Script Example

Title
THE MISUNDERSTOOD DOG

By Robert Biggins

Scene 1

Two days before Christmas in the 1970s. No snow has fallen yet and the weather is quite cloudy.

We see an old-fashioned two-storey house in a suburban area from the street. A light is on in the attic and on the ground floor. Mr Miller (pensioner, the stereotype of a grandfather, wearing a blue-checked shirt, black trousers with braces) and his dog Fluffy (terrier) are in the attic of his house, searching for something under a load of dusty old furniture and other random stuff.

MR MILLER
Fluffy, do you know where I put those old Christmas records?

FLUFFY
(barking, as if to say ‚No!‘)

MR MILLER
Oh, Fluffy, you’re not much help, are you!

Fluffy is offended and runs down the stairs.

Scene 2

Mrs Miller (the stereotype of a grandmother, wearing an apron) is baking Christmas cookies in the kitchen of the house. There is a very warm atmosphere.

MRS MILLER
(talking to herself)
Oh, Jesus. Every year I have to bake all these cookies, and every year it seems to get harder and harder.

Fluffy enters the room hastily, happy to see Mrs Miller.

MRS MILLER
Oh, Fluffy, my dear! Good to see you. Where have you left Grandpa?

Fluffy sits down next to Mrs. Miller and looks at her full of expectation.

MRS MILLER
Oh no, Fluffy. These cookies are not for you! Don’t you dare stare at me like that. You already had your lunch!!

Fluffy is offended again and runs out of the kitchen.

Scene 3

Fluffy runs out of the main door of the house into the garden, which leads onto a field. After hesitating briefly, Fluffy leaves the garden and enters the field.

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