"The Daydreamer" First Draft script

Intro :

• Camera shot of room and character in bed.
• Close up of the alarm clock going off at 5:00am.
• Character turns off the alarm and wakes up.
• Walks away sluggishly into the shower or prepares for work.
• Cuts to a high a angle shot of the character walking through a London side street, the scene is dull and gritty.
• Camera follows route.
• character walks down to get the underground train, and there is a large crowd of commuters.
• the train doors open.
• Cuts to black.

Part 2:

• Alarm goes off again at 5:00am. The next day is the same.
• Instead it cuts straight to the underground scene.
• Doors open and then cuts to black again, with the sound of the train moving in the background.
• Next morning the alarm goes off at 5:00am.
• Sound of train doors opening.
• Cuts to character on the train.
• The Character turns his head to look out of the window of the train.
• Then there is a sudden flash of a surreal daydream landscape.
• Cuts to the characters face shocked/confused.
• Character moves to the window to look out.
• He tries to see if the businessman next to him can see the same thing. The businessman tries to ignore the character as he thinks him to be crazy.
• The Daydream landscape disappears, so the character dismisses it and carries on with his route to work.
• The character steps off the train but ends up in the daydream world.
• He follows a path which starts morphing.
• The daydream is interrupted when he trips/falls over the ticket barrier.
• The character seems confused.
• Elements of the daydream snap in and out of reality.

Part 3:

• The Character begins to enjoy and embrace the daydream world compared to the real world.( This is shown with a wide angle panoramic, with the character on top of a vantage point over-looking the surreal landscape.
• Joy is shown in the character's face.
• He takes a leap, but it all suddenly disappears and he falls back into his office chair.

Ending:

• There is a moment when he has a pause and stares at the desk, but he notices a door in the background.
• He walks over to it and opens it.
• On the other side, there is the dreamworld.
• He gives a glance behind him as if to say goodbye to his old life.
• He jumps/ steps through the door.
• Screen goes blank.