SCREENPLAY- COURSEWORK

EXT. Garden - DAY

As the film opens, we hear a non-deigtic music as the clouds are passing by through a time lapse of the sky. The clouds represent the passing of the time and how easily it is to ignore and forget this. The title appears "The Cassette".

INT. living room - DAY

The shot of the scribe board transitions from the title to the scrabble board. As Emma places the tiles on the board, her hand begins to tremble as the realisation hits that there is a subliminal pattern in the words. Shock takes over her face as the words betrayal and family intertwine. Her thoughts rushing through her brain like cars on the motorway as the puzzle connects like cogs in a clock. As her mum exits the room on a phone call, Emma's curiosity gets the better of her and she reaches for the last 6 tiles. Tile by tile the word "Arnold" spells out.

EMMA V.O

"Grandad's favourite author?"

INT. Living room - DAY

Warily standing up, Emma stumbles over to the white bookcase and drags her finger over the dust ridden edges. Leaving an indent in the dust behind her.She looks at her finger in disgust and then proceeds to glance up at the books in admiration. Using the same finger, she cresses the spines of the books, before coming to a stop when Arnold appears, rubbing off the dust , she pulls out the book. A violent buzz comes from the bulb in the centre of the room and her head turns in confusion. The light flickers and turns cold, she shivers as the temperature drops.

INT. LIVING ROOM - DUSK

With a cherishing touch, Emma opens up the front cover of the book to see the age stained pages. As her mind reminisces to memories of her grandfather, the screen dissolves to a black and white shot of her laying in bed, listening to her grandfather reading bedtime stories. The screen then jump-cuts to Emma day-dreaming into the book. Using the same dust covered finger, Emma continues to flick through the yellow pages of the book, until she comes across a mangled page. With confusion in her face, she inspects the book more until a creased note falls onto the floor and the camera follows it to the floor.

INSERT - The Note

" Within this book lies,

The clues to all of the family ties,

To all the secrets we hide,

And how the past has died.

In the loft you will find,

That our family secrets are one of a kind."

INT. LIVING ROOM- DUSK

Emma V.O

"What does this mean?"