Bodach Manor Script Ch. 1
P1: August 13 Time stamp 2:00 A.M. Lana is in a short dress and casual shoes carrying a to go bag and giggling as she approaches a dilapidated house with bars on the windows and cracked siding. On the phone:
Lana: Okay, okay. I just got home, talk to you later.
P2: Lana is inside at the front door. There’s a soft glow from the tv and music playing.
Lana: Hey Dad. Sorry I’m late. P3: Frame expands to view of couch in foreground further into the house. Lana is taking off her shoes but hasn’t looked in. A masculine hand lays limp from the couch and there’s beer cans and a spilled ashtray on the floor. You know how parties are but I brought carne asada tacos from our favorite joint down the stree-
P4: Close up of Lana’s face- shocked and afraid
P5: August 14, 9:00 A.M. (Old fashioned phone rings in the manor. Ava reaches to pick it up, she answers without it showing her face)
Ava: Hello? … Yes, this is the Bodach residence... P6:(Close up of her mouth twisted in distaste) P7: Pans to Cain reading the newpaper. Baby Thomas off to the side playing. You know that I don’t like to take in adolescent girls Mr. Fribble. They’re nothing but trouble and I’m already so busy with little Thomas.
Fribble:(P8 of Mr. Fribble’s cluttered office with papers stacked high) I understand that Mrs. Webb. However, you were the last on the list to call and..
(P9 rundown house with EMS carrying a body out. Then to Lana sitting holding a shirt with a shellshocked expressiom)
she has nowhere left to go.
Ava: P10 Ava is pinching the bridge of her nose. Alright.
Fribble: P11 Fribble is holding the phone between his cheek and shoulder while opening a manilla folder in one hand and typing on a laptop with another. Fantastic! Now.. There is still quite a bit of paperwork left, and Miss Lana needs to ensure she has everything…
Ava: I expect you to deliver her promptly no later than 6:00 P.M. Fribble. (P12 Hangs up)
Fribble: P13 Holding phone loosely in hand and surprised. Y-yes ma’am.
P14: Lana in Fribbles office is looking in his direction with an eyebrow raised and a slight frown.
P15: Overhead shot of car driving along a wooded road.
P16: Cuts to image of the house. Ava is standing at the top of the porch steps. Magnifier on a spider web between two porch posts.
P17: They are all sitting in the living room- Lana and Fribble on the coach facing Ava across a coffee table in her own seat.
Ava: While you are under my care in this house, P18 you must follow the list of rules detailed in this packet or there will be grave consequences.
P18: Lana facing to the side with her face in her hands side-eyes Ava. Fribble clears his throat while nervously pushing up his glasses.
Fribble: P19 Of course, of course. No worries, Miss Lana, Mrs. Webb runs a tight ship but she’s done a lot for her community, so you just stay on you best behavior. But it has been a terribly eventful few hours so why don’t we show her to her room?
Ava: Indeed… Follow me then. Mine and my husband’s room as well as the nursery is on the second floor; my biological son’s is in the basement. You are not permitted to enter any other room aside from your own. We have a modest dwelling in the attic with an attached bathroom to provide some privacy
Fribble: How lovely, Lana why don’t you try settling in and let us discuss a few more details… Lana only has a year left before she’s ready to age out but you do need to keep an eye out. She has a strong history of running away.
Lana: (to herself) As if that’ll be an issue now… There’s nowhere to go anymore.