Tuesday, November 8, 2016

Phrases & Script

‘THE TEST’


FADE IN


SCENE 1. CLASSROOM.


CHARACTER ONE  sits at a computer desk, finishing up a test. CUT TO a lot of different, dramatic angles of them stressing, their fingers typing on the keyboard, the screen, etc. FINALLY, they finish.


CHARACTER ONE
Finally. It's over.


Pan to CHARACTER TWO, who is sitting beside them.


CHARACTER TWO
See? That wasn't so bad!


ONE
I guess. I've studied for this test the entire last two weeks and I still think I could've studied more.


TWO
If you studied anymore, you wouldn't have had a social life.


ONE
I guess. Oh! The results are calculated.


TWO
Good luck! I bombed mine.


CHARACTER ONE views the results, and isn't happy with them.


TWO
So?


ONE
I don't want to talk about it.


Angry, CHARACTER ONE gets up and storms out defeated. CHARACTER TWO just shrugs and continues on their phone or computer.


Phrases


‘See? That wasn't as bad as you thought.’ My mom said this to me when we drove through Chicago traffic in my new car.
‘I'm ready for this election to be done.’ I have heard numerous people through the week say this. In many different settings.
‘She got mad at me for calling her Velveeta Shells & Cheese.’ This was my friend Matt to a classmate. Totally nonsense, but has been an inside joke with our friend group all week.
‘Do what you love.’ This was said by my brother to my mother, as we discussed the possibility of her moving to Chicago one day.
‘This park is like a freaking petting zoo.’ My fiancé in regards to us playing Pokemon Go. 

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