Katie Banks Brittney Semanick

Austin Gardner

Preliminary Research

After given two minutes to develop a story idea individually, we were told to pitch our ideas to the class. Random captains were chosen and took turns choosing whose ideas they thought would fit well with their pitch. Austin chose us because our ideas were very similar and seemed to blend well together. All of our ideas had a serious theme to them. While developing the idea we kept thinking to ourselves INDIE FILM INDIE FILM INDIE FILM. Our originally treatment stayed the same for the most part. The only big changes we made were character name changes, adding a few crucial scenes, and changing the name of our movie. This was an original idea we developed we didn’t really use any ideas from other books or films. Extra Notes: --For the Real-world location pictures we worked ahead and got 5 different location pictures as opposed to one location. (you okayed this via email, thank you!) --For the concept art we provided several different views of the same room so you can see what everything is.

Treatment Title: “Catechism” JACOB MORRIS is driving in his Jeep. The radio is blaring and he is singing along. He is about 17 or 18 years old. He has a younger looking face but with the start of a beard. He pauses at a point in the song where he doesn’t know the words as he eases his foot off the brake after he completes his stop at a stop sign. He accelerates into a 50 zone and as he goes, he picks back up with his singing. At a blind point in the road, where a large shrub obscures about 5 circular feet of vision, a man, CALEB CAIN, steps off the curb, right before Jacobs’ Jeep makes contact with him. We see from inside of the car the body of Caleb rise over the hood of the car and crash into the windshield. Caleb is lying on the hood of the car, bleeding. James parks and tears out of his car, frantically punching numbers into his phone. Caleb looks at Jacob and makes eye contact with him. He slowly closes his eyes and his body begins to relax. A very faint smile plays on his lips that you would have to be looking for to catch. Days after the accident, Caleb’s sister REBECCA CAIN goes into Caleb’s room to look for something. It is just the way any teenage boy would have left it. Clothes everywhere, posters adorning the walls and a beautiful computer set up for gaming. There is also a large crucifix above Caleb’s bed. She begins to rifle through his things in a way that only a sister could. She comes across a journal and flips through it vaguely, then begins to read it. She is shocked by what she reads and quickly closes the journal, walks to her room, and hides it between her mattress and box spring. She sits on her bed and takes a deep breath. She too has a large crucifix above her bed. Caleb’s funeral is held at an old, large, Catholic church. At the funeral there is a receiving line with Caleb’s parents and sister standing at the end. Jacob stands in line, looking as if he is ready to be attacked, obviously nervous about whether he should be in line or not. He gets up to the Caleb’s mom, MRS. CAIN, she just looks at him. She tells him that the good lord wanted Caleb back, and that he has a plan. She tells him that it is up to him now to live for the both of them. The look on Jacobs’ face conveys that he is taking it to heart.

Fifteen to twenty years later Jacob appears to be working at a local hotel. He is given the opportunity to be promoted at the hotel and turns it down showing no interest whatsoever. Jacob goes to his apartment to tell his girlfriend, ELIZABETH, that he turned the promotion down. Elizabeth does not understand why Jacob won’t live his life and take these opportunities. The argument ends with Jacob asking Elizabeth to leave for good. Jacob, full of graying temples and age lines, is sitting in his kitchenette, eating a microwave dinner. He is about to dig in when his phone starts ringing. He looks up at the phone as if he had never heard it ring before. He cautiously answers the phone, listens for a minute, and then agrees and hangs up. He covers his dinner with tin foil and puts it into the fridge. Jacob walks into a diner that is too loud and too bustling for a man who has led a life like him. Rebecca is waiting at a booth with her back turned to the door when Jacob walks in. He gets level with her, and sees that her face looks much older than it should. Her frown lines are sunk in very deep, and she has a permanent bluish purple ring under each eye. They order food from a bleached blonde, older waitress and being to talk. Both Rebecca and Jacob pick at their food, dancing around why they are both in the diner. Idle chitchat occurs asking about families and she introduces the subject of Caleb. She tells him how her parents recently deceased and how she is surprised they lasted this long after grieving for Caleb so long. She takes out the journal and she tells him that she found it in Caleb’s room the day after he died. She describes what it contains, and tells him that she felt ashamed of him back then and how her parents taught them that suicide landed you in hell, which is why she waited until they passed to contact Jacob. As they walk out of the diner after their meal, Jacob and Rebecca share an awkward hug and she presses the journal into his hands before she turns and walks away down the street. Jacob is back at his apartment. The light is low and the rooms is clean. There are no vestiges of a life living there except his own. He has no family pictures on the wall and nothing that really indicates who he is. He sits into his La-Z-Boy and opens the journal. He reads the journal as the shadows grow longer across the ground. He closes the journal and sinks back into his chair.

We see just the last page of the journal. Under Caleb’s scratchy, teen handwriting, we see a hand begin to write. It reads “Dear Caleb, After living my whole life trying to be good enough for you, I now wish that it had just been me that day.” And with that, the journal closes.

SCRIPT 1 INT. JACOB MORRIS’S APARTMENT - NIGHT 1

JACOB MORRIS is sitting in his apartment on his Lay-Z-Boy. He is picking at his TV dinner on his TV tray while watching the television set. The glow of the TV is shining onto his face. The telephone rings and Jacob turns his head wondering who would possibly be calling. He slowly gets up and walks over to the caller ID. He looks at the caller ID, (the audience can not see what the caller ID says), and picks up the telephone.

REBBECCA

Hello.

Once Jacob hears Rebbecca’s voice he panics and hangs up the phone. Jacob is staring at the phone when suddenly it begins ringing again. It is Rebbecca calling again. Jacob answers the phone.

JACOB

Hello. 2 EXT. THE ACCIDENT - DAY 2

[FLASHBACK] Jacob is driving his small jeep down a small town road. It is early morning, just after dawn, and Jacob is on his way to the high school.

JACOB

(bobbing head to rap music)

Jacob stops at a stop light and his friend AMY pulls up next to him.

AMY

(beeps her car horn)

Both Jacob and Amy roll their windows down.

AMY

(leaning out of car window) Hey! Am I gonna see you at Tommy’s tonight?

JACOB

You know I’ll there if you are!

AMY Pick me up from my place at eight.

Both Jacob and Amy don’t notice that the stop light has turned green. A random person honks their car horn from behind them.

JACOB

(startled; guns his car)

Jacob drives for a few seconds and as he picks up speed CALEB CAIN steps off of a curb right in front of Jacob’s jeep. Jacob has no time to think and Caleb’s body hits the windshield. Caleb dies instantly due to the impact.

JACOB

(jumps out of car yelling) O my god! O my god! No! No!

Amy’s car screeches as she slams on her brakes and she gets out of her car.

AMY

(slams car door and starts hysterically screaming)

The scene closes with bystanders crowding around the scene.

3 INT. CALEB’S HOUSE - MORNING 3

Caleb’s sister, REBECCA CAIN, begins to knock on Caleb’s bedroom door because they normally walk to school together.

REBEC

CA (yelling)

Caleb open your damn door, I need to use your printer!

MOTHER

(yelling from down stairs) Watch your mouth Rebecca!

REBECCA

(ignoring her mother; opens Caleb’s door) (walks into Caleb’s room and heads over to his desk)

REBECCA

(as she turns printer on) Stupid slow piece of shit.

(She begins to print her paper and starts to snoop around. She stumbles across an open journal and begins to read it. After she reads an entry she quickly closes it and leaves the room, completely forgetting about the paper she had printed.)

Rebecca leaves Caleb’s room and enters the hallway and heads towards her room.

REBECCA

(yelling down the stairs) Mom! I need a ride to school, Caleb left!

Rebecca enters her room and stuffs the journal between the mattress and box spring of her bed. She walks over to her desk and zips up her backpack. She wraps her backpack around one shoulder and quickly leaves the room, shutting the door behind her.

4 EXT. LARGE CATHOLIC CHURCH - DAY 4

It is a clear, sunny day with bright blue skies. Slowly, family members, friends, and others dressed in black make their way into the double doors of the church.

5 INT. LARGE CATHOLIC CHURCH - DAY 5

The pews in the church are completely filled. All that can be heard are low whispers and mourns of the assembled people. A large framed picture of Caleb stands in the front of the church behind his shiny, white, closed casket. A beautiful display of multi- colored flowers surround the casket. The chatter dies down as the PRIEST approaches the alter.

PRIEST

We gather here today not to mourn, but to celebrate the life of Caleb Cain. Caleb was an extraordinary individual that had great love for his family, friends, and had a special place in his heart for the animals on this Earth. Caleb has completed his time here and has entered a better place. He is now in the hand’s of our Lord.

Rebecca slowly stands up from her seat in the front row pew. MR. CAIN is clutching Mrs. Cain tightly as she is mourning onto his shoulder. Rebecca heads toward the alter and up to the podium to give a speech. Rebecca glances around at the audience and takes a deep breath before she begins.

REBECCA

As all of you know, I am Caleb’s sister, Rebecca. We were pretty close considering our age difference. We shared almost everything with each other. There is no one to blame for what has happened to my brother. It was an accident, and we need to accept that. As Catholics, we are taught to forgive one another. This is what Caleb would want from you, forgiveness. Thank you.

Rebecca steps off the podium with a stoic expression on her face. Her back is set straight and she is walking back to the pew with purpose. Rebecca sits down next to her parents and they hug her. Her parents are still grieving, but Rebbecca is not.

6 INT. THE WAKE - AFTERNOON 6

Jacob enters the wake with his parents at his side. The room is very crowded. There is a line of people wrapped around the room waiting to talk to the Cain family. Alongside the Cain family is Caleb’s casket and the large picture surrounded by different flower arrangements that had been sent to the family. The line continues to move as well wishers move past the family. They stop to kneel in front of the white casket to write small messages along with their names on it.

MR. MORRIS

(guiding his son and wife towards the line)

Are you sure you want to do this, son?

Jacob takes his eyes off the casket and looks at his father.

JACOB

I don’t really have a choice.

The line continues to move along as the Morris family stands in silence. Eventually, it is time for the

Morris family to give the Cain family their condolences. Mrs. Morris and Mrs. Cain hug each other.

MRS.MORRIS

(to Mrs. Cain as they hug) We are so sorry. This has been really hard for us, especially for Jacob.

As they are hugging Mr. Morris and Mr. Cain shake hands. Rebecca and Jacob exchange awkward stares.

MRS. CAIN

(turns to Jacob)

We have accepted that this was God’s plan for Caleb.

JACOB

(nods his head while holding eye contact with Mrs. Cain)

MRS. CAIN

Caleb’s life was so short lived.

Mrs. Cain grabs onto Jacob’s arm tightly. He begins to draw away and then can’t help but stop himself. Rebecca frowns as she hears her mother begin to speak.

MRS. CAIN (CONT’D)

(in a slightly begging manner) Please just keep Caleb in your thoughts and prayers. The worst thing that can happen is for Caleb to be forgotten.

Jacob’s parents grab onto Jacob to steer him along towards the casket. In the background Mr. Cain holds onto Mrs. Cain as she begins to sob uncontrollably. As the Morris family approaches the casket, Jacob hesitates to kneel down. He reads the inscriptions and hurriedly continues walking away, unable to kneel at the casket or write a message. Rebecca’s eyes were on Jacob as this all happened.

7 INT. HOTEL LOBBY - NIGHT 7

Jacob is standing behind the counter of a hotel lobby, he is in uniform. It is 15-20 years later and Jacob has a worn down look about him. He is just finishing checking in two guests. A younger college age girl named Melissa is working the counter with him.

JACOB

Thank you for choosing Best Western and have a nice stay. Let me know if there is anything else that you need.

COUPLE

Thanks. We Will.

After the couple disappears into the elevator, the MANAGER of the hotel comes around the corner.

MANAGER

Jacob, could I please see you in my office. I have an opportunity I would like to talk to you about. Melissa can watch the counter.

JACOB

Yes sir. Jacob follows the manager down the hall and into the office. He slowly shuts the door behind them and takes a seat in a chair across from the managers desk.

MANAGER Jacob, you have worked here a long time. I know that you haven’t shown any interest in a promotion in the past, but you’re a solid employee and you have seniority so I wanted to at least run it past you.

JACOB

OK.

MANAGER A supervisor position has opened up at a nearby branch and I am willing to recommend you. The pay is much better, as are the hours. And, you won’t have to work as a desk clerk anymore. What do you say?

JACOB

I don’t know. I’m not sure if I want to be a supervisor.

MANAGER (confused

and a little frustrated)

Jacob, you have worked here longer than any of our other current employees. That alone makes you perfectly qualified for the job. Sure you will have a few more responsibilities, but nothing that you can’t handle. Did I mention that the job comes with a raise?

JACOB

Still, I don’t think it sounds right for me.

MANAGER

Jacob, come on. You are older than I am, so you really want to be a desk clerk your entire life? Stop holding yourself back.

JACOB

I’m sorry but I just don’t want the job.

With that, Jacob quickly gets up and leaves the office, leaving the manager thoroughly bewildered.

8 EXT. PARKING OUTSIDE OF JACOB’S APARTMENT - DAY 8

Jacob pulls into the parking lot of his apartment in an older looking four door sedan. He parks and gets out of his car, still in his hotel uniform. He makes his way up the stairs on the outside of the apartment complex to the third floor. When he gets to his unit, he lets himself in.

9 INT. JACOB’S APARTMENT - DAY 9

Jacob enters the apartment through the front door and hangs his keys up on a hook on the wall, next to another set of keys. It is a small one bedroom apartment, but does not look like a bachelor pad. A woman, ELIZABETH, comes out of the bedroom to greet Jacob.

ELIZABETH

Hi honey, (leans in and gives Jacob a quick kiss)

you’re home early aren’t you?

JACOB

Yeah I guess, how was your day?

ELIZABETH It was a good day actually. I signed two new clients.

JACOB

That’s great.

ELIZABETH Was your day alright?

JACOB

So so, I got offered a promotion.

ELIZABETH

Wow! Jacob that is fantastic news. When do you start?

JACOB

I turned it down.

ELIZABETH I don’t understand. (she frowns) Why would you do that?

JACOB

I just don’t think the job would be right for me.

ELIZABETH

Jacob, you’ve been working at that hotel for years, you deserve that promotion.

JACOB

I don’t think so.

ELIZABETH But why Jacob? Why won’t you let yourself succeed? I know that you would do so well if you just gave yourself the chance but you won’t.

Jacob has a flashback to the accident. The blood, the body, the funeral. When he comes back to the present he appears distraught and border-line angry.

JACOB Can we please just drop this. I told you that I don’t want the job and that’s that.

It is obvious that they have had this argument before, as the scene gets tense quickly

ELIZABETH (also starting to get a little angry)

You don’t make any sense to me. I try so hard to be supportive because I want you to be happy, but I can’t help you if you don’t want yourself to be happy.

JACOB

I didn’t ask for your help.

ELIZABETH (hurt by this last

statement) You treat our relationship the same way. Every time I try to get closer to you you distance yourself from me. You have to let go of whatever it is that is telling you that you can’t be happy.

JACOB

I can’t. I just can’t OK.

ELIZABETH Just tell me what it is that is holding you back.

JACOB

There isn’t anything to tell.

ELIZABETH You can tell me, I am here for you Jacob you know that.

JACOB

I told you that there isn’t anything to tell.

Jacob once again flashes back to the day of the accident. He sees the girl in the car the moment before, the people screaming, Caleb’s family.

ELIZABETH Just talk to me, it will be OK.

JACOB

It won’t be OK. This isn’t

working.

ELIZABETH What isn’t working? Jacob what are you saying.

JACOB

Us. We aren’t working. I’m sorry.

ELIZABETH Jacob please don’t do this. If I said something to hurt you I’m sorry. I just want to help you.

JACOB You can’t help me. It would be best if you just left.

ELIZABETH

Please Jacob...

JACOB Please Liz, I want you to leave.

Liz leave the apartment bawling and confused. Jacob sits down at the kitchen table and puts his head in his hands.

10 INT. JACOB MORRIS’S APARTMENT - NIGHT 10

Continuation of Scene 1 (before the flashback). Jacob continues to listen to Rebecca speak on the other end of the phone. The audience does not know who is on the other line.

JACOB

Okay, I’ll be there.

Jacob hangs up the phone, grabs his jacket, and heads out the door, leaving his dinner on the TV tray unfinished and the television on.

11 EXT. DINER - NIGHT 11

We see the back of Jacob as he is walking into the diner. He enters the diner and starts looking around for Rebecca. The room is filled with several families enjoying their meals and engaging in friendly conversations.

12 INT. DINER - NIGHT 12

HOST (cheerfully)

Table for one sir?

Jacob is very confused at the whole situation. He looks at the waiter confused as to why he is so cheerful and continues to look around for Rebecca. He spots a lady sitting in a booth alone in the back of the diner and assumes that it is Rebecca.

JACOB

(mumbling as he walks away) Um no. I am meeting someone.

Jacob heads to the back of the diner and once he reaches the booth he just stands there wondering if it is her. Rebecca is blankly staring out the window to the diner and not really paying attention to anything that is going on.

JACOB

Rebecca? Rebecca turns her head towards Jacob and stares at him taking in his appearance.

REBECCA (motions for Jacob to sit down)

It’s been awhile Jacob, please. Jacob slides into the booth across from Rebecca. The two of them awkwardly stare at each other in silence. A waiter interrupts the silence.

WAITRES (cheerfully)

What can I get you two darlings? The two of them look startled by the cheerful waiter.

JACOB Coffee.

WAITRESS

Decaf or regular sweetheart?

JACOB Regular.

WAITRES

(to Rebecca) And for you miss?

REBECCA

Nothing for me. Thanks. The waitress collects their menus and walks away from the booth.

JACOB So you wanted to meet me...

REBECCA

(Obviously avoiding his lead in)

I was surprised to see your still living in the area.

JACOB

(shrugs his shoulders) Well ya know..

REBECCA

Do you know why I’m in town?

JACOB (shrugs his shoulders

again) Uh, well I heard about your mom. How is your father taking it?

REBECCA

My father’s been dead for ten years.

JACOB

(uninterested)

Oh... sorry to hear that.

REBECCA It’s OK.

More awkward silence ensues. Jacob begins to shift uncomfortably in his seat and looks around. It is obvious that he is starting to regret coming to this meeting. Rebecca seems to notice Jacob’s discomfort and starts to talk.

REBECCA I know how confused you must be right now and I’m sorry but this is something I have to do.

JACOB

(Looking more confused than ever)

OK... if this is about

your brother...

REBECCA (interrupting)

It is.

JACOB I’m sorry but I really don’t think I want to hear what you have to say.

(begins to get up to leave)

REBECCA Jacob please...

JACOB

(beginning to get upset, but still reserved)

No, I really don’t need this right now. It has been almost thirty years since the accident and not one day has gone by since where I have not been consumed by thoughts of Caleb and I think I’ve had enough. I’m sorry, but I’m leaving.

REBECCA

(yelling after him)

Jacob! No, please you need to hear this.

(Jacob continues to leave) It wasn’t your fault!

Jacob freezes and turns back to stare at Rebecca. By this point others in the diner are starting to notice the argument and try not to stare but the background noise begins to fade.

REBECCA Caleb’s death wasn’t your fault and I can prove it to you. Please, sit back down.

JACOB

(obviously startled, begrudgingly walks back and slides into the booth)

Talk.

Now that Jacob is back in front of her, staring her down, Rebecca begins to lose confidence and hesitates.

JACOB Talk or I’m leaving.

REBECCA

(pulls a worn black journal out of her purse)

This belonged to Caleb.

JACOB (stares at the journal)

OK. What does this have to do with me.

REBECCA

This was his journal.

JACOB OK, why haven’t I heard about this before?

REBECCA I hid it. No one else knows about it.

JACOB

Why? I don’t understand.

REBECCA (begin to tear up, looks away to wipe her eyes, looks back at Jacob, suddenly very serious)

Are you a religious man Jacob.

JACOB No? Not particularly. Why, what does that have to do with your brother?

REBECCA

My parents are...were...strict Roman Catholics, and Catholics take the after life very seriously. You could almost say that they obsessed over it. Catholics believe in a set of very strict rules when it comes to where you will spend

REBECCA your eternity. If certain rules are broken, the punishment is eternal

damnation. (begins to tear up again, starting to loose control of her emotions)

I... I just couldn’t bear the thought of my parents believing that Caleb was going to spend eternity in Hell.

(tears have turned in to sobbing)

I don’t know what else to say, you will have to read the rest for yourself.

(slides the journal across the table)

JACOB

(just stares at the journal)

REBEC (crying)

I can’t say anymore, I thought I could but this is too hard. Please just read the journal. Read it and know that I am so sorry Jacob, I truly am. I’m sorry.

Rebecca quickly walks out of the diner covering her face and doesn’t look back. Jacob is left sitting alone, in shock, staring at the journal. He slowly reaches across the table, picks it up, puts it under his arm, and leaves without paying.

13 INT. JACOB’S LIVING ROOM - NIGHT 13

Jacob is sitting alone at a desk in his apartment. The apartment is void of light except for one reading lamp on the table. The journal is open on the desk in front of Jacob. He slowly flips through the journal until he comes to the last page with writing on it. Jacob stops and reads the last page.

14 INT. CALEB’S ROOM - EARLY MORNING 14

CALEB CAIN (Voiceover for what he is writing)

I don’t know how else to say this except that I do not think that I was meant for this life.

Time and time again I have tried to make things work out but my efforts have been futile at best. I guess what I am saying is goodbye. I do not know if I will have better luck in the next life, but I do know that my time in this life is over. If anyone is to find this, please try not to mourn my death because death is what I want.

15 INT. JACOB’S LIVING ROOM - NIGHT 15

After he finishes reading, Jacob leans back and begins to realize the magnitude of what he has just read. He flashes back to Caleb’s mom putting the pressure of Caleb’s life on him, and to all of the things he pushed away because of the accident: the promotions, Elizabeth. Jacob begins to cry. He then picks up a pen off of his desk.

JACOB

(writing in the journal) I wish that it would have been me who died that day.

16. Jacob sets down his pen, shuts the journal, and continues to cry.

Mood Board for Diner Mood Board for Jacob’s Apartment

Mood Board for Jacob’s Apartment

Promotional Movie Poster

Costumes

Costumes Continued

Shot List

Scene Shot Description Elements 1 1 Medium shot: Jacob in his Dark room, television on, jacob la-z-boy is the only one around 1 2 Long shot: Jacob SFX: Telephone ringing walks to the phone 1 3 Medium close up: Jacob puts Prop: Telephone phone up to his ear. Hangs up. 1 4 Long shot: Jacob standing and Prop: Telephone staring at phone. It rings 1 5 Closeup: Jacob’s face, he asnwers Prop: Telephone 2 1 Medium closeup: Camera is in SFX: Rap music playing in car passenger seat. Jacob is driving radio and singing 2 2 Long shot: Behind Jacob’s car. BG: Stoplight and two cars Stopped at a stoplight. Girl pulls pulled up next to each other up next to him 2 3 Medium closeup: Space between BG: Cars are still parked cars. next to one another at stoplight SFX: Car horn Jacob and Girl lean out windows to talk 2 4 Long shot: back behind cars as SFX: Screeching tires Jacob guns it. Same angle though POV: Driving down road SFX: Breaking windshield 2 5 and boy steps out and smashes Windshield will completely crack into windshield. 2 6 Long shot: Side of car can be BG: Bright green forestry seen, Caleb lies rolls off SFX: Jacobs car door slamming hood of car Jacob gets out 2 7 Closeup: Back of Jacob’s head BG: Not in focus, girl friends car as he leans over Caleb. SFX/BG: Girl screaming

Scene Shot Description Elements 2 8 Hight angle/Zoom out: A group BG: People are slowly coming is forming in a circle around around Jacob and Caleb in the Caleb’s body street 3 1 Close up: A female hand You can just see the hand knocking on a door the grain of the door SFX: Knocking 3 2 Close up: A female mouth, Just Rebecca’s mouth, calling speaking to Jacob SFX: Knocking 3 3 Long shot: Rebecca stands at a BG: Mother yelling from door, hand posed to knock. She downstairs

yells 3 4 Wide shot: Jacob’s room. The SFX: Door opening and closing door opens, Rebecca walks in. BG: Jacob’s room with posters Door shuts. She heads to and crucifix on wall computer and turns it on 3 5 Medium close up: Rebecca SFX: Printer turning on, rolling fiddles with computer and chair creaking as she sits printer. Camera shows her from profile 3 6 Medium shot: Still from profile, Props: Journal Rebecca snoops while paper prints. Comes across journal. 3 7 Close up: Rebecca’s eyes as she SFX: Turning pages reads. 3 8 Close up: Journal slams shut SFX: Journal closing Props: Journal

Scene Shot Description Elements 3 9 Long shot: Rebecca leaves Props: Journal Jacob’s room. Journal in hand SFX: Door closing behind Camera follows her into her Rebecca as she exits room as she yells to mom. Stuffs journal under mattress, closes door on camera 4 1 Extreme Long Shot: Outside BG: Sunny, clear skies, lots a large, stone, Catholic church. of trees and life Many people dressed in black enter church as more arrive. Extreme long shot: Inside of SFX: People whispering 5 1 church. Camera zooms in as it BG: Framed picture of Caleb moves up center aisle. Comes and casket surrounded by to rest behind front-left pew. flowers 5 2 Medium close up: Profile of BG: Rebecca’s parents next Rebecca as she watches to her. The church is packed priest rise. all around her POV Rebecca: Priest gives BG: Caleb’s casket and photo 5 3 sermon. Calls Rebecca up and flowers Long shot: From aise, Rebecca BG: Casket, photos, and 5 4 stands at podium flowers 5 5 Medium close up high angle: Props: Speech on paper

From behind Rebecca, she BG: Filled church gives speech. Walks to pew and sits

Scene Shot Description Elements Medium shot: Rebecca sits BG: People begin to rise and 5 6 staring ahead as her parents exit church hold each other and cry 6 1 Long shot: Morris’ enter wake BG: People standing around talking 6 2 POV Jacob: Surveys room, BG: People dressed in black eyes follow snaking line to chatting greet the Cain family. 6 3 Medium Close up: Mr. and BG: People still chatting, the Mrs. Morris steer Jacob over to line moves around The line. 6 4 Line containing the Morris family BG: People chatting, Casket and other well-wishers moves and flowers in background forward at fast forward speed until Morris’ and Cains are in front of each other. 6 5 Medium Close up: Mrs. Cain and BG: Cain family standing

Mrs. Morris hugging. Before casket 6 6 Close up: Mrs. Morris talking in Women still hugging Mrs. Cains ear. Back of Cains head is visible 6 7 Medium close up: Mrs. Cain BG: Mr. Morris and Mr. Cain speaks to Jacob shake hands 6 8 Medium shot: Only Jacob and Mrs. BG: The casket is framed by Cain. their bodies as Mrs. Cain grabs Jacob’s arm 6 9 Close up: Mrs. Cains hand on arm Her nails are painted red Medium shot: Jacob begins to pull His suit arm bunches so you 6 10 away can tell he is pulling Close up: Jacob’s face. Looks 6 11 startled and upset. He nods.

Scene Shot Description Elements 6 12 Medium shot: Mrs. Cain releases BG: The line has come to a his arm. The Morris parents steer stop. The Morris family Jacob away, Camera stays on passes the casket Mrs. Cains devastated face. Long shot: People still streaming BG: casket, photo and 6 13 by. Jacob pauses at casket flowers Close up: Camera pans the white BG: Flowers 6 14 casket with writing on it Prop: Casket Long tracking shot: Jacob standing BG: People moving about

in middle of funeral parlor talking to one another 6 15 alone. Fades out 7 1 Establishing shot: Hotel lobby BG: Jacob and Melissa at counter Medium shot: Jacob helping couple BG: Standard oil painting 7 2 POV shot from couple that you find in cheap hotels Prop: Computer 7 3 POV Jacob medium shot: Looking BG: Front of hotel lobby at couple SFX: Chattering in BG 7 4 Long shot: Couple in elevator. SFX: Ding of elevator and of Doors close, pan to mananger doors closing Coming Around corner and follow BG: Changes as manager Him up to service counter walks 7 5 Medium shot: Manager tells jacob BG: Standard oil painting, to meet him in office. Camera Melissa doing her job follows behind them into office Long Shot: Jacob and Manager enter SFX: Door closing 7 6 the office POV Jacob: Manager talks to SFX: Chair creaking as 7 7 jacob manager leans forward 7 8 POV Manager: Jacob responds BG: Doorway 7 9 POV Jacob: Manager speaks BG: Standard office

Scene Shot Description Elements 7 10 POV Manager: Jacob responds BG: Doorway 7 11 Medium high angle: Shows both BG: Standard office men sitting on opposite sides of desk Medium: Profile of men sitting BG: Standard office 7 12 across each other, Manager leans SFX: Door closing in. Jacob stands and camera pans to him closing the door behind him 8 1 High angle: Panning to follow BG: Empty parking lot Jacob’s car into his parking spot 8 2 Long shot: Jacob getting out of SFX: Car door opening his car. 8 3 Medium shot: Jacob shuts his car SFX: Door shutting, foot- door. Camera stays on him as he steps on stairs starts up the stairs. Pedestal shot begins as climbs higher. He enters his apartment and closes the door 9 1 Long establishing shot: Jacob’s BG: Plain apartment that apartment pan to him as he enters reflects a woman’s touch. Liz comes up and greets him SFX: Jacob closing door Leads him into kitchen. Close up: Inside of fridge, fridge FG: Ketchup and other 9 2 opens and jacob pulls out a beer fridge things line the door fridge door closes of the fridge 9 3 Medium shot: Liz sitting at BG: Beige wall with a table. Jacob goes to sit. Clock and photo SFX: Pulling back chair 9 4 Close up: Jacob’s hands opening SFX: Beer opening the beer. Props: Beer 9 5 Long profile shot: Jacob is at end BG: Beige wall of the table, Liz is seated SFX: Clock ticking perpindicular to him. They begin to talk

Scene Shot Description Elements 9 6 Medium close up: Liz’s face BG: Beige wall lights up as jacob tells her about SFX: Chair creaks as she job offer. She leans forward. leans forward 9 7 Close up Jacob’s face: Tells Liz he turned it down 9 8 Medium shot showing both Liz and Silence until she speaks Jacob. Liz sits back as she hears him. Conversation continues 9 9 Flashback: Boy steps into car and SFX: Cracking glass smashes windshield Muffled screaming 9 10 Flashback: Caleb’s body on the SFX: Muffled screaming ground 9 11 Medium close up: Jacob comes out of flashback as Liz clears table while SFX: Clink of dishes in talking. Camera follows her as she kitchen sink sits back down at table. They talk. 9 12 Flashback: Extreme high angle SFX: Muffled screaming showing people encircling Caleb’s body on the ground 9 13 Close up on Liz pleading 9 14 Medium profile shot of the two. Jacob tells her to get out. Camera SFX: Liz’s shoes walking follows Liz as she grabs her coat out and the door closing and exits apartment. Camera retraces her footsteps and finds jacob still sitting at the table 10 1 Close up: Jacob is standing at SFX: Clicking of phone

the phone . He agrees and hangs up being hung up the camera pulls back as he grabs SFX: Faint tv noise his jacket and heads out the door. SFX: Door closing Camera pans to living room and Shows tv on and tv dinner sitting on tray

Scene Shot Description Elements Long shot: Follows Jacob at a SFX: Diner door ding 11 1 at distance as he turns into diner. BG: Diner and snow on Pan up to show diner sign ground 12 1 Medium shot: Behind Jacob. Pans SFX: Diner door ding diner and rests on Rebecca. Comes SFX: Loud diner chatter back as host harrasses Jacob. POV Jacob: Looks at host. Ignores SFX: Loud diner chatter 12 2 host. Walks towards Rebecca and BG: Standard 50s diner looks down at her when he gets to

the table 12 3 Low angle: Rebecca motions for him Props: Menus to sit and he does. SFX: Diner noise 12 4 Profile medium shot of Rebecca and Props: Menus Jacob, head on of waitress. They SFX: More diner noise give their orders 12 5 Close up: Jacob 12 6 Close up: Rebecca 12 7 Close up: Jacob 12 8 Close up: Rebecca 12 9 Profile medium shot of Rebecca and Props: Coffee Jacob, head on of waitress, Jacob SFX: Cup on table gets his coffee 12 10 Medium close up from same angle SFX: Diner chatter 12 11 Medium shot: Jacob rises and SFX: Diner din camera begins to follow his back. Rebecca calls to him. 12 12 Close up: Jacob’s face. Pans back as Rebecca impores him

Scene Shot Description Elements 12 13 Profile medium shot of the two. SFX: Diner din They continue to talk 12 14 Close up: Rebecca’s purse, she pulls Props: Purse and journal journal out of her bag 12 15 Profile medium shot of the two. Prop: Journal The journal is on the table. They talk. 12 16 Close up on Rebecca: She tells Jacob about their family and she tears up 12 17 Close up: Journal sliding towards Prop: Journal camera Medium shot: Camera follows SFX: Diner door ding 12 18 Rebecca as she pats Jacob on shoulder and exits diner. Camera starts to pan back but Jacob is already up and in view. He exits as well. 13 1 Close up: Journal. Camera pans Props: Journal back to reveal Jacob staring at the open journal. He flips to the back 14 1 Medium shot: Camera is in front of Props: Journal Caleb as he sits at his desk. He is writing in a journal. Medium shot: Jacob leans back Props: Pen and journal 15 1 and cries. He picks up a pen 15 2 Close up of journal: We see Props: Pen and journal Jacob’s hand writing SFX: Pen scratching 15 3 Medium shot: Jacob closes journal Props: Journal and cries. Fade out.

Soundtrack 1. Main theme: 3 Gymnopédies: No. 3 by Erik Satie (non-diagetic, non-commentative) This will play for the first time during scene 2 shot 5, right after the car makes impact with Jacob. It conveys the mood that I envisioned perfectly. Also, I like the contrast between the peacefulness of the music and how chaotic the scene it. It will also play again during the final scene when Jacob is reading the journal to tie the whole thing together. 2. Six Days at the Bottom of the Ocean by Explosions in the Sky (non-diagetic, commentative) This song will play during the funeral scene. I chose it due to the somber mood, and I believe that it complements the Satie nicely. 3. I Fall in Love too Easily by The Bill Evans Trio (diagetic, commentative) This will play during the hotel scene. It is a jazz ballad so it is fitting music to be playing in a hotel and it also holds the somber mood of the previous pieces. 4. Don’t Be Cruel by Elvis Presley (diagetic, non-commentative) Playing during the diner scene. It fits with the diner scene but it is completely wrong for the film as a whole. This is what we are going for for this scene; we want it to feel as awkward as possible. 5. Don’t Feel Right by The Roots (diagetic, commentative) Will play during scene 2 shot 1 when Jacob is in the car before the accident. Will portray Jacob as a normal teenager by listening to hip-hop. Also the driving beat of this song will dramatically contrast with what is about to happen.

Concept Art

Real-World Scouted Locations

Storyboards

Scene 2 Shot 6: Wide angle long shot Jeep screeches to a halt and Caleb’s body is seen rolling off of the hood.

Scene 2 Shot 7: Close up

Jacob’s head as he leans over the body. Shot starts at the back of the head and moves to his profile.

Scene 2 Shot 8: High angle Shot from directly above the crash sight. Camera slowly zooms out as people gather

around.

Scene 3 Shot 1: Close up

A female hand (Rebecca) knocking on a bedroom door.

Scene 3 Shot 2: Close up

Female mouth (Rebecca) speaking loudly.

Scene 3 Shot 3: Long shot

Rebecca keeps knocking and yells into the room.

Scene 3 Shot 4: Wide shot Caleb’s room, door swings open and Rebecca enters and heads to Caleb’s desk.

Scene 3 Shot 5: Medium close up Profile of Rebecca fiddling with the computer and the printer.

Scene 3 Shot 6: Medium shot Rebecca still messing with printer, comes across journal.

Scene 3 Shot 7: Close up Rebecca’s eyes as she reads.

Scene 3 Shot 8: Close up Rebecca’s hand slams Caleb’s journal shut. Scene 3 Shot 9: Long shot Rebecca is followed into her room by the camera and stuffs the journal under her bed.

Scene 4 Shot 1: Extreme long shot The Catholic Church on a bright, sunny day. Scene 5 Shot 1: Extreme long shot The inside of the Catholic Church filled with people in every pew.

Scene 5 Shot 2: Medium close up Profile of Rebecca as she watches the priest rise from his seat. Scene 5 Shot 3: POV Rebecca approaching the podium for her speech.

Scene 5 Shot 4: Long shot Rebecca standing at the podium in front of the whole assembly. Scene 5 Shot 5: Medium close up high angle The back of Rebecca as she gives her speech in front of the assembly.

Scene 5 Shot 6: Medium shot Rebecca staring forward from her pew as her mother and father mourn. Scene 6 Shot 1: Long shot The Morris family enters the funeral home.