home from town in the dark.

ROSIE, CRAIG(laughing and joking)

ROSIE looks up out of the front of the car to see the darkroad ahead. She notices something unpleasant.

ROSIE(screaming in fright andplacing hand on CRAIGs leg)

STOP!

CRAIG emergency brakes the car to see whats up withROSIE. He questions her screaming in concern.

CRAIG(concerned)

what is it?!

ROSIE(close up of her crying andscared, heavily breathing)

FADE TO BLACK

17. EXT. CAR. EVENING

A shot from the interior of the car looking out the front ofthe car shows EVYLYN CRICK standing in the middle of theroad in front of ROSIE and CRAIG.

EVYLYN CRICK(stand in silence, with herhair covering her face.Twirling the knifepsychotically from scene 3)

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