Okay, should've updated this earlier but what the hey.
On friday i tried my hand at screenwriting and rewrote the script to something which we, as a group, found more understandable.
That'd be this:Ticket
Written by Julius Ayodeji
Adapted for film by Oliver Smyth
Blurb – read at bus stop
Lisa (v/o): In a city with a population approaching one million, each bus sees roughly 2,500 commuters a day. One of them must be the one.
On the bus – book open
Lisa (v/o): Adult. That’s what the ticket says. So I’ll act like one. I’ll act like an adult. I never understood why tickets are valid until half four in the morning. Do buses even run that late? And what good could possibly come from being out of bed and in a bus at such a ridiculous time? As if travelling on a oversized metal rectangle that claims to “fit 45 persons comfortably”, 83 on a double-decker, can be productive in any means. Not for business [short pause] or leisure [long pause] certainly not for romance. To even humour the notion is insane, meeting the man of your dreams in a shipping container on wheels. And how would that go exactly, to just turn around and he’ll be there with his [insert colour here] eyes and his cheeky smile. It’s not as if he’d even notice me, tell me he’d seen me before.
Sam: I’ve seen you before.
Lisa: It’s all very well saying that but why should I believe you?
Sam: You probably shouldn’t, this notion that another human would show any interest in you is absurd, isn’t it?
Lisa: you’ve seen me before, like what, watching me?
Sam: No. Well kinda, but not in a funny way.
Lisa: In a sad way?
Sam: That’s not it either. It’s just I’ve noticed you. You get on the bus, go round for hours, then get off at the same stop you got on.
Lisa: You don’t even know me, how dare you judge me.
Sam: I wasn’t try-
Lisa: - wasn’t what? Expecting to work at carpet land for three years?
Sam: Huh?
Lisa: Recession hit hard, and your girlfriend might leave if you lost your job.
Sam: How do you know about- my girlfriend?
Lisa: - Keyring. (Camera goes to picture of keyring with girl’s face)
Long pause. Sam is speechless. Lisa looks smug, but then recoils.
Lisa (v/o): so even when someone cares, she scares them off. One by one.
She closes the book, Sam is gone
Lisa walks off the bus
Camera pans to Sam’s seat, there is a ticket
Yesterday we filmed at the NCT bus depot, a two hour shoot that made up the majority of the film
We also filmed at a bus stop frazer helped to find that was isolated as well as picturesque, so easy to film and what we were looking for.
The end result is currently in post production and requires the little finishing touches (piecing together, sound, credits, etc.) however a poster has been made. Ticket-Coming soon
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