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The Deviation

By

  Harry Swaine

The psychologist scene is in a reasonably normal

environment, with a mellow atmosphere, in order to achieve

a contrast with the harsh environment simulated in the

 program. The protagonist is sat on a leather chair, and theonly other thing visible in the room is a wall to the back of

him, and a table with a glass of water .

Psychologist: Why are you here?  ( His voice is overlaid

upon a black screen with a quote “There is nothing either

 good or bad, but thinking makes it so” “illiam

!hakespeare” followed by fast cut )

(The simulated environment is very cold and desolate, with

cooler colour correction than the psychologist scene. There

is no other human in sight, only the odd occasional glimpse

of a bird flying overhead. " #lose up of $ack%s face in thelonely environment, leads to a shot that shows he is left with

no technology and has a minimum amount of equipment. He

looks around and walks out of focus which provides a

backdrop for the actors name.&

(the scene alters environment again, as a flashback of the

 psychologists room shows 'ack looking disappointed.&

Jack: Come on doc, I’ve paid a large amount for this; you

should kno hy I’m here! (!ilence as the psychologist

writes notes and 'ack shakes his head in order to suggest healready thinks this is a bad idea. atch on action of the

notepad that cuts from 'ack trying to peak subtly at the

notes.&

($ack sits by a campfire and sharpens a large stick) a macro

 shot with a large area of out of focus background provides a

backdrop for an actor%s name.&

(The scene thumps into a flashback again to show the

 protagonists at home taking his final pill from a medicine

bottle. He looks at himself in the mirror with shame and sighs out loud.&

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Psychologist: ( He clears his throat and the shot returns to

the psychologists.& " colleague has informed me of a

program that could help your depression, #ut for your

age$it could #e out of your price ra$! (*ets interrupted.)

  Jack: %oney ain’t a pro#lem,

the only structure I’ve have had in my life is the endless

drill of hard ork$I mean hen you don’t appreciate

your life, hat else can you do? ('acks dialect is more

colloquial than the psychologists to show a class barrier+he

 idgets uncomfortably.&

Psychologist: Well, people have said until you have

e&perienced this$e&periment, you don’t kno ho

lonely you truly are! ($ack laughs to himself with the same

e-pressionless look that has been on his depressing face.&

(" shot of 'ack setting up camp provides a backdrop for the

director%s name.&

Jack: I’m sure it ill #e fine… (#onversation cuts to 'ack

on location to the program. The building is modern and has

a medical denotations, for e-ample a small surgery.&

("t the point when 'ack goes under the film title appears on a

distorted background of blood. $ack then sits up into focus in

a mid shot and looks around confused) an e-treme wide

angle shows his isolation.&

 " voice over that is meant to be inside his head narrates his

confusion.&

Jack 'in his mind(: What the hell…(rummages through

 pockets and bag and finds a phone out of battery with some

 survival gear.& shouts )hello?*

(He looks around towards the camera as he puts his bag on

and does a double take towards the camera so it isn%t

revealed what he looks at.&

("s a transitional event, 'ack e-plores the lonely world he

has been placed in through a series of locations, in order to

represent time passing.&

(The opening ends as he collects wood for his camp, talking

to himself as he realises he finds company in himself but he

hears a distant ringing noise, it occurs that it is his phone

ringing at his camp and sprints in order to answer it. The

 phone shuts down 'ust as he gets there.

 $ack lies on the floor, annoyed that he missed the

 phenomenon, he throws the phone.&

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Jack: +"% I-. W/0?(rolls on the floor in anger&

Psychologist: /e’s only #een under for 1 eeks, it’s too

early to release him!!!

($ack starts to get a head ache and screen gets distorted&

Psychologist 1: -he readings sho his su#conscious is

leaking in, it ill drive him insane!

Psychologist: /e as already mentally unsta#le$2ust

keep the simulation going$e need this$(The voices

 fade out to a muffled noise as the scene breaks down to the

climatic shot. $ack looks around as the world he is in

becomes distorted and psychedelic. !uddenly a man with a

mask appears and the film cuts to black.& 

END