Cast List

Patrick - Morgan Simkins
Dave - Colten Lomenick
Alice - Kali Sheldon
Longboard Guy - Cade Mecham
Party guy - Kasey Fox
Married man - Markus Vreeken
Married woman - Meagan Aldridge
Office worker - McKade Rhodes

Props

The only props we'll be using are broken cell phones which I will provide.

Hair and makeup

A friend of mine is working on his makeup portfolio and has expressed interest in helping out.
McKade Rhodes.

Settings

Patrick and Dave's house

• My house 
• My backyard

The Boulevard 

• St. George Boulevard 

Party house 

• My house (exterior) 

Office

• Holland building 

Bedroom/living room 

• Friend's house 

Empty lot

• Empty lot in Washington 

Tentative Schedule

A little over a week of shooting and we'll have this masterpiece ready for editing

Day one: Patrick, Dave, Alice

-       Scene 12, 13 Patrick’s bedroom

-     Day two: Patrick, Dave, Alice, Jackie 

-       Scene 13 Living room/party across the street exterior

Day three: Longboard man, party boy, TV man, Office man, married man
Scene 1, 5, 7 Boulevard
Scene 3, 9 Office
Scene 11 Vacant lot

Day four: Longboard man, party boy, TV man, Office man, married man, wife

-       Scene 6, 10 A living room
S   Scene 2 Bathroom        
S   Scene 4, 8 Bedroom

Shot list

I'll be adding frames to this shortly. For now, here's a compiled list of shots  

Scene 1 - Boulevard

Fades in from black ESTABLISHING WIDE SHOT of a mostly empty Boulevard with the subtle gravel sound of a longboard in the distance.

CUT TO a CLOSE UP FROM BEHIND the man’s longboard.

CLOSE UP of man’s face.

MEDIUM LONG SHOT from behind as he stops his board and pulls out his phone.

MEDIUM SHOT in front as the messages pop up on the screen.

Scene 2 - Bedroom

MEDIUM LONG SHOT of a young man laying in bed with his phone out.

CLOSE UP of SIDE as he reads messages.

WIDE SHOT as he puts the phone beneath the covers. FLASH. Takes his phone out and looks at the picture.

Scene 3 - Office

CLOSE UP of man in office reading texts. (leave negative space on the side for text)

WIDE SHOT as he frantically gets up to leave.

Scene 4 - Bedroom

MEDIUM LONG SHOT of a man and woman lying in bed. PAN DOWN SLIGHTLY as husband shine light on his wife.

Scene 5 – Boulevard

DUTCH ANGLE looking UP at man on phone.

Scene 6 – Living room

WIDE ESTABLISHING SHOT from BEHIND the TV. The lights flicker on the man who is not even paying attention.

MEDIUM SHOT of young man texting.

Scene 7 – Various

MOVING LONG SHOT on the BOULEVARD of man longboarding to the right towards his destination.

WIDE SHOT  in the BEDROOM as sweaty man puts his shirt on and heads towards the door.

WIDE SHOT from BEHIND the car in PARKING GARAGE as the office man hurries to enter his car.

MEDIUM LONG SHOT in BEDROOM as man carefully gets out of bed without waking his wife up.

CLOSE UP in LIVING ROOM on remote control and food crumbs with the TV light still flickering.

CLOSE UP of the OLDER MAN in his CAR as he drives nervously.

MEDIUM  LONG SHOT from BEHIND as LONGBOARD MAN gains speed and looks at his phone.

WIDE SHOT in KITCHEN as the SWEATY young man asks his mom for the keys to the car.

MEDIUM PROFILE SHOT of TV man in gas station buying condoms.

CLOSE UP of TV man looking nervous.

Scene 8 – Construction site.

MEDIUM LONG SHOT from FRONT as LONGBOARD MAN looks to his left approaching the destinatation.

ESTABLISHING WIDE SHOT of CONSTRUCTION SITE with LONGBOARD MAN standing in front with his longboard. A car pulls up near him.

MEDIUM SHOT OVER the CAR of THE OLDER MAN as he gets out and looks confused.

CLOSE UP of BAG and LEGS as the TV MAN crosses the street to where the other two are.

MEDIUM LONG SHOT as the three men look at each other. TV MAN gets closer.

MEDIUM SHOT BEHIND TV MAN as the other two look at him and down at the BAG.

MEDIUM CLOSE UP of TV MAN as he looks down at his bag.

MEDIUM LONG SHOT of the three men. After TV MAN  looks down and attempts to hide the BAG behind his legs, the other two men look at each other and start talking.

MEDIUM SHOT of CAR pulling up.

MEDIUM LONG SHOT of the three men looking at the CAR.

MEDIUM SHOT of THE MARRIED MAN exiting the CAR. He stops to look at the other men.

MEDIUM LONG SHOT of the three men looking confused at the MARRIED MAN.

MEDIUM SHOT of THE MARRIED MAN getting back in his CAR and driving off.

MEDIUM LONG SHOT of the three men watching the man leave. They go back to talking.

CLOSE UP on each man as they speak.

WIDE SHOT of them  texting.

MEDIUM and CLOSE UP SHOTS of each man texting (where necessary)

Scene 9 – Bedroom

CLOSE UP of SCABBY HAND and PHONE. GIGGLING can be heard.

CLOSE UP PROFILE of BROKEN PICTURE FRAME of PATRICK and STACY. RACK FOCUS from BROKEN FRAME to PATRICK who stares at picture. PATRICK looks back at his phone.

MEDIUM SHOT of PATRICK TEXTING.

MEDIUM CLOSE UP of DAVE as he pears around the DOOR FRAME. 

MEDIUM SHOT of PATRICK going back and forth between TEXTING and TALKING TO DAVE.

MEDIUM CLOSE UP of DAVE TALKING to PATRICK and then CLOSING the DOOR and WALKING TOWARDS PATRICK

MEDIUM SHOT from the SIDE of the BED where DAVE sits and PATRICK lies.

MEDIUM CLOSE UP of PATRICK as he looks DOWN at DAVE and speaks.

MEDIUM CLOSE UP of DAVE from the BED as he looks BACK AT PATRICK and speaks.

CLOSE UP OVER THE SHOULDER SHOT where PATRICK looks for SELFIES on the internet on his PHONE.

WIDE SHOT of the OUTSIDE. The HOUSE across the street is a party.

MEDIUM SHOT of PATRICK and DAVE looking out the WINDOW.  DAVE looks at his PHONE and WALKS AWAY and SITS DOWN. PATRICK looks at DAVE and SITS DOWN.

CLOSE UP of DAVE’S FACE while he reacts to the picture of the beautiful girl. His EYES are wide. He can’t believe it.

MEDIUM SHOT from the SIDE of DAVE taking pictures of HIMSELF. The FLASH of the CAMERA consumes his FACE momentarily.

MEDIUM SHOT as DAVE walks out the DOOR.

MEDIUM SHOT from the SIDE of the BED as PATRICK talks to DAVE.

MEDIUM SHOT of PATRICK setting down his PHONE

CLOSE UP of BROKEN PICTURE FRAME as PATRICK picks up the FRAME  and places it up right and then RACK FOCUS on PATRICK while he stares.

Scene 10 – Kitchen

CLOSE UP FROM INTERIOR FRIDGE/CUT FROM BLACK as PATRICK opens the FRIDGE

CLOSE UP of PATRICK as he looks at his phone and SMILES.

MEDIUM SHOT of PATRICK sitting down in FRONT of the FRIDGE. He slides down the FRIDGE as he sits.

CLOSE UP of PATRICK messaging on his phone.

MEDIUM WIDE SHOT at the CORNER of the LIVING ROOM, LOOKING INTO the KITCHEN. PATRICK looks up. PAN to the RIGHT, the HALLWAY where DAVE exits. PAN LEFT where PATRICK is STANDING. He starts to WALK quickly TOWARDS his BEDROOM.

Scene 11 – Bedroom

MEDIUM SHOT of PATRICK entering his BEDROOM and turning off the LIGHT SWITCH.

CLOSE UP of PATRICK’S HAND as he flips the LIGHT SWITCH off.

PROFILE MEDIUM CLOSE UP of PATRICK looking out the WINDOW.

WIDE SHOT of DAVE approaching the party and entering the house.

MEDIUM WIDE SHOT of WINDOW at party. The SILLHOUETTES of people can be seen.

CLOSE UP of PATRICK looking out the WINDOW. The LIGHT from outside lights up his EYES.

MEDIUM WIDE SHOT of DAVE and ALICE as they leave the party.

Scene 12 – living room

MEDIUM SHOT as PATRICK paces back and forth in the LIVING ROOM. He looks up at DAVE and ALICE as they walk in.

CLOSE UP of ALICE as she appears from the STAIRWAY.

CLOSE UP of PATRICK as he recognizes ALICE.

MEDIUM SHOT of DAVE and ALICE as DAVE introduces ALICE.

MEDIUM CLOSE UP of ALICE  as PATRICK makes the comparison.

CLOSE UP of PATRICK as he puts his PHONE down and reacts.

MEDIUM SHOT of DAVE and ALICE as DAVE heads for the KITCHEN and ALICE heads for the COUCH.

CLOSE UP of PATRICK from BEHIND as he watches ALICE approach the COUCH.

MEDIUM SHOT of ALICE collapsing on the COUCH, followed by PATRICK sitting down by her.

MEDIUM SHOT of DAVE handing ALICE the glass of water.

Another MEDIUM CLOSE UP from BEHIND DAVE as he hands ALICE the water.

VARIOUS CLOSE UP SHOTS of ALICE and DAVE and PATRICK as they converse.

MEDIUM SHOT of STAIR WELL as JACKIE and HELGA come up the STAIRS.

MEDIUM CLOSE UP of DAVE as he converses with JACKIE and HELGA

MEDIUM CLOSE UP of ALICE as she converses with JACKIE and HELGA

CLOSE UP of PATRICK as he reacts to the conversation

MEDIUM SHOT of HELGA and JACKIE as they talk and laugh

MEDIUM CLOSE UP of DAVE standing up

MEDIUM CLOSE UP OVER THE SHOULDER of PATRICK as he approaches ALICE and the CAMERA follows him a little bit. DAVE enters FRAME and TAKES ALICE’S HAND. Slightly PANS UP towards DAVE’S FACE as he looks at PATRICK

MEDIUM SHOT looking UP the stairs as DAVE and ALICE approach the girls.

MEDIUM CLOSE UP from BEHIND PATRICK as he talks to JACKIE

CLOSE UP of ALICE blowing a bubble with her gum and then walking downstairs
MEDIUM SHOT of PATRICK walking downstairs. 

Treatment

                                    The New Anonymous Dream Girl Treatment

Kasey Fox

            Opens up with a man on a long board as he rides down the Boulevard. It’s sunset. He receives a message and stops for a second. The message pops up in a window next to him. “Hey J”. Cuts to another man receiving a similar message. And another. They ask for a picture and receive a selfie of a very attractive girl. They ask to hang out and they get an address. They find themselves and each other at a construction site. Another man stands there with his phone out. “I’m meeting someone here,” he says. “Me too,” says the first guy.  They all realize what has happened. He pulls out his phone. “I should have known you weren’t real” he angrily replies. Patrick, a pale introvert, laughs, types “Fuck boy” from the safety of his bed room. A broken frame of him and a girl sit next to him. It’s cracked and looks like it has a caked blood mark on it, matching the scab on his knuckle. He keeps looking at the picture. The men angrily march off. “Your selfie is totally fake. You can see the watermark. Fucking freak.” Dave, Patrick’s roommate, asks what’s so funny.

ACT I

            Patrick enjoys “catfishing” random men he meets. It’s a rush. He’s very entertained by it. Patrick introduces AM, an ANONYMOUS messaging app, to Dave. While Dave signs up, Patrick looks for another selfie to use as his fake persona. He comes across a stock photo of a young woman and stops dead in his tracks. She’s very beautiful. A noise grabs his attention. There’s a party going on at the house across the street. Patrick and Dave keep looking at it. Patrick tells Dave to say a certain thing on AM. Patrick responds. That’s where the catfishing begins. Dave is a lot nicer than the men Patrick was fishing earlier. Patrick doesn’t want the conversation to end. He sends the picture of the girl he found. He talks Dave into going over to the party to pick her up via AM. Patrick watches from the living room, anticipating something funny to happen.

PPI

            Dave walks out of the party— not alone. He’s with the girl from the picture. Patrick can’t believe it. He’s speechless as they walk through the door. Alice appears to be drunk. Dave tells Patrick that this girl, Alice, has a friend nearby with a hot tub and he’s invited. A montage begins of Dave and Alice spending time together as Patrick curiously tries to insert himself. Patrick then tries to avoid them. Patrick asks around on AM if anyone recognizes Alice. They hang out all the time at Patrick and Dave’s house. It becomes clear that they are in a relationship. As Patrick’s jealousy grows, so does his guilt. He realizes he’s made a huge mistake. At the end of the sequence, Patrick finally receives an answer from an anonymous user. They recognize Alice from the party a few nights before. They said she got angry and threw her phone and then minutes later, leaving with another man. Dave.

Act II

            Patrick continues to catfish to try and get his mind off of Dave and Alice. But he’s very distracted. Things change pace a little when Dave becomes very busy. Alice spends a lot of time at their apartment. She strikes up conversation with Patrick. He tries to get her to check her AM messages, but she tells him that her screen is broken and she can’t. He asks her when her screen broke. She says she doesn’t remember. She invites him to go eat with her. They go to a restaurant where a guy recognizes her face. He approaches her and asks if it was her that messaged him. She tells him she was drunk and doesn’t remember, but probably.  They exchange flirty glances, which makes Patrick uneasy. The level of commitment between Alice and Dave is under question by Patrick as she exchanges numbers with that man.

            Patrick seeks help from people he doesn’t know. He asks on AM for advice about the situation. These text boxes appear throughout the second act as he speaks to different people.

            Dave and Alice lie on the couch caressing each other. Dave tells her that she’s the perfect girl. He then makes a reference to the conversation HE THINKS THEY HAD on AM. Something funny that was said. She doesn’t understand the reference. At all. This strikes Dave as odd. He has a moment of clarity that he might be in denial about how perfect she is. Patrick tells him to pull up the conversation to show her. Maybe she’ll remember or get it if she read the conversation. Dave tells Patrick that Alice made him delete the app because she doesn’t want him talking to other girls.

            Alice leaves for the night. Patrick tells Dave later that he finds it strange that he’s not allowed to talk to anybody, when Alice can talk to whomever she wants. Dave gets defensive. He reminds Patrick that her phone is broken and that she can’t talk to anybody on there. Patrick brings up that she got another guy’s number at the restaurant a week before. Dave angrily proclaims that Patrick is jealous and has been acting desperate since Stacy dumped him. Patrick finally reveals to Dave that it was him talking to Dave that night—something that seems so unbelievable to Dave. He asks Patrick to show him the messages. Patrick attempts to scroll through the hundreds of conversations with complete strangers. He can’t find the conversation buried under all those equally incriminating messages. He gives up, feeling embarrassed. This only makes Dave doubt it more. After trying to pry the phone from him, Dave tells him he needs help.

            While sulking in his room, Patrick finally receives a message from a stranger who tells him he sounds like he’s jealous of his friend. Patrick says that he’s not jealous of Dave. The stranger replies, “No. The other friend. The girl.” Patrick decides to let it go. There’s nothing else he feels he can do. Feeling ashamed, he deletes his entire inbox.

PPII

            “Hey. You up?” Patrick takes his phone out to find a text from Alice. He replies: “Yes. Working on my capstone. Why?” She tells him she needs to talk to someone. She asks him to go on a drive with her. It’s late. She picks him up and they drive to a secluded spot on the hill, overseeing the city.

            She begins subtly revealing her dissatisfaction with her and Dave’s recent relationship status. They talk about previous relationships and why they feel the way they do about relationships. Patrick periodically checks AM like it’s a crutch. He’s distracting himself. He sees a post about someone who finds themself in a difficult position. They are with a friend they really want to make a move on but they are unsure. He sends a message asking for details.

            Patrick notices Alice on her phone. Her screen is fixed. He asks how long it’s been fixed, unsure of her motives. Not long. This leads into a discussion about why her phone broke. She saw the message that made her angry enough to throw her phone. It was a text from her ex. Patrick asks about the conversation her and Dave had on AM. She doesn’t answer. She looks off into space and then picks her phone back up.

            Patrick gets a reply to his message. The person is a girl and she’s with her friend whom she has feelings for, but isn’t sure how he feels. She wants to make a move. Patrick encourages her to go for it and then update him with how it goes.

            Patrick puts down his phone to turn his attention back to Alice—just when she drops her phone and pulls him in for a kiss. Patrick sits there, stunned. Alice picks her phone back up and begins typing and then sets her phone back down. Patrick gets a message from the girl. She says that she made her move and now he’s just sitting there with a stupid look on his face.

Act. III

            Patrick feels sick as Alice drives him home. They don’t say much at all. Alice tries to hold his hand and follows him inside. Feeling uncomfortable and nervous, Patrick pulls his phone out to distract him some more.  Alice calls him over to the couch. Patrick stands there, desperate for it all to end. He reopens the message from earlier. He tells her he’s made a huge mistake and then sends her the selfie of herself. Patrick stands there for just a moment before her phone collides with the wall next to him. She gets up from the couch and shoves him. She screams at him and tells him how terrible he is. She now knows everything is a lie and she doesn’t know how to handle it. She reveals that the photo has been going around because her ex has been sending it around. That’s the main reason they were fighting. She tells him that he’s not the only one who’s been hurt. He’s not better than the perverts he’s been outing. She storms out the door.

            Dave finds Patrick sitting by himself on a swing set near their home. Dave tells Patrick he knew exactly what happened when Patrick told him the truth, he just thought it was one of Alice’s friends who messaged him instead of Patrick. Patrick asks how long he’s known she was fake. Dave tells him it was the moment they talked about their feelings. Patrick apologizes, almost in tears and Dave asks him why he did and how. He further explains that the things he was saying were in his head—they were his thoughts before they were words and that is scariest part. That Patrick vicariously lived through every fabrication he created. Patrick does not deny it. Dave asks why he was so jealous and Patrick tells him he doesn’t know whom he was jealous of, but he realized that all he needs is a friend. Because the idea of falling in love with the perfect girl is a damaging lie. They make up and promise to never let a girl come between them, real or fake. Patrick promises to delete the app as soon as they get home. Dave tells him not to. If he thinks it’s funny and also knows how it feels, then he should go ahead.

            Patrick gets home and throws away the picture of him and his ex. He takes out his phone and, before deleting the app, posts a personal apology on AM for being so cruel to them. He tells them his name, so it will no longer be anonymous. He gets bombarded by spiteful messages. He gets a text from Alice, thanking him for putting her in her place. He apologizes and smiles, knowing he made a friend. Just before deleting the app, he gets one more message—from someone claiming to be his ex, Stacy. She asks to meet him at the park because she wants to talk to him.

Ending

            Patrick has been waiting at the park for almost an hour. He keeps checking his phone. Nothing. He watches as the cars drive by. They slow down just as they are passing. Some of them roll their windows down and shout “fuck boy” and other familiar insults. He checks his phone again. Still nothing. It’s getting late and there is no sign at all from his ex. Being late and even wanting an apology from his ex is very uncharacteristic of her. He becomes very suspicious. There’s a house nearby with the lights on. He glances at the window. Someone is peaking out the blinds. Just as he looks, the blinds close. It finally hits Patrick of what just happened. He laughs really hard knowing that he had just been catfished by a complete stranger. He sits there and smiles because, at the end, it was all still very funny to him.