Short film script: Summer Rain
Written by Jui-Wei Yang
1. EXT. LONDON. AFTERNOON TWENTY NINTH’S OF JUNE 1916.
One camera shot of London, from the sky. There are plenty of streets. The building lined up on both side. On the streets, there were slight shadows of people, with there everyday doings. There are horse carriages, with people riding them to places. In the background, faded sound of bomb shells exploding repeated itself constantly and apart from that, it was all quiet.
2. EXT. BEHIND THE BRITISH LINE, ON THE WESTERN FRONT. DAY TIME THIRTY’S OF JUNE 1916.
The giant gun was aimed steeply against the sky. The Soldiers loaded a bomb shell into the giant gun and let it fire into the sky. The giant gun of the cannon push itself backwards furiously, by the force of the bomb it shot, but the cannon refuse to move backwards and the big gun move back into it’s place. An empty case felled out from the back of the cannon. The soldiers loaded another one and repeated the same pattern.
3. EXT. ON THE NO MAN’S LAND OF THE WESTERN FRONT. FIRST OF JULY 1916, SEVEN TWENTY EIGHT IN THE MORNING
The artillery shell continues to fire upon the German line, it created very little damage towards the German trenches. The bar wires was horribly tangled, almost impossible to cross. The ground of no man’s land was turned into a great mud pit, by the exploding shells and rain.
All in a sudden, it all gone quiet, it was so quiet you could even hear the sound of a whisper. Subtitle appeared on the bottom of the screen. “1916 Battle of the Somme”
4. EXT. IN A BRITISH TRENCH OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR. FIRST OF JULY 1916, HALF PASS SEVEN IN THE MORNING
It was all quiet; the sounds of the individual soldiers breathing could be heard. The camera focus onto the ground of the trench floor, a river of urine mixed with mudded rain waters and garbage water ran parallel, with the front line trench.
The next shot focused on a very big rat, sniffing around within the trench and then climb into the hole, it have dug into, the trench wall.
After that, the shot focus onto David, standing amount his fellow comrades. The sound of a whistle filled the air. The soldiers started to clime of out their trenches and onto the front.
5. EXT. IN A GERMAN TRENCH OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR. FIRST OF JULY 1916, HALF PASS SEVEN IN THE MORNING
A German soldier clime out of his concreted trench and set up his machine gun. Ahead of him, the British were struggling to charge against them. No man’s land was a giant mud pit. It was impossible to cross. Some of the British troops was been tangled into the German or British barbwires, some were been shot or killed by enemy fires, others are still charging.
The German soldier open fired with the machine gun. There was no need to aim, the British was everywhere. A whole line of British soldier fall down, as they were been shot by his machine gun.
6. EXT.ON THE NO MAN’S LAND OF THE WESTERN FRONT. FIRST OF JULY 1916, TWENTY TO EIGHT IN THE MORNING
David charged towards the German trench. A line of machine gun bullet shot across David’s chest. The force pushed him behind for a several times until he fell to the ground. It was far too painful for David to even scream. He just lied there silently and lifeless.
Sound of a stream of machine gun from behind.
The sound of gun shot and Machine gun firing in the back ground
Soldier One (O/S)
(Fainted Shout) Watch Out!!!
The sound of even more cross fire, then all the sounds on the battle field disappeared. The camera aimed at David’s face, facing towards the sky with not expression at all.
FADE IN SLOWLY.
7. INT. IN DAVID’S MEMORY, IN THE HOUSE OF A WEALTHY MAN, AT LONDON. 1911 AFTERNOON
David and a middle age man seem to be having a conversation. There was no sound, but through their expression the conversation seems to be delightful and they were laughing and joking in the same time. The middle age man was sitting on the couch on the left side of the room, while David sat on the chair on the right hand side of the room. It was suppose to be a big bright yellow room, but the image was rather dark, almost black and white. At the end of the room, there was a wooden door, leading towards the next room. The image of the floor was blurry.
The next camera shot was blurry, but brighten up a little bit, it aimed at Amali coming into the room. She was wearing a white dress, beautifully decorated by red and purple pattern. She was a beautiful girl, age from her late teens to early twenties.
The camera was shot from David’s eye view. David stood up and Amali was facing him. Beside him, David saw the faded shadow of the middle age man.
Amali smiled shyly.
8. EXT. DAVID’S MOMORY LONDON STREET. LATE AT NIGHT 1911
It was late at night. The street was quiet, Amali and David walked out of, one of the few restaurants that are still open. The camera was aimed at the door way out side the restaurant. David and Amali walked out of it, still laughing. They were still very well dressed. David was in his former gentlemen cloth while, Amali was wearing a purple dress. Amali’s hair was still tied up in a ball behind her, but it was a little disorganized.
Inside the restaurant, the light was been turned off. A shop keeper was closing the restaurant down for that day.
FADE IN FROM THE RIGHT
9. EXT. DAVID’S MEMORY LONDON STREET. LATE AT NIGHT 1911
David was throwing up the bad food he had eaten, by the side of the street. Amali stood next to him. The image was a little bit blurry. The back ground was missing and replaced by grayness.
David stops throwing up and return to full height.
Amali suddenly stopped to throw up, totally unpredictable.
Amali nodded her head
All in a sudden, a bucket of water pour down from above and then onto Amali. Amali stood there stunt, she was soak from head to toe.
At the same time, the back ground of the neighborhood all in a sudden become clear in David’s memory. The grayness was replaced by a line of town houses that look identical to one and another. They were all two storage buildings.
Another bucket of water fell down from the sky. This time it soaked David from head to toe.
David and Amali looked at each other, instead of been angry, they were laughing. Then it started to rain and they laugh even more.
The next camera shot was shot from a distance, Amali and David walked away together in the rain. It was too far to tell what they were doing from where the camera was shooting.
FADE IN
10. INT. DAVID’S MOMORY DAVID’S WEALTHY UPPER CLASS HOME. 1912 AFTERNOON
David sat in his wealthy house, the Camera made a close up shot of him. The background of the memory was blurry, there was nothing but gray. He looked very tired and his eyes were red for not sleeping for days. He beard have grow slightly, from not shaving. He sat in the same position, with the expression of a broken man on his face. He lean one of his hand on his beautiful expensive looking table. On the table was a bottle of half drank whisky and there was a glass on the table, with a cup of half fill whisky. David sat in the exact same position without moving.
11. INT. DAVID’S MEMMORY WEALTHY UPPPER CLASS HOME. 1912 Afternoon
It was the same living room to scene seven. This time the wealthy middle class man stood on the left hand side of the room. Amali stood on the right hand side of the room. Amali’s mother stood in the middle.
The middle age man’s face was red from been angry with Amali.
Amali frowned
Amali ran out the front door of the house, which was opposite to the door that leads to the back rooms.
Amali ignored Middle age man and continue running.
12. INT. DAVID’S WEALTHY UPPER CLASS HOME. 1912 AFTERNOON
It was the same room and scene as in scene ten. The gray backdrop was been replaced by a wall of book shelf with books in every single one of them. The floor was decorated by a red carpet with classy looking pattern. All of the furniture looked very expensive. David was sitting in the same position as scene ten with a bottle of almost empty whisky on the table and an almost empty glass. Amali walked in from behind.
Amali stopped and stood behind David
Amali stood there silently.
David took another sip of whisky
David refills his empty glass with whisky and took another sip. Amali move forward to stand in front of David
Amali took a step back, a bit frighten. David calm down.
13. EXT.ON THE NO MAN’S LAND OF THE WESTERN FRON FIRST OF JULY 1916, TWENTY FIVE TO EIGHT AND TWENTY SECOND IN THE MORNING
David lied on the Western Front, his eyes was powerless. Blood was leaking out of from his wounds and soaking his dirty uniform. David lied facing to the sky. His helmet has fallen off. There were no sounds in the background. Slowly and painfully he reaches for his pocket to grab something out.
David was breathing hard. The camera aimed at his hand taking a photo out of his pocket. Slowly and painfully, David pulled the photo towards him self, to look at it. The camera shot focused onto the black and white photo of Amali. The photo was blooded.
14. EXT. ON THE STREET. 1913 MORNING
David ran down the street. He reached a big white house that was two storages tall.
Outside the house there were a gardener and a few other servants, in their uniform. David ran towards the big house. The servants stop to block him at the door way. David tried to push his way through them
Middle age man came out of the house
Run forward to brush David off.
David gave up turn around and ran towards his next destination.
15. EXT/INT.WORKING CLASS APARTMENT 1913 MORNING
David ran into the working class house. Inside the room, was an old man reading newspaper. On the table in front of him, was a slice of bread with butter and a big black finger mark on it. Right behind it, was a kitchen, it had a pile of dishes upon it and it was difficult to see the table’s surface. Amali was sitting on chair opposite to the old man.
Amali were just as excited as David was.
16. INT. THE DINGING ROOM OF A WEALTHY HOME, 1914 NIGHT
David, Amali, the middle age man, Amali’s mother and a whole lot of guest, sat around the long dinning table. Standing behind them were maids, dressed in their uniform. The room was huge. The dinning room table was long and rectangular, with one chair on each of the shorter sides and six chairs on the longer sides. The furniture and decoration of the room looked very classy. The middle age man and Amali’s mother each took one of the shorter sides. David and Amali sat next to each other on the table. Above the table, there were expansive food and wine. Everyone in that party was very well dressed. There was one young man that was in military uniform. Middle age man stood up from his chair to make a toast.
Middle age man nodded and smile to the young man in military uniform. The young man in military uniform smile and nodded in reply.
Middle age man raise his glasses, everybody else followed
17. INT/EXT. MIDDLE AGE MAN’S FACTORY 1915 AFTERNOON
Amali was working in the middle age man’s factory. Nearly half of the people working in the factory are women. They were doing the heavy factory work.
David walks to the entrance of the factory. Amali saw David coming. She quickly wipe the black patrol oil away from her hands and tidy up her hair a little, then she ran out to greed him. David had a more serious expression on his face.
Amali stood there for a second, for a minute she looks as if, she was about to cry.
Amali smiled a little bit.
The Camera shot aimed at Amali’s face. David’s hand touch Amali’s face to wipe away a drop o tears on the side of her cheek. Amali smiled
18. EXT.ON THE NO MAN’S LAND OF THE WESTERN FRON FIRST OF JULY 1916, TWENTY FIVE TO EIGHT AND TWENTY SECOND IN THE MORNING
David was still lying there on the front. The camera aimed at the photo of Amali which David was looking at. The camera aimed at David’s hand holding and then photo dropping to the ground lifelessly.
The next camera shot aimed from David’s eye point of view. At first, it was within his dead body on the western front. Then it started to float towards the sky, horizontally.
The camera which was from David’s eye view turned around to look at the ground. On the ground was David’s dead body, lying there dirty and lifelessly on the western front. In the background there were still the sounds of people fighting.
19. EXT. AMALI’S BED ROOM 1918 MORNING
Amali was writing a letter in her bed room. She sat by a small wooden table next to her bed. She smiled when she wrote the letter. Amali’s sister entered the room. She was slightly younger than Amali, but has the same gorgeous charm, her sister have
Amali finished writing the letter she smiled as she looked at her finished product.
Amali walked away from the table, trying to fighting back a drop of tear. Amali’s sister walked out of the room. Amali tried to fight back the tears for a few more second, until she it finally busted out like flame and she lied there, crying beside her bed.
The camera shot slowly move away from Amali and onto the small table where Amali was writing her card and than zoom into a close up to the card. Upon the card was a picture of a young woman holding flowers in her hand. The other half was empty. Upon the empty half wrote a line of words.
“You are the only boy, I ever love. “Love Amali”
1. EXT. LONDON. AFTERNOON TWENTY NINTH’S OF JUNE 1916.
One camera shot of London, from the sky. There are plenty of streets. The building lined up on both side. On the streets, there were slight shadows of people, with there everyday doings. There are horse carriages, with people riding them to places. In the background, faded sound of bomb shells exploding repeated itself constantly and apart from that, it was all quiet.
2. EXT. BEHIND THE BRITISH LINE, ON THE WESTERN FRONT. DAY TIME THIRTY’S OF JUNE 1916.
The giant gun was aimed steeply against the sky. The Soldiers loaded a bomb shell into the giant gun and let it fire into the sky. The giant gun of the cannon push itself backwards furiously, by the force of the bomb it shot, but the cannon refuse to move backwards and the big gun move back into it’s place. An empty case felled out from the back of the cannon. The soldiers loaded another one and repeated the same pattern.
3. EXT. ON THE NO MAN’S LAND OF THE WESTERN FRONT. FIRST OF JULY 1916, SEVEN TWENTY EIGHT IN THE MORNING
The artillery shell continues to fire upon the German line, it created very little damage towards the German trenches. The bar wires was horribly tangled, almost impossible to cross. The ground of no man’s land was turned into a great mud pit, by the exploding shells and rain.
All in a sudden, it all gone quiet, it was so quiet you could even hear the sound of a whisper. Subtitle appeared on the bottom of the screen. “1916 Battle of the Somme”
4. EXT. IN A BRITISH TRENCH OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR. FIRST OF JULY 1916, HALF PASS SEVEN IN THE MORNING
It was all quiet; the sounds of the individual soldiers breathing could be heard. The camera focus onto the ground of the trench floor, a river of urine mixed with mudded rain waters and garbage water ran parallel, with the front line trench.
The next shot focused on a very big rat, sniffing around within the trench and then climb into the hole, it have dug into, the trench wall.
After that, the shot focus onto David, standing amount his fellow comrades. The sound of a whistle filled the air. The soldiers started to clime of out their trenches and onto the front.
5. EXT. IN A GERMAN TRENCH OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR. FIRST OF JULY 1916, HALF PASS SEVEN IN THE MORNING
A German soldier clime out of his concreted trench and set up his machine gun. Ahead of him, the British were struggling to charge against them. No man’s land was a giant mud pit. It was impossible to cross. Some of the British troops was been tangled into the German or British barbwires, some were been shot or killed by enemy fires, others are still charging.
The German soldier open fired with the machine gun. There was no need to aim, the British was everywhere. A whole line of British soldier fall down, as they were been shot by his machine gun.
6. EXT.ON THE NO MAN’S LAND OF THE WESTERN FRONT. FIRST OF JULY 1916, TWENTY TO EIGHT IN THE MORNING
David charged towards the German trench. A line of machine gun bullet shot across David’s chest. The force pushed him behind for a several times until he fell to the ground. It was far too painful for David to even scream. He just lied there silently and lifeless.
Lieutenant (O/S)
(Fainted shout)
Hold on, David
(Fainted shout)
Hold on, David
Sound of a stream of machine gun from behind.
Lieutenant (O/S)
(Fainted shout) Watch out!!!
(Fainted shout) Watch out!!!
The sound of gun shot and Machine gun firing in the back ground
Soldier One (O/S)
(Fainted Shout) Watch Out!!!
The sound of even more cross fire, then all the sounds on the battle field disappeared. The camera aimed at David’s face, facing towards the sky with not expression at all.
FADE IN SLOWLY.
7. INT. IN DAVID’S MEMORY, IN THE HOUSE OF A WEALTHY MAN, AT LONDON. 1911 AFTERNOON
David and a middle age man seem to be having a conversation. There was no sound, but through their expression the conversation seems to be delightful and they were laughing and joking in the same time. The middle age man was sitting on the couch on the left side of the room, while David sat on the chair on the right hand side of the room. It was suppose to be a big bright yellow room, but the image was rather dark, almost black and white. At the end of the room, there was a wooden door, leading towards the next room. The image of the floor was blurry.
The next camera shot was blurry, but brighten up a little bit, it aimed at Amali coming into the room. She was wearing a white dress, beautifully decorated by red and purple pattern. She was a beautiful girl, age from her late teens to early twenties.
The camera was shot from David’s eye view. David stood up and Amali was facing him. Beside him, David saw the faded shadow of the middle age man.
Amali’s mother (S/O)
This is my daughter, Amali.
This is my daughter, Amali.
Amali smiled shyly.
8. EXT. DAVID’S MOMORY LONDON STREET. LATE AT NIGHT 1911
It was late at night. The street was quiet, Amali and David walked out of, one of the few restaurants that are still open. The camera was aimed at the door way out side the restaurant. David and Amali walked out of it, still laughing. They were still very well dressed. David was in his former gentlemen cloth while, Amali was wearing a purple dress. Amali’s hair was still tied up in a ball behind her, but it was a little disorganized.
Inside the restaurant, the light was been turned off. A shop keeper was closing the restaurant down for that day.
FADE IN FROM THE RIGHT
9. EXT. DAVID’S MEMORY LONDON STREET. LATE AT NIGHT 1911
David was throwing up the bad food he had eaten, by the side of the street. Amali stood next to him. The image was a little bit blurry. The back ground was missing and replaced by grayness.
David stops throwing up and return to full height.
Amali
Are you feeling…?
Are you feeling…?
Amali suddenly stopped to throw up, totally unpredictable.
David
Are you alright now?
Are you alright now?
Amali nodded her head
Amali
(Said under her voice)
yeah
(Said under her voice)
yeah
All in a sudden, a bucket of water pour down from above and then onto Amali. Amali stood there stunt, she was soak from head to toe.
At the same time, the back ground of the neighborhood all in a sudden become clear in David’s memory. The grayness was replaced by a line of town houses that look identical to one and another. They were all two storage buildings.
Another bucket of water fell down from the sky. This time it soaked David from head to toe.
David and Amali looked at each other, instead of been angry, they were laughing. Then it started to rain and they laugh even more.
The next camera shot was shot from a distance, Amali and David walked away together in the rain. It was too far to tell what they were doing from where the camera was shooting.
FADE IN
10. INT. DAVID’S MOMORY DAVID’S WEALTHY UPPER CLASS HOME. 1912 AFTERNOON
David sat in his wealthy house, the Camera made a close up shot of him. The background of the memory was blurry, there was nothing but gray. He looked very tired and his eyes were red for not sleeping for days. He beard have grow slightly, from not shaving. He sat in the same position, with the expression of a broken man on his face. He lean one of his hand on his beautiful expensive looking table. On the table was a bottle of half drank whisky and there was a glass on the table, with a cup of half fill whisky. David sat in the exact same position without moving.
(V/O)
(Faded ghost like voice)
Your ship of cargo from China has sunk.
Judge (O/S)
(Faded ghost like voice)
David Anderson, you are now officially
declared to be broke.
(V/O)
(Faded ghost like voice)
You own them far too many pound…Your cargo
from China have sunk.
Judge (O/S)
(Faded ghost like voice)
David Anderson, you are now officially
declared to be broke.
(V/O)
(Faded ghost like voice)
You own them far too many pounds. You ship of
cargo from China have sunk.
Judge (O/S)
(Faded ghost like voice)
David Anderson, you are now officially
declared to be broke.
(V/O)
(Faded ghost like voice)
You own them far too many pounds.
Amali (O/S)
(Arguing)
I don’t care, I love him.
(Faded ghost like voice)
Your ship of cargo from China has sunk.
Judge (O/S)
(Faded ghost like voice)
David Anderson, you are now officially
declared to be broke.
(V/O)
(Faded ghost like voice)
You own them far too many pound…Your cargo
from China have sunk.
Judge (O/S)
(Faded ghost like voice)
David Anderson, you are now officially
declared to be broke.
(V/O)
(Faded ghost like voice)
You own them far too many pounds. You ship of
cargo from China have sunk.
Judge (O/S)
(Faded ghost like voice)
David Anderson, you are now officially
declared to be broke.
(V/O)
(Faded ghost like voice)
You own them far too many pounds.
Amali (O/S)
(Arguing)
I don’t care, I love him.
11. INT. DAVID’S MEMMORY WEALTHY UPPPER CLASS HOME. 1912 Afternoon
It was the same living room to scene seven. This time the wealthy middle class man stood on the left hand side of the room. Amali stood on the right hand side of the room. Amali’s mother stood in the middle.
Amali
(Arguing)
I don’t care, I love him.
(Arguing)
I don’t care, I love him.
The middle age man’s face was red from been angry with Amali.
Middle age man
(Angrily)
I don’t care if you love him! I am not going
to allow my daughter to be with that buster
and that is final!
Amali’s mother
(Sweetly)
Amali dear, why do you want to have anything
to do with him any way? He is not rich
anymore. Now, we should be looking for a man
on our status, shouldn’t we?
Amali
I don’t care mother.
Middle age man
(Serious tone)
Now, you listen to me Amali. I introduce you
with David, because back then he was one of
the wealthiest bachelors in London. Now, he
isn’t and I don’t want you or any other body
in this family to have anything with that poor
buster. I am your father, Amali and I forbid
you, do you understand? And that is final.
(Angrily)
I don’t care if you love him! I am not going
to allow my daughter to be with that buster
and that is final!
Amali’s mother
(Sweetly)
Amali dear, why do you want to have anything
to do with him any way? He is not rich
anymore. Now, we should be looking for a man
on our status, shouldn’t we?
Amali
I don’t care mother.
Middle age man
(Serious tone)
Now, you listen to me Amali. I introduce you
with David, because back then he was one of
the wealthiest bachelors in London. Now, he
isn’t and I don’t want you or any other body
in this family to have anything with that poor
buster. I am your father, Amali and I forbid
you, do you understand? And that is final.
Amali frowned
Amali
Good by, father.
Good by, father.
Amali ran out the front door of the house, which was opposite to the door that leads to the back rooms.
Middle age man
(Yelled)
Amali, you come back here right now, you hear
me?
(Yelled)
Amali, you come back here right now, you hear
me?
Amali ignored Middle age man and continue running.
12. INT. DAVID’S WEALTHY UPPER CLASS HOME. 1912 AFTERNOON
It was the same room and scene as in scene ten. The gray backdrop was been replaced by a wall of book shelf with books in every single one of them. The floor was decorated by a red carpet with classy looking pattern. All of the furniture looked very expensive. David was sitting in the same position as scene ten with a bottle of almost empty whisky on the table and an almost empty glass. Amali walked in from behind.
David
(Coldly, with out turning around)
What are you doing here?
(Coldly, with out turning around)
What are you doing here?
Amali stopped and stood behind David
Amali
I heard what happened to you cargo.
David
So what? You come here to mock me as well? I
have enough of that for one day.
I heard what happened to you cargo.
David
So what? You come here to mock me as well? I
have enough of that for one day.
Amali stood there silently.
David
I thought your father doesn’t allow for you to
see me.
I thought your father doesn’t allow for you to
see me.
David took another sip of whisky
Amali
He doesn’t, but I come anyway.
David
You should go home. Your father will be angry.
Amali
I don’t care about what he thinks.
David
Well, you should, now get lost.
He doesn’t, but I come anyway.
David
You should go home. Your father will be angry.
Amali
I don’t care about what he thinks.
David
Well, you should, now get lost.
David refills his empty glass with whisky and took another sip. Amali move forward to stand in front of David
Amali
(Raise her voice a little bit)
Can you stop drinking that thing? How much of
those did you have?
David
(A little bit angry)
What of your business is it? Get lost?
(Raise her voice a little bit)
Can you stop drinking that thing? How much of
those did you have?
David
(A little bit angry)
What of your business is it? Get lost?
Amali took a step back, a bit frighten. David calm down.
David
(Calmly)
I lost everything you should go now.
Amali
I don’t care.
David
You should.
(Calmly)
I lost everything you should go now.
Amali
I don’t care.
David
You should.
13. EXT.ON THE NO MAN’S LAND OF THE WESTERN FRON FIRST OF JULY 1916, TWENTY FIVE TO EIGHT AND TWENTY SECOND IN THE MORNING
David lied on the Western Front, his eyes was powerless. Blood was leaking out of from his wounds and soaking his dirty uniform. David lied facing to the sky. His helmet has fallen off. There were no sounds in the background. Slowly and painfully he reaches for his pocket to grab something out.
David was breathing hard. The camera aimed at his hand taking a photo out of his pocket. Slowly and painfully, David pulled the photo towards him self, to look at it. The camera shot focused onto the black and white photo of Amali. The photo was blooded.
14. EXT. ON THE STREET. 1913 MORNING
David ran down the street. He reached a big white house that was two storages tall.
Outside the house there were a gardener and a few other servants, in their uniform. David ran towards the big house. The servants stop to block him at the door way. David tried to push his way through them
David
No, I come to see Amali
Servant 1
(Shout)
Get away!
David
(Quickly explain)
No, I got the job
Servant 2
(Shout)
Get Lost!
No, I come to see Amali
Servant 1
(Shout)
Get away!
David
(Quickly explain)
No, I got the job
Servant 2
(Shout)
Get Lost!
Middle age man came out of the house
Middle age Man
(Shouted angrily)
What are you doing here?
(Shouted angrily)
What are you doing here?
Run forward to brush David off.
David
No, I got the job, I got the job.
Middle age Man
(Shouted angrily)
Get off my property, you buster!
No, I got the job, I got the job.
Middle age Man
(Shouted angrily)
Get off my property, you buster!
David gave up turn around and ran towards his next destination.
15. EXT/INT.WORKING CLASS APARTMENT 1913 MORNING
David ran into the working class house. Inside the room, was an old man reading newspaper. On the table in front of him, was a slice of bread with butter and a big black finger mark on it. Right behind it, was a kitchen, it had a pile of dishes upon it and it was difficult to see the table’s surface. Amali was sitting on chair opposite to the old man.
David
(Said to Amali excitedly)
I got the job, I got the job. I’ll soon be a
rich man again.
(Said to Amali excitedly)
I got the job, I got the job. I’ll soon be a
rich man again.
Amali were just as excited as David was.
16. INT. THE DINGING ROOM OF A WEALTHY HOME, 1914 NIGHT
David, Amali, the middle age man, Amali’s mother and a whole lot of guest, sat around the long dinning table. Standing behind them were maids, dressed in their uniform. The room was huge. The dinning room table was long and rectangular, with one chair on each of the shorter sides and six chairs on the longer sides. The furniture and decoration of the room looked very classy. The middle age man and Amali’s mother each took one of the shorter sides. David and Amali sat next to each other on the table. Above the table, there were expansive food and wine. Everyone in that party was very well dressed. There was one young man that was in military uniform. Middle age man stood up from his chair to make a toast.
Middle age man
Ok, firstly I want to thank every one for
coming here. As for all of you can see, the
war have finally been declare. As you can see,
Philip, there have already joined up. The war
will be short and glorious, Philip.
Ok, firstly I want to thank every one for
coming here. As for all of you can see, the
war have finally been declare. As you can see,
Philip, there have already joined up. The war
will be short and glorious, Philip.
Middle age man nodded and smile to the young man in military uniform. The young man in military uniform smile and nodded in reply.
Middle age man
And one other thing, I would like introduce
you to my daughter Amali and my soon to be son
in law, which is one of the most successful
stockbrokers in London, David. So, to the
king, to Britain and to the happy couple.
And one other thing, I would like introduce
you to my daughter Amali and my soon to be son
in law, which is one of the most successful
stockbrokers in London, David. So, to the
king, to Britain and to the happy couple.
Middle age man raise his glasses, everybody else followed
Guests
To the king, to Britain and to the happy
couple
To the king, to Britain and to the happy
couple
17. INT/EXT. MIDDLE AGE MAN’S FACTORY 1915 AFTERNOON
Amali was working in the middle age man’s factory. Nearly half of the people working in the factory are women. They were doing the heavy factory work.
David walks to the entrance of the factory. Amali saw David coming. She quickly wipe the black patrol oil away from her hands and tidy up her hair a little, then she ran out to greed him. David had a more serious expression on his face.
David
I just got recruited to war.
Amali
What?
David
I got recruited. They send me the letter
yesterday.
I just got recruited to war.
Amali
What?
David
I got recruited. They send me the letter
yesterday.
Amali stood there for a second, for a minute she looks as if, she was about to cry.
David
Hey, everything is going to be fine, alright?
Amali
(Almost crying)
Have you heard of the casualty
rate up on the front? What if you…
David
Hey, I’ll come back, OK? And when I do, you
will be the most beautiful bride in the world.
OK?
Hey, everything is going to be fine, alright?
Amali
(Almost crying)
Have you heard of the casualty
rate up on the front? What if you…
David
Hey, I’ll come back, OK? And when I do, you
will be the most beautiful bride in the world.
OK?
Amali smiled a little bit.
Amali
Ok
Ok
The Camera shot aimed at Amali’s face. David’s hand touch Amali’s face to wipe away a drop o tears on the side of her cheek. Amali smiled
18. EXT.ON THE NO MAN’S LAND OF THE WESTERN FRON FIRST OF JULY 1916, TWENTY FIVE TO EIGHT AND TWENTY SECOND IN THE MORNING
David was still lying there on the front. The camera aimed at the photo of Amali which David was looking at. The camera aimed at David’s hand holding and then photo dropping to the ground lifelessly.
The next camera shot aimed from David’s eye point of view. At first, it was within his dead body on the western front. Then it started to float towards the sky, horizontally.
The camera which was from David’s eye view turned around to look at the ground. On the ground was David’s dead body, lying there dirty and lifelessly on the western front. In the background there were still the sounds of people fighting.
19. EXT. AMALI’S BED ROOM 1918 MORNING
Amali was writing a letter in her bed room. She sat by a small wooden table next to her bed. She smiled when she wrote the letter. Amali’s sister entered the room. She was slightly younger than Amali, but has the same gorgeous charm, her sister have
Amali’s sister
What are you doing?
Amali
(Happily)
Sending a card to, David.
What are you doing?
Amali
(Happily)
Sending a card to, David.
Amali finished writing the letter she smiled as she looked at her finished product.
Amali’s sister
You know, it has been nearly two years since
you heard from him.
Amali
(Softly)
He’ll be back.
Amali’s sister
I don’t think he will be.
Amali
(Softly)
He’ll be back
You know, it has been nearly two years since
you heard from him.
Amali
(Softly)
He’ll be back.
Amali’s sister
I don’t think he will be.
Amali
(Softly)
He’ll be back
Amali walked away from the table, trying to fighting back a drop of tear. Amali’s sister walked out of the room. Amali tried to fight back the tears for a few more second, until she it finally busted out like flame and she lied there, crying beside her bed.
The camera shot slowly move away from Amali and onto the small table where Amali was writing her card and than zoom into a close up to the card. Upon the card was a picture of a young woman holding flowers in her hand. The other half was empty. Upon the empty half wrote a line of words.
“You are the only boy, I ever love. “Love Amali”
