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Ups and downs Screenplay by Taylor Williams Lift doors open and on the inside is Amelia standing on the right looking around, holding her bag. Eli walks into the lift from behind the camera and awkwardly nods to Amelia and pushes the button for a few floors up. The lift doors close and they continue looking around silently as the lift goes up. The lift starts to make suspicious noises, it jolts, and the lights flicker until the lift comes to an abrupt stop. Eli What the hell was that? Amelia I don’t know but we need to stay calm, I think we may be stuck. Eli Fuck staying calm I’m late for a meeting. Eli then walks over to the door and kicks it with frustration. Amelia That’s obviously not going to help is it? Eli walks back to the place he was in before and looks around again looking stressed. Eli Just be quiet I need to think. Eli begins to pace around his side of the lift and starts to hyperventilate and panic. Eli  

Ideas for short film: 2 people are stuck in a lift and they don't know each other but they work for the same company. They suddenly realize that they will be stuck in the lift for a long time and they get to know each other.  The Male knows that the female character is his mum that abandoned and he wants to know why she left him (he wants answers) He's mad at her but he doesn't let her know that They get along quite well and he starts to not be as mad He then reveals that she's the son she abandoned. (potentially just audio because the lights went out) Character 1: Female, short, business attire, Amelia Character 2: Male, tall, knows that the female is his mum that left him Eli

Starring Liam Cunningham (Liam) and Michael Fassbender (Michael) and they play professional safe crackers who meet on a job in order to take the contents of an office safe. The room which contains the safe has a light activated alarm system, which forces them to embark on a literal pitch black heist.  Camera- The initial shot is a crane shot that depicts the wall of the warehouse, then it pans down to show the boxes in the layout of the office to help them practice. Once the crane shot has stopped, the camera then pans over the boxes and focusses on the 4 boxes labeled 'safe' Mise en scene- Boxes to help them practice Sound- Music playing on opening scene Non-diegetic music playing Reoccurring song at the beginning, middle and end of film Representation- Only white, Irish men (small cast) Stereotype that Irish people like to drink