ARTIST arrives in his new room. He puts his bag on the floor and sits on his bed. He looks around and looks pleased with himself.
INT. KITCHEN OF ARTIST’S HOUSE. DAY
ARTIST walks through the door, there are 2 hostile ‘foreign’ men who look up then return to their conversation.
ARTIST: HeyloHe smiles, awaiting response which does not come, then turns and heads towards the front door.
EXT. STREET. DAY
ARTIST: Excuse me?Points at map. Passerby continues walking.
EXT. PARADE OF SHOPS. EVE
ARTIST enters shop, exits with shopping bag.
INT. ARTIST’S ROOM. NIGHT
ARTIST sits alone, eating what packeted food he has. He sets up his easel and puts a canvas onto it. Gazes down towards paints.
EXT. OUTSIDE JOBCENTRE. DAY
ARTIST exits with an application form.
INT. ARTIST’S ROOM. DAY
ARTIST fills in application form and starts painting, pleased with himself.
EXT. POST BOX. DAY
ARTIST posts application form.
INT. ARTIST’S ROOM. DAY
ARTIST continues painting, happy.
EXT. STREET. EVE
ARTIST drops bag on the floor and contents spill out onto the pavement. Pedestrians walk past; one knocking into him. None stop to help.
INT. ARTIST’S ROOM. DAY
ARTIST continues painting, emotionless.
EXT. ARTIST’S HOUSE. DAY
ARTIST gets abuse from a small group of youths as he leaves the house.
YOUTH 1: Haha! Fresh off the boat!
YOUTH 2: I bet he don’t even know what we’re saying!
YOUTH 3: It’s for people like you that we’re paying taxes!
YOUTH 1: Get back where you belong!
YOUTH 3: Yeah!He walks towards the train station, visibly upset. He has trouble at the train station using his ticket.
STATION STAFF walks over.
STATION STAFF: What the hell are you doing? Are you stupid or something?!ARTIST runs away.
STATION STAFF: That’s right! Go back to where you came from!INT. ARTIST’S HOUSE. DAY
ARTIST continues painting, upset and annoyed.
INT. ARTIST’S HOUSE. MORN
ARTIST sifts through post eagerly. Finds letter. Takes it to his room, opens it. It is a rejection letter.
ARTIST continues painting with a look of anger on his face.
EXT. PHONE BOX. DAY
ARTIST enters phone box. Picks up the phone and dials a number.
ARTIST: Maman?ARTIST continues on the phone, then leaves the phone box when the money runs out. He is tearful.
INT. ARTIST’S HOUSE. DAY
ARTIST continues painting. He is tearful.
EXT. PARADE OF SHOPS. DAY
ARTIST is looking in newspaper. He sees something interesting.
INT. ARTIST’S HOUSE. DAY
ARTIST puts the newspaper on the side. It is an advert for an art competition.
EXT. TUBE STATION. DAY
ARTIST boards train with no difficulty. He is carrying his artwork with him.
INT. OFFICE. DAY
ARTIST arrives outside office. He looks at sign, knocks, and enters.
A MAN and a WOMAN are sat behind the desk.
WOMAN: Come in.ARTIST stands, blankly.
MAN: So what have you got for us?ARTIST unveils his painting
INT. ART GALLERY. DAY
ARTIST unveils painting. Crowd applaud. Members of the press mob him. Audience members take photos on their mobile phones.
INT. ART ENVIRONMENT. DAY
ARTIST is painting, happy.
FIN.
Commentary:
We anticipate that there should be few difficulties with acting out this script apart from perhaps the train station scene. We may have problems with arranging this with regard to getting co-operative station staff while not upsetting members of the public! With this in mind, we may instead decide to cut this scene as the scenes already in place are expected to be more than enough for the 5 minute brief.
By Daryl Finch
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