Final Draft for The Break Up

1. OPENING TITLE
Cut to:
TV end credits of HSM2 (whole screen zoom out of POV) in LOUNGE
POV of phone (over shoulder shot) Alice types and SEND TWO TEXTS 1. “We
need to talk” 2 “Meet tomorrow at break”
Cut to:
Medium shot zoom to close up of Alice’s face
Establishing shot
James on BED receives text (with friends) LAUGHING CHATTING about girls
(phone on loud)
Long shot of him looking at phone
Cut to:
POV of his phone
Cut to:
Close up expression of worry
Fade to:
Establishing shot of sixth form block OUTSIDE
Cut/zoom:
To Alice in shot
Cut to:
Track James WALKING into block matching action on door OPENING
Cut to:
Alice POV of James WALKING IN establishing INSIDE sixth form block
James SIT DOWN opposite Alice looking worried
Throughout conversation shot-reverse-shot (over the shoulder)

2. ALICE
I gotta say what’s on my mind something about us that doesn’t seem right
these days
JAMES
Babe, we can fix this
ALICE
Life keeps getting in the way, whenever we try somehow the plan is always
rearranged
JAMES
Last weekend’s plans went fine, not all of them are
ALICE
It’s so hard to say but I gotta do what’s best for me, you’ll be okay
JAMES
Please don’t do this
ALICE
I’ve got to move on and be who I am, I just don’t belong here I hope you
understand
JAMES
Well where are you gunna go?
ALICE
We might find a place in this world someday but at least for now I gotta go my
own way
JAMES
I can’t believe you actually want to do this...
ALICE
Don’t wanna leave it all behind but I get my hopes up and I watch them fall
every time

3. JAMES
I don’t understand
ALICE
Another turns to grey and it’s just so hard to watch it all slowly fade away
JAMES
You being a bit dramatic now
ALICE
I’m leaving today ‘cause I gotta do what’s best for me, you’ll be okay
JAMES
Where the hell are you going I’m so confused?
ALICE
I’ve got to move on and be who I am I hope you understand
JAMES
I’m trying to understand
ALICE
We might find a place in this world someday, but at least for now I gotta go my
own way
JAMES
Stop saying that... What about us, what about everything we’ve been through?
ALICE
What about trust?
JAMES
What the hell when have I ever done anything untrustworthy?
ALICE
What about me
STARTS TO BREAK INTO SONG TUNE

4. JAMES
What am I supposed to do?
ALICE
I gotta leave but I’ll miss you//
JAMES
// Oh My God
ALICE
So I’ve got to move on and be who I am
JAMES
Those are High School Music lyrics...
ALICE
I just don’t belong//
JAMES
//Your breaking up with me using bloody High School Musical Lyrics
ALICE
We might find a place in this//
JAMES
Are you serious, your just gunna carry on?
ALICE
But at least for now I gotta go my own way
JAMES
Screw this.
James WALKS OFF while Alice continues to SING the end chorus (Gotta Go My
Own Way music comes in)
FADE OUT TO BLACK:
CREDITS