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The Long Way Down / StoryScript
Chapter one

Harbour Road

The rain had started again by the time Marcus reached Harbour Road. It came in off the estuary sideways, the way it always had, and turned the shopfronts into smeared rectangles of light.

Marcus walked slowly across the wet road toward the apartment. Above the launderette a single window was lit, and someone had pinned a towel across the lower half of the glass.

Dalia opened the door before he knocked. She had cut her hair. It made her look older and, somehow, more like their mother, a resemblance she would have hated him for noticing.

“You found it, then,” she said.

He didn’t answer. He took the photograph out of his coat and laid it on the counter between them, face down, as if the people in it might still be listening.

CharacterMarcus Hale8 scenes · Dalia’s brother
PlaceHarbour RoadExterior · Night · 3 scenes
1.

EXT. HARBOUR ROAD - NIGHT

Rain off the estuary, sideways. The shopfronts smear into rectangles of light.

MARCUS (40s), coat soaked through, crosses the wet road. Above the launderette, one lit window. A towel pinned across the lower half of the glass.

INT. DALIA’S APARTMENT - CONTINUOUS

DALIA opens the door before he knocks. Her hair is cut short. She looks older, and more like their mother.

DALIA

You found it, then.

He doesn’t answer. He lays a photograph on the counter between them, face down.

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The Long Way Down

The rain had started again by the time Marcus reached Harbour Road. It came in off the estuary sideways, and turned the shopfronts into smeared rectangles of light.

Dalia opened the door before he knocked. She had cut her hair.

“You found it, then,” she said.

He didn’t answer. He laid the photograph on the counter between them, face down.

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New conversation
Marcus is finally bringing back the photograph he hid from Dalia. I want this to hurt, but neither of them should say what they’re feeling. How would you play it?
Reading Scene 1, Dalia and Marcus

I’d let Dalia give herself away before Marcus does.

Right now she names the photograph the moment she opens the door. If she starts tidying the counter instead of looking at him, we know she has been waiting for this too. Then she only needs one small line.

Proposed change· Scene 1Always ask
DALIA You found it, then.
Dalia straightens a stack of unopened post.
DALIA You’re late.
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CharacterMarcus HaleBrother · 8 scenes
CharacterDalia ValeProtagonist · 12 scenes
PlaceHarbour RoadExterior · Night · 3 scenes
PlaceDalia’s ApartmentInterior · 5 scenes
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Shot listScenes 1–2 · 5 shots
Characters & Places

The world keeps its own canon.

Everyone and everywhere you write about gets a home. Rename Dalia once and every page, board and shot follows.

Whiteboard

Then you start to see it.

Gather faces, places and light on a canvas that stays linked to the script.

Characters
Places
Scene 1 · Harbour Road
Script · Scene 1EXT. HARBOUR ROAD - NIGHT

Rain off the estuary, sideways. The shopfronts smear into rectangles of light.
Estuary at first light
The launderette window
The photograph
Begin cold and observational.
CharacterMarcus HaleBrother · 8 scenes
CharacterDalia ValeProtagonist · 12 scenes
PlaceHarbour RoadExterior · Night · 3 scenes
PlaceDalia’s ApartmentInterior · 5 scenes
Scenes 1–2Harbour Road · Dalia’s Apartment
5 shots12 takes
Format35mm · 2.39:1
Shot listScenes 1–2 · 5 shots
1A
Wide · Static

Rain off the estuary. The shopfronts smear into light.

1B
Medium · Tracking

Marcus crosses the wet road toward the launderette.

1C
Insert · Static

One lit window. A towel pinned across the glass.

2A
Over the shoulder · Handheld

Dalia opens the door before he knocks.

2B
Close · Static

The photograph, face down on the counter.

EXT. HARBOUR ROAD - NIGHT
SC 1 · 1A · WIDE · 35MM
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