Short film "Connections" script
Connections script
Act 1
Scene 1- Hallway next to entrance.
Open with panning shots of surroundings with
arguing in the background getting louder and louder
“Why
can’t you go one day without tormenting my life!?”
Adam
“I’m tormenting your life? Okay. You annoy me every
day and everybody takes your side on everything even when they don’t know
what’s going on.”
“Shut u-“
Adam
Adam interrupting calmly
“Personally… I think that you’re the biggest
annoyance in my life.”
Scene 2- Cafeteria
Fade in, reveal Adam and Cameron sat at a table in
the cafeteria, Adam sits facing away from the entrance with Cameron next to
him*
Looking
annoyed
“I heard you two arguing again, why you both
don’t have to be at each other’s throats?
Adam
He sighs
“How do you put up with us?”
Cameron
“You get used to it after being friends with both
of you for years, even if you both haven’t changed at all since then”
Adam
“Both Steph and I have our reasons for avoiding
each other, I don’t know why I treat her like an outcast but maybe I can change
things if I try.
He stares at Adam in both surprise and fear
“Don’t finish that sentence, he doesn't deserve to
be mentioned in my family, he hurt me and my sister before he crashed his car
and I don't think he ever would have changed his ways.
Cameron
“That's your problem, you don't know
when to stop.”
Adam
Realisation, places head in hands
“I’ve become like him.
Cameron sighs and takes a drink
It becomes apparent that she only heard part of the
conversation, She walks out of frame. Cut to black abruptly as Stephanie begins
walking away, ambient sound effect in sync with the transition
Act 2 Scene 1
“Hello?” He rolls his eyes
yes mum? I’m on my way now. No Steph isn’t here why?” He gets increasingly
annoyed “Well maybe she’s too busy to answer her phone? I saw her a couple
hours ago but- Okay fine I’ll let you know when I see or hear from her.”
He hangs up and tries to phone Stephanie but she
doesn’t answer
Act 2 Scene 2
Approaching Cameron
"No, last I heard about her was that she
looked like she had something on her mind."
Adam
"Hey, everything’s going well, keep following
the plan"
He hangs up, the camera pans from his phone as he
ends the call to his face where he is smiling sadistically*
Act 2 Scene 3
Adam walks out of class when he finishes
and is approached by Cameron
Looking increasingly aggravated
They both run to an alley next to the college
Adam
"What's this about?"
Cameron turns around to face Adam, a silhouette
blocks the exit to the Alley while Cameron blocks the other side
Adam
"What's going on?"
Cameron
"Just be quiet and don't try anything."
Both Cameron and the Silhouette approach Adam
slowly, Adam desperately tries to reason with them, the silhouette comes in to
view as a cloaked person with their face covered by a mask
"Stop messing around"
Cameron
“This is for your own good.”
Make this easy for us, okay?
Adam sprints towards the cloaked person while
Cameron sprints after him, Adam dives out of the way as Cameron and the cloaked
person collide in to one another, Adam runs away leaving both of the attackers
delirious
Chase montage of the characters ensues
Chase montage of the characters ensues
Talking to himself while running*
“What’s going on, maybe this is just a prank?”
Adam bumps in to the cloaked figure, they push him
over, and Cameron appears behind him again
Cameron
“I told you to make this easy for us”
Cameron exchanges glances at the cloaked person
“Do it”
Cloaked person raises their right arm and launches
it towards Adams head, everything goes black as contact is made and a loud
“Smack” is heard
Act 3 Scene 1
“He’s waking up”
Frontal view to reveal Adam in a small room tied to
a chair, he looks around to get familiar with his surroundings but feels a pull
from the cloaked persons Gaze
Cloaked person
“If you would have cooperated instead of running then I wouldn’t have needed to knock you out.”
Adam looks up in horror to see Stephanie under the
cloak with her mask in hand
Adam
“Why are you here?”
Stephanie
“The same reason you are, to show you yourself”
Adam
“Don’t start getting spiritual on me, I had enough
of that from dad”
Stephanie
“Yeah, you got a lot of things from him didn’t you?”
Adam
“What’s that supposed to mean?”
Cameron
Interrupting before Stephanie can respond
Stephanie
“He
wasn’t responsible for the accident you know”
Adam
“Yes he was, the police confirmed he had Alcohol in
his system at the time of death”
“YOU SHOULD KNOW MORE THAN ANYONE HOW MUCH OF A
DRUNK HE WAS, HE HIT YOU AND MUM ALMOST DAILY BECAUSE OF HIS STATE”
Stephanie
Her and Cameron exchange glances
“Huh?”
Flashback to 3 years ago when Cameron planted
whiskey in the car, the scene plays out as the dialogue describes it.
Stephanie
“What if I told you that she was paid by somebody
to do it?”
Adam
“Who would have paid her to kill dad?”
Cameron looks down at the ground while Stephanie momentarily glances at him
Adam
“You? But Why?
Cameron
“I was sickened by how he would treat you all, I
told my parents multiple times to call the police but they thought I was
joking, so I took it upon myself to punish him.”
Adam
“Untie me right now”
Cameron glances at Stephanie for approval which she
doesn’t give.
Adam tries to get loose and is furious at
Cameron
Adam
“I’m going to kill you, you bastard!”
Cameron
“That’s a natural reaction, but do you really
care?”
Adam
“Why should I? He caused misery for our lives. He
had it coming at some point.”
Cameron
Then-
Adam
Interrupting & Shouting
“He helped us in a dark time in our lives and
you’re gonna be ungrateful?”
Adam
“How are you so calm about this? There’s a murderer
in the room!”
“He killed a monster, not a human. He saved us.”
“But-
Stephanie
Adam looks down and sighs
“Why am I so blinded by my own hatred?”
Cameron
“Come on, you know what I did was for your own
good".
Adam
Tearing up, crying
“I know, I know,
but-”
They
untie him
Cameron
holds his hand out towards Adam, Adam grabs his hand and stands up
“Come on, It’s about
time we got out of here.”
They leave the room while supporting Adam and walk out of the building.
Soft
music plays as they walk away from the camera.
Another figure steps in to frame, camera
moves up the body to reveal his face. The music builds as it gets closer to the
figures face.
"We
will be a family again."
Dramatic cut to black and credits
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