One in a Million

(Altered)

Written by: Sienna Larney-Badani

INT: Theater

A spotlight focuses on a girl. Her back faces the camera and all we
can see is the silhouette of her body. The camera switches to her
face. She looks dramatically out into the audience and in a second
she switches mood.

KADEN
Okay, are we good?

A man in a lighting booth gives her a thumbs up.

LIGHT GUY
Yeah, thanks.

KADEN
No problem.

The light switches off and it is complete darkness. She walks out of
the building and begins to walk home. On her way there she puts in
headphones and a song begins playing. She arrives and goes to her
room. There is a camera on a tripod in the corner.

She steps in front of the tripod and begins to set it up. She grabs a
script from her desk and glances at it.

KADEN
Adjusts. Okay take 1. Hi my name is Kaden, I’m 16 years old, I’m 5’6
and I’ll be reading for the part of Laura.

KADEN
“Wait, I thought you were supposed to drive him there. If you didn’t,
who did?” Alright, that was just bad.

Cut.

KADEN
“Wait, I thought you were supposed to take..” Take? Drive. Shoot.

Cut.

KADEN

“Wait a minute, I thought you were supposed to drive him there. If

you…” Breaks off into laughter.
Cut.

KADEN
Is this even focused?

Cut.

KADEN
“Wait, I thought you were supposed to drive him there? If you didn’t,
who did?” Not bad.

She shuts off the camera and lays on her bed. She watches an
interview with Jennifer Lawrence saying she never finished high
school. She turns to the other side and falls asleep. The lights shut
off.

CUT TO: A montage

Kaden leaves her classroom during a school day and walks towards the
theater. She lays on the floor and reads scripts.

KADEN
Hello. My name is Kaden, I’m 17 years old, I’m 5’6, and I’ll be
reading for the part of Sarah.

KADEN
(Calls mom) Mom I got an agent!

More shots of Kaden practicing lines and studying screenplays and

watching movies.

Blackout.

She stands in front of her camera and starts recording a self-tape.

KADEN
Hello. My name is Kaden, I’m 18 years old, I’m 5’6, and I’ll be
reading for the part of Jenna.

CUT TO: EXT - Backyard

Kaden is talking on the phone.

KADEN
Hi, yes my name is Kaden. I’m planning on moving to LA in August and
I was wondering if I could rent a room. Okay great, thank you.

Driving montage to LA (find clips)

She parks in front of a dirty-looking apartment. She gets out and

walks inside. She looks inside and sits down. She immediately starts
setting up a camera for self-tapes and unpacking. She takes a deep
breath.

CUT TO: Montage

Kaden walked into an audition room and introduced herself. Black wall
to…

Kaden quickly walked up to a table in a restaurant and asked for

their order. She writes some things down and walks back. Black wall
to…

Kaden walked to more audition rooms and introduced herself each time.
Black wall to…

Kaden called her agent asking if she had gotten any parts yet. She’s
told no. Black wall to…

Kaden sitting on her bed, obviously tired with 3 different scripts on

her bed.

Kaden’s mom calls her while she is sitting on her bed.

KADEN
Hi Mom.

MOM
How are you honey?

KADEN
I’m okay, still auditioning. Nothing has come in yet.

MOM
Are you going to be able to pay your rent this month?

KADEN
I think so.
 MOM
Kaden, it’s been a year. If nothing has come yet maybe its time to
transfer to a college.

KADEN
No. I can keep doing this I’ll be okay. If I don’t get something by
the end of December I’ll come home.

MOM
Okay. I love you.

KADEN
I love you too.

Kaden hangs up the phone and starts crying.

CUT TO: INT - DAY - Car

Kaden is driving in her car when she gets a call from her agent.

AGENT
Hey, I just got to you for an audition for a blockbuster. I really
need you to bring your A-game to this one, okay?

KADEN
Yes, of course thank you so much.

AGENT
I’ll send over the script. You need to be at the audition in 2 hours.

KADEN
Wait, 2 hours?

AGENT
Yeah, don’t worry you got this. *Hangs up

KADEN
Oh my god.

CUT TO: INT - Audition room

Kaden is performing her monologue.

 KADEN
“...and don’t ever tell me that she’s coming back because I know
she’s not. She doesn’t deserve to be forgiven for what she did to me.
I just want her out of my life.” Thank you.

DIRECTOR
That was fantastic. You got the part.

KADEN
Sorry, what?

Screen goes to black. 2 years later flashes across the screen.

CUT TO: EXT - DAY - Street

Kaden is walking down the street talking on the phone.

KADEN
Yeah, mom, my flight is in a few hours. No, I don’t need guys to pick
me up, I already have a driver coming. Okay, I’ll see you soon, I
love you.

CUT TO: EXT - Car driving

A car zooms by with Kaden inside. She looks out the window and sees
her old high school.

KADEN
Could we stop here for a second?

The driver pulls into the parking lot and Kaden walks towards the
theater. She sees the same stage with a spotlight on it.
Kaden walks up onto the stage and stands in the spotlight as she had
done years before. Then takes the same position and the film ends the
same way it began.

KADEN
*Mumbles to herself. One in a million.

Black screen.

END