Shooting Script:
1. INT. XARA’S FLAT. MORNING: DAY 1
(Non-diegetic music – She’s Losing It: Belle and Sebastian)
Shot 1: A mid to long shot establishing shot of XARA’S hallway. The hallway is empty. You can clearly see part of a “Groundhog Day” movie poster on the door at the back of the shot. You can also see the clock hanging on the wall and a bookshelf with a key bowl to the right of the shot. Mid to long shot of XARA as she walks into her hallway from the left and heads towards the key bowl to the right of the shot. Xara walks in 0:12 into the song when the lyrics start.
(Change in time – forward in time)
INT. XARA’S FLAT. MORNING: DAY 2
(Change of costume)
(Non-diegetic music – She’s Losing It: Belle and Sebastian. Continued from previous shot)
Shot 2: Mid to long shot of XARA as she walks into her hallway from the left and heads towards the key bowl, which is on the bookshelf to the right of the shot. You can clearly see part of a “Groundhog Day” movie poster on the door at the back of the shot. You can also see the clock hanging on the wall and the bookshelf and key bowl to the right of the shot.
(Change in time – forward in time)
INT. XARA’S FLAT. MORNING: DAY 3
(Change of costume)
(Non-diegetic music – She’s Losing It: Belle and Sebastian. Continued from previous shot)
Shot 3: Mid to long shot of XARA as she walks into her hallway from the left and heads towards the key bowl, which is on the bookshelf. You can also see the clock hanging on the wall and the bookshelf and key bowl on it to the right of the shot.
(Change in time – back in time)
INT. XARA’S FLAT. MORNING: DAY 1
(Change of costume)
(Non-diegetic music – She’s Losing It: Belle and Sebastian. Continued from previous shot)
Shot 4: Mid shot to CU of XARA picking up her keys with her left hand, straight angle. You can clearly see part of a “Groundhog Day” movie poster on the door at the back of the shot. You can also see the clock hanging on the wall and the bookshelf and key bowl to the right of the shot.
(Change in time – forward in time)
INT. XARA’S FLAT. MORNING: DAY 2
(Change of costume)
(Non-diegetic music – She’s Losing It: Belle and Sebastian. Continued from previous shot)
Shot 5: Mid shot to CU of XARA picking up her keys with her left hand, straight angle. You can clearly see part of a “Groundhog Day” movie poster on the door at the back of the shot. You can also see the clock hanging on the wall and the bookshelf and key bowl to the right of the shot.
(Change in time – forward in time)
INT. XARA’S FLAT. MORNING: DAY 3
(Change of costume)
(Non-diegetic music – She’s Losing It: Belle and Sebastian. Continued from previous shot)
Shot 6: Mid shot to CU of XARA picking up her keys with her left hand, Straight angle. You can also see the clock hanging on the wall and the bookshelf and key bowl to the right of the shot.
(Change in time – back in time)
INT. XARA’S FLAT. MORNING: DAY 1
(Change of costume)
(Non-diegetic music – She’s Losing It: Belle and Sebastian. Continued from previous shot)
Shot 7: Straight angle, mid to Long shot; XARA walks towards her front door, away from the camera, opens the door and moves outside.
(Change in time – forward in time)
INT. XARA’S FLAT. MORNING: DAY 2
(Change of costume)
(Non-diegetic music – She’s Losing It: Belle and Sebastian. Continued from previous shot)
Shot 8: Straight angle, mid to long shot; XARA walks towards her front door, away from the camera, opens the door and moves outside.
(Change in time – forward in time)
INT. XARA’S FLAT. MORNING: DAY 3
(Change of costume)
(Non-diegetic music – She’s Losing It: Belle and Sebastian. Continued from previous shot)
Shot 9: Straight angle, mid to long shot; XARA walks towards her front door, away from the camera, opens the door and moves outside.
(Change in time – back in time)
INT. XARA’S FLAT. MORNING: DAY 1
(Change of costume)
(Non-diegetic music – She’s Losing It: Belle and Sebastian. Continued from previous shot)
Shot 10: Straight angle, mid to long shot; XARA locks the door and turns to leave, walking towards the camera and passing it on the right.
(Change in time – forward in time)
INT. XARA’S FLAT. MORNING: DAY 2
(Change of costume)
(Non-diegetic music – She’s Losing It: Belle and Sebastian. Continued from previous shot)
Shot 11: Straight angle, mid to long shot; XARA locks the door and turns to leave, walking toward the camera and passing it on the right.
(Change in time – forward in time)
INT. XARA’S FLAT. MORNING: DAY 3
(Change of costume)
(Non-diegetic music – She’s Losing It: Belle and Sebastian. Continued from previous shot)
Shot 12: Straight angle, mid to long shot; XARA locks the door and turns to leave, walking toward the camera and passing it on the right.
2. EXT. BUS STOP. MORNING: DAY 1
(Change in time – back in time)
(Change of costume)
(Non-diegetic music – She’s Losing It: Belle and Sebastian. Continued from previous shot)
Shot 13: Straight angle, long shot; XARA stands at bus stop, facing the camera, and signals for bus to stop with her left hand.
(Change in time – forward in time)
EXT. BUS STOP. MORNING: DAY 2
(Change of costume)
(Non-diegetic music – She’s Losing It: Belle and Sebastian. Continued from previous shot)
Shot 14: Straight angle, long shot; XARA stands at bus stop, facing the camera, and signals for bus to stop with her left hand.
(Change in time – forward in time)
EXT. BUS STOP. MORNING: DAY 3
(Change of costume)
(Non-diegetic music – She’s Losing It: Belle and Sebastian. Continued from previous shot)
Shot 15: Straight angle, Long shot; XARA stands at bus stop, facing the camera, and signals for bus to stop with her left hand.
3. INT. BUS. MORNING: DAY 1
(Change in time – back in time)
(Change of costume)
(Diegetic music – She’s Losing It: Belle and Sebastian. Continued from previous shot)
Shot 16: XARA sits on a bus, travelling to work, listening to music using her head-phones. Straight angle, Mid-Close up of her face and shoulders. She is facing the camera. You can clearly see people on the bus behind her, the bus is quite busy.
(Change in time – forward in time)
INT. BUS. MORNING: DAY 2
(Change of costume)
(Diegetic music – She’s Losing It: Belle and Sebastian. Continued from previous shot)
Shot 17: XARA sits on a bus, travelling to work, listening to music using her headphones. Straight angle, Mid-Close up of her face and shoulders. She is facing the camera. You can clearly see people on the bus behind her, the bus is quite busy.
(Change in time – forward in time)
INT. BUS. MORNING: DAY 3
(Change of costume)
(Diegetic music – She’s Losing It: Belle and Sebastian. Continued from previous shot)
Shot 19: XARA sits on a bus, travelling to work, listening to music using her headphones. Straight angle, Mid-close up of her face and shoulders. She is facing the camera. You can clearly see people on the bus behind her, the bus is quite busy.
(Change in time – back in time)
(Non- diegetic music – She’s Losing It: Belle and Sebastian)
4. INT. XARA’S OFFICE. DAY: DAY 1
(Change of costume)
Shot 20: Straight angle, mid to long shot; XARA sits at her desk in her office and does some work.
(Change in time – forward in time)
INT. XARA’S OFFICE. DAY: DAY 2
(Change of costume)
(Non-diegetic music – She’s Losing It: Belle and Sebastian. Continued from previous shot)
Shot 21: Straight angle, mid to long shot; XARA sits at her desk in her office and does some work.
(Non-diegetic music fades away)
5. INT. XARA’S OFFICE. DAY: DAY 3
(Change in time – forward in time)
(Change of costume)
(Non-diegetic music – She’s Losing It: Belle and Sebastian, continued from previous shot, begins to fade out from 2:08 to 2:22)
Shot 22: Straight angle, mid to long shot; XARA sits at her desk in her office and does some work. Her manager, JULIA, enters the room and asks her into her office. She is only half in the shot.
(End of Diegetic music)
JULIA
Will you follow me please?
XARA nods, concerned expression, follows manager into her office
6. INT. JULIA’S OFFICE. DAY: DAY 3
Shot 23: Straight angle, long to mid shot; XARA and JULIA enter JULIA’S office. In the office there is a desk with a computer on it. Also there are other basic desk equipment items on the desk as well such as a stapler and other stationary. On the wall behind the desk there is a chart showing how well the company is doing.
Shot 24: Straight angle mid to long shot;
JULIA
Please, (slight pause) Sit down.
JULIA gestures to chair and waits for XARA to sit down.
Shot 25: Straight angle, mid to CU, behind Julia’s head you can see the chart showing the company is doing.
JULIA
Due to the current economic climate, our company has had to make some cut backs. Unfortunately we are going to have to let you go. You have ten minutes to clear your belongings away and leave the building. I apologise for the whole situation, and wish you luck with finding another job.
Shot 26: Straight angle, mid shot zoom to CU; XARA sits, stunned into silence, on the chair in the office.
7. EXT. BUSY STREET. TOWN CENTRE. DAY: DAY 3
(Non-diegetic music fades in – original music)
Shot 27: Straight angle, extreme long to long shot; XARA walks down the street. Someone crosses in front of her.
EXT. BUSY STREET. TOWN CENTRE. DAY: DAY 4
(Change of time – forward in time)
(Change of costume)
Shot 28: Extreme long shot to long shot; someone has just crossed in front of XARA. XARA walks down the street. Someone else crosses in front of her.
EXT. BUSY STREET. TOWN CENTRE. DAY: DAY 5
(Change of time – forward in time)
(Change of costume)
Shot 29: Straight angle, long to mid shot; someone has just crossed in front of XARA. XARA walks down the street. XARA continues to walk down the street towards the camera. Long to mid to CU shot of XARA until she passes the camera.
(End of diegetic music)
END OF SEQUENCE.