Screenplay - Draft #1

Los(s)t.

Title sequence with muffled sound of talking.

Opens on kitchen scene focusing on face of middle aged man.

Mumbles fade back in into clear talking[DG1]  along with static.

WIFE:

Are you listening to me?

MAN:

Yes, yes, 2 teas.

WIFE:

No, I said I wanted a coffee

MAN:

Yes, that’s what I meant.

WIFE:

Well say what you mean otherwise how am I supposed to understand you.

Fairly long silence, going to the wrong cupboard for a mug. After a coffee is placed there for the wife.

WIFE:

Thank you.[DG2] 

Walks into hall looking at big mirror on mantel piece.

Shouting through to wife.

MAN:

I thought you said you were going to change this?

No response.

MAN:

Hun?

No response.

Man puts his tea down in other room then walks back into kitchen and doesn’t see anyone there.

MAN:

Laura? [DG3] 

Goes looking round house.

Goes outside looking, no answer.

Cut in in on clock glitching

Picks up phone and calls someone

MAN:

Have you seen Laura? Please I can’t find her anywhere-
What do you mean calm down?

Is looking in mirror again, has close cut to the details of the mirror.

Goes to call 999

And is looking in mirror, notices the details are different, it’s a different mirror, he’s looking closely at it, sudden snap back to old then back to young.

Looks back down at phone, puts it down on receiver.

Goes back into kitchen.

MAN:

I was still going out for dinner this weekend?

Laura?

Does house loop again

Picks up phone and calls daughter.

MAN:

Hello? I can’t find Laura. I don’t know what to do she was just in the-

The-

Kitchen.

Looks in mirror again, cutting between ages again, twice now.

Places phone down.

Enter confusion montage, swerving pans.

Mood switches to light hearted, goes and sits on sofa and watches tv.

Cutting between static and old and young and real tv.

  

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 [DG1]Surge of noise and bass?

 [DG2]Should I add freezes?

 [DG3]Name?