CHARACTER PROFILE
Eve is a bitter 60 year old widow who is suffering from the
early stages of dementia
Pip is Eve's 21 year old granddaughter who is visiting.
SCENE 1
INT. LIVING ROOM - DAY.
Long Shot:
Eve is sat alone in a living room with two armchairs and a
portrait of a young man on a table beside her. A small pouch
sits in her lap. A clock and a daytime television programme
can be heard throughout. Eve is striking two marbles
together as she sits facing the television, barefaced. After
around 10 seconds, Eve is interrupted by a knock on the
door. Eve stops striking the marbles and sits motionless.
The knocking continues. Eve places the marbles into the
pouch, places it on the small table. The knocking continues
as Eve leaves the room via a frosted glass door behind the
armchair.
Camera slides to the left into the hall way:
Eve enters the frame from the right and walks towards the
front door.
EVE
Yes, yes! Coming!
Eve makes her way to the door, slowly and in obvious pain.
EVE
Who is it?
PIP
Open the door Grandma; it's me.
EVE
(confused)
Who?
PIP
Open the door!
After a hesitent pause, Eve unlocks the door and opens it.
Pip walks in and stops in the door frame unable to get past
Eve.
EVE
(agressively)
What do you want?
PIP
(sarcastically)
The pleasure of your company of
course!
EVE
Come in my feet are throbbing.
Eve walks back through to the living room followed closely
by Pip.
SCENE 2
INT. LIVING ROOM - DAY.
camera slides back into the living room and holds the same
long shot as scene 1:
Eve sits on the same armchair. Pip helps Eve lift her foot
onto a stool. Pip kneels and starts to apply a bandage to
Eve's foot. Eve is seen glancing to and ocassionaly fiddling
with the pouch of marbles.
PIP
It's a bit dark in here, do you
mind if I put the light on?
Silence.
PIP
I'm going to the park later on. The
one near Granddad's grave. Do you
want to come with me, it's been a
while since you've left the house?
Silence. Eve picks up the bag of marbles and rest it within
her cupped hands on her lap.
PIP
How've you been lately anyway? Mum
says she can't get in touch with
you. You don't answer her calls.
Silence. Eve fiddles with the marbles. Pip waves towards Eve
to try and attract her attention.
PIP
(Louder than usual)
Grandma?
Eve looks at Pip.
EVE
Your mother should mind her own
business and leave me alone like
she always has.
PIP
(upset)
Mum has always been there for you.
Why are you so harsh on her?
EVE
(scournfull)
All she cares about is getting her
hands on my things. That's the only
reason she checks up on me. And
here you are doing the same thing
now!
PIP
(slightly agitated)
Is that really what you think?
Eve just stares blankly.
PIP
(annoyed)
You know what? I can't be doing
with this.
Pip gets up and turns away from Eve trying to collect her
thoughts. Eve puts the bag inside her pocket. Pip turns back
to face Eve.
PIP
Why are you like this with us? Why
do you insist that we're against
you?
Eve turns her head away from Pip.
PIP
(angrily)
Grandma!
Silence.
Pip storms out of the room through the frosted glass door to
leave the house. The front door slams as Pip leaves. Eve
sits still, barefaced. Eve reaches out to the small table to
pick up the marbles but they aren't there. Eve turns to face
the table and her expression turns to panic as she realises
that the marbles aren't there. Eve clumsily gets out of the
armchair in a rush and starts fumbling around. Eve reaches
down the sides of the armchair to find the marbles.
EVE
(panicked muttering)
Oh no! Where are they?
In the panic, Eve stubles upon a framed photograph of Pip
which she stares at for a few seconds. Eve groans in fury as
she believes that Pip has taken her bag of marbles. Eve
tosses the photograph onto a sofa to the right of the frame.
CLOSE UP:
Photograph lands on the sofa as Eve stumbles to the front
door, putting on her coat and shoes as she goes. Eve opens
the door and leaves.
CLOSE UP: ext. outside the house
Eve leaves the door open and drops a marble as she walks
away.
SCENE 3
EXT. PARK - DAY.
long shot:
Eve enters the park through the main gate and begins to walk
down the path with a confused expression.
CLOSE UPs:
Eve looks around her as she makes her way down the path. She
looks at the regular parts of the park; the trees, the
flowers, the gravel, the swings, fences, the sky.
As the point of view shots progress, the pace of the editing
picks up systematically. The length of shot will half every
second shot. The exposure within these shots will
progressively become more and exposed untill the shots are
so over exposed that they become unbearable for the viewer
(as it is for Eve). The sounds of the park will also become
increasingly loud and harsh. This all portraying Eve's
confusion and discomfort.
During the scene shots of marbles on the ground as they
being picked up by an anonymous hand.
SCENE 4
EXT. CEMETERY - DAY.
Mid frontal sliding shot:
Eve is stood infront of a gravestone, motionless and
expressionless, head tilted down towards the gravestone. Eve
reaches for her left pocket, pulls out a handkerchief, wipes
her eyes and blows her nose. As Eve puts the handkerchief
back into her right pocket. As Eve's hand reaches into her
pocket, she freezes. Eve slowly pulls out her hand, in her
hand is the marble pouch. Eve empties the pouch into her
other hand and one singular marble rolls onto the palm of
her hand. Eve quickly reaches back into her right pocket,
there is nothing in it. She pulls the pocket out to reveal a
hole in the pocket, large enough to fit a marble through.
EVE
(sniffles)
LONG SHOT FROM THE BACK:
Footsteps are heard and Pip walks into frame. Eve remains
silent as Pip shows Eve a handful of marbles that she had
picked up. Eve and Pip remain silent, motionless and staring
at the gravestone. Eve reaches out with her hand and gently
grabs Pips.
END.
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