Opposites attract (working title)

Opposites attract (working title)

(The film opens with a very tight shot on a bunch of flowers in a vase. The camera slowly zooms out to reveal an unidentifiable person asleep in their bed. This room adopts a feminine mise en scene which includes a diary which is annotated with a corny message, a romantic DVD, a smart elegant photo frame with both protagonists where boy is beaming a smile and the girl looks miserable. The score is a slow romantic instrumental. The alarm rings and the person immediately awakes thus revealing that this is the male protagonist’s bedroom as until now his face has remained hidden.

The film cuts to the female protagonist’s bedroom which is darkly lit, untidy and quite masculine. In contrast the score is a rock instrumental .The alarm is constantly ringing, the female protagonist grunts in annoyance and searches for the alarm clock without opening her eyes or lifting her head.

She manages to knock every item off the bedside table, which include a masculine action DVD and a tacky old photo frame with the same picture of the two protagonists, until she finds the alarm through the process of elimination which she tries in vain to turn off until that too is knocked off leaving her with no choice but to get out of bed. As the female protagonist is still only partly awake she steps on the photo and her anger is captured by her proceeding into a series of beeped swear words. A voice presumably father says “sweetheart I hear you’re up then”. The phone starts ringing the female protagonist grunts once again in annoyance as she desperately searches for the phone in her untidy room. Her epic search for the phone leads her to search in piles of clothes, empties her bag, and opens drawers, etcetera, but finds phone in a pizza box. Comedy through facial and gestures and the bizarre places of search.

It is revealed it is the male protagonist on the line who is now smartly dressed and smiling enthusiastically- Split screen showing both protagonists)

Female :( angry) what do you want?

Male :( annoying over enthusiastically) well who’s a grumpy Gus. Someone got out of the wrong side of the bed this morning.

Female :( impatiently) is there a point to this conversation.

Male: (calm and still cheerful) Do I need a reason to call my lovely fiancé. (Pause) Anyway the reason
I called is to remind you not to be late as mama and papa don’t like to be kept waiting. You haven’t forgotten have you?

Female: (obviously lying) No of course not (as she looks at her watch)

Male: see you later alligator.

Female :( forced cheerfulness) yeah see you later.

(Camera cuts to the female protagonist hanging up the phone)

Female: shit.

(The female then begins frantically searching for clothes)
(The camera then cuts to the male protagonist)

(The titles appear)