script

Media script (“Mind over Matter?”)

INT
The sound of a school bell rings indicating the end of the school day the setting.
The camera focuses on the main character; Kelsey is walking down the stairs; she becomes enclosed while facing abuse from other teenagers. She keeps her head advancing down the corridor. There is the sound of a text alert from her phone; she picks up her phone from her bag. The shot then changes to point of view shot viewing the text message she has received on her phone.
She reads a very abusive message (“LOSER!!!”). Shot changes to a reaction shot of her face; showing distress and sadness.
This then cuts to camera viewing leaving the corridor into the reception, where the camera views Kelsey coming into the scene, with Daniel progressing down stairs. Where she then looks to see Daniel at the bottom of the stairs, medium shot of Daniel approaching Kelsey. There has been a score playing since the beginning of the film, by now faded out as dialogue begins between Kelsey and Daniel.

Daniel: You are alright Kelsey?
Kelsey: Yeah, I’m fine; I’m going home now, going to get the train.

They both leave together.

EXT
The cross cutting shots used for the dialogue has now changed into a medium shot of the characters leaving the building, which fades into a medium shot of them leaving the school grounds. While there are other additional students in the background.

Then is an ellipsis, to the top of the road where Kelsey’s house is located.

As Kelsey walks into her house, the camera pans from her feet upwards to medium shot of her. (Tracking shot)
As Kelsey enters her home, profile shot is used and then close up of Kelsey putting key in the door, as she enters a medium shot, she throws her keys onto the table in the sitting room (close up shot), cut to a tracking shot/medium shot following her upstairs were she enters her bedroom and throws her bag on the floor which the camera focuses on.


Then cut to medium shot of Kelsey taking her coat off (new score begins) and then picking a book up from a pile of books by the side of her bed. Sits down on her bed begins to write; a flashback comes into the film of the earlier events when she was being bullied. Once the flashback ends, a medium shot of Kelsey reappears; she hears a sudden sound (close up). Kelsey leaves her room to downstairs (long shot of her overlooking the banisters). This shot continues where she moves downstairs (running), shot changes to medium shot to where she moves through to the bathroom. Where she then views the mirror; where the words “ure next” are printed (close up shot of her reflection in mirror), showing her anxious expressions on her face. She suddenly runs back up to he room (point of view shot) which changes when goes upstairs (medium shot), shot finishes viewing her door. The sound of a loud heartbeat is played as the view of the door zooms and then inwards slowly. Title of “In Association with Gunnersbury film Foundation”. Picture of Kelsey lying on the floor in a distorted way, with a bottle of vodka and numerous pills by her side. Title of “Mind over Matter” ends the clip.