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Short film script awaiting review. Mysterious events are taking place in a High School. |
******NOTE: I created this short film script for a state competition. This is my first short film, although I have done several YouTube videos of my own. This is not the final version, but any suggestions or reviews would be really helpful. I'm only 16 and not an expert. The spacing may be a little weird as well because I copied and pasted from a script creation program. Please give any advice or suggestions. ALSO, names that are not mentioned in lines are irrelevant. Yes, I know the "MileyMandy" reference is kind of stupid but their names will not be mentioned in the film. This is just for scripting purposes only. Thanks. Please enjoy..."Sub-Zero" TITLE CREDITS 1 Camera continues down empty school hallway. Various shots of hallway set (lockers, bulletin boards) all while walking. Suspenseful music. Title. Dissolves into Scene One. TIME FOR CLASS 2 Classroom. Start with closeups of desks. Shot from floor of leg of desk then focusing on teachers desk. SUBSTITUTE is sitting. Closeup from above substitute. "Substitute Files" are shown on desk. Flips through them. Shot of clock. 7:45. Bell rings. Far shot of SUBSTITUTE. Stands up, brushes off jacket. Sound of door opening. Shot of students entering room. Looking a bit confused, whispering. ADAM turn around. Shot from hallway showing ASHLEY pulling ADAM away. ADAM Looks like we have a sub. ASHLEY (giggly) Nice, wanna skip? ADAM grabs WILL. Holds him against the wall. ADAM Your name’s Adam Taylor for the day, got it? WILL But I... ADAM Hey, no buts, okay? Do what I told ya and there won’t be any problems. ADAM lets go of WILL. ADAM looks shocked. WILL enters classroom. SCENE 2: 3 Back in classroom. Students talking. WILL pulls out binder. Bell rings. SUBSTITUTE walks to the front of the room. Nervous. MR. DICKERSON Good morning class. My name is Mr. Dickerson. Giggles from the classroom. MR. DICKERSON I’m glad you find that amusing. (begins to become less tense) VICTORIA raises hand. Mr. DICKERSON glances at her. VICTORIA Where’s Mrs. Cooper? MR. DICKERSON (pause. Stares at Victoria.) Now as I was saying, I’ll be teaching your class today. Shot of Victoria and then class. Looking at each other. MR. DICKERSON Now, I need to learn your names. Let’s see... Reads off the roll. MR. DICKERSON Victoria Baker? VICTORIA Here. MR. DICKERSON Kyle Carter? KYLE Here. Teacher continues reading roll in background. TERRENCE taps Kyle on the shoulder. Kyle turns around. TERRENCE She’s looking at you. KYLE What? KYLE turns around. Shot of Victoria. She’s staring at him but when she notices he’s looking back she quickly looks down. KYLE turns back around. MR. DICKERSON Mitchell Terrence? Kids in shot smile. TERRENCE It’s Terrence Mitchell. MR. DICKERSON My apologies Mr. Mitchell. Of course, I’ve known a lot of children named Mitchell. Shot of TERRENCE. Looking around, slightly freaked out. MR. DICKERSON Adam Taylor? Shot of WILL. Looks up, then looks back down. Hesitates, but doesn’t respond. Kayla turns to WILL. KAYLA Hey, I saw what happened out there. Good for you. WILL nods but is too shy to respond. MR. DICKERSON calls his name, he raises his hand. Shot of MR. DICKERSON. MR. DICKERSON Ok, I think that’s everyone. Now if you guys would excuse me while I take this to attendance. Your assignment is on the board. I’ll return shortly. MR. DICKERSON leaves. A couple students pull out paper. The rest join on one side of the room to talk. TERRENCE Where do they find these subs anyways? Victoria shakes her head. Shot of clock. Time advances. Shot from above at class. Victoria stares at clock. VICTORIA It’s been __ minutes. Why isn’t he back yet? TERRENCE Vicki, chill. KYLE No, she’s right. I’ll go see what’s up. VICTORIA No! You might get caught. TERRENCE Like that’s gonna stop him. KYLE It’s ok, I’m just going to the office. KYLE leaves classroom. TERRENCE Whatever, I gotta use the bathroom. VICTORIA But, what if.... TERRENCE My God Victoria, you act like this place is haunted or something. VICTORIA I’m just, I don’t know. Go. TERRENCE Thank you Ms. Baker... (rolls eyes) TERRENCE exits. TERRENCE does not go to downstairs bathroom (not in shot). Instead heads up stairs. Shot from above. Lights go off. TERRENCE What the? Shot of Kyle in hall, lights go off. Shot of class, lights go off. Back to Terrence. The sound of a distant scream from above startles him. Lights come back on. Shot of Kyle, lights on. Kyle enters lobby. No one is around, the office is empty. Shot of Terrence entering the bathroom. Sees man laying on floor, back facing the camera. Terrence slowly walks forward. TERRENCE Mr. Dickerson? Terrence approaches the man on the floor, rolls him over and sees that his face is unrecognizable. Scars and red spots all over. Appears to have been burned. TERRENCE (whispers) Oh my God... Phone rings. Terrence looks at it, answers. Shot of Kyle. KYLE Hey, somethings up. I just went to the office to try to find the sub, and no one is there. Actually, there’s no one on campus. Shot of Terrence. TERRENCE Oh, I found him. But we’ve got bigger problems. Footsteps approaching. Terrence panics. TERRENCE Someone’s coming, I gotta go. Terrence hangs up phone, runs in stall. Closes door and climbs up where his feet aren’t showing. Covers his mouth. Shot looking under the stall, woman wearing high heals comes and stands in front of the door. Turns around and walks out. Shot of Terrence covering his mouth. Transition to Kyle and Terrence in the hall. RETURN TO CLASS 4 TERRENCE I told you man, she was standing right in front of the door, then she just turned and walked out. KYLE That’s crazy dude. And look, like I said, There’s no one here. The classrooms are empty, there’s not even anyone in the lobby. TERRENCE Let’s just go back to class. KYLE and TERRENCE begin to walk in classroom, sees MRS. COOPER teaching. They are confused. MRS. COOPER Have a seat. KYLE and TERRENCE sit down. CHRIS is beside them. CHRIS She got back as soon as you guys left. TERRENCE pulls out his cellphone. Texts "Sub is dead. Get out." to "Drama" group. Shot of class looking at their phones then looking at Terrence. Them Mrs. Coopers phone dings in her purse. TERRENCE looks at phone and realizes that Mrs. Cooper’s number was in the group. Mrs. Cooper walks over to her desk, pulls out the phone. Bell rings, class tries to leave as soon as possible. MRS. COOPER Don’t even think about it. Get back to your seats. Class looks scared, sit back down. Teacher stands in front of room with her back turned. KYLE gets out of his seat. VICTORIA looks at him. VICTORIA (mouths, not actually speaking) What are you doing? KYLE lunges toward Mrs. Cooper, takes her down. Shot of class yelling at him to get off. Chaos. Shot of Will, shaking violently. Kayla turns toward him. KAYLA Will, are you ok? Will opens up jacket. He has explosives strapped to the inside. Pulls a string. Kayla gasp. Shot of who class, still focused on the teacher. Bright flash, fade to wide then fade out to black. THE AFTERMATH 5 Fade into stack of newspapers. WILL’s photo on front cover with headline "Student Suicide Bomber Detonates in Classroom". Girls pick up paper. These girls WERE NOT in any previous scenes. MILEY I knew that kid would do something stupid one day. MANDY I wonder how they knew he had a bomb? MANDY Who knows. Girls continue talking, The camera pans down to show Adam, who had been standing in the back listening. Camera zooms in close, when transitions into a memory. We are back at the beginning where Adam pushes Will up against the wall. The color scheme is different. After holding will up, Adam notices the wires hanging from Will’s jacket. He sets him down and is in shock, but keeps his cool until Will enters room. ADAM We have to go to the office, now. Shot of Adam and Ashley running into the main office. ADAM There’s a bomb. RECEPTIONIST What? ADAM A kid, with a bomb strapped to him in room D210. ASHLEY Please, you have to warn everyone. RECEPTIONIST ASSISTANT (to receptionist) Send out an announcement to all the classrooms except that room. Receptionist picks up phone. RECEPTIONIST (into phone) We have a Code Yellow. Please follow standard evacuation procedures. Shot of Adam and Ashley, fades back into Adam and current time. Miley and Mandy are still talking. MANDY Oh My God, Did you hear that they found a dead guy in the upstairs bathroom? MILEY Nah, it’s probably just a stupid rumor. Girls walk off, the shot is focused on Adam again, Ashley walks into frame. ASHLEY You ready? ADAM Yeah. Adam and Ashley begin to walk off. Camera focuses on Ashley, starts panning down her body and ends focused on her feet. She is wearing the high heels of the murderer from the bathroom scene. Music builds up then dramatically cuts to black. Credits roll. |