Script Work

  

“Mysterious button”

By

William Regan

Based On Tim Dickinson’s classic tale

The Mysterious Button And Joe

pan in from the left to a block of flats located in the Devonport part of plymouth, CORNWALL, at night.

Scene name: Adverage day.

From the exterior of the building you see that only one light of the flats is on and is rapidly pulsating with different colors, while various game noises are heard.

Swish Out

Swish In

Interior view from below the TV that TOM JONES is facing, a controller in hand and flashing colors on his face and body.

Tom jones

“Arghh YOU PIECE OF S**T! I’ll get you next time! God damn controller is faulty!”

TOM Proceeds to hit the controller repeatedly and throws it to the floor then turns off the TV.

Camera stays under TV and TOM proceeds to walk to his bed and climb in without care and bangs his head on the headboard.        

TOM JONES

“GOD FREAKING DAMN IT! I HATE THIS PLACE!”

TOM is shown in bed then the camera Pans to the window on the right as it Time lapses to the next morning and pans back to TOM who is still in bed and is awakening.

tOM jONES

“Urghh… screw…you…controller…bullshi…”

TOM mumbles groggily as he attempts to turn over and is greeted by a ray of sunshine directly onto his face. This wakes TOM abruptly.

Tom jones

“URGHH…sun…why you do this? Arghhh…whats the time?”

TOM looks to his old fashioned alarm clock to see it reads 9:42am. TOM just grunts and gets up and walks to the door.

SCENE NAME: IT ARRIVES

Camera is at an OTS position following TOM as he travels from the bathroom to the kitchen stopping to pick up a pair of shoes as he passes the door. As he walks into the kitchen the Camera leaves his shoulder and glides to the side opposite TOM and settles on the counter emphasizing the fact that the parcel is sat on the table. TOM is busy making a bowl of cereal (Crunchy Nut) when he realizes he saw the parcel on the table.

TOM JONES

“Huh…”

TOM puts down his cereal and then sits in front of the parcel contemplating what to do with it. He Checks for a name and doesn’t find one.

Tom jones

“A parcel…with no name or address…how did it get here?”

TOM shakes the box and hears a faint call Emanate from the center

Button master

“Unwrap us you fool!”

TOM drops the box abruptly but doesn’t move away. Just hovers his hand over the top. He leans to the box ear first.

TOM JONES

“Hel…hello? Is someone in there?”

TOMS cautiously puts his ear to the box and is greeted by a very loud shouting from within that causes the box to bounce around.

Button master

“YES I AM IN HERE! NOW OPEN ME UP PEASENT!”

TOM reacts by pushing the box away and taking a deep breath.

Tom Jones

“No… I’m not hearing things. I can’t be. Not again.”

TOM moves to stand up but is cut short in his actions by the box again.

Button Master

“YOU WILL SIT DOWN AND THEN YOU WILL OPEN THIS BOX THAT I AM TRAPPED IN!”

The voice that emanates from the box is very hypnotic and TOM sits down without thinking and then proceeds to open the box and places the object in the box in front of himself. It appears that the object is nothing but a simple button with no leads no battery holes. At this point it seems that TOM now has no control over what he does.

Button master

“Good. NOW PRESS ME!”

The world around the button and TOM starts to shake violently. The bowl shatters along with the glass in the kitchen. The Button then rises into the air above the table and emits a shining white light that blinds TOM and the camera.

Cut to black.

           “I am at long last… UNLEASHED!”

The End

The picture below is of my script to show how I set it out.