INT.

SPACIOUS BEDROOM - LUXURY CONDO - MORNING

ALICE sleeps. Her eyes closed peacefully. Her brown pixie

cut and porcelain skin rest on a plush pillow.

AD (O.S.)
5 AM call-time. 5 AM call-time.
5 AM call-time. 5 AM call-time.

Startled from her slumber, Alice's eyes pop open.

AD hovers over the bed with her long, platinum pigtails.

She taps her watch like a human alarm clock.

AD
5 AM call-time. 5 AM call-time.

Alice springs off the plush mattress. AD immediately stops

her repetitive chant.

Silence for a moment as a disoriented Alice peers around the

strange bedroom.

AD
Let's not be late, Director.

AD gently nudges Alice to the other side of the room where

GRIP and GAFFER struggle to turn on a simple desk lamp.

Both Grip and Gaffer wear matching thick-rimmed glasses,

suspenders, bow-ties, and tool-belts filled with gadgets and
gizmos like silver tape, clothes pins and sharpie markers.

Alice gently points to the desk lamp's on-switch.

Together Grip and Gaffer flick the switch. Eureka. The

light shines. They share high-fives.

They both turn to Alice for a high five. Alice politely

obliges. Grip and Gaffer appear very pleased with themselves.

AD opens the director's chair and places it down.

As Alice is about to sit down, AD folds up the chair, grabs

Alice's hand and drags her over to the closet.

AD
Time is of the essence, Director.

Alice stumbles into a grand walk-in closet.

INT. WALK-IN CLOSET - CONTINUOUS

AD opens the director's chair; places it down.

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Before Alice can sit, WARDROBE greets Alice with his trade-
mark large grin. He pulls Alice deeper into the closet.

He grandly displays the director's outfit to Alice:

White and blue baseball cap. White and blue t-shirt. Jeans.

With a wave of Wardrobe's hands, Alice is now suddenly wearing

the director's outfit.

Wardrobe spins Alice around towards the large mirror.

WARDROBE
Check yourself out. Look in the glass
and dazzle me with your big smile.

Wardrobe flashes his large pearly smile. A disoriented Alice,

manages a smirk back.

WARDROBE
You are really going places, lady.

Like a flash, Wardrobe disappears deeper into the closet.

Before Alice can sit in the director's chair, AD grabs Alice

and whooshes her out to the beautiful kitchen.

INT. KITCHEN/LIVING ROOM - CONTINUOUS

Displayed on the granite counter are piles and piles of

bagels, muffins, fruit, coffee, juice, & water bottles.

A sign reads "Craft Services: Eat me. Drink me."

AD piles a bunch of food items into Alice's arms. AD nudges

Alice towards the dining room table.

AD steers Alice to sit in the empty chair in between twenty-

something ACTOR and ACTRESS who eat their breakfast silently.

Alice politely extends her hand and opens her mouth to

introduce herself. But before Alice lets out a peep, Actress
smashes her tea cup against the wall.

ACTRESS
I can't take this anymore, Matty.

ACTOR
You can't take it, Haddie? You're
the one who makes me so steaming...
so steaming...

ACTRESS
Mad? Is that the word your searching
for? Maaddddd!?
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Actress rises to her feet. Actor stands up tall.

Alice is physically caught in the middle of this warring

couple. They argue as if Alice is not even there.

ACTOR
Don't condescend to me like that.
You make me crazy, Haddie.

ACTRESS
You got there all by yourself, Matty.
I can't. I just can't even.

Actress storms out. Actor crumbles into a ball of tears.

Alice awkwardly comforts sobbing Actor with a pat on the

back. Actress saunters back in with a newly chill-vibe.

Both Actor and Actress turn to Alice with wide hopeful eyes.

ACTRESS
(simultaneously)
Was that okay?

ACTOR
(simultaneously)
How was I?

Alice ponders the question; opens her mouth to respond, but -

ACTRESS
I so felt my motivation that time.

ACTOR
Yeah. I felt it too. Intense.

ACTRESS
Thanks for being there for me. It
really allows me to be fully present.

ACTOR
No. No. No. Thank you. Acting is
all about reacting. My performance
would be nothing without you.

Actor and Actress stare deeply into each other's eyes as if

Alice has disappeared.

ACTRESS
You really feel that way?

ACTOR
Yeah. Making eye contact with you
is all I need to... to...
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ACTRESS
(simultaneously)
Feel the moment.

ACTOR
(simultaneously)
Remember my lines.

Both Actress and Actor whip out their scripts from nowhere.

ACTRESS
(to Alice)
We're not completely off book yet.

ACTOR
(to Alice)
We need a couple minutes to... to...

ACTRESS
Run lines.

Before Alice responds, the duo disappears into the bedroom.

Alice raises a blueberry muffin to her mouth. But before

she takes a bite, AD drags Alice along.

AD
(pointing to her watch)
We don't want to be late.

INT. BATHROOM - Day

AD drags Alice into the marble bathroom.

AD
Time to brush your teeth.

Alice opens the medicine cabinet; grabs toothpaste and a

tooth brush. Alice closes the medicine cabinet. Through
the reflection of the cabinet mirror, Alice sees that AD is
no longer there.

In AD's place is a peculiar threesome of DP, AC & 2ND AC.

The three of them move as if they are a single organism with
many sets of hands. All three wear black gloves, bowler hats
and dark sunglasses. E-cigarettes hang from their mouths.

AC operates the camera. 2nd AC holds a reflector board which

keeps getting bounced into Alice's eyes.

DP
(to Alice)
Keep going. I like to light while
the scene action is occurring.
(MORE)
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DP (CONT'D)
(to AC)
Move the camera a tad to the left.
(to 2nd AC)
Shift the reflector up three tads.

AC
But now the camera's visible in the
mirror.

DP
This mirror shot is essential to my
vision. I mean Director's vision.
Isn't that right, Director?

Alice suddenly realizes DP is referring to her as director.

With a mouth full of toothpaste, she spits. As Alice is
about to answer, AD yanks Alice away.

AD
I have to crack the whip. We're
falling behind. We're losing light.
The sun is setting on us, Director.

Wardrobe and his flashy smile suddenly appears out of nowhere.

He tares off Alice's outer clothes revealing a stunning blue
and white cocktail dress underneath.

INT. KITCHEN/ LIVING ROOM - CONTINUOUS

AD leads Alice back into the kitchen/ living room, where the
exact same space is now a setting for a cock-tail party and
it's somehow nighttime outside.

(NOTE: We can shoot this using the same three actors wearing
various wigs. This will make the scene even more surreal AND
keep us under the 7 cast member limit. The actors who play
Grip, Gaffer and Wardrobe will play DP, AC and 2nd AC
respectively. Also please note "Alice in Wonderland" is in
the public domain and therefore can be referenced freely.)

In cocktail attire, Actress and Actor sit at the dining table.

AD places the director's chair down next to the camera.

Alice moves to sit in the director's chair, but AD guides

Alice right in between Actor and Actress at the dining table.

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
I love that you're making a cameo in
your own movie. That's very
Hitchcock/ Tarantino of you. As you
requested, I'll call 'action.'

DP rolls camera.
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ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Action!

Actor and Actress suddenly animate.

ACTOR
(turns to Alice)
So we're at the point where we think
it's for the best.

ACTRESS
(turns to Alice)
What do you think?

All eyes are on Alice waiting for her reply.

Alice freezes in a panicked state.

The silence grows uncomfortable as the entire crew waits.

Alice struggles. She doesn't know the line.

EVIL HEARTLESS ALICE (O.S.)

Cut. Cut. Cut. Cut. Cut. Cut.

Alice looks up to see the source of this authoritative booming

voice. The crew parts revealing a shadowy figure sitting in
the director's chair.

Rising like thick black smoke out of the director's chair is

EVIL HEARTLESS ALICE, an exact duplicate of Alice, except
this version of Alice is dressed in black with one blood-red
heart on her shirt, dark red lipstick and a ruby royal crown.

Alice is disturbed to see her evil duplicate before her eyes.

Evil Heartless Alice's sinister voice is definitely not the
same as Alice's real voice. A very bad, brash British accent
pours out when Evil Heartless Alice opens her mouth.

EVIL HEARTLESS ALICE

Do I need to make some heads roll?

Alice quickly shakes her head "no."

EVIL HEARTLESS ALICE

It's not that difficult, lunkhead.
(clenched smile)
What is your problem?

Alice shrugs her shoulders.

EVIL HEARTLESS ALICE

Everything's alright then. Is that
correct, dunderhead?
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Alice vigorously nods her head.

EVIL HEARTLESS ALICE (CONT'D)

Marvelous. That's what I like to
hear. Any lamebrain, numskull can do
this. After all, you're supposed to
be one of the smart ones.
(beat)
Pep talk over. You're line is
simply...

Evil Heartless Alice whips out the script. The text moves
forward, grows blurrier until it's completely out-of-focus.

BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP

Alice can't hear Evil Heartless Alice over the loud BEEPS.
Alice leans in as Evil Heartless Alice appears to be
enunciating the words slowly. Poor Alice can only hear -

BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP

INT. ALICE'S TINY BROOKLYN BEDROOM - MORNING

Alice slowly opens her eyes. She chuckles as she orients

herself to her familiar tiny and very plain bedroom.

BEEP BEEP BEEP

Her smartphone reads 4:00 AM. Alice taps off the alarm.
She flicks on her lamp.

She grabs the call sheet on her night stand which reads:
"Call Time - 5:00 AM"

INT. ALICE'S TINY BROOKLYN APARTMENT - LATER

Bundled in her coat and backpack, Alice opens her apartment

door. Her phone RINGS. Alice answers.

It's the A.D. on a Face-time call.

A.D.
It's your ever present A.D. First
day's setup is going surprisingly
smoothly. How are you feeling?

Alice finally speaks.

ALICE
I'm feeling ready.

A confident Alice exits her little Brooklyn apartment.

END.