Change of plan and script- 2

I decided to use Ms Ledwidge's suggestion of plot (see previous post) and create my own opening, with a few changes. Firstly, I changed the amount of characters from 2 to 1 so that I would only need to play a single character; this subsequently lead me to edit the synopsis and script so it would accommodate the character, as follows:

‘It is exam season, and everyone is stressing out over their revision and studying. However, no one is stressing out more than one student, Alexis, who wants to get top results so she can go to university. She comes up with a plan: steal a memory stick that has the exam papers she’ll be sitting, along with the answers, so she can succeed. When the stick’s theft is discovered and the exams are suspended, it has to be found and returned so that the other students don’t fall behind a year with their studies.’

Scene 1 – Int. corridors around school, the end of the day.

The top corridor of school is empty, except for a few cleaners, who are clearing away black sacks and vacuuming the floors. Pan across the corridor, revealing classroom doors, some open, some closed.

Cut to the ICT corridors; students are preparing to head home.

Cut to a close up of the exam noticeboard. There are seating plans with their subjects on display and posters promoting maths events.

Cut to ALEXIS, wearing a backpack on her back and a black coat with a hood, walking down the top corridor, before turning left and walking down the steps of another corridor, passing empty classrooms and the occasional student. She stops when she gets to the end of the corridor and looks left, then right.

Seeing the corridor on the left, ALEXIS walks to the computer room closest to a set of lockers, then tries to open the door, but to no success. She takes out a hair grip, uses it to pick the lock and turns the handle a second time – the door opens. ALEXIS enters the room and scans it for a memory stick – she sees something silver on the teacher’s desk. She walks towards the desk to see what the silver item is.

CLOSE ON/POV of a silver memory stick that has the exam papers and answers, just what she needs to pass her exams and be able to go to university.

CLOSE UP of ALEXIS pocketing the memory stick.

Cut to her making her way out of the computer room, cautiously checking that there isn’t anyone nearby watching her. Satisfied, she begins to walk back the way she came before turning at a corner.

END OF SCENE 1