Friday 9 December 2016

Screenplay-editing


Scene 1
THE SMITH RESIDENCE IN KNIGHTSBRIDGE  
DINNING ROOM- EVENING

                      
MRS SMITH, mid thirties, with an aura of elegance and grace – dressed in a tight red pantsuit.

CHARLES (MR SMITH), late forties -- grey hairs starting to show through, dressed in a classic Black Givenchy suit.

MRS SMITH

   Why her? Why not me? Why not anyone else but her?

CHARLES

I don’t discuss your personal business, I would expect          you the extent me the same courtesy.

MRS SMITH

(Forcefully scraps her chair legs across the marbled floor)
 I’m your wife; I’m the woman with the ring, not her.

CHARLES

    Know your place woman. Sit.


SAMUEL SMITH, roughly twelve years old, handsome – dressed in a Gucci Slim fit tracksuit.

Scene 2

THE SMITH RESIDENCE
CHILDRENS PLAY ROOM- DAY

SAMUEL

     Freya Smith? Smith? You are a funny one aren’t you?

FREYA SMITH, ten seyears old, petite frame -- dark ringlets that cascade down her back.

FREYA

(Continues to write her name with different coloured pencils) Funny brother? I’m funny? (A high-pitched laugh escapes her mouth)

SAMUEL

  Brother? I’m no brother of yours. You’re a bastard, a sin! (Stalks towards Freya) We all know it, I know it, and Mother knows it, even Father. (Forcefully shoves Freya) You are no sister of mine!

Scene 3


THE SMITH RESISDENCE
BALL ROOM - NIGHT

MRS SMITH

    (Dressed in a red satin dress that exposes her bear shoulders, she stomps her way through the packed hallway)

I’m no wife. I’m property.

(Hands begin to tremble terribly as she tries to light a candle. Mrs. Smith falls to her knees, crying hysterically, dropping the lit match on to the curtains that hang behind her.)


Scene 4
HOSTEL – NIGHT

GIRL ONE, eighteen years old, rough looking with cheap taste.

GIRL ONE

    Who does this Puta think she is? (Directing her words towards Freya)

FREYA, now roughly seventeen

FREYA
                            
                       Me?

GRIL TWO, seventeen years old, a carbon copy of girl one

GIRL TWO
       Yes you

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