Background noise/opening soundtrack

“Jordan Williams, please come to Doctor Fletcher’s office.”

Jordan’s deep breathing

Background talking between Jordan and the doctor.

Chairs moving around. General greetings between the 3 people.

“Good morning Jordan, how have you been feeling?”

PRODUCTION SCRIPTWorking Title: Prognosis Date: 22/04/2016

C/U shifting focus shot of Jordan’s leg jiggling nervously.

C/U Jordan’s nervous face sitting in a hospital waiting room.

M/S Two shot of Jordan and his father sitting together in the waiting room.

C/U Jordan looks up to the speaker as it calls his name.

Two shot of Jordan looking over at his father.

M/S of Jordan taking one last deep breath before getting up.

C/U of Jordan’s father’s concerned face.

OTS Shot looking at Jordan and the doctor in the office doorway. The doctor gestures for the father to come into the room.

C/U reaction shot of Jordan’s father, he gets up and his face exits the frame.

M/S of Jordan and the father entering the office sitting down, and exchanging pleasantries.

OTS shot of the doctor greeting Jordan.

AUDIOVIDEO

“Eh… it’s no worse than last month, but there’s still a bit of blood.

“Ok, now we've had your test results back from last month, and its not looking good I’m afraid.”

“When you first came to us in 2013 we didn’t know what the issue was exactly…”

“…but we do now know that it was an early form of testicular cancer.”

The music builds up and gets louder.“Now unfortunately, over the past couple of years it does appear to have spread…”

“…to both the bowels and the prostate, and it is rather far into its development.”

“Is there anything we can do?”

“The cancer has been there for rather a long time, it has viciously spread and covered…”

“Are you telling me that there’s nothing we can do at all? Is this… is this terminal?”

PRODUCTION SCRIPTWorking Title: Prognosis Date: 22/04/2016

OTS Shot of Jordan.

Dynamic moving OTS shot of the doctor as he explains the situation to Jordan.

Dynamic Two-shot of Jordan and his father looking worried.

C/U of the doctor now focusing his attention to the father.

Two shot of Jordan and the father reacting to the news.

M/S of the doctor talking to the father.

C/U of the father interrupting the doctor.

C/U of the doctor explaining the situation to the father.

OTS shot of the father interrupting the doctor again.

M/S of Jordan. He is zoned out, with a shocked look on his face - unable to speak.

AUDIOVIDEO

“Well… the growth of cancer started rapidly but it’s slowed down slightly now – but the effects are still too severe to reverse. This means we don’t really have a definite answer; it could be anywhere from 6 months to 4 years.”

“There are treatments out there that can slow the growth down, but as…”

“…it has been developing for over 3 years now, the organs it has covered means that any operation is out of the question.”

“Now… we can get some more detailed scans in, then determine a course of medication and possible chemotherapy or radiotherapy, then we may be able to…”

“Thank you… I have to go now.”

The music fades out.“That’s okay, do whatever you have to.”

PRODUCTION SCRIPTWorking Title: Prognosis Date: 22/04/2016

OTS shot of the doctor explaining the life expectancy.

Reaction C/U of the father.

M/S of the doctor running through possible treatments.

OTS shot looking over Jordan’s shoulder at the doctor. It switches focus from the doctor to Jordan in the foreground.

M/S of Jordan.

W/S of the room as Jordan gets up and leaves.

C/U of the doctor looking ashamed and sorry for Jordan.

C/U of Jordan’s father putting his head in his hands.

Fade Out.

AUDIOVIDEO

Soundtrack fades in and start to play.

Soundtrack plays.

Soundtrack plays then fades out.

Jordan lets out a sigh.

Jordan’s loud scream resonates through the house.

Jordan’s scream muffled by the walls of the house.

PRODUCTION SCRIPTWorking Title: Prognosis Date: 22/04/2016

C/U of Jordan walking down the road on his way to school. he’s lost in his own thoughts and his face is just emotionless.

C/U of Jordan in school, in an independent study room, with a couple of friends with him who are chatting to each other. Jordan is sat there, with a blank Word Document in front of him.

C/U of Jordan back at home, sitting in his living room with the TV on in the background. He is staring off into the distance with the same emotionless expression. He gets up and walks out of the shot.

M/S of Jordan entering his bedroom through the door, and falling onto his bed.

C/U of Jordan’s face landing on the pillows.

W/S from above the bed – Jordan rolls over and screams.

M/S Jordan’s father sitting downstairs eating food – he looks up as he hears his son’s muffled screams.

AUDIOVIDEO

Silence.

“Do I tell my friends yet?”

Silence.

Jordan’s friends are talking with each other, about Jordan and his diagnosis.

The talking stops.

“Hey…”

“Um… so… I got some news on Tuesday, I thought-“

PRODUCTION SCRIPTWorking Title: Prognosis Date: 22/04/2016

W/S from above, Jordan lying on his bed. The camera looks down on him as his eyes are red like he has been crying, and he looks drained and upset.

M/S - the next morning as Jordan and his father are eating cereal before they go to school/work respectively.

C/U of Jordan’s father as he contemplates what his son should do.

Fade to Black

Fade In

W/S of Jordan’s friends talking amongst themselves in class. Jordan is not there.

M/S Jordan enters the room.

W/S Jordan walking up to his friends.

C/U Jordan’s friend as he walks past him.

M/S of Jordan sitting down.

M/S reaction shot of his friends.

C/U of Jordan.

AUDIOVIDEO

“It’s OK. We know.”

“Oh…”

“Who told you?”

“There was an announcement for our year group this morning. Teacher said your Dad called the school.”

“Oh, okay… I would have told you guys earlier, it’s just…”

“…such a big thing, I didn’t know how to say it…”

It’s alright, I understand. We’re always here if you need us.”

“Yeah, that’s the thing, um…”

“We talked to the headteacher this morning, and…”

“This is my last day. I’m not… doing any lessons today,”

I’ve just been told to come in and tell you guys this is it.”

PRODUCTION SCRIPTWorking Title: Prognosis Date: 22/04/2016

C/U Friend #2 replying to Jordan.

M/S of all of the friends looking at Jordan.

M/S of Jordan.

Dynamic moving OTS shot of Jordan’s friend.

Close-up of Jordan.

M/S reaction shot of Jordan’s friends.

C/U of Friend #2.

C/U of Jordan. He looks down awkwardly at the floor.

C/U Various Reaction shots of Jordan’s friends.

M/S of Jordan looking back up at his friends.

Jordan looks awkwardly up to the ceiling.

M/S of Jordan’s friends.

AUDIOVIDEO

The soundtrack fades in slowly.

“So you’re not coming back after today? That’s it?”

“…Yeah.”

The soundtrack continues playing.

PRODUCTION SCRIPTWorking Title: Prognosis Date: 22/04/2016

M/S of all of Jordan’s friends, looking shocked. Cut to individual close-ups exchanging sad looks.

C/U of Friend #1

W/S of all the people in the room.

Fade Out

Fade In

W/S of Jordan leaving the school entrance. The camera slowly pans up to view the building as Jordan looks up at it also.

W/S of Jordan’s friends looking devastated. The camera moves slowly away from them.

C/U of Jordan’s bag hitting the floor outside the school as he drops it.

W/S Jordan walking off into the distance, down the road.

CUT TO BLACK

AUDIOVIDEO