Truslow,+William

Type in the content of your new page here. Chernobyl (Miroslav’s story) Scene 1 Fade in: close shot of a car driving by. Cut to close shot of a man and a woman in the car. Miroslav: what time should the test at the plant be over? Kara: well, it starts at 8:00 and it lasts for 2 hours so it should be done around 10:00. Cut to car pulling into parking lot Cut to the two entering the building they give each other a hug and split in separate directions. Cut to Miroslav entering his office. His friend Mikhail walks in. Mikhail: hey! Miroslav: Hey what’s new? Mikhail: A couple buddies and I were going to my house in Odesa this weekend. You want to come too? Miroslav: Oh I don’t know. I’ll see what Kara thinks of it. Mikhail: Miroslav we’ve been best friends since college and we always went to fun places. Then you get married and your fun side drops like a lead balloon. Miroslav: it’s not that it’s just… (lights flicker and the building shakes) Mikhail: what the heck was that?!! Miroslav: the new reactor is getting tested at a low power stage just to see how it will function. Mikhail: I’ve got to run but we’ll talk later. Miroslav: see you later. Cut to Miroslav walking over to his desk and looks at a copy of blueprints for the new reactor Close shot of his face as he looks over it he is smiling humming to himself then all of a sudden his grin goes into a worried look. Miroslav(to himself): That thing’s going to blow! (Miroslav runs to a red switch on the wall and pulls it then a loud alarm starts going off. He can hear people running) Miroslav: Kara! Scene 2 Cut to Miroslav running down the hall way to his wife’s office (He arrives to his wife’s office to find no one there) Cut to Kara standing outside of the building Mikhail walks up next to her Kara: have you seen Miroslav? Mikhail: I saw him before the alarm went off. (Camera shakes violently. Everyone falls over. Fade out) Zoom in from a distance to see the havoc and wreckage the explosion caused. Close up of Kara looking very confused. Mikhail comes up from behind her and wraps a blanket around her. Kara: I can’t believe he’s gone. Mikhail: we don’t know for sure that he was in the building when it exploded. Kara: I know that. I can just feel th-(trails off and collapses on the ground) Mikhail: Kara! Mikhail: Get an ambulance over here now. (Two men in white outfits put her on a stretcher and start carrying her away. Fade out) Fade in: Mikhail is pacing back and forth outside of a hospital room. (Doctor exits her room carrying a clipboard) Mikhail: Excuse me, what’s wrong with her? Doctor: Sir she’s suffering from acute radiation poisoning. She’s highly contagious. Mikhail: oh my god! Doctor: She was suffering terribly so we put her in a drug induced coma. Mikhail: when will she wake up? Doctor: it’s hard to say she’s going to be in the coma for a long time. Sir, you should go home the hospital should contact you if we have any updates in her condition. Mikhail: I wish I could stay here to keep her company but I guess that’s not an option. (Cut to Mikhail sitting at home eating toast) (Phone rings) Mikhail: hello? She woke up! Cut to Mikhail talking to Kara in her hospital bed Mikhail: you’re lucky to be alive. Kara: I know. I’m surprised you didn’t get injured. Mikhail: I was lucky unlike Miroslav. Kara: How much longer until I can leave? Mikhail: just one more day. Will you need me to drive you home tomorrow? Kara: Yes please. (they both hug)

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