EARNEST - Script

INT. BOYS GETTING READY



THE BOYS ARE GETTING READY IN THEIR OWN HOMES, ONE IN BEDROOM, ONE IN BATHROOM. SOUNDTRACK. THEY ARE BOTH GETTING READY TO GO OUT. OPENING CREDITS ACCOMPANY THE VISUALS.







EXT. CITY HALL

WIDE SHOT OF JAY SITTING ON A BENCH ON HIS PHONE, A COUPLE OF SECONDS PASS AND ALI COMES INTO SHOT AND SITS DOWN. SHOT CHANGES TO MID SHOT OF THE TWO.



ALI: SORRY I'M LATE, COULDN'T BE HELPED.

JAY: WERE YOU DOING YOUR HAIR AGAIN?

ALI: MAYBE.

JAY: SO HOWS THE STUDYING GOIN'?

ALI: HORRIBLE, ABSLOUTELY HORRIBLE -

JAY: SERIOUS?

ALI: YEAH! I'M LUCKY I WAS LET OUT TODAY- MY MUM'S GOT MY MOCK REPORT, SHE WENT MAD.

JAY: OUCH.

ALI: YEAH, I KNOW.


ALI LOOKS AT JAY'S PHONE AND NOTICES SOMETHING, LOOKS CONFUSED.



ALI: WAIT, WHOSE ACCOUNT IS THAT? IS SOMEONE STEALING YOUR PICTURES OR SOMETHING?

JAY: NO? IT'S NO ONE NEVER MIND.



ALI REACHES FORWARD AND TRIES TO GRAB THE PHONE, TO WHICH THE BOYS HAVE A LOUD CONFRONTATION AND FIGHT OVER THE PHONE ON THE BENCH.


ALI: JAY GIMME YOUR PHONE!

JAY: ALISTAIR JESUS CHRIST STOP IT!!

ALI: N O . GIVE ME IT

JAY: STOP!


ALI MANAGES TO GET THE PHONE AND CHECKS IT OUT. IT'S A PROFILE FOR SOMEONE CALLED OSCAR HILDEN, WITH JAY'S PHOTOS BEING USED FOR THE PROFILE. 



ALI: WHAT, WHAT THE HELL JAY YOU'RE CATFISHING?!

JAY: NO...? BUT, WELL YEAH - I'VE JUST BEEN MAILING SOMEONE IT'S NOTHING SERIOUS

ALI: WELL... WHO IS IT?

A PAUSE

JAY: GEMMA FAIRFAX.



JAY SHOWS THE PICTURE TO ALI. SOFT FOCUS SHOT OF GEMMA IN SLOW MOTION, FLICKING HAIR, FLASHES BACK.



ALI: THAT'S MY COUSIN! JAY WHAT THE HELL?!

JAY: HERE, SHE'S NOT MY COUSIN. YOU KNOW I LIKE HER, SHE'S A FANCY GAL.

ALI: STOP TALKING. WHY THE HELL ARE YOU CATFISHING GEMMA?

JAY: ALI YOU KNOW I CAN'T GO OUT, MY DAD SAYS SO. UTV ARE LITERALLY PARKED OUTSIDE OUR DOOR WITH THE ELECTION COMING UP. HE'D LOSE IT IF HE KNEW I WAS OUT WITH SOME GIRL EVERY NIGHT, HE'S SCARED I'LL DO SOMETHING STUPID AND IT'LL COME BACK TO BITE HIM. LOCAL MPS HAVE IT ROUGH.

ALI: THINKING ABOUT IT FAIR; THAT'S ACTUALLY NOT A BAD IDEA, I'VE BEEN WANTING TO TALK TO SOMEONE BUT MY PARENTS HAVE MY FACEBOOK PASSWORD. I'M NOT ALLOWED TO EVEN THINK ABOUT GIRLS UNTIL MY RESULTS COME IN. DO YOU MIND IF I DO THE SAME THING?

JAY: YEA MATE GO FOR IT.


ALI TURNS TO START TYPING ON HIS PHONE, AND THE TWO BOYS CHAT AND HAVE A CONVERSATION WHILST ON THE BENCH.



JAY: LOOK, ALI, I KNOW SHE'S YOUR COUSIN - BUT SHE'S REALLY NICE HONESTLY. REAL CLASSY LADY. I LIKE HER A LOT. I'M JUST BEING CAREFUL.

ALI: DID YOU NOT MEET HER AT MY COMMUNION?

JAY: YEAH, BUT THAT WAS YEARS AG-​ WAIT, ARE YOU USING THE SAME NAME I USED?!

ALI: YEAH? I LIKE THE NAME OSCAR, REMINDS ME OF THAT FAMOUS OSCAR.

JAY: WAIT, WHICH ONE?

ALI: YOU KNOW, THE PUPPET, OSCAR THE GROUCH.


BOTH NOD. ALI IS STILL TEXTING


JAY: ARE YOU TEXTING HER RIGHT NOW?

ALI: OBVIOUSLY, CAN'T KEEP CHELSEA WAITING.

JAY: CHELSEA, MY COUSIN, CHELSEA?

ALI: WELL, HOW MANY CHELSEAS DO YOU KNOW?


A SLOWMO SHOT OF CHELSEA, ALMOST IDENTICAL TO THAT OF GEMMA. 
JAY: I DIDN'T KNOW YOU LIKED HER.

ALI: OH YEAH SHE IS WILD-

JAY: DIDN'T NEED TO HEAR THAT.


THERE IS A PING HEARD FROM BOTH PHONES, THEY LOOK AT EACH OTHER IN SURPRISE.
SNAPBLACK AS THE FILM ENDS


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