based on a true event

 

THE FAVORITE SWEATER or … Arash, Mark and Paul Make A Shorty

Foggy Night. Ext of a beach bar. Music blasts. Lights flash. People yell to each other. 

ALL (off camera)

Goodnight. See you tomorrow. Stay safe. 

CU of boardwalk planks. 

High heel shoes walk into the frame. The walking grows increasingly wobbly.

                                        GIRL

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Fuck! Shit! 

She proceeds.  A sweater sleeve dangles at the side of her leg. She becomes less and less steady. A deer watches her. She drops her purse. The contents spill out onto the walkway. She clumsily scoops them up, walks on and then traces her last footsteps to find her lost shoe. She puts it back on and pivots shakily. She struggles with a latched, waist high, squeaky, wooden gate. In TIGHT CLOSEUP, droplets on the hinges glisten. The walkway gets steeper, the sweater falls to  the ground. She picks it up and steps onto the porch. She throws the sweater onto top the low pitched roof and stumbles into the dark house. The screen door slams.