Script

INT: SALCEY FOREST – DAYTIME

MEDIUM SHOT: TWO GIRLS arguing… they are shouting at one another and both looking upset…FAYE slowly walks away from the argument…the scene is in black and white and in silence.

INT: BEDROOM – MORNING

MEDIUM SHOT: FAYE wakes up in bed looking scared. Sighs heavily. FAYE leans over to turn off the alarm that is bleeping.

CLOSE ON: FAYE picking up her belongings on the floor and putting them into her rucksack.

ROOMATE (OFF SCREEN)

There’s a parcel here that’s arrived for you

FAYE gets to her feet and leaves the room with the bag. She runs down the stairs to retrieve the PARCEL. She gathers the PARCEL and puts it into her bag before leaving the house with her rucksack.

ESTABLISHING SHOT: showing the scenery of the forest. Voices of PEOPLE nearby can also be heard. FAYE begins to walk away to another part of the FOREST.

ANGLE ON: FAYE sitting down alone in the forest. She takes the BOOK out of her bag. She looks around to check she is alone.

CLOSE ON: The page of the BOOK she is looking for.

FAYE
(to herself)

(Muttering the spell under her breath)

FAYE becomes frightened because she thinks somebody is near her. She walks away towards the forest.

INT: BEDROOM, IN THE HOUSE – THE NEXT MORNING

MEDIUM SHOT: FAYE wakes up in bed…the alarm clock is ringing…as she goes to turn it off.

CLOSE ON: The alarm clock. The date on the clock is the same as yesterday. FAYE looks confused.

FAYE gets out of bed to gather her belongings up and put them into her bag.

ROOMMATE: (OFF SCREEN)

There’s a parcel here that’s arrived for you

FAYE: (SHOUTING DOWN TO HER MOTHER)

No, there shouldn’t be, it came yesterday

ROOMATE: (OFF SCREEN)

No, no, the parcel arrived just now

TRACKING SHOT: FAYE leaves the room to go downstairs. She collects her parcel and bag as she leaves the house.

INT: IN THE FOREST – SAME SPOT AS THE PREVIOUS DAY – DAYTIME

FAYE sits down and gets out the BOOK from her bag.

FAYE
(to herself)

(Muttering the spell under her breath)

CLOSE ON: PHONE beeping, new messages and missed calls can be seen on the phone.

TRACKING SHOT FROM BEHIND ON: FAYE running away from the forest.

INT: BEDROOM – IN THE HOUSE – MORNING, DAYTIME

MEDIUM SHOT: FAYE wakes up in bed. Sighs heavily. FAYE leaves the alarm ringing and lies down again.

INT: BEDROOM – IN THE HOUSE – MORNING, DAYTIME

MEDIUM SHOT: FAYE wakes up in bed.

CLOSE ON: The ALARM CLOCK showing the date and time


MONTAGE: of repeated shots from the previous days to mark more repetitions 

FAYE throws ALARM CLOCK onto the floor in desperation. She runs downstairs and meets her ROOMMATE in the hallway.

INT: BEDROOM - IN THE HOUSE - MORNING, DAYTIME

ROOMMATE:

What's wrong?

FAYE:

(angrily)

I keep living the same day over and over again, I don't know why. It's happened all week. It's doing my head in now.

ROOMMATE:

(concerned)

What have you done? That can't happen.

ROOMMATE goes to comfort the FAYE, FAYE shrugs her away.

FAYE:

(desperate)

I had an argument with my friend and I wanted to put it right, but now I'm stuck in this day, I've had the same package delivered lots of times now.

ROOMMATE:
(nervous laughter)
Don’t be silly. I'm sure it'll be OK, don't worry too much about it.

FAYE turns her back to her ROOMMATE and shakes her head.

INT: BEDROOM – IN THE HOUSE – DAYTIME

CLOSE ON: FAYE waking up calmly, turning off the alarm clock and heading downstairs. She puts on a different JACKET and pair of SHOES to the ones she has been wearing previously.

INT: THE FOREST - DAYTIME

MEDIUM SHOT ON: FAYE walking through forest alone, like in previous days

ESTABLISHING SHOT: showing the scenery of the forest. Voices of PEOPLE nearby can also be heard. FAYE begins to walk away to another part of the FOREST.

ANGLE ON: FAYE sitting down alone in the forest. She takes the BOOK out of her bag. She looks around to check she is alone. She reads the MESSAGES on her phone and learns that the issues with her friend have been resolved.

INT: BEDROOM – IN THE HOUSE – DAYTIME

MEDIUM SHOT: FAYE wakes up, the date of the following day is shown on the alarm clock.