First Draft of the Script

Here is our first draft for the animation script, provided by our director, Lukas. This will go through thorough editing during the script development tutorial we are having with Ron on Monday 14th of February.

The script:

Idea

Delayed – working title

A fairly respectable looking middle aged man lives his life perfectly on time and in routine. He lives in a large house with all that would be expected, except for a increased amount of clocks, calenders and timetables scattered around it. He wakes up at exactly 7.30 everyday, he puts his slippers on at 7.35 everyday, he has a shower at 7.50 everyday, etc. His mundane routine unfolds over several days; always on time and never changing.

It cuts to the face of an analogue clock just as it is about to hit 12. It is revealed that this is the point of view of the man as he checks the time; he stands next to a railway line in his best suite.

              Man

         perfect timing

He calmly lays down on the railway track and waits silently.

It cuts to an empty train station, the only movement from a few plastic bags floating in the wind. The camera focus' on an electronic timetable that hangs from the ceiling . A woman’s voice begins to speak through the stations loudspeakers.

              Woman’s voice

          'I am sorry to announce that all trains heading east to      London Victoria have been delayed by 1 hour due to           scheduling problems, we are sorry for the inconvenience'.

The electronic timetable changes to read delayed and it cuts to black.

The man sighs.

End