Script

NINA

~Scene 1~ Entering the counsellors office (match on action, shot reverse shot, over the shoulder shot)

Counsellor:  Hello, sorry i didn't catch your name?

Nina:  (Silence)

Counsellor:  Um... ok then (Disregard this) let's get started. What is the reason you are here today?

Nina:  (Silence)

Counsellor:  can you confirm that there was no difficulties or concerns in your childhood?


*Camera zooms into her eyes and the flashback begins*



~Scene 2~ Walking along the street with cheat cuts for change of clothing of young Nina with voice over

Voiceover:  The sun comes up every morning, just like I walk along this street every morning. I am loveable. I am wanted, and that glimmer of sunlight that essence of nature. The sun, it is as bright as a scared child's night light. That's what makes all the difference, it not only gives me hope but, it tells me that someday, my summer will come.

*Happy flashback*



~Scene 3~ Flashback of young Nina playing in the park with her friends (fuzzy filter to establish that it is a flashback)

Friends and Nina:  Singing ring a ring of roses with high pitched laughter



~Scene 4~ Back to the street but Nina is dressed slightly more maturely to look older



Voiceover: It all comes back. Every word, every hurt, every moment. How could you ever understand where I come from? You can not hear or see or feel. You won't remember my story because you haven't walked my path, you haven't seen what my eyes have seen. My past defines me so this is who I am, I am
Unseen
Unheard
Unwanted
That is what I am, if even I am anything

*Slightly sadder flashback*



~Scene 5~ A flashback to the park again but this time Nina is sitting on her own and her so called "friends" are leaving her/making fun of her. (over the shoulder shot of Nina of the swing and friends in the distance)

(Sad, quiet music?)



~Scene 6~ Back to the street but now Nina is much older but she is still walking, this emphasises how her life is very repetitive.

Voiceover:  I still don't understand the purpose of my life, the purpose of my footsteps walking the earth everyday. My existence is invisible to an extent where even negativity is an understatement. In the end what we regret most is the chances we never took, but how can I take a chance if those chances are improbable, or an illusion to my eye, or a concealment to my verve.
Hatred
Violence
Beware (whispered)


*flashback*



~Scene 7~ Final flashback to Nina being abused or shouted at by her mother in her home



~Scene 8~  back to Nina on the street, she's about to approach her house

Voiceover:  However, I know that I, alone am morally responsible for my actions, my speech, and my existence.

*POV shot of Nina looking up at house when she suddenly receives a text message- diegetic sound of text and text appears on screen*

Bully:  Menacing laugh

*Deep focus, over the shoulder shot of bully in the background (Louise) that sent the text message and laughs, she starts walking toward Nina, knocks Nina's phone out of her hand showing it smashed on the floor, the bully then hits Nina and pushes her over, Nina falls and hits her head in slow motion leading to a blackout*



~Scene 9~ Counsellors office

*fade from black with iris as though eye is opening*

Counsellor:  Sorry, I didn't get your name?

Nina:  ~pause~ Nina... Nina Richmond

*Counsellor realises that she was the bully years and years ago*


~END~