Great Writing - Home > Scripts > If you need me just call!
READING ROOM
Great Writing - Home
Read and review others' work
Articles on writing
Advice from the community
COMMUNITY
Talk to others in the forums
Events and Competitions
GW News
ABOUT GREAT WRITING
All About Us
Contact Us
WORK AWAITING REVIEW
GW IS...
Great Writing creative writing community is designed to prompt ideas and provide inspiration and motivation within aspiring and amateur authors. Whatever your topic; from love poetry to Doctor Who or Harry Potter fan fiction, Great Writing's online writing group is where you can make new friends and improve your creative writing.
WHO'S ONLINE
We have 1613 guests online and 3 members online
Drama Scripts
If you need me just call!
By Storywriter1987
14 July 2006
This is my first piece of work up here, it's all i have on this script so far so PLEASE let me know if you like it and i'll get on wth writing more!

I have writen many stories and have decided this is one of my worst ones, so any help would be EXTREMLY helpful!

Thanks,

CC. xx




In Mark and Paul’s House. We pan across the interior of Mark’s bedroom.
We see two figures in the bed in spoons position cuddling up to each other.
-Cut to a mid-shot of the faces of the couple in the bed, It’s Mark and Gina. All of a sudden the phone by the side of the bed goes off, Gina wakes up and answers it.



Gina (Sleepily??): Hello… Yes this is her…
  

(During ‘yes is her’ Mark wakes up and starts kissing her neck, arm and back. this distracts her slightly.)

Gina cont’d: Uh – huh… WHAT!! Um… ok, I’ll be there as soon as I can. Thank you. Goodbye.

(She hangs up.)

Gina: Mark, stop it, I have to go.
Mark: What, Where?
Gina: I just… I have to go…

(She starts to get worried and starts to look upset. )

Mark: Gina!! Is anything all right?

(When she doesn’t answer him, He gets worried. She is running around the room looking for things.)

Mark: Is everything all right?!!? 

(Pause, he grabs her arm and spins her round. He sounds worried.)

Mark (cont’d): Gina,  Is everything all right?!!?
Gina (Shouting): No, everything is not all right. I am being tormented by loads of little bastards outside of work, and … and … and …

(She starts to go hysterical and bursts out crying.)

Mark: And what?
Gina: and my mother has just been taken in to hospital. and I have to go down and see her, TODAY … and I am due in for work. Mark, What am I going to do?!!?

(Mark goes over to her and tries to comfort her, the best that he can. She puts her arms around him and eventually he manages to calm her down. [mostly].)

Mark: Don’t worry I am sure that Stan will understand. I’ll call him and let him know that you will not be turning up for work today and if he asks why I’ll have to tell him. You go and make sure that you have everything.
Gina: Ok. (She wipes her eyes.) Thank you. For everything.
Mark: There’s no need to thank me.

(She looks up at him her eyes are red from crying so much.)

Mark (cont’d): I will do anything for you. anything. You know that right?
Gina: Yes I know that.
Mark: and you know that I love you and will always be there for you right?
Gina: Yes of course I know that. You go ring the station and I’ll get ready.
Mark: Will you be all right?
Gina: I’ll be fine, go. go.


*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

Gina is getting her stuff ready, rushing a bit. She’s almost finished when… Mark comes through the door with the phone in his hand.

Mark: Gina... Stan’s on the phone and he wants to talk to you.
Gina: Oh God. Ok. (phone. – we see Stan on the other end of the phone. [split screen] ) Stan, Hi.
Stan: Gina, How are you?
Gina: Fine. (putting on a brave face.)
Stan: No really. how are you? Mark  told me. I’m sorry.
Gina: Thank you, so does that mean you know I can’t be in for work today?
Stan: Yeah, I know. You take as much time as you need.
Gina: I can’t I’ll be back for my next shift, I promise. In fact I will be back in tomorrow.
Stan: No you won’t. You will take as much time off as you need. If I see you in tomorrow I will personally tell you to go home AND escort off the premises and to your front door. Do you understand me?
Gina (laughing slightly): Yes. I understood loud and clear, Sir. I’ll see you in a few days.
Stan: Bye. Take it steady.
Gina: I will.

( Stan starts to hang up.)

Gina (cont’d): And Stan…

(he puts his ear back to the phone.)

Gina (cont’d): Thank you. Bye.

She hangs up and packs her suitcase. Then her taxi arrives and she gets ready to leave. She is dreading what state her mum’s in. She keeps on thinking to herself..... will I make it to the hospital in time? What will I find when she gets there? Will Iever get to see her mum again? One thing was for sure, she knew Mark would never let her face it alone!




Reviews
We don't bite!
Written by Bagheera (683 comments posted) 13th July 2006
Hi, Storywriter, don't be so nervous! 
 
 
Tip: use italics for 'stage directions' and double space between dialogues. If you're trying to "Copy & Paste" from WORD you'll discover there are compatibility problems: you'll have to transfer it to Notepad before you can post it, and even then be prepared to re-edit before posting! 
 
Nothing wrong with the CONTENT of this, a good tight opening scene which is clear and concise.  
 
Looking forward to "Act Two" :grin
Excellent!
Written by LynB (435 comments posted) 14th July 2006
Hi Clare! This is excellent! I am beginning to identify with the characters already - it gives an insight into their personalities, and, as Bagheera says, it's very clear and concise, and makes you want to read more! :grin
Good intro
Written by Bottleblondesurfer (3445 comments posted) 14th July 2006
Hi there. 
It's fine as far as it goes. You've introduced characters and a crisis. The dialgue works but would benfit from more subtext. And that last paragraph is telling us stuff we can't see. An old saying in scriptwriting is "show don't tell" Show us that stuff in dialogue and action. 
but you've done a lot in a short time and created interest. 
cheers 
BBS 

   Only registered users can rate and write comments.
   Please login or register.

Powered by AkoComment 2.0!

 Previous item   Next item