DRAFT 4 FINALIZED

WHEN YOU CAME OVER (LENGTH 5MINS)

PROMINENT CHANGE IS THE RED AND BLUE PART

PART 1-Introduction

LOCATION A: A pathway, HDB flat lobby.
LOCATION 1: Forest.
CAST: Girl

Flashing images of trees.../

Flashing images of HDB flats/ show as parallel universes.

Walking fast through a row of trees./* remember direction of run: RIGHT.

In view of legs walking fast through a row of pillars./

Head moving fast across flats./

View of 45 up, unveil her face and image of chao mugger as she walks fast past camera./

In view of her front, she runs and trips over something and she goes off screen./

Camera pans out to show her on all fours the grass, unveil paper everywhere, still close-up. She grapples for paper, blindfolded, wondering what to do. Forest looms over her. A metaphor for education where we don't know what we are studying for./

In view from her level where she crouched after falling, from her last paper on the floor she picks up, she curses, wrenching her foot. She quickly picks up the last piece, stands up and runs off view./

She dashes at the landing of HDB, slightly limping./

LOCATION B: *HDB 2 sided doorway landing. CAST: Girl and Boy

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Close up view of doorway. , Reaches house door, she presses bell but no one was in./

Front profile of girl. She could not believe this. She doesn't call out, no one talks here. She takes out her BLACKBERRY, calls but no reply. (filmed with angela on the same book held on the day.) She grunts./

Urgent for the restroom, her legs wobbled and twisted into a knot./

Further viewpoint where we can see both doors of her house and her neighbors'. She looked at the neighbors door, considering whether she should use her neighbors. A look of contemplation where camera view follows her line of sight./

LOCATION 2: Forest
LOCATION B: Dark Studyroom
CAST: Boy

Trees and branches. Camera pans into deeper.Camera moves into view of a guy crouching in a deep part of the forest.../

Knocking sounds lead into reality comes in.../

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He stirs and looks to the direction from where the knocking is from. We see that he is in a dim study room where the computer is the only thing lit. He rests on arm after awhile at his desktop as he finishes his stick. Puzzled for awhile and ignoring the first few, he goes to open door she he walks off screen./

LOCATION 1: Chinese Garden Field

Moving through grass still in forest, We see walking male legs walking through thick greens, through tall lallang and soon into open grass./

He walks into clearing and walks past the girl standing there, he senses something near. They are facing back to back./

Knocking./

PART 2- Meeting

LOCATION C: Felicia's House

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Using glass bottle effect to simulate peephole, we are in perspective of boy peering out at the girl fidgeting outside./

In view of inside the house, the door opens to capture girl's surprise when she it isn't the usual aunty but a dude./

From view behind the girl, He stared back at her. “May I help you?”/

From view from inside his house at her. Her voice higher than usual, visibly embarrassed. "I'm sorry I rushed out today and I forgot to take my keys and I need to use the toilet...” she smiled at him pathetically, holding her waist/

From view of girl, within the conversation, a glimpse of boy's reaction, looking at the locked door opposite./

From behind her, He does not look at her now, backs away to let her in. “Sure.” She kicked off her heels and scampered past him./

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From front view shoulder up, she sits on toilet to 'relieve' herself, she looks around. She sees Soap bottles. An ivy green towel draped at a ledge beside a pair of jeans. A pair of toilet slippers. She turns her head, A magazine on the ledge, mens health? A shaver. A toothbrush in a cup. Singularity is being translated to the literal sense in following scene.../

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Scene cuts to boy sitting on sofa alone and waiting, view front./

Same view, she appears/

View of her waist up, cam follows her. she is rather embarrassed as she grabs her handbag again, but thankful.“I-I’ll go now.” she slipped her handbag onto her shoulder./

“Okay.” He stood up politely./

She turned and opened the door. That was when the umbrella holder adjacent to the door toppled down by her push. The umbrellas slid out in all angles./

He lunged forward. “It’s alright. I can”/

“I’m so sorry.” She squatted down to pick up the umbrellas and broom but kicked off the stack of shoe boxes from the wire rack and it fell down too./

View from the bottom up. He helps her. “It happens to me too all the time.” And the mess was cleared fast./

View from back, She stood up and opened the door. Peering out./

View of him arranging the last box. “You can wait here in my place till she comes home.” he suggested./

“Oh no, I’m fine waiting outside, I think I've disturbed you enough.” She said as she picked up her handbag again. She moves to the side off frame, we see him behind her./

“No you have not.” He insisted. View of him closer, looking at her from her behind./

View, back of her. She was visibly embarrassed, but busied with her shoe. At the gate, she turned back at him with a question that surfaced, “Sorry...but doesn’t an old lady live here? ” (awkward smile) She said as she slipped on one of her heels./

"Oh. You must mean my mum. She passed two months ago."

“Oh god no…” She gasped again, covering her face in embarrassment. “I’m so sorry. I din mean to bring up-” view of behind him of her./

“-its alright.” His face, as he interrupted. Trying to change subject. “Anyway, I’m Eric.”/

“I’m Cheryl.” her voice softens as she stands upright./

“Cheryl." he says, his view./

“Yup. She looks away and smiles back at him.”

“You really should stay for awhile. I can get you a drink or maybe something to eat? I have tao hui jui." View of both./

View of her, She pondered for a moment, looking sullenly at her own home that she was locked out of. She looked at him and he wore a look that made her smile./

From her view, he stands hehind her, “that will be nice.” She finally gave in. he walks to the kitchen and she closes the door behind them both./

She walked to the balcony to look at the view as he proceeded to the kitchen. She glances at him before he disappears into the kitchen. She turns and looks out of the windows./

Part 3- Talking Part

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She sits down on the couch, front view. She begins to mug and looks up for a while./

In view of frame behind shoulder. She sees the photo frame and then at him in the balcony . Sparked her curiousity./

She puts down the pen. View of close up./

From view of frame close-up front, we see her reflection and she touches it./

"You must be really upset." she says loud from that view./

"Huh?" from view in the kitchen where he takes up from drawer. He pauses to wonder if she was talking to him. She replies and he looks on./

"Your mum, you must have been really close to her?"

He smiles in reminiscence. "She had always been the one there for me since my dad passed away when i was 8... I was really sad she passed but now I'm okay. I concentrate on my work now." He says as he places cup on table and pours it out.

"Oh...what do you work as?”

“Hmm. I am a transcriber for an online news agency... Just, you know...stay at home and transcribe stuff interviews and articles. (laughs) It's crazy.” he finishes the pouring and brings the drink back into fridge. "Well at least with the advancement of technology these days, i don't have to see my boss face to face. That is a consolation."/

Cheryl laughs. "Well I hope it pays you well. That is all that matters these days isn't it? Good education, good job, good pay. I am graduating this summer, really trying hard to get a first class honors. The society is so competitive nowadays, it is important that i have the edge when i get out to the real world."

"That is true. But my job gets really dry. I don't really get to talk to anyone when I'm working. The only human voices i get to hear nowadays are from the transcripts." (chuckles, he pours finish the drink.)

"You're actually the first person I had a decent conversation in a long time you know?" as he takes the cup and walks off frame./

"Are you serious?"

“Yea.” he says distracted.( when he is out of the kitchen and walks to her in the balcony.)

He brought a large cup of drink for her at the balcony. She smiles at him but he doesn't notice. The text 'It was a cold drink but it warmed her heart.' is on the cup. Camera turns away oddly and quickly to bring us to colour./

LOCATION 1: Chinese Garden Field

We Landscape brings us to the view of the 2 back to back. She seems to sense something, turns to face him. 'Eric' she mouths in zoom, it echos to reality.../

Part 4-Talking Gets Personal

“Eric?” her mouth as well./

"Yar?"/

“You...ever had a girlfriend before?” back view sihouette./

Front view of 2. “Erm...” He chuckled and looked down with a smile. It was then that she realized the inappropriate nature of her question in the conversation./

After an awkward while for the both of them, he managed to murmur a “I met this girl online once, but it didn't work out.”/

''Oh..how come?' sitting down and concerned./

"I guess,(pause) it just wasn't real enough." forced smile/

Eric looked back to the outside. Suddenly the flat was a void to Eric and he could feel the emptiness of its corners. Wide view of the emptiness as he stood alone in the balcony. Awkward Silence and empathic expression from Cheryl that leads into illusion./

LOCATION 1: Chinese Garden Field

Camera pans full circle, Close of dude then back to girl removing blindfolds. Cameraman in the middle . Cut back to exact same emphatic expression. Her blindfold is removed and looks at him with understanding. She reaches out to him with hand. He turns head sideways, recognizing a presence./

He smiles back at her. "So...what about you?"/

"No la, too busy..."She said still staring into her cup, lying too./

"No one in your university you fancy?"/

"Nope. Studies is my priority now." Fake smile/

There was a silence. She placed the cup down and began wrenching her ankle which still stung from the fall on the way home./

“Are you okay?” he said genuinely concerned, walking to her./

“I fell.” she looks up at him./

PART 5-SILENT/WHISPERY PART

(SILENT SCENE)

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He looks at the wound and walks off. Ambiguous in intent./

Girl looks as he walks off. She winced at a sudden jolt of pain caused by her own wrenching./

From back view,foreground boy, focus: girl. he returns with a box where he took out some bandage and lotion./

She was still in pain. He sat next to her on the right. She turned to him and propped her left leg on his lap./

He opened the pouch. He dabbed purple liquid on the affected area and wrapped cloth on her ankle. He smoothed the wrinkles on the tape out slowly. He watched her to see if he is hurting her. She is silent for a while./

She lunged forward, a silent wince. View of the 2 first, then on the arm as she grabbed his arm, wincing from the pain. A feeling of closeness affects him seen through the close up of his face from arm./

“Sorry...” He whispered./

“No it's me.” She whispered back. She fell back again onto the couch. Her hand loosened and slowly slid off his. He gripped her palm just before it left his And their hands that held settled down comfortably on the couch.

There was a long silence as he continued to bandage the area. We see him see her. He is more careful this time. We see him look at her as she lay on the couch. A woman so close to him now. He forgot about the wound he was fixing as he admired how her hair flopped like frozen ocean waves on the couch. Her face read a beautiful grin. Camera moves to his face for awhile./

“Cheryl... You should have left the door open. Your mum might have returned already... he said without looking at her. Because there was no reply, he looked at her, "Cheryl?”/

She shifts listlessly obviously not listening. He realized she was comfortably lying back on the couch eyes closed and slightly smiling. Camera moves off her face to brighter blank wall.../

LOCATION 1: Chinese Garden Field

From sky down, we see that he removes his blindfold. He smiles from view behind her. She smiles from view behind him. Camera moves behind her head and into the darkness of the hair, follow up darkness of the next scene.../

Dark furniture due to setting sun, camera pans to window, the sky should be a deep purple against the red setting sun./

We see a closeness of the two people, a sense of comfort from being together that evening. Maybe how skins of both of them in one frame at many parts./

We see his face looking out at a distant. A slight satisfaction and comfort can be seen from him. Probably from a level ground birds eye view./

In view of his back, we see him look out of the window. Camera pans to window and light brightens out everything, bringing us to the illusion.../

LOCATION 1: Chinese Garden Field

Field shots/

The two walked away from the camera, to make movements more natural, girl runs and looks back at him smiling, playfully. He walks on, she runs back to pull his hand. Camera focuses onto the near grass patch. Blindfolds lay on the grass. Camera goes on filming till they walk off. Credits roll./

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