SCREENPLAY

UNBALANCED
1ST DRAFT
WRITTEN BY
GEMMA ELLIOTT

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FADE IN. INT. SIENNAS KITCHEN/DINING ROOM. EVENING
NONE-DIAGETIC SOUND PLAYS
Sienna is sat in her kitchen, gambling on her laptop and drinking heavily. After
she recognises her losing streak she gives up and angrily slams her laptop
screen down. She goes on to place her hands on her face and expresses a fed up
sigh right before vigorously drinking her glass of wine. A loud bang suddenly
echos through the room and Sienna looks up in confusion.

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NONE-DIAGETIC SOUND CONTINUES
COUNTERFIRE PRODUCTIONS

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FADE IN. INT. STEVIES HOUSE. EVENING
NONE DIAGETIC SOUND STOPS AND DIAGETIC MUSIC BEGINS
Sienna is extremely drunk and stumbling across the room, she falls into Stevie.

[SIENNA DELANEY:]
COME ON STEVIE, HAVE ANOTHER DRINK
[STEVIE HASTINGS:]
ARE YOU SURE YOU SHOULD BE DRINKING ON TOP OF YOUR
MEDICATION
[SIENNA DELANEY:]
ITS SCHIZOPHRENIA STEVIE, ITS HARDLY LIFE THREATENING,
ILL BE OK
Stevie looks at Sienna in anger and shakes her head; she then sits Sienna down
on the sofa.

SUDDENLY ALL THE LIGHTS GO OUT AND THE ROOM GOES PITCH BLACK
Sienna begins hallucinating; she hears her name whispered, followed by the
sounds of children laughing and babies crying.

[SIENNA DELANEY:]
STEVIE, STEVIE DID YOU HEAR THAT?
THE LIGHTS FLICKER ON FOR A SECOND, THE MASKED STALKER APPEARS
ACCOMPANIED BY A SHARP SCREAM, AND THEN THE LIGHTS GO BACK
OUT.

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NONE-DIAGETIC MUSIC/LULLABY
BASED ON A TRUE STORY

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WIPE. EXT. LOCAL FIELD. DAYTIME
NONE-DIAGETIC MUSIC CONTINUES
[SIENNA DELANEY:]
I THINK SOMEONES MESSING WITH ME
Noah looks at Sienna with sensitivity and concern

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WIPE. INT. SIENNAS KITCHEN. EVENING
NONE-DIAGETIC MUSIC CONTINUES
Sienna turns around and sees the masked stalker looking back at her. She panics
and drops her glass of vodka

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NONE DIAGETIC MUSIC CONTINES
Are these hallucinations, or is this reality?

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DISSOLVE. INT. SIENNA/SAFFYS LIVING ROOM. DAYTIME
NONE-DIAGETIC MUSIC CONTINUES
[SAFFRON CONWAY:]
SIENNA YOURE NOT BEING STALKED, YOU KNOW THIS IS ALL IN YOUR
HEAD
[SIENNA DELANEY:]
SAFFY PLEASE LISTEN TO ME, SOMEONE OUT THERE IS ON A MISSION
TO MESS WITH ME

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SLOW MOTION. INT. SIENNAS KITCHEN. EVENING
NONE DIAGETIC MUSIC CHANGES
Balloons with faces drawn on them fall from above and surround Sienna, the
camera pans to Siennas face and reveals her looking shocked and confused

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CUTAWAY. EXT. LOCAL FIELD. EVENING
NONE DIAGETIC MUSIC SPEEDS UP
Fireworks are going of

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CUTAWAY. EXT. LOCAL FIELD. EVENING
NONE DIAGETIC MUSIC CONINUES
A bonfire is burning with a Guy Fawkes model on top.

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CUTAWAY. EXT. SIENNAS HOUSE. EVENING
Sienna throws a glass of wine against the wall

[SIENNA DELANEY:]
LEAVE ME ALONE

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WIPE. EXT. SIENNAS GARDEN. EVENING
A letter about how to live with schizophrenia gets set alight and begins to burn

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FADE IN. INT. SIENNAS KITCHEN. DAYTIME
Sienna throws things of a table in fury and anger

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DISSOLVE. EXT.IN THE STREET. EVENING
Sienna is standing outside in the rain crying

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FADE IN. INT.SIENNAS HOUSE. EVENING
Sienna slides down a wall with a glass of wine in her hand

[SIENNA DELANEY:]
WHAT DO YOU WANT WITH ME

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WIPE. EXT. SIENNAS GARDEN. EVENING
Sienna smoking

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CUTAWAY. INT. SIENNAS KITCHEN. EVENING
Sienna is knocking back vodka shots

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DISSOLVE. EXT. SIENNAS GARDEN. EVENING
The room is pitch black and Sienna lights her lighter and the face of the masked
stalker appears behind her and then she looks into the camera and blows it out

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COMING SOON

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CAST NAMES
DIRECTED BY
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LOGO

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This screenplay may be subject to alterations as I film and

develop my narrative. I will be sure to include these changes
in my 2nd screenplay draft.