FINAL FINAL SCRIPT

So since we changed quite a bit too our story, I rewrote the script with Taylor's help. We have taken the meal part out, changed the mirror to a vanity unit, slightly changed some dialogue and shots. Plus added interesting focus shots. We didn't rewrite the entire script, just the necessary pats that needed changing.



INT: DARK APARTMENT, ROOM IS MESSY, RUN DOWN (PAST EARTHQUAKE - CRACKS IN THE WALLS, SLANTED WALL SHELVES, SLANTED PHOTOS AND PAINTINGS ON WALL, CEILING LIGHT HANGING LOW WITH VISIBLE WIRES, MAYBE BROKEN APPLIANCES, WATERMARKS ON CEILING AND WALL ETC).

LONG SHOT: FOCUSED ON DOOR. MAN WALKS INTO THE ROOM WITH HIS JACKET OVER HIS ARM. HOLDING BRIEFCASE AND ENVELOPES (BILLS).
MID SHOT: ON VANITY UNIT BY WALL. A FLICK OF A  SWITCH IS HEARD AND THE ROOM LIGHTS UP. A WOMAN PLAYING THE PIANO IS SEEN IN THE MIRROR. BACKGROUND OF MIRROR IS BLURRED. MAN IS TALKING IN THE BACKGROUND.

MAN: *Sighs* what a day. Work was so busy today I'm exhausted.
MID SHOT: MAN SITS DOWN AT VANITY UNIT AND SORTS THROUGH THE ENVELOPES.

MID OVER THE SHOULDER SHOT, ANGLED BEHIND MAN FOCUSING MORE ON MIRROR: MAN IS SORTING THROUGH BILLS/ENVELOPES.
MAN: "I'm so glad to finally be home. Had to fill in for George, you know how he is..."
MID SHOT OF WOMAN: WOMAN IN MIRROR GIGGLES SILENTLY. AS SHE GIGGLES THE FOCUS CHANGES FROM THE WOMAN TO THE NEWSPAPER THAT IS IN THE FOREGROUND (STUCK TO THE MIRROR).
MID SHOT OF MAN: HIS HEAD DROPS DOWN.
MAN: I miss you....it should've been me...not you.
MAN CLENCHES HIS FIST. HE HAS A GRIM EXPRESSION ON HIS FACE AND LOOKS REGRETFUL.

MID OVER THE SHOULDER SHOT: HE LOWERS HIS HEAD AND THE WOMAN LOOKS SAD AND APOLOGETIC. THE HOUSE INSIDE THE MIRROR STARTS SHAKING AND HE LOOKS UP. SHE LOOKS SLIGHTLY SURPRISED. MAN STANDS UP AND REACHES OUT TO HER.
MAN: No.... not again!!!

MID SHOT OF WOMAN (POV FROM MAN): WOMAN CALMS DOWN AND SMILES AT HIM SHE HOLDS UP HER HANDS TO GESTURE TO HIM THAT SHE IS OK.

MID SHOT OF MAN (POV OF WOMAN FROM WITHIN THE MIRROR WORLD): MAN RELAXES SEEING HER EXPRESSION AND ACTIONS.
MID SHOT (POV OF MAN): WOMAN SMILES EARNESTLY, PUTS A HAND ON HER HEART AND HER OTHER ARM REACHES OUT TO HIM AS HER HOUSE FALLS APART. SHE STARTS TO FADE AWAY AND THE PERFECT HOUSE STARTS TO REFLECT THE ACTUAL APARTMENT IN THE REFLECTION. WE ARE LEFT WITH HIS REFLECTION IN THE MIRROR. HE HAS A SAD EXPRESSION ON HIS FACE AS HE LOOKS AT HIS REFLECTION.
THE NEWSPAPER FALLS DOWN FROM THE MIRROR AND LANDS ON THE VANITY UNIT TABLE.

CLOSE UP OF NEWSPAPER.

MID SHOT OF MANS REFLECTION: THE MAN IS UNFOCUSED AND IS LOOKING DOWN AT THE NEWSPAPER SUGGESTING THAT HE IS SAD WITH HIS HEAD DOWN. A PHOTO THAT IS FOCUSED IS SELLOTAPED TO THE MIRROR IN THE FOREGROUND DUE TO THE NEWSPAPER FALLING DOWN. THE PHOTO SHOWS THE HAPPY COUPLE TOGETHER. THE FOCUS SWAPS AND THE MAN LOOKS UP AND SEES THE PHOTO. THE MAN SMILES AND FINDS COMFORT IN THE PHOTO. THE SCREEN FADES.