Screenplay

ANYTHING BUT SOCIAL

FADE IN:

EXT. LUCY'S HOUSE - DAY

In the heart of London, England in a semi-detached house.

INT. LUCY'S HOUSE - HER BEDROOM - DAY

LUCY, a 17 year old girl is reading a book, her phone glows from a notification. She drops her book and picks up her phone and scrolls through her social media profile. Lucy then receives an anonymous message.

ANONYMOUS

(You're so ugly. Nobody likes you. Go back into the hole you came from.)

Lucy appears to be shocked and also scared.

(Sad sigh)

MUM

Time to get up Lucy, get ready for school. You better not be on that phone again.

Lucy puts down her phone and gets up out of bed and the montage begins.

The montage shows Lucy getting out of bed and getting ready for school whilst checking her phone. This is shown over a period of days to show the occurring events of her receiving hate messages.

Lucy swings her legs to the side of her bed and sits up. She reads a message on her phone.

MESSAGE 1

TEXT:(We don't want you at our school. You have no friends, we don't want losers.)

Lucy then puts her phone down, and wipes away her tears.

Lucy swings her legs to the side of her bed and sits up. She reads a message on her phone.

MESSAGE 2

PICTURE: of lucy with hateful messages/ writing over the photo ('LOSER')

Lucy then puts her phone down, and wipes away her tears.

Lucy swings her legs to the side of her bed and sits up. She reads a message on her phone.

MESSAGE 3

TEXT: (You think you look good covered in all that makeup to fit in. But you don't. You never will.)

Lucy then puts her phone down, and wipes away her tears.

Lucy swings her legs to the side of her bed and sits up. She reads a message on her phone.

MESSAGE 4

NOTIFICATIONS: from her social media accounts (Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat)Mean comments about her

Lucy then puts her phone down, and wipes away her tears.

Lucy swings her legs to the side of her bed and sits up. She reads a message on her phone.

MESSAGE 5

PICTURE: of Lucy sitting on a bench on her own, with a group of people standing around her looking at her. The words Lonely and Friendless written on it.

Lucy then puts her phone down, and wipes away her tears.

Lucy swings her legs to the side of her bed and sits up. She reads a message on her phone.

MESSAGE 6

NOTIFICATIONS: on her social media accounts (Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat)and also mean comments posted about her

Lucy then puts her phone down, and wipes away her tears.

Lucy swings her legs to the side of her bed and sits up. She reads a message on her phone.

MESSAGE 7

TEXT:(KILL YOURSELF!.)

Lucy then puts her phone down, and wipes away her tears.

MONTAGE ENDS

BACK TO PRESENT DAY

Anonymous message from before montage is shown on her phone.  

ANONYMOUS

(You're so ugly. Nobody likes you. Go back into the hole you came from.)

Lucy deletes her Instagram, Facebook and Snapchat profile and begins to cry

(Lucy's sad face becomes angry)

She begins to throw her books around her room whilst screaming.  

Lucy collapses in the corner of her room and she curls up into a ball. Camera zooms in to show her crying and wiping her tears away.

CAMERA ZOOMS OUT TO SHOW LUCY LOOKING DIRECTLY AT THE CAMERA 

Lucy stands up, pauses and walks into the bathroom

INT: BATHROOM - DAY

LUCY LOOKS IN THE MIRROR AT HER REFLECTION. SHE GRABS AN UNKNOWN OBJECT AND WALKS AWAY

INT: BEDROOM - DAY

LUCY WALKS INTO HER BEDROOM AND SITS ON HER BED, CAMERA SHOWS A CLOSE UP OF HER FACE

ZOOMS OUT, CAMERA STILL FOCUSES ON LUCY.

CUTS TO BLACK SCREEN FOR 4 SECONDS

(sound of a bottle being dropped)

close up shot of empty pill bottle on the floor with its cap off

CUTS TO BLACK SCREEN, WITH STATISTICS ON BULLYING AND SUICIDE.

  Approximately 160,000 teens reportedly skip school every day because they are bullied, and 1 in 10 teens drop out of school due to repeated bullying.

  More than half of teens have witnessed cyber bullying on social media and don't say anything about it

  1 in 6 parents know their child has been bullied via a social networking site

 30 percent of victims have turned to self-harming behaviours, which has increased by 6 percent from 2013

If you ever witness or are a part of cyber bullying, make sure you report it to www.stopbullying.gov. Or talk to your family, friends or a counsellor.