MEDIA SCRIPT OLIVIA AND ALI

1. The Showcase
By
Olivia Moulder
ALi Meller
C/O Fine Arts College
Hampstead

2. INT.BEDROOM.MORNING
Staring up at a blank ceiling is KEVIN a spotty faced
teenager with a cut lip and bruising on the side of his
face.
O/S
The sound of kids playing and
laughing
As Kevin lies down we start to hear the sound of a piano
playing it gradually gets louder
INT. PIANO ROOM. AFTERNOON
Kevin plays the piano. He gets distracted by something
outside the window and stops playing.
His mum dressed in a trouser suit, with a crutch walks
slowly in the room.
MUM
Why have you stopped?
Kevin doesn’t respond. He turns and looks up at his mum.
There is a beat..of defiance. The Mum looks back sternly.
Kevin starts to play again.
INT. KITCHEN. EVENING
Mum, Dad and Kevin are eating dinner. Silence. Sound of
cutlery.
MUM
Kevin seemed to think that playing
wasn’t worth while today
Dad looks up at mum
DAD
Doesn’t Kevin realize he has a
showcase
MUM
Clearly not.

3. 2.
INT. KEVIN’S BEDROOM. LATE EVENING
Kevin stares out of the window. His reflection can be
vaguely seen in the window. Across the street, Kevin can see
a young teenager waiting at the bus stop. He is soon joined
by another who greets him, and then a third person. Kevin
watches carefully. The 3 friends greet each other and laugh.
A red bus arrives. They get on. Bus leaves. Bus stop is left
deserted.
INT. KITCHEN. MORNING
His mother is waiting for Kevin in the kitchen with his
breakfast waiting.
Kevin starts to eat his toast whilst his mum is impatiently
watching him.
MUM
Are you finished yet?
Kevin puts his unfinished toast back on his plate.
INT. PIANO ROOM. MORNING
Kevin plays his scales perfunctorily.
EXT. ROAD. MORNING
Kevin is walking, dressed in his school uniform.
LUCIE
Wait up!
Lucie a similarly aged girl in school uniform catches up
with Kevin.
You alright?
KEVIN
(downbeat)
Yeah
They carry on walking with very little said.
LUCIE
Were going bowling tonight. Wanna
come?
Kevin turns and looks at Lucie who smiles invitingly.
(CONTINUED)

4. CONTINUED: (2) 3.
KEVIN
I can’t. I’ve...
LUCIE
Practice?
They carry on walking. Lucie looks up at Kevin who smiles.
Look, I’ve gotta go.
Luice starts to run off.
I’d really like you to come. It’s
at the odeon.
INT. PIANO ROOM. AFTERNOON
Kevin is playing the piano.
Mum walks in. She watches Kevin a while then starts to leave
the room. Kevin stops playing. His hands shake slightly.
KEVIN
I’m going out tonight mum.
INT. BEDROOM. EVENING
Kevin is getting ready to go out. He seems excited.
The sound of a door locking can be heard.
Kevin goes to the door, and tries to open it. It is locked.
EXT. CORRIDOR. EVENING
Mum puts a key in her pocket.
MUM
With talent, comes responsibility.
She walks away from the door.
INT. KITCHEN. MORNING
A plate of breakfast is neatly placed on the kitchen table.
Kevin sits down.
MUM
I want you home. No later than 5.

5. 4.
EXT. ROAD. MORNING
Kevin is walking to school. He is looking around for Lucie.
She is on the other side of the road.
Kevin smiles at her when they catch each others sight.
Lucie does not respond and carries on walking.
EXT. BUS STOP. AFTERNOON
Kevin sits patiently at the bus stop, and looks around.
After a while, a young man in a red hoodie approaches the
bus stop.
Jamie smiles.
JAMIE
You’re piano kid right?
KEVIN
(downbeat)
Yeah
Jamie lights a cigarette
JAMIE
Do you want one?
Jamie offers a cigarette to him. Kevin tentatively takes the
cigarette.
Jamie lights the cigarette and watches as Kevin smokes the
cigarette.
He coughs and splatters.
JAMIE
You don’t get out much do you?
Kevin doesn’t respond.
Sam and Ollie, familiar from before arrive at the bus stop.
JAMIE
We’re going to the park if you
wanna come?

6. 5.
EXT. PARK. EVENING
Kevin is wedged between Jamie, Sam and Ollie.
They keep feeding Kevin drink.
They are all laughing. They are humiliating Kevin, pouring
drink over his head etc.
EXT. HOUSE. MORNING
Kevin walks into the house, in the early hours of the
morning.
He creeps in the door, still drunk from the evening.
He sees his mum waiting by the piano for him. He walks
towards her.
INT. PIANO ROOM. DAY
Kevin looks nervously at his mother.
His mother does not say anything towards him.
Kevin is pointed towards the piano. He struggles to play.
KEVIN
(Kevin yawns whilst playing)
MOTHER
(Mother shakes her head and
walks away)
You better get to school Kevin. I
mean it this time. No later than 5.
EXT. ROAD. DAY
Kevin is walking to school in his uniform, looking gaunt and
tired. His uniform is dirty.
He is walking along an empty road. No one is around.
He looks around for Lucie, she isn’t there.

7. 6.
INT. CLASSROOM. AFTERNOON
Close up of a clock reading 4:30.
Kevin is looking up at the clock.
The sound of students leaving the school can be heard.
Slowly silence descends.
Kevin starts to drum his fingers. He looks down at them and
drums faster, then stops.
He lifts his hands up.
Kevin gets up and goes towards the door. He opens it slowly
and places one hand on the door frame.
He grabs the handle and shuts the door firmly, crushing his
hand.
INT. HOSPITAL. EVENING
Kevin sits in a waiting room with a slight grin on his face.
His hands are covered in bandages.