(Head!) Over Heels - Script

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1. (HEAD!)Over Heels Written by Molly McCutcheon Jenna Mayer Alysha Khanna
2. FADE IN: 1.​ INT. DOWNTOWN - FLORIST SHOP - DAY ​ ​ ​ ​ 1 A comforting florist shop, the building is old yet well-loved. A quiet radio plays soft Post-Punk in the back (Sophiacide).​ A darkly-coloured rose glimmers with condensation. The flower is raised as the stem is cut. A YOUNG MAN (20s), handsome, well-dressed, yet off-looking, stands behind the counter, smiling ear to ear. (optional line) FLORIST (V.O) (in a bad French accent) Et voila. 1.​ ​ ​ ​ ​ YOUNG MAN It’s perfect! The Young Man takes the rose, from the FLORIST (60s). 2.​ ​ ​ ​ ​ FLORIST (V.O) (Normal accent) Who’s the lucky lady? 3.​ ​ ​ ​ YOUNG MAN ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ (smitten) Oh, man, she's amazing. I think she might be the coolest, most perfect girl I’ve ever met. CUT TO: 2.​ EXT. DOWNTOWN - APARTMENT BUILDING - DAY​ ​ ​ 2 A dingy 1800s TOWNHOUSE, bathed in the harsh sunlight of an Autumn afternoon. The neighbourhood seems quiet. 4.​ ​ ​ ​ WITCH (V.O) (Angry) OW!!! YOU LITTLE FREAK!
3. The shout scares crows off the roof of the building. A muffled explosion follows the shout. 5. ​ ​ ​ ​ PUNK RADIO JOCKEY (V.O) That was SOPHIACIDE! I’m DOCTOR. PSYCHO STEVE, pumpin’ the punk-adelic soundwaves to the listening ears of YOU, Toronto! 3.​ INT. APARTMENT - KITCHEN - DAY​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 3 Through smoke, a WITCH is thrown against a row of cupboards by a creature, with whom a fight ensues. The witch finally manages to throw the biting creature into a large cabinet. 4. INT. APARTMENT LIVING ROOM - DAY​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 4 The townhouse's interior is cramped and cluttered with intertwined punk and Witchy artifacts. The whole interior is bathed in dark colours reflecting the homeowner. ANGLE - CLOCK On the cluttered apartment wall, the clock is ticking. ANGLE - RADIO​ An old radio set is sat on the table, beat up and decorated with various stickers. 6.​ ​ ​ ​ ​ WITCH (V.O) (coughing, pissed off) God forbid a witch has a LOVE LIFE! A colourful smoke cloud billows through the cracks of the KITCHEN door. WITCH (20s), messy, frazzled, and half-dressed, stumbles into the LIVING ROOM, coughing. 7.​ ​ DOCTOR. PSYCHO STEVE (V.O)(CONT’D) Boy-o-boy, isn't it just a beau-ti-ful day!? 8.​ ​ ​ ​ ​ WITCH
4. (Sarcastically) Just peachy. 9.​ ​ ​ DOCTOR. PSYCHO STEVE (V.O)(CONT’D) Of course, it is! Because up next is TV Freaks! 10.​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ WITCH (Long Groan) ​ MUSIC CUE:​ BEGIN MONTAGE: The Witch rushes around her dirty apartment to hide everything supernatural. 5.​ INT. APARTMENT - LIVING ROOM - DAY​​ ​ ​ ​ 5 -​ - The Witch throws her hat and broom into a side room -​ - The Witch turns the two SENTIENT PLANTS into beautiful flowers -​ - The Witch puts two coffee cups on the coffee table​ -​ - The Witch closes the SHAKING cabinet door again -​ - A Tube of old mascara is opened with a POP -​ - The Witch slowly applies mascara in the cracked door mirror, she stabs herself in the eye 11.​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ WITCH Augh! Ow! -​ - The Witch pulls up her sock and adjusts her shorts -​ - The Witch CLOSES THE CABINET AGAIN -​ - The Witch opens a portal to hell and shoves various items in. Closes the portal then throws a cheesy 90’s catalog rug
5. over the pentagram sigil on the floor to hide it from view.​ ​ 6.​ INT. APARTMENT - KITCHEN - DAY​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 6 -​ - The Witch attempts to close the door of a glowing and shaking cabinet, throwing herself at it until it shuts, but barely. The Intercom rings, she freezes against the door. 12. ​​ ​ ​ ​ YOUNG MAN (V.O) Hey! I got you something! END MONTAGE 13.​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ WITCH (panicked) …Uh oh… As a final measure, The Witch jams her wand through the door handles as a makeshift barricade. She runs off-screen, and the cabinet begins to shake again as she leaves. We hear the door open. 14.​ ​ ​ ​ ​ YOUNG MAN (V.O) Hey! Clothing rustling and stumbling footsteps. 15.​ ​ ​ ​ YOUNG MAN (V.O) (CONT’D) Oh, wow! Okay! - 16.​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ WITCH (V.O) (panicked, interjecting) Welcome! Come in, Come in! 7.​ INT. APARTMENT LIVING ROOM - DAY​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 7​
6. The Young Man is ushered into her much cleaner living room. A weird SATANIC BUG in the kitchen crawls into view. The Witch notices and gets visibly stressed. The Young Man doesn’t notice as he’s preoccupied with being shoved. She manually sits him down on the couch. 17.​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ WITCH (hurried) Stay here! I'm just gonna - make us something - to eat! She backs out of the living room, towards the kitchen doorway behind the couch, and turns up the radio as she leaves. The Young man turns to her. 18.​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ YOUNG MAN D-Do you need a hand? 19.​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ WITCH No! No! It's okay! The Witch slowly shuts the sliding door. 20.​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ WITCH (contd) You look great by the way… The Young Man sits himself back on the edge of the couch. He sees the silhouetted Witch sink to her knees behind the door. He reacts, then turns to take in the living room and listen to the music. CUT TO: 8.​ INT. APARTMENT - KITCHEN - DAY​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 8 The Kitchen is equally as messy and magic-adorned as the Living Room was. The Witch needs to clean this room up too. The Witch has her hands full with magic paraphernalia, she looks around hurriedly for a place to store them. 9.​ INT. APARTMENT LIVING ROOM - DAY​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 9
7. The young man enjoying the music calls out in the direction of the kitchen. 10.​ INT. APARTMENT - KITCHEN - DAY​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 10 21.​ ​ ​ ​ ​ YOUNG MAN (V.O) I love this song! 21.​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ WITCH [grunting, shoving items into an overhead cupboard] Yeah? I love TV FREAKS. The Witch violently shuts an overfilled magical cupboard. The force opens another cupboard down the row, and non-perishable foods spill out, including a thick NEON GREEN GOO. CUT TO: 11.​ INT. APARTMENT LIVING ROOM - DAY​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 1 The Young Man is sitting idly. CRASH. The Young Man, concerned, turns to get up. CUT TO: 12.​ INT. APARTMENT - KITCHEN - DAY​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 12 The Witch is struggling to get the Green Goo off of her face, she blindly grabs a cooking pan and wacks her face until the goo comes off with the pan. She grabs the wand from the barricade in the cabinet, the door comes slightly ajar. She brandishes it at the Green Goo in anger. 23.​ ​ ​ ​ YOUNG MAN (V.O)(CONT’D) Is everything okay? MUSIC END: The Witch freezes in panic, The Young Man opens the door and pokes his head in. Witch smiles awkwardly at him, poking at the goo with her wand.
8. 24.​ ​ ​ ​ ​ YOUNG MAN (grossed out) I can just order a pizza- 25.​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ WITCH (cutting him off) I’m nearly done! He shrugs and leaves. She heaves a sigh of relief and wrenches her wand out of the Green Goo Seeing the Satanic Bug on the counter, she slams the pan down over it and relaxes- thinking she’s taken care of everything. There's a beat of silence. The cabinet bursts open. A CREATURE comes flying out to hover in front of her. It is pleased to be out of captivity. It spots the kitchen door. MUSIC CUE: 27.​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ WITCH OH, NO YOU DON’T! 28.​ ​ ​ ​ DOCTOR. PSYCHO STEVE (V.O) (very quiet) Don’t go just yet, because TV Freaks is back for round 2! She starts casting spells at it. It dodges, again and again. She gets angrier, as the fight ensues, and more magical items fall out all over the place. The fight takes the creature closer to the door area. The Young Man once again opens the door conversationally, opening his mouth to say something. Dodges reflexively as the creature flies past him. 29.​ ​ ​ ​ YOUNG MAN (surprised) Woah. A stray final blast of The Witch's wand fully decapitates him. The Witch is frozen in shock as she processes what just happened. The Creature makes a break for it out the Living Room window.
9. There is a horrible cracking sound. Young Man stands back up, putting his head back on his neck. Adjusts it, and blinks. 30.​ ​ ​ ​ YOUNG MAN (stunned) WOW! You never get used to that. The Witch stares at him in disbelief. Young Man screws a visible bolt on his neck tighter. Her face finally softens. UNDERSTANDING. The Young Man smiles at her. He remembers the forgotten rose in his pocket. It is covered in blood. The stem snaps. The Witch pauses, before laughing, and the young man begins to chuckle as well. The Witch looks at the rose, then up at him. She knows they’re both okay. This moment is a new beginning. She opens her mouth to say something- HARD CUT TO BLACK + TITLE