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OBSESSION.

SCENE 1

FADE IN:

INT. BUS - DAY

TATUM on the bus sitting on middle seat on the back row.Music


playing in her wired headphones listening to 'people are
strange' by The Doors. People in the background minding their
own business. Camera does side view on TATUM, she is humming
to music.

Camera changes from side to medium front shot while she is


still on the bus listening to music.

TATUM'S friends BRAD, KELSEY, ABIGALE, MATT, JAKE, ANDREW,


and TATUM'S ex girlfriend STEFFANY, get on the bus they see
TATUM and walk towards her.

Camera follows BRAD and his FRIENDS to TATUM from behind and
sits down as POV view.

BRAD
Hey Babe didnt expect to see you here.
(Beat) How was work, everything go ok?

TATUM takes out her right headphone and looks up at Brad as


he's walking towards her.She smiles politely.

TATUM
Hey, work was alright where did you
guys go?

BRAD is now sat next to TATUM with his arm around her
shoulder.while everyone else is around.

KELSEY
We didn't really do anything just went
around the shops looking for stuff,
but we didn't buy anything though
because this guy,

(smacks JAKE playfully on the arm)

was telling us that everything was too


expensive to buy.

JAKE
KELSEY your dad literally owns a bank

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some people aren't as fortunate as


you, to have daddy's moneeeey.

Everyone starts laughing while KELSEY rolls her eyes at JAKES


comment about her.

SCENE 2

INT. TATUM'S HOUSE - AFTERNOON

TATUM gets home from the bus stop and is walking through the
door to greet her dad.TATUM is holding her bag with her
headphones in as she walks through the door.Camera over the
shoulder shot of her opening the door.

TATUM
(Beat) Hey dad.

The camera follows behind TATUM and then pans to the left to
show TATUM'S dad asleep with pill bottles and beers on the
floor. TATUM stops and looks at him (beat) grabs a blanket
from the chair and put it on her dad.

TATUM grabs a blanket from the chair and puts it on her dad,
giving him a kiss on the head then walks away.

As TATUM walks up the stairs she gets a phone call which


includes TATUM and TIFFANY. The camera follows TATUM in front
of her.

TATUM
Hey TIF are you ok?

TIFFANY
I forgot to tell you i'm having a
party tonight if you wanna come along
BRAD comingggg.

TATUM
I dunno TIF we have school tomorrow i
don't wanna be looking like a walking
zombie tomorrow.

TATUM finally reaches her room still on the phone to TIFFANY


throwing her bag to the side.

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TIFFANY
Oh come one TATUM dont be a woos!

TATUM
(Pause) Fine but i'm not gonna drink
that much.

TIFFANY
Ok that's fine see you tonight Tatum
byeee

TATUM
Bye TIF see you tonight.

TATUM looks in her wardrobe looking for something to wear for


the party tonight, she grabs clothing and goes to the mirror
and puts it against her body to see if it will look good.

(Transition to the party)Camera turns to the right where it


cuts.

SCENE 3

EXT. BEACH - NIGHT

Camera finishes the transition by turning so you can see the


party.

Everyone is drinking having a good time people are dancing


some people are talking and flirting with one another having
a good time, some people are wearing masks

Camera pans from everyone to TATUM and BRAD dancing having a


great time with one another.

TATUM starts to gag and runs off to the bathroom to be sick


leaving BRAD confused.

Camera is left on BRAD as he is confused and camera cuts to


tatum in the bathroom.

SCENE 4

INT. BATHROOM - NIGHT

Camera is behind TATUM as she runs and stays there when


SUSPECT #1 comes in.

As TATUM is being sick when someone walks in by accident

TATUM looks over to see who has come in the bathroom that's

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when SUSPECT #1 NOTICES someone is already there.

SUSPECT #1
Oh my god i'm so sorry i'll leave!

TATUM
No please stay with me.

While Tatum ask SUSPECT #1 to stay with her a scream can be


heard from outside of the bathroom which makes TATUM and
SUSPECT #1 get suspicious and go outside to see what the
commotion is all about.

SCENE 5

EXT. BEACH - OUTSIDE

As TATUM and SUSPECT #1 head outside there is a crowd of


people huddling over something that both of the girls want to
see what it is. TATUM pushes past the crowd leaving SUSPECT #
1 behind, when she sees BRAD at the front.

Cuts to an over the shoulder shot looking at the lifeless


body on the floor(OSS) on the killers shoulder.

TATUM finally reaches BRAD and when she does the camera dolly
zooms on TATUM'S face while she gasps.

The camera is now doing a close up of TATUM'S expressions


while she is looking at what's on the ground.

SCENE 6

INT.CLASSROOM - DAY

TATUM is in a science lesson she seems out of it not paying


attention to the killer she is scared and confused of why
someone would do this.As.TATUM is shown the camera zooms out
to show ANNA in the shot as well.

ANNA is sat next to TATUM she sees that TATUM is out of it


and keeps looking next to her checking to see if she is ok .

ANNA
(ANNA leans over to get TATUM to look
at her) Hey you ok, you look a little
spaced out.

TATUM
Hmm? Don't act dumb everyone knows
what happened last night.

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ANNA leans back to her original spot still looking at TATUM


with sadness in her eyes as he is feeling bad for TATUM.

ANNA
I'm sorry i shouldn't have asked.

TATUM now is feeling bad for going off on ANNA she turns to
face ANNA.

TATUM
No i'm sorry I shouldn't have gone off
on you like that.

TATUM looks back at the front ANNA gives a slight smile.

The school bell goes off and it transitions to ANNA and BRAD.

SCENE 7

INT. CLASSROOM - DAY

TATUM is now with BRAD disucing everything that had happened


in the past 24 hours JAKE was BRAD'S best friend so BRAD is
having a hard time at college. TATUM and BRAD start a
conversation about what happened in science to take BRAD'S
mind off the recent events.

TATUM
Do you know ANNA she is actually
really nice she was checking up on me
today in science.

BRAD
ANNA (laughs) she a nerd what are you
doing talking to that freak?

(TATUM smacks BRAD)

TATUM
Don't be horrible she's really nice if
you just give her a chance.

As TATUM says 'her' in walks STEFFANIE smiling politely, she


goes to sit next to TATUM. STEFFANIE puts her arm around
TATUM and BRAD pushes STEFFANIE'S arm off to replace it with
his giving STEFFANIE a dirty look and both STEFFANIE AND TAUM
notice but doesn't say anything.

SCENE 8

INT. BUS - Afternoon

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TATUM is on her way home on the bus listening to a song


(Psycho Killer by Talking Heads)

As she is on the bus her phone starts to buzz and vibrate she
looks down at the phone and its a message from BRAD.

Message says (Call me when you can its about STEFFAINE) when
TATUM reads those words she wants to get off the bus as quick
as she can so she can see what has happened to STEFFAINE. The
camera goes in and out of focus and sways left to right
getting so it looks like motion sickness like what like what
TATUM is feeling.

As she is still feeling nauseous she manages to lift her arm


and press the stop button so he makes sure she gets of the
next stop.

When the bus stops she makes run for the exit while trying to
get hold of BRAD so he can tell her what's happening, Camera
is following lose behind TATUM tracking her every move.

SCENE 9

EXT. OUTSIDE - AFTERNOON

TATUM is on the phone to BRAD you can hear mumbling from the
phone as the voice is being hear from the phone the camera
does a close up on TATUM'S face as you can see the shock that
appears.

The camera then changes to an extreme long shot showing TATUM


having a breakdown falling to her knees and crying.

SCENE 10

EXT. OUTSIDE - AFTERNOON

Camera is facing left next to TATAUM'S house following her


storm into the house.

TATUM ignores her DAD and just storms straight upstairs into
her bedroom falling on her bed and crying.

SCENE 11

BRAD hangs up the phone looking fed up but not upset.

SCENE 12

INT. CLASSROOM - MORNING

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Time has skipped 2 days TATUM walk's through her science


class camera moves cut to ANNA smiling at TATUM camera cuts
to TATUM walking past ANNA'S desk and sits in her seat.

Camera shows both of them together same shot as last scene


witht hem.

ANNA
Hey, how have you been?

TATUM
*Stares into nothing towards the
camera.*

ANNA
*Looks at TATUM confused* How do you
feel with everything going on right
now?

TATUM
*Snaps* I don't care i just want to
know who has done this to me and my
friends, i wanna find them and kill
them for myself.

ANNA
I THINK YOU AND THE POLICE ARE
RULLYING OUT BRAD, HE NEVER LIKED
STEPHANNIE.

Close up off TATUM she is having


moment of realisation .

ANNA

You can't let love distract you from


the truth

TATUM stares at ANNA for a moment, then she gets up and


leaves to the hallway.

Show TATUM in the hallway leaning against the wall trying to


catch her breathe. Tatum gets her phone out stares at it for
a while and then decides to call BRAD.

*On the call to BRAD *

TATUM
*Panicked* Its you isn't it. THE
KILLER. Its you BRAD dont lie to
me.Why would you do this to me .

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BRAD
*Over the phone* TATUM calm down,
listen *short silence* meet me
tomorrow, normal spot i'll explain
everything and reassure you i'm not
the killer.

SCENE 13

EXT . OUTSIDE - EVENING

BRAD is sat down on a blanket on BREAN DOWN waiting for


TATUM.BRAD looks down at the fake knife he took to scare
TATUM. Close up of BRAD excited to see TATUM. Camera turns t
show TATUM walking to BRAD. BRAD gets up to hug TATUM, as
BRAD tries TATUM pushes BRAD away and proceeds to sit
down.TATUM is looking annoyed waiting for a explanation and
keeping quiet.

BRAD
I bought a blanket and we are at our
favourite spot *Smiling* . *long
pause* I don't know where you got this
idea from thinking im the killer, but
i wasn't anywhere near STEPH when she
was killed, i know she's your ex and
anything but i wouldn't do this, you
know me.

TATUM looks at BRAD she feels stupid that she actually


thought it could be him.

Camera Long shot showing TATUM and BRAD hugging and taking a
moment to breathe.

Brad lifts the fake knife and pretends to stab TATUM while
he's laughing about it. Camera shows TATUM'S face full of
fear and then goes back to BRAD laughing with his arm up.

ANNA *masked* sneaks behind BRAD and stabs him in the back
before he gets close to TATUM.

Dolly zoom of TATUM looking confused, scared shaking and


crying overwhelmed. Camera shows BRAD falling to the side,
Extreme close up of TATUM'S eyes, her eyes follows BRAD body
falling. Over shoulder shoot of TATUM and the ANNA *masked*
the killer sits down next to BRAD'S dead body.

ANNA *MASKED*
*sarcastically Says* Its funny how
your boyfriend tries to scare you with

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a fake knife.

Shows ANNA waving around fake and real knife as she is saying
it.

TATUM
*Still shaking* Are you the one that
hurt me and my friends?

ANNA
*Sarcastically says* Look at you
detective, got it all figured out.

TATUM
Why have you done this, who are you?

ANNA
Don't you realise i have done this for
you, they didn't deserve you. If i
take this off *points to the mask*
don't get mad. I want you to actually
see me now.

TATUM
*still shaking*Promise, I promise
please tell i wont tell anyone.

Long shot showing ANNA and TATUM with BRAD's dead body.

ANNA removes the mask looking at TATUM with a smile, TATUM


*small gasps*.

TATUM
The girl in science class?

ANNA expression showing confused and angry.

ANNA
You don't know my name *looks upset*

TATUM
*nervous* Ofcourse i know your name

ANNA
Then say it *point knife at TATUM* say
my name .

TATUM
Its *short pause* i don't know ok,
it's not my fault i talk to alot of
people ok i'm sorry.

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ANNA
How do you not know my name. I have
loved you for years and i know you
love me. Everything i have done has
been for you.

TATUM
I know i understand *rubs ANNA'S
shoulder* i'm grateful.

TATUM goes to hug ANNA whistle she gets closer she grabs he
fake knife that TATUM thinks is the real one. just they get
closer to one another TATUM pushes ANNA away giving her time
to run.

SCENE 14

EXT . OUTSIDE - NIGHT

TATUM is running away from ANNA but ANNA is slowly catching


up.

ANNA pushes TATUM to the ground, ANNA gets on top of TATUM


and raises her knife getting ready to stab her, just as she
is about to TATUM punches ANNA in the face knocking ANNA off
her and laying on the ground.

TATUM takes this opportunity to get on top of ANNA she tries


to stab ANNA but with the fake knife but does nothing, you
can see the fear in TATUM'S eyes that its the fake one.

Shows TATUM'S perspective showing ANNA smiling, ANNA grabs


the real knife from behind her back and stabs TATUM in the
back while she's looking up at her. TATUMS tries but
struggles to get off ANNA, ANNA realises she trying to get
off but pulls TATUM down hugging her so she can't leave, and
starts to stroke her hair.

ANNA

SSShhhhh it's ok.

*THE END*

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