A Quiet Place Page #2

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A QUIET PLACE

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EXT. FARMHOUSE - NIGHT

The farmhouse sits in moonlight. A thin fog hovers just above

the ground. All the lights are off.

The family dog is tied outside. It stirs awake. Focuses on

the wall of corn lining the backyard.

Tries to bark through the MUZZLE but can’t.

EXT. CORN FIELD - NIGHT

There are no crickets or insects of any kind. Just an

unnatural silence that hangs in the air.

AND THEN SOMETHING MOVES.

STALKS OF CORN WHIP AND BEND AS A LARGE FORM MANEUVERS

THROUGH THE CROPS...

EXT. FARMHOUSE - DAWN

Morning. The yard is serene and still. A heavy layer of frostcovers the grass.

INT. FARMHOUSE, HALL - MORNING

April’s tiny face peeks out into the hall. She wipes the

sleep from her eyes.

INT. FARMHOUSE, BATHROOM - MORNING

April lifts the toilet seat. There’s no water inside the

bowl, just a red BIOHAZARD BAG curled around the rim.

She pees into the bag and her face goes from agony to relief.

INT. FARMHOUSE, BASEMENT - MORNING

April descends the BASEMENT STAIRS with the biohazard bag.

There is a NAIL sticking up about ten steps down, and if

someone were to step on it...

...it would REALLY, REALLY HURT.

APRIL’S FOOT COMES DOWN ON THE NAIL, but just misses it.

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She disposes of the biohazard bag in a DEEP HOLE cut into the

basement floor. She heads back to the stairs, but something

stops her...

An old WORKBENCH cluttered with family PHOTOS from ages ago.

April glances at a POLAROID of a TEENAGE GIRL: braces, dark

eyes, beautiful. She’s hugging April. They’re both laughing.

The Polaroid seems to be attached to a PAINFUL MEMORY. And

like everything in this basement, it has the look of

something that was abandoned long ago.

A HAND TOUCHES APRIL’S SHOULDER.

John is standing behind his daughter. April doesn’t look

over. Doesn’t react.

If we hadn’t noticed before, we realize now that there is an

enormous amount of tension between them.

April’s face starts to quiver. Tears filling her eyes. She

pushes her father’s hand away and leaves.

John opens his mouth as if to say something, but of course...

he can’t.

EXT. VALLEY - MORNING

John has a LARGE DUFFLE slung around his shoulder. He leads

Will down a steep trail into a lake valley.

As they walk, we may or may not notice how they always:

1) Avoid dry leaves and sticks

2) Walk heel to toe

3) Distribute their weight evenly

4) Keep their arms close to their sides

5) Breathe steadily

6) Match the cadence of each other’s gait

EXT. LAKE - MORNING

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