Here's the completed script:
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Alex has a serious face, walking around, continually watching for anything that could be following him.
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Alex’s eyes continue to travel to his walkie talkie, making sure it doesn’t say anything as it flickers on/off.
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As Alex continues to walk, he sits down at a table, going through his backpack to know his provisions.
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Alex
1, 2, 3. 1, 2, 3, 4. I’ll need to stop at the next town over for more food.
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Alex writes down this information, keeping track of what he had just counted.
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Alex also takes out his constellation map, tracking the date, and how far he has travelled since the last time he had checked, also writing that down in his journal.
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Alex
Only a few more miles and hopefully only a few more miles until another person. Haha.
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Alex laughs to himself, a small smile on his face, trying to make light of the situation.
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*Flashback*
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Alex is on the road, driving his car with the windows downs as he drives during sunset.
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Alex
*singing a song that will be need to pick* (maybe a country station or something)
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*Flashback*
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Alex wakes up, packing up his stuff to continue to walk to his destination,
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As Alex walks, he looks around while humming, trying to get his mind off of the heat.
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Alex takes his backpack off his shoulder, looking for his water bottle, drinking the last of the water that is in there.
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Alex
Well, that’s depressing.
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Alex veers off his path, heading for a stream to fill up his water bottle.
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Alex stays there for a little, admiring the scenery before he gets back on his path, making sure to get a certain distance before setting up camp for the night.
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Alex falls asleep, dreaming about his past.
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*Flashback*
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Alex is smiling, playing fetch with his dog.
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Alex wakes up, still smiling from his dream. Alex packs up his stuff to keep moving to his unknown destination.
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Alex is walking and it is already midday, when he hears his radio turn on by itself.
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Radio
Don’t spe...ak to...m...e like that...I..d...on’t….und...er….stan...d you.
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Alex freezes, shocked to hear voices and grabs his radio, hoping to get a response
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Alex
HELLO?!? IS ANYONE THERE?!
AGAIN:
HELLO?!? IS ANYONE THERE?!
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The radio switches off right after Alex gets off, leaving him in silence.
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This continues to happen throughout the day, different pieces of a fight being broadcasted from the radio. Each time Alex hears no signal radio sound, his shoulders slump a little more and he walks slower and slower.
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Alex
I was that close, that close to having another person to talk to. After months of being alone, I go and ruin my chances. *exhale of breath*
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Radio
W...e...al...ways get…..in...to...these….fights….a...nd...I….m….sick…..a...nd….ti...red...of….it
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Alex begins to run, seeing a car on his way. Knowing he’d get there faster. In the car there is a gps with an address with the destination already set. Alex drives, listening to every direction that the gps gives him.
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Radio
Do….n’t...ev...en…..come…..nea...r…..m…..e….right….n...ow
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Alex is driving faster and faster until he gets to his destination. The gps brought him to a house and in the living room window he sees the couple that he has been hearing. They are fighting, and their voices are muffled but Alex can tell they are yelling. Alex sees the couple and he runs out of the car, leaving the driver door open.
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Alex runs out, waving his arms towards the couple and yelling, hoping that they hear him. His heart is beating fast as he continues to run to the front door, slamming it open and running towards where the couple is.
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When Alex gets to the room where the couple was, he sees that no one is there. He runs throughout the house, hoping to see them.
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He leaves the house to go back to the car, falling to his knees and covering his face with his hands, crying because he was so close to having human contact.
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As the camera pans out, it fades into a tv showing the same shot, with two people sitting in front of the screen. As they see Alex dropping to his knees, they look up, staring at what he is doing. The guy on the right looks at the screen and then looks down, reaching for the phone. He picks up the phone.
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Guy
He’s passed the test.
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The phone is put down to end the call.
Now of course, we are going to look over it one last time, with the actors of course, and revise anything if necessary. We decided to number each line, or important sections, of the script so we could match it with the storyboard. So the thinking behind this is that we are going to number each frame on the storyboard that corresponds with the script so it becomes easier for us to follow the script and storyboard simultaneously.
Since the script is now pretty much finished, I have tried to work ahead and finish the storyboard. As of now it is looking pretty good in length, currently at eleven pages. When I finish the storyboard, I will scan it on my printer at home and upload it here. Once I upload it on my next blog post, you will notice that there are stage directions on some of the frames, indicating what the actor should do. Personally, I think that the storyboard is more important that the script, for post production purposes, because it is what I am going to rely on for editing.
