Lost and found
Ext: City street - Day
MEDIUM
CLOSE-UP – CAR WINDOW
Dog’s head pokes out of moving car window.
POINT
OF VIEW SHOT - STREET
Bright lights, large buildings, children playing,
people walking pass by.
VERY
WIDE SHOT - DRIVEWAY
Car pulls into a driveway and a Jess gets out with
the dog on a leash.
WIDE
SHOT – JESS AND MAX
He tries to run off but gets caught by leash cord.
Jess picks him up and walks with him, in her arms, to the front door.
VERY
WIDE SHOT - Ext. Residence
CLOSE
UP – DOOR
Jess knocks on the front door. The door opens.
OVER THE SHOULDER SHOT - JESS
Jess
Here you go.
Jess hands over
dog
Jess
All
of his stuff is in here. (handing over bag).
NODDY SHOT – CARA
Cara looks at
Jess with an almost-confused look on her face
Jess
I’m
running late already so I have to get going. I’ll pay you when I get back. Thanks!
EXTRA LONG SHOT – JESS AND CAR IN DRIVEWAY
Jess hurries to
her car
Jess
I’ll be back tomorrow evening!
MEDIUM LONG SHOT – CARA
Cara stands there
holding the dog, and looks down at him.
INT - Bedroom
WIDE
SHOT - GABBY
Gabby sits on her bed listening to music and
texting.
OVER
THE SHOULDER SHOT – (GABBY’S PERSPECTIVE) CARA AND MAX
The door opens and Cara lets in the dog.
CLOSE-UP
– GABBY
Gabby looks toward the door
Gabby
He’s
here! Hey Max!
WIDE
SHOT – GABBY ON HER BED
Max jumps onto the bed
MEDIUM CLOSE UP - CARA
Cara
You
wanna watch him?
MEDIUM SHOT- GABBY ON BED
CUT IN –
HANDS RUBBING MAX
Gabby
Really?
Yeah!
MEDIUM SHOT
Cara
Good
Cara shuts the door. Gabby proceeds to play with Max.
Long
Shot - LIVING ROOM
Int: Living Room – Later that night
CU
- GABBY
Gabby is on the couch watching television.
MS-
CARA
Cara is on her phone.
LS
– PAN TO THE LEFT TO MAX WALKING – WS – THROUGH WINDOW
Meanwhile, Max walks up to a low-sitting window and
glares outside.
WS
– THROUGH WINDOW
Cara and Gabby start to argue in the background.
Cara
Turn
it back!
MS- GABBY ON COUCH
Gabby
You’re
not even paying attention!
LS-
CARA THROWING PILLOW
Cara throws a pillow at Gabby
XCU- CARA
Cara
Leave
it.
O/S
– GABBY (CARA’S PERSPECTIVE)
Gabby stares at Cara, slowly raises her arm, and
changes the channel. Meanwhile, Max sits alone at the window and looks outside.
ESTABLISHING
SHOT – HOUSE
LONG
SHOT- BEDROOM
Int. Bedroom – Early Morning
Gabby is sleeping in bed while Max lies at her feet.
Cara comes into the room and nudges Gabby to wake her up.
CU- GABBY
Cara
Gabby…
Gabby… I’m going out.
Gabby slowly turns her head
MCU- GABBY
Gabby
You’re
not supposed to go anywhere.
CLOSE UP - CARA
Cara
I’m just going out for a
little while. Mom and dad won’t be back until tonight, and they wont know if
you keep your mouth shut.
MEDIUM CLOSE UP - GABBY
Watch the dog for me, and
walk him.
Gabby
But
you’re…
MEDIUM
CLOSE UP
Cara leaves the room and quickly shuts Gabby’s door.
Gabby
…grounded.
MCU
- GABBY
Gabby drops her head back into her pillow and falls
asleep. Max jumps down to follow Cara.
WIDE
SHOT - CARA IN HALLWAY
Int. Hallway
Cara walks out the front door, closing it in Max’s
face.
WIDE
SHOT – GABBY’S ROOM
Int. Gabby’s Room
Max enters the room and jumps back onto the bed.
MEDIUM CLOSE UP
He starts tugging and clawing at Gabby’s arm. Gabby turns
over and looks at him. He stares at her with eagerly.
Gabby
What?
CLOSE
UP - MAX
He tuggs again
Gabby
You
gotta go outside or somethin?
Max starts jumping in excitement.
WIDE
SHOT – GABBY’S ROOM
Gabby rolls out of bed. (ANNOYED SIGH)
WIDE
SHOT- HALLWAY
Int. Hallway
Gabby grabs the dog leash and opens the front door.
Max quickly bolts out the door
POV
– GABBY’S PERSPECTIVE
and then across the yard.
MEDIUM
SHOT
She runs after him, but quickly loses sight.
WIDE
SHOT
She stops at the end of the street, out of breath
and worried.
Gabby
No,
no, no!
FADE
TO BLACK - SOUND OF FRONT DOOR
OPENING
VERY
WIDE SHOT – (FROM SECOND FLOOR)
Int: Hallway - Later
Cara walks through the door. Gabby runs up to her
quickly.
Gabby
What
took you so long?
Cara
I
wasn’t even that long.
Putting her bags down, Cara starts walking toward
the kitchen and Gabby follows.
VERY
WIDE SHOT - KITCHEN
Int: Kitchen
Gabby
Listen um…
Cara
Is there food or did you
eat everything as usual. (opening the fridge)
MEDIUM
CLOSE-UP -GABBY
Gabby
Max
is gone.
TWO-SHOT-
GABBY STANDING FARTHER AWAY FROM CAMERA
Cara slowly shuts the refrigerator door without
turning to look at Gabby.
Cara
(breathes
deeply in) What did you do?
Gabby
Nothing!
OVER
THE SHOULDER - CARA
Cara
Gabby, I wasn’t supposed
to have that dog here in the first place! What did you do?
Gabby
He
took off!
OVER
THE SHOULDER- GABBY
It
wasn’t my fault…
OVER
THE SHOULDER - CARA
Cara
Yeah…
it is. How did that happen?
Ext: Street - Meanwhile
Montage of Max:
Walking through the neighborhood
Sniffing another dog
Resting on a park bench
Eating thrown-away food
Being chased by a bigger dog
VERY
WIDE SHOT
Ext: Home – Day
The two girls exit their house through the front
door and proceed to walk.
Cara
I can’t
believe you did this.
MEDIUM
SHOT
Gabby
I
was helping you out, like you said to.
OVER
THE SHOULDER - CARA
Cara
Well you didn’t! And now
I’m probably not even getting paid.
Gabby
Wait…
CLOSE
UP
you were getting paid? And
you weren’t gonna tell me, huh?
TWO-SHOT
Cara
That doesn’t matter now.
We’ll both be in trouble if that dog doesn’t show up soon.
Gabby follows Cara as they walk down the street
calling the dog’s name.
They look underneath and around object after object.
Ext. Street - Meanwhile
Max approaches the home of his friend, and scratches
on the door. A small black dog comes out very excited. They proceed to walk
around outside together. Next, come to a more dangerous looking area and pass
by a man walking a Pit Bull. The Dog snaps and barks at them. Max and his
friend take off running, but his friend is much faster and runs home leaving
Max behind.
WIDE
SHOT - STREET
Ext. Street – Later
The girls walk and continue to look around. Cara’s
cell phone rings. Cara pulls her phone from her pocket. Jess is calling.
EXTREME CLOSE UP - PHONE
Cara
Crap…
She allows the phone to ring and doesn’t answer.
OVER THE SHOULDER - GABBY
Gabby
Who
was that?
OVER THE SHOULDER- CARA
Cara
Jess
Gabby
Aren’t
you gonna tell her?
Cara
No,
he’ll show up and she never has to know…
MEDIDUM SHOT - GABBY
Gabby
He
hasn’t yet…
TWO-SHOT
Cara
Shut
up and keep looking.
Cara’s phone rings again, and Cara stops walking.
Cara
Gabby, I need you to do
something… Make a bunch of noise like you’re playing with the dog.
OVER THE SHOULDER- GABBY
Gabby
(sarcastically) Oh… you
want my help again? I think I might
mess this one up too, so umm… no.
MEDIUM SHOT
Cara
Fine,
what do you want?
Gabby
If he shows up,
OVER THE SHOULDER - GABBY
I want everything Jess was
going to pay you. I mean, I did do all of the dog-watching.
TWO SHOT
Cara
Oh
no, no way! You lost him!
WIDE SHOT - GABBY
Gabby
Well have fun explaining
this to mom, dad, and Jess.
NODDY SHOT - CARA
Just remember…
MEDIUM CLOSE UP
you were the one in charge, and you left your little sister at home
alone with somebody else’s dog, while you
were grounded. Good luck with that…
Gabby smiles and starts to walk off. Cara stands
there contemplating.
MEDIUM SHOT
Cara
Fine!
You can have it… Can you just help me? Please?
OVER
THE SHOULDER – WIDE SHOT - GABBY
With a pleased smile, Gabby nods her head and Cara
answers the phone.
Cara
Jess!
What’s up?
CLOSE UP - JESS IN HER CAR
Jess
Hey,
how’s my baby?
CLOSE UP - CARA
Cara
He’s
great! Gabby and I are playing with him now.
WIDE
SHOT - JESS AND GABBY
Cara holds the phone out toward Gabby while she
makes dog sounds.
CLOSE UP - JESS IN HER CAR
Jess
Great! Sounds like he’s
having a blast. Buy hey, just a heads up, I’ll be back a little sooner than I
planned…
Cara
How
soon?
Jess
Umm…
I should be back in about two hours.
CLOSE
UP- PHONE ON EAR- PAN – DOWN AS PHONE DROPS
Cara slowly drops the phone from her ear.
CLOSE UP - CARA
Cara
We
gotta find him… Now!
VERY
WIDE SHOT – GABBY AND CARA
They both take off running yelling Max’s name in all
directions.
Ext: City Street
Max walks alone through neighborhood streets. A car
rounds a corner honks its horn, and the headlights glare into his face. He gets
frightened and runs away. Everything outside is then calm and quiets. He
continues to walk and looks around until he finally approaches the girls’ home.
Ext: Neighborhood Street
TWO SHOT - CLOSE UP
Cara
Meet me back at the house.
I’ll go this way, and you take the other way around. Check everything!
Gabby nods her head in agreement and they split up.
Montage: the girls search and call Max’s inside and
around multiple random objects: garbage can, mail box, windows.
Gabby arrives home first and spots Max sitting in
front of the front door. He is filthy and smiling. She breathes a sigh of
relief and hurries to grab him.
Int. Home Hallway
WIDE
SHOT – ABOVE ANGLE
Cara walks through the front door with her hands on
her head in frustration and
CLOSE
UP
slides to the floor with her back against the wall.
Suddenly, there is a splash and a laugh coming from
the upstairs bathroom and Cara quickly looks up.
WIDE
SHOT
Int: Bathroom
Gabby is giving Max a bath in the tub.
MEDIUM
SHOT
Cara’s eyes fill with life and relief.
Cara
Where
was he?
Gabby
At
the front door.
Cara
Thank
God!
Cara drops to her knees and begins helping Gabby
with bathing Max.
Cara
So…
um… This whole dog thing is our little secret right?
Gabby
(Smiling)
What dog thing?
WIDE
SHOT – GABBY, CARA, MAX
Int: Living Room
Gabby and Cara
play with Maz on the floor. The doorbell rings. Cara gets up to open it and
Jess is there.
CLOSE UP
Jess
Hey I hope he wasn’t too much trouble.
Cara:
Here you
go.
Cara hands over
the dog’s bag while Gabby puts on his harness. Gabby walks the dog over to the
door and gives Jess the leash.
Wide SHOT
Gabby
No problem at all!
Jess:
I owe you. Thanks
Jess hands Cara
money and leaves with Max. Gabby quickly snatches the money from Cara’s hand.
From her car, she yells out
Jess
Hey do you want to watch him next week?
TWO SHOT- MEDIUM
Cara and Gabby
look at each other, turn around and walk back inside.
