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Running head: SCREENPLAY

SCREENPLAY

Screenplay

Zihan Wang

Opening Scene

World

Noise! Whisper! Gossips! Noise! Whisper! Gossips! Everywhere! People are carelessly running aimlessly and there is an uncertainty in the air. Some people seems nervous and their hearts are filled with anxiety while children started crying due to fear.

Location: Illinois church

Character: All are dressed smartly. Characters seems confused, it seems like every person is a suspect. People are still watching towards the stage, looking at groom and trying to figure out the situation through her expressions. Despite the tension in the settings, some ladies have bright eyes though very silent. Men are in black suits with brown pair of shoes and grey ties.

Jane; former wife

Jackson; groom

Faith; bride

Engaging the audience

People are gathered outside of the church to attend a wedding ceremony. The environment is very green and looks well maintained due to short grass which has been watered as per demand in less than 3 hours ago. Its freezing cold weather but no one paid attention to it as there are tensions and ambiguity in the scenario. Everyone can easily hear sweet wedding melodies but songs don’t make any sense because everybody is anxious about the situation like what’s really going on.

Conflict

A lady with average cloths approached towards stage with her four children and wiped her tears with her hands and screamed how you can re-marry after 10 year after leaving me? I can’t allow you to do that. She has started cursing her husband and point out his treatment regarding her and her children. Her children had to leave their school as his father did not pay their school fees. Some ladies are in shock and in their heart of hearts they are shedding tears for the victim. The best couple heard saying, “but he said he was not married”. There is a lot uncertainty, hatred and confusion is prevailing in the wedding ceremony. Audience is divided into two groups one is supporting the lady with her four kids and another group is supporting the groom bride who is about to start her new life.

Character;

Best couple; Mary and Paul

4 kids; Jessica, Antonio, Bianca and Jacob

Ladies in wedding dress; Carol, Grace, Tim, Mercy, Ann, Rose and Beth

Hue & Cry

Lady gathered around stage along her children and started cursing his husband for his selfish nature that has hurt her emotionally. Bride denied all the allegations and claimed it a fake drama just to save his face. Groom bride asked the lady to move away from the church after his new husband claims. The pleasant wedding ceremony turned into horrific wedding ceremony. There was a hue and cry in the church and all the attendant were making assumptions and were shocked due to lady claim.

Character;

Bride, Groom, lady, Children

Pop entry

After watching this drama, Pop stepped into the scene and asked people to keep silence just to probe this matter. Pop asked from lady about a proof to support his claim and lady pointed her hand towards his children. Pop asked her to come up with more proof as this is very unhealthy proof. Lady showed some pictures with bride as well as family pictures. Pop turned towards bride and ask him about the confirmation of the pictures. Bride denied all the allegations and said he met with this lady at shopping mall and helped her in choosing her husband shirt.

Character:

Groom, lady, Pop, Children, crowd

Bride called the lady mentally unstable

Bride twisted the situation and labeled the lady“Mentally unstable women” and denied all the allegations. The crowd went crazy and started laughing about the whole drama. The lady again started crying and went away from the church along her children. Bride was now comfortable after her exit from church and excused for this inappropriate incident that just happened. The church environment was much more relaxed and turned to table.

Character:

Bride, crowd, lady

Pop asked to start the ceremony

The pop immediately asked to start the wedding ceremony as they are already running out of time. The audience was settled and everyone was happy. The bride was still asking groom to believe in him and regarded the whole incident as unfortunate. Pop made announcement again and asked the couple to move forward so he can start the ceremony.

Character:

Bride, Groom, Pop, Crowd

Wedding night

Groom bride was dressed up and sitting in bed and waiting for his husband to come. She got a call from an unknown number. She was shocked to see that call at midnight. She didn’t answer but her phone was ringing again and again. In the mid while her husband stepped into room. Both shared their gratitude and wish to spend good life together with each other support. Bride groom once again asked from her husband about his connection with the lady who just ruined their massages and left with so many question on her mind. He promised that he didn’t have any connection with the lady and denied all her claims.

Character:

Bride, Groom

Next day

Text from unknown number in morning

Bride got up early in the morning and checked her mobile and she was shocked to learn that she received dozens of missed calls from an unknown number. She also received a massage from an unknown number. Her mind was occupied with so many things and she was totally out of mind. At last, by showing some courage she opened that massage. The massage was from that lady who runs onto her husband on her wedding day. She was quite upset like why she’s still following. She was surprised when she opened her massage and start reading the long massage. She stated that his husband isn’t normal human being but a Dracula who marry with young girls and after eleven weeks he kills just for the sake of young blood. She also clarified that she’s not his wife but elder sister of his wife who died after eleven weeks. She also apologized for bumping into her on her special day and ruined it but just with an aim to save for life by exposing by his husband. She also hinted that your husband might take you to a trip to his homeland, his ancestor home, where he will murder you and will drink your blood. The massage was so long that she takes five minutes to read this massage. She asked her to meet in private so she can bring some proof.

Character:

Bride

Bride reaction

She started laughing after reading the massage. She even laughed so hard that his husband woke up and asked the reason but she did not say anything. In her heart of heart she hated herself because at one point she starts believing lady’ allegations are true. She hugged her husband and fell on it. His husband kissed on forehead.

Character:

Bride, groom

Eleventh weeks

Faith in home

Jackson came home from her office, opened the door and she saw that his husband “Jackson” is laying on bed. She was surprised to see him early because he comes home late usually at dawn. According to Jackson, he’s journalist and works in a newspaper. Due to the nature of his job he spends nights in his office as newspaper prints at midnight. That was the first time in the whole duration of their marriage that he came early. She asked about his health and he showed thumbs up without speaking. She put her bag in closet and come near to her husband. Faith eyes were slightly red and he seemed as he’s exhausted. Later on she figures out that his husband didn’t go to office. She was shocked to learn that he did not go office because he never took a day off from his office and spend every night in office and spend whole day in his room. Throughout time of their relationship she never questioned his nature of job and never questioned anything that is directly or indirectly linked to his husband. She trusted him so blindly after the text from that unknown lady.

Character:

Bride, Bride groom

Random Trip plan

She asked her husband about the reason of staying home. His reply was not less than any kind of shock for Jackson. Faith asked Jackson to pack up as they are going on a trip to his old home where he belongs to. He showed Jackson two air tickets as a proof. She was so happy to learn about the trip to Rome. After a moment, a thought came into her mind about the health of her husband. She insisted to postpone the trip as Faith was not alright even though he said before. With red blooded eyes, her husband replied aggressively and asked her to pack up. She was stunned because her husband never behaved before even though in their pre marriage relationship.

Characters:

Jackson, faith

Packing and discussion

Jackson was standing near to closet and anxiously watching his clothes. Faith’s mind was occupied with so many random thoughts and was sat on the sofa. She didn’t want to think about so many random questions but she was unable to control her thoughts. She got up and hugged Jackson from behind with the aim to cool down the situation through love and suddenly she realized that Jackson body is so warm. She chooses to respond rather than show love. She anxiously asked about Jackson’s weird cold behavior in low voice and showed her concern. Jackson’s response made faith silent. Jackson told him about the death of his mother that passed right year before and now he’s badly missing his mother and wants to revisit his old house as well as old streets just to feel happy. Faith tapped on his husband back and told him she is about to do her mandatory protocols to take one week off and left the room.

Characters:

Jackson, faith

Airport & Road voyage

After taking four hours flight both are reached to Rome, Italy. They took a cab and move towards their destination. After watching Jackson miserable condition he asked about his health even suggested him to go to hospital but Jackson said he couldn’t sleep from 2 days that’s why his eyes are red. Moving towards his home Jackson started telling about his homeland. A place where his heart belongs to, a place where he spent his childhood days, a place where he enjoyed the rains, a place where he grown up. He told faith every detail of this land in low voice. Jackson seemed as he’s about to die or really crave for something. Faith was so much in love with Jackson that she did not raise any question about anything just listened every detail of Jackson’s life.

Characters:

Jackson, faith, Driver

Jackson’s house

Driver dropped them at their house after 2 hours and left them at the front door. Faith’s excitement comes to an end when she saw Jackson house because it was not an attractive but seems a spooky place. A very big house just with one room was lighted up. The house was so alienated from the colony and its one wall was linked to the cemetery. As she stepped into the house an old week man welcomed Jackson’s and Faith. He passed a weird smile to faith and she immediately grabbed Jackson’s hand. Jackson’s introduced the old man as the oldest servant of this Villa and gave a short intro about their old servant. Servant picked up their luggage and walked forward so he can show the way.

Characters:

Jackson, faith, servant

Climax

After such long voyage both were in their room, silently relaxing on the bed. The servant come to the room and asked about the dinner like when and where to serve. Jackson’s asked from Faith and she said to wait for half an hour so she can take shower. After saying this she moves to washroom along with her new clothes. She was about to take off her clothes her mobile phone rang. She takes out her phone from his pocket and she was shocked to see a new massage from that unknown lady who warned her about her husband. She reminded her about her safety as today’s night can be her last night as today’s night has blood moon in it. She also gives her a hint about his red eyes. She was at her knees, terrified, anxious, with shattered soul and started thinking every minor detail of that trip and every incident that just happened today. She couldn’t believe that she was being trapped by Jackson and realized that the lady who claimed to be the first wife of Jackson was right. Her mind was out of control as she happened to be so stupid women who just latterly believed everything related to Jackson.

Characters:

Jackson, faith, servant

Reality check

She collected her shattered soul, broken heart, stepped out of washroom and start chasing Jackson with a little hope that maybe everything that she just happened can be merely poisonous thought. Jackson was not in room and she starts checking into different rooms. Before checking different rooms she was giving herself fake hopes but after visiting one room she realized that everything is true. Her mind was divided into fear and bravery. As she moved towards another room, she realized that someone is talking to someone. She comes closer to the room just to hear more clearly conversation. She heard Jackson was on his knees and his servant was tapping on his back as a gesture of “wonderful-job”. It seems as both roles were exchanged, servant was basically the master of black magic and Jackson was a Dracula. Faith listening every word of their conversation, she concluded that both hunt together. Jackson drinks blood while black magic master eat flesh. She silently moved towards her room and pick up her necessary belongings, move towards downstairs and start running in opposite direction in dark roads just to save her life. After covering some miles she saw a car is coming into her direction. On the other hand, Jackson moves towards his room after conversation with his servant who was a master of black magic in fact. He sat on bed and start waiting for his wife to come from washroom.

Characters:

Jackson, faith, servant

End Scene

Jackson called Faith’s name to come out as he was anxiously waiting for her then finally start banging the door. As soon as he hit on the door, the door opened itself. Jackson was screaming in the room and was shouting her name in his home. On the other hand, car stopped near to faith and the same driver came out who dropped them before. He returned faith’s bag as she left in the car trunk. He was about to say good-bye but then he looked at Faith terrified face and asked about the reason of standing in the middle of the road. Faith opened the door of the car and sits on first seat and asked the driver to drop her at airport. Jackson watched the whole scene through his room window and start beating himself as his plan went into dust.

Characters:

Jackson, faith, Driver