In this blog post, I will be focusing on character development. I'm not really sure where to start but our main character/ protagonist is Alice. (My group and I came up with the name before we saw the blog example😔.) Alice is an 18 year-old female trying to overcome her trauma by going to therapy. My group and I were trying to come up with reasons on why she would be in therapy in the first place and we landed on depression and anxiety and the hospital had recommending seeing a therapist. Alice's character does have a slight attitude and I hope this will show that she does not want to be there. For example, she doesn't really open up to her therapist, and she gives short responses. For our plot, Alice is stuck in a time loop. (Here, her attitude will definitely show.) The loop will show that Alice can't keep bubbling up her emotions and eventually, her refusal to open up will change. I don't know if this is a bad thing, but my group and I don't really know how the film is going take off after the first two minutes... but we know that the time loop will help with character development.
Script
REGRESSION
A SCIENCE FICTION FILM
BY GRACE MAZZILLI, MAX MORAN, MAIYA COLE, AND RACHEL MILLER
BLACK SCREEN
DR. SCHULTZ
(muffled)Alice...
(less muffled) Alice.
(clearly) ALICE!
CUT TO:
INT. DAY THERAPY OFFICE.
The room is full of neutral colors with muted cool tones. There is a couch where ALICE, the therapy patient, is sitting on a couch. Across from her is her therapist, DR. SHULTZ. They are towards the end of their therapy session. ALICE fully zoned out.
ALICE
(reserved)
Oh, sorry...
DR. SCHULTZ
(getting annoyed) So, have you heard anything from your mom?
ALICE
Uh, no.
(dismissive)
No, not really.
RING RING! ALICE’s cell phone ringing. ALICE looks at the phone, doesn’t recognize the number and hangs up quickly. She stares at the phone, pondering the unsaved number.
DR. SCHULTZ
(O.S.) And how does that make you feel?
ALICE
Wait, what?
DR. SCHULTZ
You’re a little out of it today, huh?
Alice wants to say something important when suddenly the door to the office opens. T. JACOBS, a doctor’s assistant, bursts into the room unannounced. ALICE looks annoyed.
T. JACOBS
(unaware)
Hey- Oh, sorry to interrupt. Uh- Dr. S, I’ve got those files you wanted.
DR. SCHULTZ
(getting more annoyed)
Ju- Leave it on my desk.
T. JACOBS sets the papers down and starts backing out of the room with his hands up in surrender. His bad.
DR. SCHULTZ
Alice, what were you going to say?
ALICE
(a little more confidently)
No, it’s just-
BEEP BEEP BEEP. The timer for the session goes off.
DR. SCHULTZ
(wincing)
Looks like our time is up.
CUT TO:
EXT. DAY PARKING LOT
ALICE is now walking dejectedly/angrily to her car. Just as she is about to get in the car, she gets a phone call. RING RING. She pulls the phone out of her pocket. It is the same unknown number from before. Maybe it’s someone important, maybe someone died. She begrudgingly picked up the phone.
ALICE
(angrily)
What!?
MYSTERY CALLER
(sinisterly)
You should have answered the first time...
ALICE is extremely confused. She moves the phone away from her ear to look at the screen.
MATCH CUT TO:
INT. DAY THERAPIST’S OFFICE
Time loop begins. She is back where she once was, on the therapist’s couch. She is still holding the phone in front of her face. All of a sudden, she realizes where she is.
DR. SCHULTZ
And how does it make you feel?
ALICE
(tweaking)
Why am I here?
DR. SCHULTZ
(realization)
We all have a purpos-
ALICE
(crashing out)
No, I mean why am I here again? We just did this!
DR. SCHULTZ
(thinking she’s making a breakthrough)
I know it may seem redundant at first but the more sessions we have the more progress we’ll make.
BAM! Once again, T. JACOBS bursts into the office unannounced. ALICE jumps at the entrance, but she has seen this before.
T. JACOBS
Hey- Oh, sorry to interrupt. Uh- Dr. S, I’ve got those files you wanted.
DR. SCHULTZ
Ju- Leave it on my desk.
T. JACOBS sets the papers down and starts backing out of the room with his hands up in surrender. His bad. ALICE is slightly cowering into the couch. She is intensely confused.
ALICE
(worriedly)
Uh- I need to go to the bathroom.
ALICE hops off the couch and quickly leaves through the office door. DR. SCHULTZ gets out of her seat a little just to save face.
DR. SCHULTZ
(apathetically)
Wait, Alice! We aren’t-
RING RING. The timer for the appointment goes off. The session was over. DR. SCHULTZ shrugs her shoulders. Guess they were done.
CUT TO:
EXT. DAY PARKING LOT
ALICE rushes out of the building to her car. She stops before getting into the car. She pulls her phone out of her pocket and looks at her call history. She sees the number at the top of the list. Should she call it? She moves to press the number, but before she can dial, the number CALLS HER BACK. Against her better instincts she answers the call and puts it up to her ear wearily.
ALICE
(almost yelling)
Who is this?
There is only static on the other side of the line.
CUT TO:
INT. DAY THERAPIST’S OFFICE
TIME LOOP. Once again, she is back in the office, all as it was in the minutes before. She is frozen in her spot, she doesn’t know what to do.
DR. SCHULTZ
And how does that make you feel?
The realization dawns of ALICE. She is stuck. She doesn’t know what to do. She is TRAPPED.
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