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He was a 10 By Bailey Cook

(c)2015 Draft Written 14-05-2015

bailey@baileycook.com.au

INT. COUNSELLING ROOM (Dark room lit with dim soft lights with two couches, PROTAGONIST on one, COUNSELLOR on the other)

1

PROTAGONIST I can see your number.

COUNSELLOR What do you mean by ’my number’?

PROTAGONIST What type of counsellor are you?

Can’t you read my mind?

(COUNSELLOR laughs and shakes his head) PROTAGONIST Everyone has a number. Luckily nobody knows about these numbers or they would think I’m crazy and laugh at me. I don’t really need another reason for people to laugh at me. Being in high school is hard, especially when you are being bullied as much as I am.

BEGIN FLASHBACK INT. SCHOOL HALLWAY

2

PROTAGONIST (V.O) Normally my day starts off with being yelled at by a 2 and his girlfriend, 3.

(POV SHOT)PROTAGONIST is being yelled at by a fellow classmate (who has a green 2 above his head) and his girlfriend (who has a green 3 above her head). PROTAGONIST walks away and does not seem phased.

PROTAGONIST (V.O) They don’t bother me that much, the others do. The 4’s. They bother me.

INT. BATHROOM Birds eye view of a toilet stall, door swings open quickly. PROTAGONIST gets pushed into a toilet stall by four bullies (all with dark yellow fours above their head).

3

2.

PROTAGONIST (V.O) They LOVE to yell at me, take my money, they even pushed my head down a toilet.

(POV Shot)PROTAGONIST tries to get away but two of the bullies grab his head and holds him down into the toilet.

(Underwater, Laughing Sounds) Cuts to shot of a few minutes later, PROTAGONIST has his face on the closed toilet seat. He is panting and trying to get his breath back, obviously humiliated & almost crying.

CUTS TO TITLE CARD INT. COUNSELLING ROOM

4 END FLASHBACK

PROTAGONIST (Emotional since remembering of the toilet moment) Do you understand now?

COUNSELLOR No, not really. It’s not like I or anyone else can see these numbers that you’re talking about. Since when could you see these numbers?

PROTAGONIST I was a little boy when it started.

BEGIN FLASHBACK EXT. PLAYGROUND

5

YOUNG PROTAGONIST sitting on park bench eating a chocolate bar.

PROTAGONIST (V.O) I was waiting for my friends at the playground one day and I was eating a chocolate bar.

YOUNG PROTAGONIST drops wrapper and it starts to catch in the wind and blow away.

PROTAGONIST (V.O) I dropped my wrapper and it started to blow away. An old lady saw this.

3.

OLD LADY sees wrapper start to blow away.

OLD LADY (Angry) Don’t you have any respect? Pick that up!

YOUNG PROTAGONIST ignores OLD LADY. OLD LADY (Screaming) Fine! Have it your way! If you litter the earth, I’ll litter your mind!

OLD LADY leaves angrily. YOUNG Protagonist’s FRIENDS show up with a soccer ball. YOUNG PROTAGONIST watches the wrapper blows away while walking up to meet his friends.

PROTAGONIST (V.O) I was confused but I didn’t really think much of it, until the next day.

INT. PROTAGONIST’S HOUSE

6

(POV Shot) YOUNG PROTAGONIST walks and sits down at the dinner table to see his MUM eating breakfast. and notices she has a cyan 2 above her head.

YOUNG PROTAGONIST has a puzzled look on his face.

PROTAGONIST (V.O) The next day, I noticed that my mum had a two above her head. I wasn’t sure what it meant but I did know that this was strange.

It did feel like it was meant to be there though.

YOUNG PROTAGONIST thinks about this but realizes it’s okay and walks off frame.

INT. SCHOOL HALLWAY PROTAGONIST walks through hallway and notices people have numbers on top of their heads. Whip pans of people with 1’s, a teacher with a 5 & bullies with 4’s PROTAGONIST (V.O) As I went through school that day, I noticed everyone had these numbers.

7

4.

INT. BATHROOM

8

PROTAGONIST looks into mirror and can’t see any numbers.

Appears frustrated.

PROTAGONIST (V.O) I could never see a number above my own head in reflections or anything like that, much to my frustration.

INT. PROTAGONIST’S HOUSE

9

PROTAGONIST sits on couch watching TV. Watches news and sees Prime Minister & US President with an 8 above his head.

PROTAGONIST (V.O) I noticed that powerful people tended to have quite high numbers. The prime minister had a 7, US President a 8.

PROTAGONIST flicks between channels. Watches old documentary/montage of Hitler & Stalin (with 9 above their heads) PROTAGONIST (V.O) The only 10s I’ve ever seen are on old videos, like Hitler or Stalin. The sorts of people who are responsible for mass genocide and similar atrocities.

END FLASHBACK INT. COUNSELLING ROOM

10

PROTAGONIST Eventually, after having thought about this for a few weeks, I concluded that the number corresponded to danger. The numbers, as far as I can tell represent how dangerous someone has the potential to be on a scale of one to ten.

BEGIN FLASHBACK

5.

INT. SCHOOL HALLWAY

11

PROTAGONIST (sitting down on edge of hallway) observes people walking past with different numbers on top of their head.

PROTAGONIST (V.O) The numbers of a person broadcasted how dangerous they were to those around them.

Broadcasting, at least, to me.

PROTAGONIST POV zooms in on a big football player (with an 2 on his head) with a smaller kid (with a 3 on his head) next to him.

PROTAGONIST (V.O) Interestingly enough, Danger is not quantified by how much harm one could cause others, but by how much harm one intends to cause others. That’s why two people of the same height, weight, and muscle mass could be unequally dangerous. That’s why my best friend, the huge, 2 meter tall, football player isn’t dangerous at all. He simply doesn’t intend to harm others.

But the smaller guy? He would be more likely to harm, maybe even kill, in a heartbeat.

END FLASHBACK INT. COUNSELLING ROOM

12

PROTAGONIST (Reflective) Most people don’t realize how much danger surrounds them every day. It takes so little, to do so much damage.

COUNSELLOR That’s a great story but let’s talk about why you’re actually here today. Talk me through what happened?

BEGIN FLASHBACK

6.

INT. SCHOOL CLASSROOM

13

PROTAGONIST is sitting (leaning back and forth on a chair) in classroom doing work. He looks up and sees a new kid getting a tour around the school.

PROTAGONIST (V.O) One day, a new kid came to school. Suddenly I felt this oppressive fear.

He looks up to see that (POV shot) the new kid has a dark red 10 above his head.

PROTAGONIST (V.O) I sensed something - something terrible - but I didn’t want it to be true. He was a ten.

PROTAGONIST watches MACKIE standing there, and MACKIE stares back at him. A stare-off takes place. MACKIE’s face is screaming a hot, burning ten.

PROTAGONIST (V.O) Just a number to some, but to me, it was something terrifying. I could sense some serious danger.

So much danger that I passed out.

PROTAGONIST goes pale and falls backwards off his chair.

END FLASHBACK INT. COUNSELLING ROOM

14

PROTAGONIST When I woke up, I realized I had never seen someone with a number over 6. I think it was a trained solider I met at an ANZAC Day Service. So seeing a 10 in the flesh was full on.

BEGIN FLASHBACK INT. SCHOOL HALLWAY

15

PROTAGONIST walks down hallway and sees MACKIE surrounded with heaps of people joking and laughing.

PROTAGONIST (V.O) The next day, I came back to school and the new kid, called Mackie, was the most popular guy in school.

7.

INT. SCHOOL CLASSROOM

16

PROTAGONIST is sitting down in class when MACKIE walks in and sits down across from him.

PROTAGONIST (V.O) I started my day with a maths class. It was my first class with Mackie so I cautiously started looking around the room, wondering if I could make it out the window before the bullets started flying.

MACKIE pulls a pencil out of his bag. PROTAGONIST is tense.

PROTAGONIST (V.O) But he sat down just like any other lad and the most deadly thing to come out of his backpack was a pencil.

MACKIE works away. PROTAGONIST stares at him and tries to ’work him out’.

PROTAGONIST (V.O) Mackie was in my year but he was a bit smaller than me. He wasn’t noticeably scary or dangerous to other people. He looked sad most of the time, maybe even depressed. Now I had to work out what made him get a ’10’ Danger rating.

INT. SCHOOL HALLWAY

17

MACKIE walks down the hallway alone. PROTAGONIST is sitting on the floor on the side of the hallway.

PROTAGONIST is visibly uneasy when he sees MACKIE and the 10 floating above him.

PROTAGONIST (V.O) Weeks passed and I didn’t bother him and he didn’t bother me. I saw him from time to time in the halls and the alarm in my head shot off again and again. I cramped up in my stomach whenever I saw him, but he made friends easy enough and that started to make me doubt the number above his head. Maybe my ability was wrong.

MACKIE walks up to PROTAGONIST.

8.

MACKIE "Hey, I’m Mackie, and I couldn’t help but notice that you always seem to walk away whenever I’m in the room? Did I upset you or something?”

MACKIE puts out his hand for a handshake. PROTAGONIST is sitting on the floor still and looks upwardly terrified of his hand.

MACKIE (Almost sarcastically) "Hey, now, I’m not gonna hurt you" MACKIE starts to grin.

PROTAGONIST (V.O) I wasn’t buying it. Everyone else loved him but I was that weird guy who always over analyzes everything. Seeing numbers didn’t help with that.

(POV Shot) PROTAGONIST looks at his hand and looks up his body, to his face and finally to the number 10 floating over his head.

PROTAGONIST cautiously outstretches his hand.

PROTAGONIST (clears throat) Protagonist.

MACKIE’s smile gets slightly creepier.

Close up of hands shaking.

PROTAGONIST ’gets shocked’ as soon as their hands shake and yanks his arm back’.

As a result of this, PROTAGONIST looks into his bag which is on the floor and sees a gun like object.

MACKIE quickly picks up his bag and MACKIE’s smile turns into a even creepier grin.

PROTAGONIST (V.O) I thought I saw a gun. I saw the glint in his eyes, and I felt true terror for the first time in my life.

END FLASHBACK

9.

INT. COUNSELLING ROOM

18

PROTAGONIST I did consider calling the cops, but what was I going to say?

"Yes, officer, my magic danger-number-vision topped out this student over here, so I would feel a lot better if you arrested him for me." That’s how you get a free trip to a place with three meals per day and all the long sleeved jackets you could want.

Before meeting him, I saw no point of identifying people through their threat levels. A professional boxer has a threat level of eight, but it doesn’t make him a bad person, you know?

But this guy was different.

BEGIN FLASHBACK INT. PROTAGONIST’S BEDROOM - NIGHT Birds-eye Montage of PROTAGONIST in room freaking out.

Tossing and turning in bed. Jump cuts to ’scary moments’ with noise/static in between.

PROTAGONIST (V.O) As the weeks turned to months, the terror of seeing him and the ten increased and I started to panic even more. I had to take matters into my own hands.

What could I do though? I couldn’t just go up to him and be like "I can sense danger and you are a really dangerous guy because I thought I saw a gun but I have no legitimate proof" and then claim that I have magical powers which is my proof! I’d get my butt kicked! But still I felt like I needed to do something, warn someone, I can’t just sit idly by as this kid roamed through school. I couldn’t tell anyone though, no one would believe it.

PROTAGONIST sits up. Flashes of Hitler with a ten above his head, flashes to similar shot’s of MACKIE.

19

10.

PROTAGONIST (V.O) If you had the chance to kill Hitler before he did anything wrong, would you? I made my decision.

PROTAGONIST loads gun (gun loading sound) and slips it into his school bag.

PROTAGONIST (V.O) I loaded Dad’s gun, I couldn’t let him live.

INT. SCHOOL AUDITIORIUM FOYER

20

Crowded foyer. Steadicam shot of Protagonist’s feet moving up to over his shoulder as he navigates the crowd. He tries to follow and catch MACKIE. PROTAGONIST catches MACKIE, grabs his arm and pulls him into the bathroom.

INT. SCHOOL BATHROOM

21

PROTAGONIST pushes MACKIE up against the wall. MACKIE looks up at him open mouthed while muttering something to himself. PROTAGONIST looks afraid.

PROTAGONIST (Best try-hard angry voice) Who really are you?

MACKIE starts to pull out a gun from his jumper but with one quick step PROTAGONIST closes flicks the gun out of his hand and let’s it drops to the floor. PROTAGONIST pins him against the wall again holding his collar up. MACKIE has terror in his eyes.

PROTAGONIST "I’m going to take my hand away from your face now and you are going to answer some questions.

Understand?"

MACKIE nods the best he can with PROTAGONIST’s hand holding him tightly against the wall.

PROTAGONIST slowly takes his hand off MACKIE’s mouth and MACKIE takes a wavering breath, almost looking like he is about to cry. PROTAGONIST feels out of character but tries to pump himself back up.

MACKIE starts shaking uncontrollably and muttering something over and over again while staring at PROTAGOINST with a look of fear and incomprehension. PROTAGONIST breathes in to speak, but MACKIE cuts him off.

11.

PROTAGONIST opens his mouth to speak but MACKIE cuts him off.

MACKIE I can see the numbers in your eyes. You’re like me.

PROTAGONIST appears shattered.

PROTAGONIST (Fearful) "What did you say?"

MACKIE takes a tentative step away from the wall.

PROTAGONIST looks into MACKIE’s eyes and sees a flicker in his iris which is so faint you’d miss it if you weren’t looking for it.

PROTAGONIST (Whispering to himself) Numbers PROTAGONIST takes a step forward to look closer but MACKIE ducks out of the way and picks up his gun off the floor.

MACKIE points the gun straight and PROTAGONIST ready to pull the trigger MACKIE (Yelling) There can only be one of us.

PROTAGONIST quickly tackles MACKIE to the ground, resulting in MACKIE dropping his gun again. PROTAGONIST lands two punches to MACKIE’s face, while pinning him against the floor. PROTAGONIST picked up MACKIE’s gun, and shoots him in the face. Blood pours everywhere.

PROTAGONIST sits crying in a puddle of blood shocked. He is shaking.

PROTAGONIST I had nowhere I could go. I freaked out. I had no idea what way was up. I tried to collect myself and figure out what the heck I was supposed to do. I was scared. I was angry. I was livid.

And through the tears I saw the stained bathroom mirror shattered on the floor.

PROTAGONIST picks up the largest shard of glass and looked at himself. Floating right above his own head he sees a 10.

12.

PROTAGONIST (V.O) I did what I did to save others.

PROTAGONIST looks in the mirror against the wall and sees his body in full sight.

PROTAGONIST (V.O) He was a ten. Now I am a ten. I couldn’t live with him, now I can’t live with myself. That’s the price I have to pay.

CUT TO BLACK

10 By Bailey Cook

(c)2015 26-05-2015

bailey@baileycook.com.au

INT. COUNSELLING ROOM (Dark room lit with dim soft lights

1

PROTAGONIST walks in the room with COUNSELLOR trying to calm him down. PROTAGONIST takes a seat on a couch, COUNSELLOR sits opposite on an armchair PROTAGONIST (Speaking quickly, trying to explain and rationalize.

Appears shaken) I mean, like I tried my best to use it responsibly, it was my duty to protect others but now I can’t live with myself.

COUNSELLOR Just calm down, just start from the beginning. Take a deep breath.

PROTAGONIST (Deep breathing) I can see your number.

COUNSELLOR What do you mean by ’my number’?

PROTAGONIST Everyone has a number. Luckily nobody knows about these numbers or they would think I’m crazy and laugh at me. I don’t need to be laughed at, especially when I’m already being bullied.

BEGIN FLASHBACK INT. SCHOOL HALLWAY PROTAGONIST (V.O) Normally my day starts off with being yelled at by a 2 and his girlfriend, who’s a 3.

(POV SHOT)PROTAGONIST is being yelled at by a fellow classmate (who has a green 2 above his head) and his girlfriend (who has a green 3 above her head). Bullies grab PROTAGONIST. PROTAGONIST (V.O) They don’t bother me that much, the others do. The 4’s. They bother me.

2

2.

INT. BATHROOM

3

Birds eye view of a toilet stall, door swings open quickly. PROTAGONIST gets pushed into a toilet stall by a few bullies (all with dark yellow fours above their head).

PROTAGONIST (V.O) They LOVE to yell at me, take my money, they even pushed my head down a toilet.

(POV Shot)PROTAGONIST tries to get away but two of the bullies grab his head and holds him down into the toilet.

(Underwater, Laughing Sounds) Cuts to shot of a few minutes later, PROTAGONIST has his face on the closed toilet seat. He is panting and trying to get his breath back, obviously humiliated & almost crying.

CUTS TO TITLE CARD INT. COUNSELLING ROOM

4 END FLASHBACK

PROTAGONIST (Emotional since remembering of the toilet moment) You get it?

COUNSELLOR (Worried) So you see numbers over the heads of people...hmmm. When did you start to you see these numbers?

BEGIN FLASHBACK INT. PROTAGONIST’S HOUSE

5

(POV Shot) PROTAGONIST is sitting at the dinner eating a bowl of cereal and his MUM sits down at the table trying to talk to him. PROTAGONIST notices she has a cyan 2 above her head and doesn’t pay attention. PROTAGONIST has a puzzled look on his face.

PROTAGONIST (V.O) One day, I noticed that my mum had a two above her head. I wasn’t sure what it meant but it was strange. It did feel like it was meant to be there though.

3.

INT. PROTAGONIST’S HOUSE

6

PROTAGONIST sits on couch watching TV. Watches news and sees Prime Minister & US President with an 8 above his head.

PROTAGONIST (V.O) When I turned on the TV, I realized everyone had numbers. I noticed that powerful people tended to have quite high numbers. The prime minister had a 7, US President a 8.

PROTAGONIST flicks between channels. Watches old documentary/montage of Hitler & Stalin (with 10 above their heads) PROTAGONIST (V.O) The only 10s I’ve ever seen are on old videos, like Hitler or Stalin. The sorts of people who are responsible for mass genocide and similar atrocities.

PROTAGONIST shocked at seeing a 10.

INT. SCHOOL BATHROOM

7

PROTAGONIST looks into mirror and can’t see any numbers.

Appears frustrated.

PROTAGONIST (V.O) I could never see a number above my own head in reflections or anything like that, much to my frustration.

END FLASHBACK INT. COUNSELLING ROOM

8

PROTAGONIST I thought it could mean like how long you have to live or how successful you were going to be but eventually I worked it out.

The numbers represented how dangerous someone had the potential to be on a scale of one to ten.

BEGIN FLASHBACK

4.

INT. SCHOOL HALLWAY

9

First day back at school.

PROTAGONIST walks through school hallway and observes people walking past with different numbers on top of their head. Whip pans of people with 1’s, a teacher with a 5 & bullies with 4’s PROTAGONIST (V.O) The numbers above each person broadcasted how dangerous they were to those around them. And somehow I had the ability to read this.

PROTAGONIST POV zooms in on a big football player (the guy that was yelling in the first scene) with an 2 on his head.

PROTAGONIST (V.O) Danger is quantified by how much harm one could intentionally cause others. That’s why the huge, 2 meter tall football player isn’t dangerous at all. It may be part of his job but that does not change who he is. It’s whats in a person’s heart that determines one’s number.

END FLASHBACK INT. COUNSELLING ROOM

10

PROTAGONIST (Reflective) Most people don’t realize how much danger surrounds them every day. It takes so little, to do so much damage.

COUNSELLOR Talk me through what happened today? Start from the start.

BEGIN FLASHBACK INT. SCHOOL CLASSROOM

11

PROTAGONIST is sitting (leaning back and forth on a chair) in classroom doing work. He looks up and sees a new kid getting a tour around the school.

5.

PROTAGONIST (V.O) A few months ago, this new kid came to school. As soon as he walked in I had this fear in my gut.

He looks up to see that (POV shot) the new kid has a dark red 10 above his head.

PROTAGONIST (V.O) I sensed something - something terrible - but I didn’t want it to be true. He was a ten.

PROTAGONIST watches TEN standing there, and TEN stares back at him. A stare-off takes place between PROTAGONIST & TEN. PROTAGONIST (V.O) Meeting a 10 was something terrifying. I could sense serious danger. So much danger that I passed out.

PROTAGONIST goes pale and falls backwards off his chair.

END FLASHBACK INT. COUNSELLING ROOM

12

PROTAGONIST When I woke up, I realized I had never seen someone in person with a number over 6. The only 6 I’d seen in person was when I was walking down the street and I saw a gang. That was full on.

BEGIN FLASHBACK INT. SCHOOL HALLWAY PROTAGONIST walks down hallway and sees TEN surrounded with heaps of people joking and laughing.

PROTAGONIST (V.O) Anyway, the next day, I came back to school and TEN was the most popular guy in school.

13

6.

INT. SCHOOL CLASSROOM

14

PROTAGONIST is sitting down in class when TEN walks in and sits down across from him.

PROTAGONIST (V.O) I started my day with a maths class. It was my first class with TEN so I cautiously started looking around the room looking for exits so I could leave quickly before he started to cause chaos.

TEN pulls a pencil out of his bag. PROTAGONIST is tense.

TEN works away. PROTAGONIST stares at him and tries to ’work him out’.

PROTAGONIST (V.O) I just couldn’t figure him out. I mean he was in my year but he was a bit smaller than me. He wasn’t noticeably scary or dangerous to other people, they seemed to love him. Now I just had to work out what made him a ’10’.

INT. SCHOOL HALLWAY

15

TEN walks down the hallway alone. PROTAGONIST is sitting on the floor on the side of the hallway. PROTAGONIST is visibly uneasy when he sees TEN and the 10 floating above him.

PROTAGONIST (V.O) Weeks passed and I didn’t bother 10 and 10 didn’t bother me. We passed by each other in the hall from time to time and the alarm in my head shot off again and again. I cramped up in my stomach whenever I saw 10, but he made friends easy enough and that started to make me doubt the number above his head. Maybe my ability was flat out wrong.

TEN walks up to PROTAGONIST. PROTAGONIST tries to move away but it’s too late.

Hey, that away Have

TEN I couldn’t help but notice you always seem to try move whenever I’m in the room?

I upset you or something?

7.

TEN puts out his hand for a handshake. PROTAGONIST is sitting on the floor still and looks upwardly terrified of his hand.

TEN (Almost sarcastically) Hey, now, I’m not gonna hurt you TEN starts to grin.

PROTAGONIST (V.O) I wasn’t buying it. Everyone else loved him but I was that weird guy who always over analyzes everything. Seeing his number didn’t help with that.

(POV Shot) PROTAGONIST looks at his hand and looks up his body, to his face and finally to the number 10 floating over his head.

PROTAGONIST cautiously outstretches his hand.

PROTAGONIST (clears throat) Protagonist.

Ten’s smile gets slightly creepier.

Close up of hands shaking.

PROTAGONIST ’gets shocked’ as soon as their hands shake and yanks his arm back’.

As a result of this, PROTAGONIST looks into his bag which is on the floor and sees a gun like object.

TEN quickly picks up his bag and Ten’s smile turns into a even creepier grin.

PROTAGONIST (V.O) I thought I saw a gun. I saw the glint in his eyes, and I felt true terror for the first time in my life.

END FLASHBACK INT. COUNSELLING ROOM PROTAGONIST I did consider calling the cops, but what was I going to say?

"Yes, officer, my magic danger-number-vision topped out this student over here, so I would feel a lot better if you

16

8.

PROTAGONIST arrested him for me." That’s how you get a free trip to a place with three meals per day, a cocktail of pills to wash it down, and all the long sleeved jackets you could want.

Before meeting him, I saw no point of identifying people through their threat levels. A professional boxer has a threat level of eight, but it doesn’t make him a bad person, you know?

But this guy was different.

BEGIN FLASHBACK INT. PROTAGONIST’S BEDROOM - NIGHT Birds-eye Montage of PROTAGONIST in room freaking out.

Tossing and turning in bed. Jump cuts to ’scary moments’ with noise/static in between.

PROTAGONIST (V.O) As weeks turned to months, the terror of seeing Ten and his number increased and I started to panic even more. I had to take matters into my own hands.

What could I do though? I couldn’t just go up to him and be like "I can sense danger and you are a really dangerous guy because I thought I saw a gun but I have no legitimate proof" and then claim that I have magical powers which is my proof! I’d get my butt kicked! But still I felt like I needed to do something, warn someone, I can’t just sit idly by as this kid roamed through school. I couldn’t tell anyone though, no one would believe it.

PROTAGONIST sits up. Flashes of Hitler with a ten above his head, flashes to similar shot’s of TEN. PROTAGONIST (V.O) If you had the chance to kill Hitler before he did anything wrong, would you? I made my decision.

17

9.

Almost complete dankness, PROTAGONIST loads gun (gun loading sound) and slips it into his school bag.

INT. SCHOOL AUDITIORIUM FOYER

18

Crowded foyer. Steadicam shot of Protagonist’s feet moving up to over his shoulder as he navigates the crowd. He tries to follow and catch TEN. PROTAGONIST catches TEN, grabs his arm and pulls him into the bathroom.

INT. SCHOOL BATHROOM

19

PROTAGONIST pushes TEN up against the wall. TEN looks up at him open mouthed while muttering something to himself.

PROTAGONIST looks afraid.

PROTAGONIST (Best try-hard angry voice, slowly) Who are you?

TEN starts to pull out a gun from his jumper but with one quick step PROTAGONIST closes flicks the gun out of TEN’s hand and let’s it drops to the floor. PROTAGONIST pins him against the wall again holding his collar up. TEN has terror in his eyes.

PROTAGONIST I’m going to let you down now and you are going to answer some questions. Understand?

TEN nods the best he can with PROTAGONIST’s hand holding him tightly against the wall.

PROTAGONIST slowly takes his hand off TEN’s mouth and TEN takes a wavering breath, almost looking like he is about to cry. PROTAGONIST feels out of character but tries to pump himself back up.

TEN starts shaking uncontrollably and muttering something over and over again while staring at PROTAGOINST with a look of fear and incomprehension. PROTAGONIST breathes in to speak, but TEN cuts him off.

PROTAGONIST opens his mouth to speak but TEN cuts him off.

TEN You’re a ten.

PROTAGONIST appears shattered.

10.

PROTAGONIST (Fearful) What did you say?

TEN takes a tentative step away from the wall.

PROTAGONIST looks into TEN’s eyes and sees a flicker in his iris which is so faint you’d miss it if you weren’t looking for it.

PROTAGONIST (Whispering to himself) You see numbers....

PROTAGONIST takes a step forward to look closer but TEN ducks out of the way and picks up his gun off the floor.

TEN points the gun straight and is ready to pull the trigger at PROTAGONIST. TEN (Yelling) It’s my duty to protect everyone and you’re in the way.

TEN manages to get one shot away resulting a mirror shattering. PROTAGONIST quickly tackles TEN to the ground, resulting in TEN dropping his gun again. PROTAGONIST lands two punches to TEN’s face, while pinning him against the floor. PROTAGONIST picked up TEN’s gun, and shoots him.

Blood pours everywhere.

PROTAGONIST sits crying in a puddle of blood shocked. He is shaking. PROTAGONIST picks up the largest shard of glass and looked at himself. Floating right above his own head he sees a 10.

CUT TO BLACK

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Treatment Completed

19

Research Complete

First Draft of Script Completed

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Intention, Outline, Concept & Audience Completed

24 Final Script Finished

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Locations, Music & Narration Complete

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Storyboard Complete

VFX Trials

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PDP Folio Due

Film Timetable

Jun 2015 (Eastern Time - Melbourne, Sydney)

Sun

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PDP Folio Due

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Possible Filming Day

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Film Timetable

Jul 2015 (Eastern Time - Melbourne, Sydney)

Sun

Mon 28

Tue 29

5

30

6 Filming Day

Wed 1

7 Filming Day

Thu

8 Filming Day

Fri 2

9 Filming Day

Sat 3

4

10 Filming Day

11 Editing

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Editing

Audio/Sound Mixing

Special Effects & Other Post Production

Film Timetable

Aug 2015 (Eastern Time - Melbourne, Sydney)

Sun

Mon 26

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Sat

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Special Effects & Other Post Production

2 Special Effects & Other Post Production

9 Special Effects & Other Post Production

16 Special Effects & Other Post Production

23 Special Effects & Other Post Production

30 Special Effects & Other Post Production

Film Due