Forgetting

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Forgotten

Short film
by Olivia crook
Scene 1
Int. living room - Afternoon

Peter in the kitchen making himself a cup of tea, whilst donna is sat at the
table reading the paper.

Mum looks at watch to check time then back at grandad

Peter walks over to the arm chair, sits down and begins to watch tv

Knock at the door

Mum gets up to answer door

Dr smith
Hi Ms. Crook

Donna
Hi, come on in

Dr smith enters the house

Donna and Dr smith walk over to kitchen counter

Dr smith begins to take file out of bag and put them on the counter

Donna
Would you like a cup of tea?

Dr smith
Yes please, white with no sugar thanks.

Donna continues to make a cup of tea

Donna continues to stand the other side of the kitchen counter as Dr smith
begins talking

Dr smith
So after his recent fall you know we carried out some tests and the results
have come back, there aren’t any major concerns however its come to light
that he has signifiers that suggest he is in the early stages of vascular
dementia

Donna
Okayy so what does that mean
 Dr smith
Well we will need to carry out a couple more test so see how far his diagnosis
is but …

Talking fades out and music fades in

Scene 2
Int. bedroom, Livingroom & kitchen – morning/afternoon

Montage approx. 45 seconds

Peter forgets what day it, he goes to look at the paper so see what the date
says but still looks confused, so goes and looks at the calendar and realizes
that it’s a Monday rather than a Wednesday

Peter is making his bed and finds tooth brush or wallet under his pillow but
doesn’t remember putting it there.
He looks confused then walks away.

peter goes to make a cup of tea, after putting the water in he stops as he
forgot what to do next he looks around opens one cupboard then
remembers and gets the milk out the fridge

scene 3
int. living room – evening

Donna is drinking a glass of wine whilst sat on the sofa by herself.

She looks worried and tired.
She looks down at a big pile of paper work that is to do with her dad, care
homes and dementia.
After looking at the paper work she downs her wine and pours another glass.

scene 4
int. kitchen – afternoon/evening

peter is in the kitchen making his dinner, he puts it in the microwave but
forgot how to work it so puts the time on for 30-40 mins.
Peter then leaves the kitchen and walks to the bedroom lays down for a nap.

Donna walking up the path, knocks on door but no answer so she uses the
keys to open it instead.

Donna walks into a Smokey room, worried and confused.

She walks over to the microwave and pulls out a burned dinner
She is shouting for peter but no answer
She walks into his bedroom to find him asleep on his bed.
Scene 5
Int. living room – evening

Peter is sat in his arm chair watching the tv

Donna is sat at the table on her phone preparing to make a phone call

Donna puts the phone up to her ear and continues to make a phone call

Sound of phone waiting to connect

Donna
Hi Olivia, you won’t believe what grandad has done today.

Olivia voice
Oh, god what happened

Donna
So, I came around to see how he was doing and he had left his food in the
oven and then went to sleep.

Olivia voice
Oh no, is he okay?

Donna
Yeah, he’s fine but I think I’m going to have call Dr smith after this because
we can’t have this happening again

Olivia voice
Okay well I think that’s a good Idea. Also, I should be coming home to visit in
2 weeks as I will be to date on uni work

Talking fades out

Music fades in

Donna continues to talk on the phone

Scene 6
Int. hallway – morning

Donna walks into the hallway and picks up the post of the floor.
She is flicking through the mail and sees a letter addressed from the drs
surgery.
She places the rest of the mail on the shelf.
She sits down on the stairs and opens the letter.
 Voice of Dr smith
Dear ms crook, regarding our recent discussion about putting in place a level
of care for your father peter. I was able to get in contact with the oxfordshire
careers and put together a care plan which will begin on Monday 20th May
2019. The plan will consist of a part time career who will go and care for peter
two times a day once in the morning then once in the evening 5 days a
week.

As donna reads the letter she smiles slightly as this letter brings good news

Scene 7
Ext. pathway – lunchtime

Donna and Olivia walking up the pathway to peters house.

Olivia
So how long have the careers been coming for?

Donna
About a week now and I think it’s going well, dad seems to get on well with
them

Olivia
Okay that’s good

Donna
Yeah it gives me back a lot more of my time which means I’ve been able to
pick up more hours at work

Donna and Olivia walk up to peters door

Olivia knocks on door
Donna knocks on window

Donna
Here he comes

Peter answers the door

Peter, donna, Olivia

Hey

Scene 8
Int. peters house – morning

Donna knocks on door

Peter is in bed
Donna knocks again but there is no answer
She waits a couple seconds then decides to use the spare key to open
She opens the door and walks in to find the house looking unorganized
She looks around to not see peter in his chair where he would usually be.
She walks through into the bedroom to see peter still in bed / just getting
dressed without the help of a carer

Donna
Hey dad, are you okay? What are you still doing in here it 11:30 in the
morning? Haven’t the carers been to get you out of bed?

Peter continues to get himself ready and doesn’t respond to the questions

Once dressed peter walks through into the living room

Donna is already sat at the table
Peter goes and makes a cup of tea

Peter
Would you like a cup of tea?

Donna
Yeah go on then?

Peter continues to make a cup of tea.

He goes to get the cups but forgets where they are so looks through several
cupboards to find where they are, eventually he finds them.
He is slow with making the tea as he can’t fully remember what he’s doing.

Once finished making the tea he sits down in his chair

Donna
So, how are you?

Peter
What do you want? Why are you here?

Donna
What do you mean? It’s me donna

Peter
No, you one of them from the hospital?

Donna
No dad it’s your daughter donna

Peter
No donnas not coming around till lunch time and I’ve just got up so you can’t
be her

Donna begins to look upset but tries to stay strong and not get upset by it

Donna tries to change the subject

They continue to talk

Music fades in talking fades out

Scene 9
Int. living room/ bedroom – night time

Donna sat in bed on her laptop on the phone to her daughter

Olivia’s voice
How’s grandad doing, I know I haven’t been back in a couple of months

Donna
To be honest, he’s not doing great. I was round there the other day the place
was a mess.

Olivia’s voice
Hmm

Donna
I know I don’t go around as much but it looks like the careers aren’t even
bothering anymore its awful. He also didn’t recognize who I was, he thought I
was one of the careers

Olivia’s voice
Ohh it sounds like he’s got a lot worse over the past couple of months. Have
you spoken to the careers cause surely that’s not okay to leave it in that
state?

Donna
I tried calling but there was no answer so I sent an email.

Olivia’s voice
Okay good

Donna
I just don’t know what to do anymore I thought the careers was a good
option but seeing the state he was in the other day broke my heart
 Olivia’s voice
Maybe it’s just a blip and he’ll start to perk up on a couple of days

Donna
Idk maybe its time to start thinking of long term options

Olivia’s voice
What do you mean by long term options

Donna
You know what I mean and I never thought I would be considering this but
we have to do what’s best and safer for him

Olivia’s voice
Care home? Are you sure that what you think will be best?

Donna
We’ve tried everything else and nothing seems to be working

Olivia’s voice
Hmm I guess

Donna
It’s just an option nothings for definite yet

Olivia’s voice
Okay well I’ve got to go but I’ll call you tomorrow okay

Donna
Okay speak to you tomorrow, night

Olivia’s voice
Night

Donna hangs up phone and places it on bed side table

Donna opens laptop and starts doing research into care homes