All work and no play.

All work and no play.

Establishing shot; long shot from below on grey towering office block, the lighting and angle of camera create an unpleasant and overwhelming feel to the building.

Shot looking along the top of the metal mesh fence that surrounds the building, it follows the line of the fence and focus fades from the front of the shot to the back were we see the extent of the long grey fence.

Mid shot looking down an aisle of office cubicles, each identical each with the noise of computer keys being pressed and phones ringing pouring from them.

Cuts to close up on the halogen light bulbs that are above the office cubicles, they flicker on and off quickly before going back to normal.

Mid close up, on the back of a man sitting at a computer propping his head up with his arm, looking very unenthused. He wears a plain white shirt leaved shirt, with a black Casio watch on his wrist, his hair is medium length and brown. He reaches for his mouse.

Cut to extreme close up on hand moving mouse.

Close up on face looking tired and uninterested, eyes slowly moving from side to side, he leans back and yawns. The man wears thick square black spectacles with blemished skin and a five o’clock shadow.

Over the shoulder shot, looking at the computer screen we see lines and lines of data across the screen.

Lots of quick cuts;

(All the while sounds of computers droning, keys typing and phones ringing, office noises.)

Close up on keyboard as his fingers punch different keys.

Cuts to shot on phone ringing. Hand answers it.

Shot from behind again as the man has the phone pressed between his shoulder and ear

James; Arnold Greenstein corporation, your through to James how can I help

Close up on his hand grabbing a pen,

James; yes I can do that for you right away sir, okay have a great day

Over the shoulder shot of him putting down phone

Quick cut to close up on phone being put down

Back to the over the shoulder shot where we see him writing down a message on a post it note and stick to the screen of his computer.

We hear the voice of a woman and it catches the attention of James.

Woman’s voice; Yes okay sir I will do, you have a great day too, bye. (Sound of phone being put down)

Mid slightly high angle shot from the front as we see James slowing rising to his feet to peek over the top of his cubical.

Cuts to POV shot from James’s eyes, again slightly high angle due to the position of James. We see a blonde haired pretty young woman sitting at her desk typing.

Close up on James face looking nervous and flustered by the woman, he wrinkles his nose to push his glasses further back onto his face.

Back to POV of James looking at the young woman, she stops typing and leans back and stretches a her arms above her head making her chest stick out a little.

Side shot of James leaning over his desk to peek into the woman’s cubical, he’s leaning so far over that we see him knock over his pencil holder and spill all his pens and pencils across his desk.

Mid shot front on of him looking embarrassed as he drops back into his seat and quickly and franticly picking up all his pens and pencils and put them back into his holder.

Close up on sad frustrated looking face as he relines his glasses.

Close up on the screen as we see the typing of numbers on the screen

Cuts of extreme close up on the eyes of James looking from side to side, with the glow of the computer reflected in his glasses.

Quick cut to keys typing cuts back to eyes.

Mid shot from behind of him reaching for a coffee cup

Cuts to close up on face as he drinks the coffee

Close up on him banging the cup down

Back to shots of his eyes darting from side to side as they intently examine the computer.

Shot of the screen again with an endless sea of numbers displayed.

Close up on the keys typing

BEEP BEEP, BEEP BEEP

Mid shot of James sitting up right at his computer and looking at his watch.

Extreme close up on the watch time displays 5:00pm

Close up on James face as he lets a small barely noticeable smile enter his face.

Shot on screen shows him go to the shut down menu and close the computer down.

Mid shot we see him grab his coat and bag from a coat hanger he has in his office cubicle

Close up of him zipping up the jacket, as the zip goes up.

Back to mid shot of him in cubical we see him exit

Cut to shot from outside the building from a distance.

Mid shot on front doors of the building, two big steel double doors, we see him open one door and sheepishly make his way out of the building.

Back to the shot from a distance (camera at a long shot of the offices, shot from a slightly low angle) we see James walking towards the camera looking awkward and uncomfortable in his skin, with his jacket done right up to the top coming across the bottom of his face. He walks past the camera.

Cuts to high angle shot from bus stop as he strolls up to it and looks at the timetable while adjusting his glasses. Then makes his way to the side of the pavement.

Medium close up from the side of James looking either way down the street, first towards the camera then away from it, he then turns around and out of view of camera.

Immediate cut to mid shot of James approaching bus stop bench then sitting down at it. Look at his watch and then back up and straightforward.

(We hear the woman’s voice again)

Woman’s voice; yeh I know its been too long…god I’m so glad it’s a Friday couldn’t take another day of that.

James eyes dart to the left of the screen and the location of the voice.

POV shot of the woman walking towards the bus stop, on the phone and looking radiant and beautiful, she strolls by and throws James a quick glance and a smile recognising him from work.

Close up on James face as a blushing smile starts to appear which he tries to suppress.

Back to POV she is now past the bus stop and we see a glove drop from her purse as she jogs across the road to avoid a car.

Mid shot of James quickly standing up and rushing from his seat a look of concern on his face.

High angle mid shot of him leaning down to pick up the glove and rise to his feet with a nervous and lost look on his face, his lips are quivering like he wants to say something but his mouth wont let him.

Back to POV as woman is on other side of the road and making her way to a car with a man sitting inside it waiting, it has been waiting there for her there the whole time, possibly a boyfriend.

James; (nervously) erm…excuse ah…Excuse me…

We see the woman get off her mobile phone and into the car, James words have not caught her attention but the man in the car seems to be throwing him a menacing look, as the car pulls out and drives off he looks away.

Long wide shot from other side of road as we see James standing there staring off after the car looking deflated and defeated still clutching the glove in his hand. The bus pulls in at the stop thus blocking James and the rest of the shot.

We see a mid shot from in front of the bus slightly to the right as James gets of the bus and awkwardly makes his way towards the camera.

Cuts from mid long shot from behind, but on front of shop perfectly framing the shop front, with its green exterior and sign and the fruit, vegetable and newspaper stand out front. James is making his way to the shop door when two young men burst out with drinks in hand very boisterously behaved and loud.

Mid shot from side as James awkwardly gets by the men and through the shop door looking very worried. Trying to look invisible to the men almost intimidated.

We cut to a shot of him in side the shop, shot from one aisle over from him looking over the top of the display racks at the top of his head as he browses through the shop.

Mid close up on the products POV shot from his eyes looking at different cereals scanning along the shelf, this would possible be a tracking shot moving down the aisle.

We hear the sound of females from inside the shop. James looks up to see three young blondes leaving the shop wit a bag full of booze looking chirpy and ready for the weekend, still in POV, they leave the shop chatting and laughing as they do.

Close up on James face looking longingly after the girls, he wrinkles his nose to push his glasses again on his face.

Cut to mid shot from the side, looking at him standing there with two different cereal boxes in hand. He lifts them both higher and to his attention.

Over the shoulder shot looking down at the boxes he has in his hand, first we look over his left shoulder to see muesli, then the camera tracks a little to the other shoulder were we see him holding muesli light.

Cuts to close up on face from below as if looking up from where the cereal is, we see James face screwed up from scrutinising his decision.

Back to mid shot looking at him from the side we see him put back the muesli and start to walk towards the camera with the other box.

Quick cut off a close up of him throwing the box into his basket.

Mid shot from exterior of shop of him leaving the shop with his bags clutched in hand, he looks sheepishly around while he navigates his way out the door and walks off screen right.

Shot from top of stairwell at first we just see and empty stairwell, but hear the footsteps getting closer, he slowly make his way round the corner and walks half way up the stairs, before stopping leaning against the hand rail and drawing for breath.

Mid shot on the landing of his floor as he reaches the top of the stairs, walks a few steps down the landing and puts his bags down before reaching into his jacket and gets his keys and puts them in the door.

Cuts to inside the flat, high angle shot from living room looking down the corridor at the front door as he enters, drops his keys onto the side table and makes his way towards and into living room.

Mid shot of him as he enters the living room and takes off his coat to hang up on the coat rack. He carries his grocery bags out of shot.

Cut to inside kitchen were we see him take out his microwavable meal and prepare it, all done mid shot, he takes it from bag puts it on counter and removes packaging.

Series of close ups, on him poking holes in the cellophane on meal, then opening door of microwave and putting it inside, then on the timer of microwave as it reads 4 minutes, we hear a beep and the times starts to count down.

Back to high angle shot from front room living room as we see him walk back in to the room and to a small table.

Mid close up as he goes to a small radio and turns it on, we here static and different sounds of music and speech.

Close up on him twisting the knob as the sounds continue as he searches for his station, before settling on a talk show.

We hear dialogue about peoples love life, he has tuned into a radio talk show about love and relationships.

Radio – that was Lauren from Stoke telling us all about how lucky she is to be with her partner Derek, so if your listening Derek well done your obviously doing something right.

As this is happening James goes back to the kitchen and takes down a plate and gets a knife and fork and prepares his meal, close up of his steaming meal as he peels of the plastic, gives it a stir and leaves it to stand.

Mid close up on the radio, with the background out of focus and the radio in focus.

Radio - So to our next caller who I believe is Sadie, how are you love and how can we help you today on the love hour…..

Sadie - Hello Brian, I’m not bad thanks, I’m just a little lonely tonight since its another Friday and I’m sat alone listening to you…again

Brian – that’s a shame, but is there any particular reason your feeling this way.

Sadie – im just really lonely lately and I don’t know how to get over it, I been stuck in a rut for a while and just not sure how to get my self out of it.

In the blurred background we see him walk past the camera and into living room.

Mid shot from the front of him sit down and begin to eat his meal while listening.

Brian – well tell me how long has this been troubling you for Sadie.

Sadie – a while now, I been single for about two years now and haven’t ever seemed to recovered from being dumped, sometimes I get to lonely I feel like a prisoner in my own home, isolated from the outside world. My confidence seems to completely gone out the window I don’t seem to be able to handle myself around men any more. I just get really awkward and clumsy whenever I’m around guys I like, its so embarrassing

Brian – awh love don’t get to down about it, are their any guys you like at the moment then.

Sadie – well there is this one guy, he works at the same café as me, he’s really funny and sweet, and gorgeous as well. I doubt he even remembers my name though. I act such a fool in front of him he probably thinks I’m a total freak.

James pauses from eating his food, puts his fork down and get ups.

Cut to mid shot from the side as he goes to a chest of draws and opens the top draw and takes a box out.

Back to shot of him sitting down front on, this time he has a box on his lap, which he takes the top of off begins to look through.

Brian – don’t be so hard on yourself, have you let him know how you feel?

Sadie – I can barely bring myself to say hello in the morning let alone tell him how I feel, I get so shy around him and behave so silly in front of him I freeze up and don’t know how to act.

We see James take out a photo from his box and look at it intently.

Sadie – I think he is so great I just wish I could communicate with him with out acting a complete fool.

POV shot from James looking at the picture; it’s a picture of the girl whose glove he found at the bus stand.

Brian – Sadie love take it from me, confidence is all in your head, you have it in you to show this man what a wonderful interesting woman you are, you just need to take the initiative to show him, next time your at work wear a bit of perfume and dress you like and show him what sort of woman you are.

James looks to his left and reaches into his bag and pulls out the glove he found, he slowly brings it close to him looking intently at it.

Cuts to POV shot as he looks at the gloves in his hand his other hand strokes it.

Sadie – thanks Brian, oh god I hope he doesn’t listen to this show

Brian – (laughs) all right I’m sure your fine Sadie, and I hope everything turns out ok with you and your lover boy, if not then I’m sending this one out to you Hun.

Song starts to play, “I’m so tired of being alone” by Al Green.

We see a mid close up on James upper body and face as he lifts his hand up and pulls the glove on.

Cut to mid shot from behind the seat as he stands up and walks over to a mirror to his left, still with the picture in hand.

Shot from the side as he approaches the mirror and takes of his glasses, and puts them down in front of the mirror.

ECU of a picture of a Brunette woman stuck onto the top corner of his mirror, we see the picture pulled off revealing a blurred reflection of James, quickly replaced by the picture of the blonde woman from his office.

Mid shot looking from the right hand side from behind looking at James, his smiling reflection in the mirror is perfectly framed. He looks satisfied and walks away from the camera to the left and out the room.

The music heard a little less loudly we see him in a dark dingy bedroom; he approaches a locked door in the corner of his room and brings out a key from around his neck.

Close up on the key slowly turning in the lock.

Over the should shot from a slightly high angle as he slowly opens the door, we see a the brunette woman from the photo tied up and gagged on the floor, she has bruises on her face and looks scared and helpless.

Close up on her face as she slowly turns her face to look up and him with a broken petrified look on her face.

Low angle POV shot from the perspective of the woman looking up and him, we see James lit from above towering over her menacingly with a creepy grin on his face.

BLACK OUT

Title “All work and no play”, comes across screen with typewriter effect used.

Joseph Radonich.