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"Broken" Shooting Script

EXT. PARKING LOT - NIGHT
NATHAN, 20, lies on his back and breathes heavily.
A car in the background drives away. A bike sits on the ground, wheel spinning.
He tries to get up, but can't.
WHITE FLASH TO:
EXT. LIBRARY - DAY
Nathan sits in a chair and reads a book.
He looks over his book and sees TAYLOR, 19.
Taylor sees him and she smiles at him.
Nathan smiles back.
WHITE FLASH TO:
EXT. PARKING LOT - NIGHT
Nathan turns his head.
He sees his phone in the distance.
He struggles to turn over and starts to crawl towards it.
WHITE FLASH TO:
EXT. PARK - DAY
Nathan and Taylor sit at a park bench and laugh.
They take a selfie.
WHITE FLASH TO:
EXT. PARKING LOT
Nathan continues to struggles.
He is a little more than a foot away from the phone.
WHITE FLASH TO:
INT. NATHAN'S DORM - NIGHT
Nathan and Taylor sit in chairs, light from a TV screen illuminates them. They eat some popcorn.
WHITE FLASH TO:
EXT. PARKING LOT - NIGHT
Nathan is less than a foot away from his phone.
His fingers barely touch the edge of it.
WHITE FLASH TO:
INT. NATHAN'S DORM - NIGHT
Taylor yells at Nathan. Dialogue is overlapped and unclear.
Nathan yells something back.
Taylor leaves the room and slams the door behind her.
WHITE FLASH TO:
EXT. PARKING LOT - NIGHT
Nathan turns on his phone.
The wallpaper is a selfie of him and Taylor.
Nathan sighs.
The phone's battery dies.
Nathan falls unconscious and drops his phone. Someone, in the distance, is running up to him.
WHITE FLASH TO:
EXT. PARK - NIGHT
Nathan rides his bike and comes to a stop.
He sees Taylor and SOME OTHER GUY making kissy faces with each other.
Nathan starts to get emotional, turns around, and rides off.
WHITE FLASH TO:
EXT. PARKING LOT - NIGHT
Nathan enters the parking lot.
A car pulls in, faster than it should.
Nathan attempts to cross a parking lot lane.
POV of the car as it heads towards Nathan.
SMASH WHITE FLASH TO:
EXT. PARKING LOT - NIGHT
NATHAN POV as he wakes up, out of focus, seeing LUCY's shoes.
Lucy
Yeah, he's still breathing. Just... Just come quick. Wait... I think he's waking up. Hey!
Nathan turns his head to look up at Lucy. She kneels down to him and his vision clears.
LUCY (CONT'D)
Hey, are you okay?
CUT TO BLACK.
END

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