A Quiet Place Page #3
Will sits into a small ROW-BOAT with no paddles. He hides his
trembling hands. Doesn’t want his father to know he’s scared.
John sits behind him and gazes at the placid water.
A layer of RED ALGAE covers the entire basin. It is thick and
milky along the shore, where the SKELETONS of cows, horses,
and fish waste away.
7.
There’s a long ROPE that extends from one side of the lake to
the other. It’s been secured to a post on each end and pulled
taught, hanging no more than a few inches above the surface.
The men begin pulling themselves along the rope, slowly at
first; careful not to disrupt or splash the water in any way.
Their boat glides across the calm lake, gaining momentum,
heading to a SMALL GROVE OF TREES on the other side.
EXT. WELL - MORNING
Under the trees rests a WATER WELL made of laid stones.
John shines a MINI-FLASHLIGHT into the well. The beam fades
into darkness, unable to reach the bottom.
John begins pulling a bungee cable that’s looped through a
pulley system.
Sixty feet below, a LEATHER BUCKET envelopes a gallon of
water, and as the bungee is pulled, the leathercinches
itself closed, trapping any leaking water.
Will opens the duffle and removes four COLLAPSIBLE WATER
CONTAINERS.
They begin the process of painstakingly filling each of the
containers with water from the well.
EXT. FARMHOUSE - DAY
April is lying outside the farmhouse writing in her DIARY.
She flips the page and stifles a scream. Inside is a DRAWING.
A DARK RED CREATURE SCRIBBLED IN CRAYON. ANIMAL, YET
OTHERWORLDLY. BLOOD POOLED AROUND ITS LEGS.
Her brother smirks as he hauls two WATER CONTAINERS across
the yard. April is not amused by Will’s prank. She plugs her
HEARING AID back into her ear.
INT. FARMHOUSE, DEN - DAY
Mia crosses off another day on her CALENDAR. We see that
she’s still several weeks out from her DUE DATE.
She glances outside the window - sees the boys heading toward
8.
EXT. PORCH - DAY
Mia wanders outside to the back porch. Her eyes narrow.
THE DOG IS GONE. THE END OF THE LEASH FRAYED, AS IF TORN.
INT. FARMHOUSE - DAY
Mia searches everywhere for the dog. An impossible task when
you can’t hear your pet, and your pet can’t hear you.
INT. FARMHOUSE, UPSTAIRS - DAY
Mia stops at the top of the stairs. She cringes, feels a
small pang in her stomach. It passes.
EXT. FARMHOUSE - DAY
Outside, April crumples up the drawing. Her eyes trained on
the SHED as its doors sway in the wind. She approaches.
INT. SHED - DAY
April’s tiny hands open the large shed doors and we see
inside for the first time:
In the center is a CRIB with a MOBILE hanging over it. The
surrounding walls are built like a bomb shelter of sorts -
heavily reinforced with sound dampening materials. Much like
the farmhouse, but more extreme.
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