Book Chase – Jetta Weinstein
and Perry Goldsmith
Joe sits at a school desk, staring
straight ahead, his face seen in profile. A young woman, Anna, in the
desk at his left, sits up straight and looks attentively in another direction; the two of them are seen in a medium shot.
A bell rings and Anna gets up from her desk, walking out of the room. Joe looks
over at Anna’s desk and sees that she has left a textbook behind, with a close-up on the book's title. Looking at
the classroom door as it shuts, he picks up Anna’s textbook, grabs his own
books and scrambles for the door.
Exiting the classroom, Joe looks all
around him. He sees Anna walking off in the distance (long shot). Joe starts to run after
her but other students exit their classrooms. The students filter into the
hallway, obscuring Joe's view of Anna. Joe pushes through the crowd.
Anna stops for a drink at a water
fountain. Joe continues to make his way through the crowded corridor. He stops
and focuses (in a close-up on his face), noticing Anna at the fountain, then fights through the throng to make his way over to her. Joe
taps Anna on the shoulder and shows her the textbook, gesturing that she left
it behind in class. He hands her the book. Anna - in close-up - smiles, mouthing the words “thank
you.” Joe and Anna smile at each other, not saying anything for a moment. Joe nods and backs away. They each turn
around and walk off in separate directions, leaving the now empty hallway.
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