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Title: Imperfect Day

Series: Chronicle

Writer: P E Leody

SYNOPIS: JUST AS LIFE GIVES UP ON GEORGE HE STUMBLES UP ON A SUBJUGATED SOCIETY THAT HE IS UNABLE TO ESCAPE FROM

JUST AS LIFE GIVES UP ON GEORGE HE STUMBLES UP ON A SUBJUGATED SOCIETY THAT HE IS UNABLE TO ESCAPE FROMPAGE: 1


1  
George arrives at the door to his work

GEORGE: I DON'T MIND THE ENDLESS THE ROUTINE, IT'S SOMETHING TO LIVE FOR, I FEEL IMPORTANT, I FEEL NEEDED


2  
George waves at the doorman in the foyer

GEORGE: HIA HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND ?


3  
The doorman hurls abuse back at George

DOORMAN: ARE YOU TAKING THE MICHAEL, THAT WAS YESTERDAY IT'S NOT EASY KEEPING THIS LOBBY CLEAN, DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE AVERAGE SHOE DRAGS IN ...


4  
George humbly enters the work areas

GEORGE: THEY'D OUGHT TO PUT SOMETHING IN THE WATER TO CURTAIL THE RISING HOSTILITY FROM MODERN DAY LIFE


5  
George sits as his desk, POV from the back of his head across the table

GEORGE: THIS JOB IS IMPORTANT, I WILL MAKE PEOPLE HAPPY, TODAY I WILL BE VALUED


6  
Close up of a sticky note on the screen

Caption: YOU'RE SACKED, P45 ATTACHED TO E-MAIL

GEORGE: WHERE'S THE SCALED JOBS FOR LIFE NO AMBITION OR AMBIGUOUS PAY SCALES

PAGE 2


1  
George's phone rings in his pocket

SFX: KERRING, KERRING

GEORGE: 24 HOUR CONTACTS, MOST THINGS CAN WAIT, IF IT CAN'T YOU'RE IN THE WRONG PLACE ANYWAY


2  
George answers the phone

GEORGE: HELLO DEAR ... BAD NEWS, I GOT SACKED .. AND YOUR DUMPING ME TO


3  
George leaves the phone on the pavement and walks off

GEORGE: A MACHINE COULD SELECT A SUITABLY PARTNER MATCH WITHOUT THE HASSLE OF THE CIRCUIT


4  
George stands in a shop doorway

GEORGE: TRADITIONALLY IT'S TIME FOR RETAIL THERAPY


5  
Racks of clothes

GEORGE: SHOPPING, TOO MUCH CHOICE, TOO EASY TO GET IN TO DEBT, STREETS FAR TOO CROWDED.


6  
A crowded high street

GEORGE: BEIGE SMOCKS WOULD SUIT EVERYONE

PAGE 3


1  
The door of George's house

GEORGE: HOME SWEET HOME, NOT MUCH AND NOT MUCH OF IT IS MINE, BUT IT'S HOME


2  
An opened letter on George's doormat

GEORGE: FINAL EVICTION NOTICE, FAILURE TO MEET REPAYMENTS, COMPULSORY ORDER


3  
George leaves his house

GEORGE: HOUSES NEED TO BE SIMILAR, NO PRICE DIFFERENTIAL, GAZZUMPTING OR CRIPPLING PAYMENTS


4  
George enters a coffee shop

GEORGE: A COFFEE'LL DO THE TRICK


5  
The coffee waitress

GEORGE: COFFEE PLEASE

WAITRESS: BLACK, WHITE, FROTHY, WITH LEMON, RICE MILK, SOYA MILK, GOATS MILK, WHITE SUGAR, GRANULATED, BROWN, UNREFINED ...


6  
George clasp his head

GEORGE: NO CHOICES I WANT SERVING NOT SERVITUDE

PAGE 4


1  
George walks through a forest

GEORGE: NO JOB, NO GIRLFRIEND, NO HOUSE, NO MONEY, NO FUTURE AND I'M PARCHED.

GEORGE: WHAT'S THE POINT OF WOODLAND IN A CITY, BUILD ON IT. I DON'T WANT TOP BE REMINDED ABOUT WHAT THINGS USED TO LOOK LIKE.

GEORGE: THEY JUST ATTRACT WINO RECITING POEMS ABOUT CATS


2  
George walks through a door

GEORGE: NEVER SEEN THIS DOOR BEFORE, IT'S WELL HIDDEN ARCHAIC, PROBABLY NEED MUSHROOMS TO FIT


3  
George stumbles through the door and falls straight over a barrier in to sewage type planet below, he is dragged under the contents

GEORGE: I'M BEING SUCKED UNDER, A FITTING END TO SINK IN EXCREMENT

PAGE 5


1  
George wakes in a very function bedroom

GEORGE: WHERE AM I. NO BRIC A BACK, NO CLUTTER, NO CUSHIONS


2  
George tries on a smock

GEORGE: AN PRACTICAL FITTING SMOCK, ANY COLOUR YOU WANT AS SOON AS IT IS BEIGE


3  
Lumps of slop served as food in a canteen

GEORGE: NO CHOICE, UNPRETENTIOUS FOOD, UNRECOGNISABLY NUTRITIOUS. FEEL KIND OF WOOZY, SEXUAL DRIVE DOWN, FEELING RELAXED, DO NOT WANT TO REBEL


4  
George does a new laborious job

GEORGE: MONOTONOUS JOB, PUSH, TWIST, PULL, PUSH TWIST PULL, BREAK, PUSH TWIST PULL, CLOCK OUT


5  
A huge screen shows a big brother image. Loads of small heads watch

GEORGE: GOOD EVENING CITIZENS, OBEY ME, PRODUCTIVITY IS AVERAGE, OBEY ME CONSCIOUSNESS STEADY, OBEY ME


6  
A close up of George

Caption: HUMAN CONDITION SUBVERTED

GEORGE: WHAT A HONKING HUGE PLASMA SCREEN THIS PLACE IS AWESOME

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