Final Script (Camp Out)

 

Camp Out

Written by

David Jones

Fade in:

EXT. DARTMOOR – DAY

A lone car is driving on a road in Dartmoor. It’s slightly misty or foggy.

Jump cut to:

INT. CAR – DAY

DAVE, amateur survivalist, late teen’s, driving down a road, inserts CD and turns up the volume.

VOICE of CD

Step 4 of exploring the wilderness is to allows have a safe route back to civilisation. This can be done by checking your map regularly.

DAVE, looks at map on phone, no signal on phone, looks around for signs on country on.

DAVE

(mumbles)

C’mon Dave don’t get scared. You can do this.

DAVE, parks car on side of road, gets out of car, holds phone in air.

DAVE

(worried)

How can there be no bloody signal? Right, guess I’m gonna have to do this the old fashioned way.

DAVE, starts walking towards hill.

CROSSFADE TO:

EXT. HILL – DAY

DAVE, walks towards top of hill, stumbles on uneven floor, climbs rock face, stands on top of hill.

DAVE

(shouts)

Hello?! Hello?! Hello?!

(FADES)

DAVE, shrugs, begins walking down hill

CROSSFADE TO:

DAVE, walking, yawns, gets key out, unlocks car, gets bags out of boot, shuts boot of car, wipes eyes, quickly looks at hands, looks through rear view mirror of car, keys locked inside.

DAVE

(aggressive)

Eerrgghh!

DAVE, picks up bags, walks towards woods.

CROSSFADE TO:

DAVE, walks through woodlands, sees a lake, drops bags and walks to lake.

DAVE

Meh. Why not?

DAVE, gets fishing rod out, prepare fishing rod, looks determined, casts line, line gets caught in tree, he climbs up tree, tree branch breaks, Dave out of shot.

DAVE

OWW!

DAVE, prepares fishing rod, looks determined, casts line, hook catches his hat, hat gets soaked in lake.

DAVE

Oh for fuck sake! Well if I’m gonna get it I might as well make the most of it.

CUT TO:

DAVE, in underpants, towel wrapped around hips, looks determined, places shower cap on head, holds bar of soap, drops towel, walks towards water, feet touch water, he stops, he quickly turns, picks up towel, sits on rock.

DAVE

(teeth gitter)

C’mon Dave. You can do this. What would Bear do? What would he do?

DAVE, breathes slowly, closes eye lids

(Insert emotional Bear Grylls speech. Duration 10 seconds max)

DAVE, opens eye lids.

DAVE

Fuck it.

DAVE, drops everything, runs into lake, stands up in lake, looks behind him, sees soap.

CUT TO:

EXT. LAKE – BAR OF SOAP – AFTERNOON

DAVE

(shouts)

Oh for fuck sake!

DAVE, walks to soap, picks up soap, looks around

DAVE

(sighs)

Fire.

CROSSFADE TO:

EXT. CAMP SITE – EVENING

DAVE, looking confident.

DAVE

Let’s do this.

INTERCUT MONTAGE OF DAVE CREATING FIRE AND BUILDING TENT

CUT TO:

DAVE, tent on fire, big flames, he lies down and falls asleep.

THE END