Story Telling Unit- Script Writing Practice

THE JOURNEY

Written by
Sophie Marriott AND Roxanne Meats
Draft 1
Tuesday 8th October 2013

Flat 16, Sedge Moore House, Doust Way
Rochester
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EXT. BUS STOP - DAY
A BUSY bus station, buses pulling in and out of the station. A small group of UNIVERSITY STUDENTS standing at a stop, waiting for a bus. ELLIE the 21 year old, straight edged student. A happy, outgoing 19 year old with long blonde hair named HAILEY.

ELLIE

What time is the bus coming?

HAILEY

It will be here soon.

As Hailey stops speaking a black mini bus pulls up to the bus stop, the bus has no other passengers on it, there are words on the side of the bus but they are no longer clear. The group of students SLOWLY approach the bus.

ELLIE (V/O)

I wonder if this is the right bus

it does not look the same as normal.

 The bus doors open with a BANG. JIMMY, the tall masculine leader of the group, steps on to the bus. The BUS DRIVER is a tall bald man with a long grey beard, he's wearing all black with heavy boots. 

JIMMY

Where is this bus going?

BUS DRIVER (blunt)

Maidstone.

Jimmy turns to the fellow students. The students look PUZZLED. A timid young man, smartly dressed named James.

JIMMY

This is the bus, lets go.

ELLIE (V/O)

What the hell is going on, no one

else is getting on the bus.

HAILEY (V/O)

This seems weird, I don’t like

this.

JAMES

I don’t want to get on this bus.

JIMMY (angry)

Get on the bus we are going to be late.

All the students follow Jimmy on to the bus....

I/E. INSIDE BUS AND ROAD - DAY
We see the bus driving down the road missing the turn off for Maidstone, gaining SPEED. The direction of the bus is not recognised by the students, and suddenly is changed from being on a road to a dirt track, surrounded by trees and no other vehicles. 

JAMES (V/O)

Where is the bus driver taking us?

We’ve missed the turning.

JIMMY (V/O)

We are going too fast, this wasn’t

a good idea, maybe I should’ve listened to James.

Ellie exchanges a look of CONFUSION to Hailey. Jimmy and James notice their expressions. Ellie approaches the front of the mini bus.

ELLIE 

Where are we going?

BUS DRIVER

 (uninterested)

We will be there soon?

James walks to the front of the bus to join Ellie.

JAMES

What’s going on? Where are we?

EXT. ROAD - DAY
The bus pulls over. And opens the door with a BANG, the driver steps out of the bus onto a driveway, a large, dark building in the background, the building had darkened windows and doors covered with wood, the group look at him with dismay.

JIMMY

Lets get off the bus.

The students step off the bus and take in their surroundings. Ellie and Hailey move closer towards each other, linking arms. The bus driver turns around, steps back onto the bus and SPEEDS off away from the building.

HAILEY

Where are we? This is really

strange.

JIMMY

 Everything’s fine, stop worrying.

The students do not recognise the building and start walking towards it......