Oh Messy Life By Jonathan Harrold

Slow paced, dreamy, peaceful, happy, cheesy, gay acoustic pop. For this part I want to create a false mood for the piece so it looks like a happy upbeat lm. This then cuts out and drops into something more dark and distorted when Thom says his line.

INT. THOMS BEDROOM - DAY

MODERN DAY

A couple are laying in bed, side by side. EMILY (27), in just her underwear, her long brown hair sprawled across the white sheets. THOM (29), also in his underwear. Clean shaven. With the window open the sun floods the room. The sound of birds singing and cars passing can be heard outside. A large map covers the wall behind the headboard, with red string pinned to it. A book about travel and an ashtray lays on his bedside table. On hers, another ashtray and a lamp. Thom lights a cigarette, Emily leans in to light hers off the flame. After a few drags she places it on an ashtray, rolls over and leans in to kiss Thom. She cuddles into him, but he doesnt make much movement, cigarette still in hand. Getting minimal response, she returns to her original position, once again with the cigarette in her hand, taking another drag. THOM I think we should break up. CUT TO INT. BEDROOM - DAY Thom lays in bed alone with his book on his chest. He is unshaven with messy hair. His room is messy and the bed sheets are scruffy. The string on the map has started to come unpinned and dangles down. A birthday card stands up on his bedside table with the number 30 on the front. His phone starts ringing, waking him up. He ignores it and rolls over, putting his head under the cover. He imagines Emily in the bed next to him. The phone stops ringing for a few seconds but soon starts again. He sighs and rolls over to pick it up. THOM Hey Dave... Tonight? Sure. Im at work till nine. Shit, whats the time? INT. SHOP - DAY Thom is stacking shelves in a supermarket, wearing a uniform, bored. SOUND BRIDGE

After Thoms line I was thinking about something like 'rubber' by Yuck this song continues over into the next scene which is set a few weeks later, Thom has just woken up, depressed, regretting leaving his girlrend, slow paced. If it could use some kind of phone vibrating style sound as a part of it that would be perfect, but that could just be an outrageous daydream.

For this scene I would ideally like something that wouldn't sound out of place being played on the radio at a supermarket or B&Q. This song continues into Thoms memory scene so it needs to be regretful,

to be something regretful, slow paced (50/60 BPM?) almost ambient, reecting on happy memories but also quite sad and sinister. This tone and emotion is more important than making it sound like something from the co-op playlist. So if you can't do both this is more important.

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INT. FIELD - NIGHT (MEMORY) Emily and Thom are sitting in a field with friends. They are kept lit by a small fire. Emily lights her cigarette and Thom leans in to light his off the flame. The friends are letting off Chinese lanterns. They all look up at them in awe. A firework goes off and all the girls scream. Emily grabs Thom tight. A second firework goes off. CUT BACK TO SOUND TRANSITION: FIREWORK BANG/ OBJECTS HITTING FLOOR INT. SHOP - DAY Thom has over stocked a shelf and things start falling off. This snaps out of his day dream. He tries to catch them but makes things worse, dropping even more. EXT. BEER GARDEN - NIGHT Thom sits in a crowded beer garden with a glass of beer to his lips, distracted, thinking hes just seen Emily in the crowd. His friend DAVID (29) comes over and nudges him, a pint in each hand. DAVID Still no Emily? No. THOM DAVID (smiling) THOM

Good. What?

DAVID (laughing) Well thats why were here isnt it? David looks over to a group of girls, scantily clad in pink tutus and tiaras. He nudges Thom and raises his eyebrows in a mischievous manner. They join the girls and play drinking games. CUT TO

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INT. GIRLS FRONT ROOM - NIGHT A plain front room. Coffee table covered with Lambrini bottles, empty balloons and other evidence of partying. Spilt drinks make a sticky mucky surface. 2 of the girls are laying on sofas opposite each other, singing along to a cheesey pop song, one of them smoking a joint. Thom is in the background by the door with one of the girls, getting quite close. They leave the room. Dave sits on an uncomfortable looking seat, a DVD case balancing on his knees, credit card in hand. He is sporting one of the girls tiaras. He snorts a line of whatever and reels back in pain. The girl passes him the joint. He accepts it, puts it in his mouth, stands up and walks over to the other sofa to lay down next to one of the girls, singing along to the song the whole time. INT. GIRLS ROOM - NIGHT Thom sits at the end of a girls bed. She lays with the sheet covering her. There is an obvious awkwardness in the room. The glow from a street lamp and passing cars shine through the gaps in the blinds, giving the room an off colour. The sound of the others can be heard through the wall. Neither of them say anything as he ties his shoes. She fiddles with the corner of her quilt. He stands up and grabs his coat off the back of the door.
drunk, regretful, missing his Ex, Sad, dark, slow paced. He may or may not have just slept with a dirty skank, he realises he wants emily back. Walking to emilys and throwing a rock at her window will probably only take 30-50 seconds where Ideally i would like a sharp stop just before the dialogue starts and a sharp restart for when emily slams her window, then a slow down of pace and fade out for thom waking up hung over.

EXT. STREET - NIGHT Down a dark street, smoking a cigarette, Thom tries calling someone. The smoke from his mouth is thickened in the cold air. INT. EMILYS ROOM - NIGHT A phone is vibrating on the floor of a messy bedroom. Emily lays in her bed, upside down, no pillow, smoking a cigarette. She picks the phone up and the light from the screen lights her face. She ignores the phone as it stops buzzing. A few seconds of silence pass. She hears a tap on the window, above the head of her bed. She sits up. Another object taps the window. She climbs to the head of her bed, opens it and looks out to see Thom standing in her front garden. EMILY (shouting) What the fuck Thom?

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THOM (shouting, slurring) Hey Em! EMILY What are you doing here? THOM I need to talk to you. She shakes her head and turns around back into the room. She hears him shouting from outside. No, wait. THOM

She hesitates for a second before turning back around and sticking her head back out of the window. EMILY Thom, you need to go home. Youre embarrassing yourself. THOM Wont you just come down? EMILY I dont want to talk to you.
music restarts here and slows down to go into the scene where thom is lay in bed feeling embarrassed and regretful

She shuts the window and sits down on her bed with a sad expression. Thom rubs his face with the palms of his hands. CUT TO INT. THOMS BEDROOM - DAY Thom wakes up in his bed alone his book lays open, face down on his bare chest. He looks over to the empty side of the bed and imagines her there. INT. PARENTS HOUSE - DAY Thom looks into an old fashioned front room. Two arm chairs, a rug, fireplace and a TV. His father, Paul (60) sits in one of the chairs, flicking through the teletext channels. Hi Dad. THOM

His eyes dont stray from the TV.

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PAUL I suppose your mothers getting the brews on. Two sugars. A frail but stern voice comes from behind Thom. SUE Ive already made your fucking tea you lazy git. He moves out of the doorway to let his mother, SUE (57), through. Paul ignores her as she comes in with a tray of tea cups. SUE So how are you lovely? Excited for your birthday? PAUL Youre catching up with us. Paul laughs into his tea. Sue whacks him on the arm. SUE Hows Emily? Thom takes the tea bag out of his tea, puts two sugars in and stirs. Er... THOM (interrupted)

SUE You know me and your Dad were happily married by the time we were 20! PAUL Now look at us! Sue slaps him on the arm again. Thom leans against the wall with his cup of tea held close to his lips, their argument becomes background noise. MATCH CUT

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EXT. BEER GARDEN - NIGHT Thom holds a pint glass to his lips, drinking his beer with haste. David stands opposite, drinking his faster. DAVID I win. THOM I didnt realise we were racing. David picks up a second pint. DAVID Happy birthday Thom, you miserable git. THOM Its not my birthday yet.
I would like some music to come in when they cheers and continue over the drinking montage and warehouse scenes. Thom is happier, drunk, enjoying himself with dave, starting to ll the hole in his life, this cuts to a memory of him there with emily where the happy mood is matched faster paced than the majority of the other music in the lm. quite psychedelic and spacey possibly something similar to snowstorm by Galaxie 500 but im not too sure. ending around the end of the montage with emily

They cheers. MONTAGE They do shots, play drinking games, Dave pukes down an alley. EXT. WAREHOUSE - NIGHT Thom is giving Dave a leg up over the fence to an old derelict warehouse. He is struggling to hold his weight. As he lifts his friend, he looks around to check no one is watching. One last push and Dave is up. INT. WAREHOUSE - NIGHT (MEMORY) Emily dangles her legs down, holding on to the top of the fence. She drops to the ground. Slightly winded from the impact, she coughs. After regaining her breath she stands up fully and looks around. Her breath is visible in the cold air. Thom comes over the fence, drops and joins her. Emily lights the way with the flash on her camera phone. THOM What do you think? EMILY (smiling) This is cool. MONTAGE

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They They like of a up a

kiss and start walking into the abyss of the warehouse. smash windows, climb the ruins, smoke and run around friends. They kiss passionately in amongst the wreckage dark room. He chases her through the building. She runs set of stairs and he follows.

EXT. WAREHOUSE - NIGHT Thom comes running up the stairs to find Dave urinating off the roof. Dave looks round at him. DAVE Are you watching me piss? Shut up. THOM

Thom sits down on the roof, Dave soon joins him, pulling a pre roll from his coat pocket. He rummages for a lighter, Thom gets his out and sparks the end of the joint for him. DAVE Ta babes. Thom smirks. DAVE So how did you find this place? THOM Ive just been here before. Thom is still holding the lighter, ignoring the view from the roof, and avoiding eye contact with Dave. He fiddles with it, igniting it then blowing it out while Dave looks around and smokes. Dave starts to cough. THOM Do you wanna dip? DAVE (between coughs) Hang on a bit. He passes Thom the joint, he takes a drag. THOM I need to do something on the way. DAVE Oh right. Dont forget to pick some flowers on the way you bender.

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He shakes his head. Thom stands up. INT. EMILYS ROOM - NIGHT Emily is laying in her bed when a stone hits her window again. She gets up and opens it. Thom stands in her front garden with a bunch of flowers, obviously picked from somewhere on the way round. She cant help but laugh at his pathetic attempts. THOM Emily, come down for a cigarette. EXT. EMILYS HOUSE - NIGHT Thom and Emily stand at her front door. Thom is a little bit drunk. He attempts to roll a cigarette. Emily tucks her hair behind her ears and licks her lips. EMILY Enjoying your birthday celebrations then? THOM Its not my birthday yet. EMILY Why did you come here. THOM Just wanted to see you. A couple of tears fall down her cheeks, but she holds back. EMILY Im still angry at you. THOM Thats fair enough. Thom finally gives up on his failed attempt of rolling. Emily pulls a pack of cigarettes from her dressing gown pocket, offers one to Thom. She lights hers then hands the lighter to Thom. THOM Are you going to be at Joes party tomorrow night? He looks back up at her. She sighs.

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EMILY I might. Are you? THOM Yeah. How lame is that, someone elses party on my birthday. They stand in silence while they smoke. THOM Well I guess I should go. He bends down to pick up the flowers and hands them to her. THOM Im really sorry Em. She continues smoking her fag as he leaves. INT. THOMS BEDROOM - DAY Thom wakes up next to David, in Emilys place. The word bender is written across Thoms forehead. They dont say anything to each other as they get up.
At this point thom has had kind of an epiphany and is trying to sort his life out, he is more motivated, inspired and happy, faster paced. The director wants something similar to what is achieved in this but more distorted http:// www.youtube.com/ watch? v=1md5zk0vmJY but its not as long scene and will probably rum for about a minute until the party scene

EXT. STREET - DAY Thom walks to work, but when he gets outside he decides to keep walking. EXT. TRAVEL AGENTS - DAY He continues walking down the street, and stops when he sees a travel agents. He looks at the advertisements in the windows for a moment before entering the shop. INT. BEDROOM - DAY Thom stands on his bed and repins the string back up on the map, adding an extra piece. INT. PARTY - NIGHT Loud music plays and coloured strobe lights flicker. David and Thom talk in the crowd. The noise of the party makes their conversation inaudible. He looks for Emily in the crowd but cant see her. Disheartened he retreats to the garden.

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EXT. BACK GARDEN - NIGHT He sits down on a garden table, facing a landscape of city lights. People are in the garden letting off Chinese lanterns. He starts to role a cigarette. Hey Thom. EMILY

He spins his head round to see Emily standing there. He smiles. She climbs up on the table to sit next to him. She pulls out a cigarette. Silence lingers for a few seconds before being broken by Thom sparking his lighter. Emily leans in to light hers. She lays down across the table, he lays next to her, his head against her shoulder, looking up at the lanterns floating through the sky. They lay silently smoking their cigarettes, nothing but the muffled sound of the the party. Emily sits up and flicks her cigarette. Thom shortly follows. EMILY Lets get out of here. THOM Where would we go? EMILY Do you really care? THOM (smiling) No. OK. Im sorry. Lets go.
For this scene we were hoping to use some of your music you have already done on the radio in the car if this is possible?

INT. CAR - NIGHT Thom drives through the dark night, passing the lights of houses and shops. Music plays on the stereo and Emily mimes along to the words of the song. She spots some brochures for traveling on the dashboard. She looks at Thom and smiles. Putting them back down, she notices the clock says 12.04am. Hey Thom. what? EMILY THOM

EMILY Happy birthday.

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They sit in their seats smiling as the world goes past the windows.