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SCENE #1
– CAR / PICKING UP KIDS FROM SCHOOL – AFTERNOON 3.30PM
• Anna’s good relationship with her two sons. With Jake it’s a more mature relationship and with Callum more jokey and playful. • We learn Anna’s concern – she is a thoughtful Mother, slightly reserved.
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SCENE #2
– FAMILY HOUSE – ARRIVING HOME FROM SCHOOL – AFTERNOON 4PM
• Intro to the family house – represents the character of the family life • We learn Anna has a secret and she is concerned
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SCENE #3
– BATHROOM – INTRODUCTION TO DANIEL – EVENING 8.30PM
• We learn Anna is lonely • Daniel is quite a vacant person • We see her dysfunctional relationship with her husband Daniel, it is broken and awkward. There is no connection between them. TONE > S U R F A C E S
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SCENE #4
– JAKE’S BEDROOM – FIRST EYE DROP SCENE – EVENING 9PM
• Anna has a warm loving relationship with Jake, opposing her relationship with Daniel • They are very close, maybe even too intimate • Its Jakes room so we enter his ‘world’ • Jake is a Mummy’s boy socially an introvert TONE > S U R F A C E S
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SCENE #5 - RECEPTION / WAITING ROOM OF OPHTHALMOLOGY – LATE MORNING
11AM
• A place of fear – Anna has a fear of temptation of Michael and being found out / revealed • Jake has a fear of threat and that the family will break apart • Their fear divides them • We learn the awkward relationship of Michael and Anna and that they have a past
TONE > fear, exposure, vulnerability S U R F A C E S
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SCENE #6
– MICHAEL’S CONSULTATION ROOM – EARLY AFTERNOON 12PM
• Jake is confronting his fear and realizing its not as bad as he thought although still feeling slight discomfort • Anna is scared of the intimacy shared between Michael and Jake • akes feels threatened at the end of the scene when he sees the intimacy shared between Anna and Michael • Anna learns that Jake knows something is going on between her and Michael TONE > confined, vulnerable, intimate, delicate
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SCENE #7
– ANNA’S CAR AFTER LEAVING OPHTHALMOLOGY – AFTERNOON 2PM
• Disconnection and awkwardness • Anna’s failure to talk about her relationship and tried to brush past it
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SCENE #8
– BURGER JOINT – AFTERNOON 2.30PM
• Anna attempting to amend the disconnection between her and Jake but her cheap attempt fails • More awkwardness and disconnect
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SCENE #9
– FAMILY HOME – LAUNDRY – LATE AFTERNOON 4PM
• Anna feels she is losing control with her kids and failing as a mother • Lots of things going on around her and she attempts to do her best to keep everything together
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SCENE #10
– JAKES ROOM – HOMEWORK – EVENING 7PM
• Jake has control and is being the parent to Callum • Anna is failing to be the mother – she lets Jake have the control
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SCENE #11
– LIVING ROOM – SECOND EYE DROPS SCENE – EVENING 7.30PM
• The lowest point • Awkwardness • Silence • Exposed TONE >
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SCENE #12
– ANNA’S BEDROOM / CORRIDOR – SECOND ENCOUNTER WITH DANIEL NIGHT 10PM
• Anna’s loneliness, thinking lying on her bed • Anna’s last attempt with Daniel
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SCENE #13
– KITCHEN – BREAKFAST 1 – MORNING 8AM
• First scene with Daniel and kids, it shows their dynamic (or lack of) Daniel is portrayed as an absent father • Jake test his father • Anna and Jake have a common enemy and are aware of this, they start to rebuild their connection
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SCENE #14
– HOME – BACK FROM FOOTBALL MATCH – EARLY EVENING 6PM
• Energy is more playful • A moment of tension release escaping through the joy of Callum’s football match • Anna is aware that Jake is forgiving her
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SCENE #15
– ANNA’S BEDROOM – JAKE FORGIVES ANNA – NIGHT 8PM
• Jake see’s Anna, naked, exposed and vulnerable • Anna is a lonely woman rather than a mother • Anna accepts that she can be weak and honest with Jake • Jakes shows he is supportive of Anna, she learns his maturity • New harmony
TONE > delicate, soft, low key S U R F A C E S
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SCENE #16
– KITCHEN – BREAKFAST 2 – MORNING 8AM
• Trust, unity and harmony between Jack and Anna
TONE > fresh, hope, a new day S U R F A C E S
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