From Script to Screen: Script Draft

Ballerina

By

Seung-jin Kim

Version 2

FADE IN:

INT. TRAINING ROOM - Present

A group of ballerinas, including the protagonist Ballerina A, are practicing for their performance over the door. A candelabra is lighting up the darkroom next to the practice room.

Everyone in the room is quite exhausted and stressed out due to heavy practice.
At the same time, they are strongly motivated by the contest that will be held in about 2 weeks.
Ballerinas take a short break and talk about the competition.

Ballerina A

"We are gonna win the competition"

Friend A

"Yeah, we gotta try our best"

After the break, everyone is back to practice as usual. 

Suddenly, Ballerina A accidentally falls into the floor resulting in a bad injury that can affect her performance for quite long.

Ballerina A

(Falling into the floor)

(painful scream)

Other Ballerinas

“Are you okay?”
Ballerina A
"It's all over"

INT. TRAINING ROOM – THE NEXT DAY

After the injury, Ballerina A became unable to practice anymore. All she could do was watch her partners practicing. As she realizes that she will not be able to be a part of the performance she has been preparing for and do what she is passionate about, she feels lost and imprisoned.

Ballerina A lost her passion and she seriously considers quitting her position afterward.

INT. AUDITORIUM – 2 WEEKS LATER

Ballerina A attends the performance that originally she was supposed to be involved in. As she watches the performance, she is heavily inspired.

EXT. STREET

Ballerina A

(walking down the street)

Ballerina A hopes to be in a performance like the one she saw, and she believes that there must be another chance if she overcomes this hardness.

INT. TRAINING ROOM

Ballerina A is fully recovered and she is back to practice, however, she finds that she lost her skills. She tries harder, but she sees no improvement making the mistakes every time and she gets frustrated again.

Ballerina A

(sitting down on the floor)

“I’m not sure if I can do this anymore”

One of her partners encourages her giving a hand to put her back on track.

One of her partners

“Come on, you can do this”

Ballerina A takes her hand and stands up.

INT. AUDITORIUM – FEW MONTH LATER

Ballerina A and her team shows up as the curtain opens.

THE END