SCENE THREE:
CUT TO:
EXT. DEVON SCHOOL PARKING LOT - DAY
VEGAS YAMADA, a Japanese teen with green hair is kneeling on the sidewalk, trying to pick up her things that are scattered across the ground as a car with WILL SCHMIDT inside drives away.
FLASHBACK:
VEGAS is watching the opening scene of a TV show on a laptop. Just as the theme song comes on, we hear WILL SCHMIDT, the abusive stepfather of VEGAS YAMADA.
WILL:
Vegas! Vegas get down here!
VEGAS groans and trudges down the stairs. The camera follows VEGAS into the light of the kitchen, where her mother, SOPHIA YAMADA, a worn-down woman with numerous wrinkles from stress, and WILL SCHMIDT sit. The camera focuses on the two parents but is INTERCUTTING between who is talking.
WILL:
Sit, Vegas. (BEAT as she sits
Down.) You know, I'm sick of
All your lies. First your hair
And now these pills for your
So-called depression? I'm not
Buying it. (holds up hand, stopping
VEGAS) You need some reform.
SOPHIA:
Will, I mean we, want to send
You to boarding school.
VEGAS:
But that's not fair! I've
Finally made friends here
And now you're taking them away from me?
WILL:
(interrupting) Friends that are
A bad influence on you.
VEGAS:
But- (cuts off)
The camera cuts to VEGAS' fist as she clenches it. Cut back to VEGAS.
VEGAS:
Fine.
WILL:
(smiles maliciously) Good.
We'll leave in a week.
SCENE FOUR: (CUT TO)
INT. DEVON SCHOOL OFFICE - DAY
PRINCIPAL:
Hello, where are your-
VEGAS:
(interrupting) Not here.
PRINCIPAL:
I see. Well, Jamon here
Will show you around the school.
JAMON walks back through the door.
JAMON:
Another one, teach? What's your
name , sweetheart?
VEGAS:
(mumbles) Not sweetheart...
JAMON smiles, hearing VEGAS' remark. VEGAS blushes.
VEGAS:
My name is Vegas.
JAMON:
What do you think of the name
Vega? (before she can answer)
Alright Vega. Let me show you
The horrors- I mean wonders
Of this place.
SCENE FIVE:
CUT TO:
INT. EVA AND VEGAS' DORM - DAY
VEGAS is standing in the doorway with her suitcase. EVA and her father, CHANCE, are hugging.
VEGAS:
(hesitant) Am I... interrupting something?
EVA:
(pulling away) No,we were just saying
Goodbye.
EVA waves as her father leaves. VEGAS sets her suitcase down on the bed. EVA looks around, feeling awkward.
VEGAS:
So uh... what's your name?
EVA:
I'm Eva Waren. What's yours?
VEGAS:
(clearly feeling awkward) Vegas Yamada.
EVA:
As in Las Vegas?
VEGAS:
Yes, as in Las Vegas. Don't bother
Asking questions. I get them all the time.
Did your parents have a gambling problem?
What's your real name?
EVA giggles and VEGAS is clearly surprised by this.
EVA:
I get questions all the time, too.
About my chair, I mean.
The girls are silent, not having much to say. The door swings open to reveal JAMON.
JAMON:
It's dinnertime, by the way.
YOU ARE READING
Visionary - A Screenplay
Science FictionEva, Vegas, and Jamon all have different backgrounds and different stories. Eva, a girl born with a medical problem that cost her the use of her legs, is wondering why her mother, now deceased wanted to send her to this dump. She was a good girl he...
