Prelim Task Script- "The conversation."

These were my groups initial ideas :')

Person 1: [walks through the door, walks towards person 2]
Person 2: [stares at person 1]
Person 1: [stares at person 2]
Person 2: Hey...
Person 1: Hi...
Person 2: So... [looks around the room]
Person 1: So... [looks at their nails]
Person 2: Seen the weather lately?
Person 1: Nope.
Person 2: Oh, okay.
Person 1: Umm, yeah.. What you been up to then?
Person 2: Not much. [looks at their phone]
Person 1: Yeah, me neither.
Person 2: [walks out the door on phone]


My group and I spent some time discussing the theme of our script, we wanted to do something that would keep the audience focused on the video throughout it. However, we felt restricted because we were told to avoid a humorous script as it would be difficult to pull off. An initial idea we had was to have it classical using top hats and suits but we soon realised that this idea was unrealistic because we didn't have any access to these sorts of props. So in the end we decided to have a script with an awkward feel to it that was based in school, there are two characters having a chat but one character isn't interested in talking to the other, they're evading an in depth conversation and this is making the atmosphere between the characters awkward. There's a lot of pauses as neither of the characters know what to say next, they're just staring awkwardly at each-other and the surroundings. We have carefully considered the mise-en-scene within our prelim task, the location for our scene is a empty classroom, one character is sitting on their own and the other character walks in and walks towards the character that's sitting on their own. They then start the conversation but person 2 isn't taking a lot of notice, person 2 asks a question to avoid the awkwardness but it doesn't work so they just give up and in the end, they leave the room.