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[This is the payoff to the setup of the baseball prop. This event surprises

both Elliott and the audience.]

Elliott becomes frightened, turns and steps on the pizza box as he runs

towards the house.

[This is the inciting event in Elliott's story: there is some creature

hiding out in his shed that will change his whole life.]

INT:
ELLIOTT'S HOUSE: NIGHT

Elliott's mother is talking to the boys when Elliott runs into the house

screaming that there's something in the tool shed. He tells them that it

threw a ball at him, but they continue to ignore him until he screams

"QUIET!" "Nobody go out there," says Elliott. The boys immediately jump up

from the table. Two boys grab kitchen knives as Michael tells his mother to

stay inside. He and his friends will check it out. She yells at them to put

the knives back as she follows them outside.

EXT:
SHED: NIGHT

The light is still on in the shed.

EXT:
PATIO: NIGHT

Elliott's mother walks into the yard with a flashlight in her hand. She is

surrounded by the boys as they approach the shed. The mother says that

there's nothing in there as Michael walks through the entrance. Michael

bends down and finds tracks on the dirt floor. "The coyote's come back

again, Ma." he says. His mother becomes frightened and orders them all back

into the house.

[Jeopardy is introduced into the situation. Even though the audience knows

that it is probably the alien in the shed, the scene increases the

tension.]

On his way back to the house, Michael sees the pizza box. He bends down,

opens the box, then takes out a piece. He's angry at Elliott. Elliott tries

to explain that it was just an accident, but his brother is still angry.

When the mother asks who ordered the pizza, Elliott points to one of Mike's

friends. This makes the friend mad at Elliott. Elliot tries to persuade his

mother that there is a creature in the shed, but she doesn't believe him.

They walk into the house.

[Empathy is generated for Elliott because the two boys are unfairly angry

at him and his mother doesn't believe him.]

INT:
SHED: NIGHT

The alien's fingers point out into the shed entrance, then wrap around the

side of the door. The sound of his heavy breathing is heard.

[This establishes for the audience that he really is in the shed. They feel

sorry for Elliott because he was telling the truth and no one believed

him.]

INT:
ELLIOTT'S BEDROOM: NIGHT

The clock on the end table indicates 2:00. Next to the clock is a picture

of a dog, presumably Harvey. This same dog lies asleep in the bed. He hears

a noise and picks up his head. He is in the lower half of a bunk bed. On

the top bunk sits Elliott. He is awake as he listens to the noise outside.

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