Script: Initial Draft

"A DAY IN THE LIFE OF..."

FADE IN:

EXT. COUNTRYSIDE - MORNING

Panning through the countryside; fresh morning. Birds chirping, soft piano music being played in the background.

ELIZA (V.O)

Many people in life have a sense of direction and know

what they want their future to hold, apparently, not me.

I seem to be going nowhere and at the age of 18, I have

nothing to say for myself; no achievements, nothing, not even

a library card or a bus pass. Even old people have those, clearly...

my - life - is - irrelevant.

I've never had a boyfriend - well, of course, I've dabbled in the

occasional 2 week fling, but nothing serious, 

nothing significant; never broken a bone, never even been 

to hospital, besides of course when I entered the world and left the

safety and comfort of my mother's womb.

As Gandhi said, "I don't have a message. My message

is my life." and "When I despair, I remember that truth and

love have always won. There have been tyrants, and murderers,

and for a time they can seem invincible, but in the end

they always fall. 

Think of it...always."

It is only when I think of those who have less than me

that I realise how much I do have; 

a functional family who supports me, a good education, friends who love me...

Need I say more? I'm a pessimistic, optimistic, naïve, melodramatic, 

shy and pathetic teenager, who wants nothing more than to find

her meaning in life. But I have no idea how to go about it.

I'm waiting for a revelation, anything, hit me by a bus

and kick me in the teeth! Anything.

This is a first draft for my script and is part of a narrative voiceover in which the main female protagonist, Eliza, opens the film with a monologue which provides the audience with an insight into her life and the moral dilemmas and stereotypical 'teen-life dramas' that she faces. 

The words that I have highlighted in bold all hold great significance. "I seem to be going nowhere" - Eliza is a confused teenager who is struggling to understand and piece together her future. 

Gandhi quotes - provide her character with a more philosophical interest and she becomes more in-depth. They also bear significance and irony to the rest of the film.This was also used in Allen Coulter's 2010 film Remember Me which I thought was incredibly effective and has a great dramatic impact upon the audience.

"I'm waiting for a revelation, anything, hit me by a bus and kick me in the teeth! Anything." = Irony, she will be hit by a vehicle and will be left hospital-ridden and so by saying this, it could be said that she is 'tempting fate'.
COUNTRYSIDE:

 GANDHI:

 MONROE:

 REMEMBER ME: