Script for The Playhouse

Script

A normal house is seen during the night-time, in the window we see a woman. The woman is standing preparing vegetables when her knife slips and she cuts her finger. The phone rings and she picks up.

Woman: [raising phone to ear] hello?

Man: [out of view over the phone] hello! It’s me, how’s the new house looking?

Woman: [smiling against the wall] it’s looking like its slowly getting there.

Man: it’ll feel like home before you know it!

Woman: I guess so, I-

The woman cuts off as she hears footsteps running upstairs. She looks up to the ceiling, holding her hand over the phone.

Man: hello?

Woman: [raises the phone back to her ear] oh sorry, I think Stevie is messing up upstairs. I’ll see you later tonight.

Man: Okay… Bye…

The woman walks to the bottom of the stairs, turning on the light, and walks slowly upstairs with the washing basket, humming a song. She wonders into her son’s bedroom, ready to shout.

Woman: I've told you to stop running in the house! I’ll tell-

She notices no one is in the room with her. She goes through the wardrobe pulling out clothes. She turns around and doesn't see a face hidden by shadows in the wardrobe. She exits the room; the face disappears back into the wardrobe. She searches all upstairs and realises he isn't upstairs. She turns the lights on and off in each room, confused. She looks out of the window to see her son playing near a playhouse in the back garden.

Woman: [calls out window] how did you get down their so fast?

Boy: what? [carries on playing]

Woman: never mind… what are you doing?

Boy: playing with my new friend.

Woman: no one is there with you?

Boy: yes there is…

The woman shakes her head and goes back downstairs, turning off the lights. 

!!!EDIT!!! 28th of November Script Edit

The Script for The Playhouse was altered in the filming process, as we found using the window scene would be a lot harder to film with low lighting. We decided to film on the stairs to show the same effect and use of high and low angles as we had better lighting and less background noise for ease of editing later on.