‘Lecture’
A Short Film.
Written by Connor Woods.
1.
INT. CLASSROOM. DAY.
[Interview with
MICHEAL. The teacher. He looks happy.]
MICHEAL
Look at you or the camer… you? Right. My
name’s Micheal. I teach Media Production here at the community centre to 18
plus students. They’re good people… mostly anyways. What? Oh. I live on my own,
got a gorgeous girlfriend, ya know… Life’s pretty damn good right now.
FADE TO BLACK.
CUT TO:
2.
INT. CLASSROOM. DAY.
[The next day. Interview
with MICHEAL. He’s been crying. A lot.]
MICHEAL
So some stuff has happened. My girlfriend has
left me. My old dog’s been put down. My dad has cancer. I’m gonna… gonna go to
class.
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3.
INT. CLASSROOM. DAY.
[All of MICHEAL’S
class are here, WILL, LUCY, JIM, and ANDY, along with his student teacher,
RACHAEL. ANDY is smiling at the camera, trying to get some face time, but being
ignored. Jim is egging him on. The camera is focused in on Will and Lucy who
are having an inaudible conversation. There’s clearly some chemistry there.
Micheal walks in, clearly still not fit to teach. He sits down, takes his coat
off, looks around, then walks out.]
MICHEAL
You take them Rach. I can’t.
4.
INT. CLASSROOM. DAY.
[Interview with
RACHAEL.]
RACHAEL
I’m Rachael. The student teacher. I like
running, Pitch Perfect… and Greggs. Hm? What? Andy? Well… I think he proper
fancies me… who wouldn’t? But I have a bit of a thing for Micheal. Don’t tell
him!
[During that speech,
we cut to a shot of ANDY hitting on Rachael, and her looking rather disgusted.
The camera then pans over to WILL, who looks straight at the camera,
emotionless.]
CUT TO:
5.
[Interview with
WILL.]
WILL
Andy. What a great guy. Love him.
INTERVIEWER
What do you think of Lucy?
WILL [Embarrassed]
Oh? Erm…
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[LUCY is working,
taking a few notes.]
WILL [V.O]
She’s a very lovely lady?
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6.
INT. CLASSROOM. DAY
[Interview with
Lucy.]
LUCY
So… I’m friends with Micheal’s, now ex,
girlfriend. I know she left him, that has to be why he’s like this. I’ve got a
plan though.
[Lucy smiles
cheekily, obviously planning something.]
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INT. CLASSROOM. DAY.
[Lucy is gathering
the class up, into a huddled group to discuss this plan.]
CUT TO:
INT. CLASSROOM. DAY.
[Interview with
Lucy.]
LUCY
So… we’re gonna get Mike and Rach alone.
Maybe… ya know… get him a rebound? I know she likes him, so why not?
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7.
INT. CLASSROOM. DAY.
[RACHAEL is sat in a
room, alone. She looks a bit anxious. MICHEAL walks in, still looking down.]
MICHEAL
Hey, Rach. Lucy said you wanted to see me?
[Rachael ushers the
‘cameras’ out of the room and closes the door. They film through the window in
the door.]
RACHAEL
Yeah, erm… I know why you left me to teach
this morning. Your girlfriend left you… I’m sorry to hear that.
[She moves closer to
him as he starts to break down a bit.]
MICHEAL
Oh god… I’m sorry Rach. I shouldn’t have put
that on you. You had no prep time or anything. I’m just a wreck…
RACHAEL
Shhh… It’s okay Micheal. I’m here.
[Rachael puts her
arms around him, he isn’t oblivious now.]
MICHEAL
Woah… what’s going on?
RACHAEL
Exactly what you need.
[She moves in to
kiss him and he backs right off, totally shocked.]
MICHEAL
What’re you doing?!
RACHAEL
But… Lucy told me that-
MICHEAL
Lucy!? Oh god… they’re trying to… oh wow. I
have to go.
[Micheal leaves the
room, looking a bit happier. Rachael, however, looks a bit peeved.]
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8.
INT. CLASSROOM. DAY.
[Interview with
MICHEAL. He looks much better.]
MICHEAL
The students… they put us together to try and
make me feel better. It could’ve been done better, but the gesture’s there, ya
know? I feel good. I’m gonna go talk to them. They didn’t have to do all this.
Wow…
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9.
INT. CORRIDOR. DAY.
[The camera pans
right to left, with music playing, across a door frame. We see WILL stood
looking out of a window.]
FADE TO:
[Same shot as
before, music still playing. We see LUCY stood in a different place in the
room. Will is gone.]
FADE TO:
[Same as before.
Instead of Lucy or Will, we see ANDY and JOE.]
FADE TO:
[As before. RACHAEL
in place of the others.]
FADE TO:
[As before, instead, we see all of
the characters in the places they stood. The camera settles centrally on the
door frame again. MICHEAL walks in to frame, knocks on the door and enters.
CUT
TO:
10.
[Return to usual mockumentary style
of camera work. MICHEAL enters the room.]
MICHEAL
Erm… hi guys. I wanted to talk to you about something. This
morning, my girlfriend left me, and I found out my father has cancer. And… my
old dog was put down. It wasn’t a good morning, and that’s why I couldn’t teach
you, I didn’t feel like I was capable.
ANDY
Oh, hellaw, wasn’t capable, eh?
[Everyone looks at ANDY
disapprovingly except JOE, who chuckles to himself.]
MICHEAL
Yeah. Thanks Andy. I shouldn’t have put Rachael in charge
because she is still a student teacher, and I’m sorry for that. But, you guys
knew something was wrong, didn’t you? You tried to set me and Rach up together,
right?
LUCY
Yeah… we’re sorry.
MICHEAL
Don’t be. It might not have worked out the way you wanted, but
it had the right effect. I feel better. I know that I have you all as my
friends, and you’ll be there for me, and I do still have my dad. As for my
girlfriend… ex-girlfriend, well she can get lost. She never treated me like she
should have anyways. I’m over her, don’t you guys worry. Now, why don’t you
take your seats, and we’ll get started?
[Knock at the door. EMILY comes in,
Micheal’s ex-girlfriend.]
EMILY
Hi, Micheal. Sorry to interrupt, but we need to talk. It’s
important.
MICHEAL
Oh, erm, I’m sorry, but I’m teaching. Drop me a text, you like
talking to me about important stuff through text, right? See ya!
[Emily is taken aback by Micheal’s attitude.]
EMILY
Erm…
Micheal. Come on.
WILL
Emily,
look. We don’t know each other too well, but you’re a bitch. He has a job to
do, we have a topic to learn about. How about you get lost? Make our day
better? You’ve fucked with him enough today as it is.
[Everyone looks at WILL, surprised to see him like this. Emily
storms out. Micheal looks at Will, nods, turns to Rachael, smiles, and carries
on with his life.]
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