1. EXT SWIMMING POOL - DAY
Lacie lies face down in a pool. Her hair floats and
separates with the movement of the water, her body is
still.
LACIE
V/O: We are all Prisoners held
captive in the deepest recesses
of our minds.
UNSOUND TITLE APPEARS OVER THE VISUALS
INT LOUNGE ROOM- DAY
Lacie’s mother sits next to her on the couch.
MOTHER
I visited Tallen today.. he was
asking about you.
LACIE
How’s he look?
MOTHER
You should see him.. I think he
needs you right now Lacie.
This makes Lacie uncomfortable as she has avoided going.
LACIE
I’ve had so much work, you know?
and I’m not sure I could bear
seeing him locked up like that.
It’s not right.
INT CAR- DAY
Lacie drives into the jail entrance. The sound of the
indicator is evident whilst she contemplates parking but
changes her mind and leaves.
EXT SWIMMING POOL- DAY
Lacie swims laps of the pool, on each breath she sees a
figure watching her.
CUT TO: MONTAGE OF SWIMMING UNDERWATER
V/O:
Glancing light and muffled sounds
reduced to silence. The weight of
the day subsides to the surface
of the water and I am left with
the thought of how long I can
hold my breath.

2. 2.
INT UNI- DAY
At university, Lacie is made aware of her presentation
date.
ASHLEY
Lacie!
LACIE
Hey Ashley!
ASHLEY
You missed out on signing up for
presentations next week. It’s
worth 25% but it’s not fair how
soon....
Voice fades to muffled underwater noises as Lacie begins
to zone out.
CLOSE UP ON ASHLEY’S MOUTH TALKING WITH NO SOUND.
LACIE SNAPS OUT OF HER DAZE.
LACIE
See you later. *smiles*
They go their separate ways.
ASHLEY
(As Ashley walks away)
No worries!
They go their separate ways.
INT BEDROOM- NIGHT
Lacie is studying at night, she hears her mother’s voice
calling her name.
LACIE?
sound of footsteps
LACIE
Mum.. did you call me?
She goes to find her mum but finds her sleeping in her
room. The house is quiet.
EXT SUPERMARKET- DAY
Leaving a supermarket with shopping bags, Lacie bumps into
a couple who recognise her.
(CONTINUED)

3. CONTINUED: 3.
KYLE
Lacie? hi, I was going to sneak
by but I thought if I saw you,
you surely saw us! *laughs* you
know Tess, right?
LACIE
Hi, ah yeah I think we have
bumped into eachother.
TESS
*smiles* Hi.
KYLE
So listen, I heard about your
brother.. and I can imagine what
you’re going through right now..
LACIE
Oh! ..yeah (despondent)
KYLE
Well, make sure you say hi to
your mum for me, last time I saw
her she was recovering...
Lacie begins to hear voices softly over the top of Kyle’s.
KYLE
See you!
TESS
Bye!
LACIE
Bye..
Lacie’s keys drop out of her hand and as she goes to pick
them up, Kyle and Tess walk away, feeling a little mixed
up. Lacie stands up and a bunch of teenage girls begin to
stare..Lacie feels it’s directed at her, she walks to her
car in a paranoid state.
INT CAR- DAY
As she gets in the car she stares into the rear view
mirror, composing herself and puts the radio on. She waits
for the voices to fade.
EXT OVAL- DAY
Lacie lying in the grass.
V/O: Tallen’s time could never be
given back to him. I wondered
what the years put away would do
to him.I couldn’t bear the
thought of the colour of his
(MORE)
(CONTINUED)

4. CONTINUED: 4.
cell or how the outside felt when
he was allowed time there. The
same sunlight incandescent on the
lids of my eyes, was shaded
and divergent on his.
INT BEDROOM- NIGHT
Lacie trying to get off to sleep, she suddenly hears her
brother call her name.
LACIE
Tallen?
Lacie shakes her head. She grabs her covers and turns over
to cover her body. Hands appear on her shoulder. She
thrashes in the opposite direction and when she realises
that no one is there, she grabs her mobile phone and sits
on her bed. She plays music to calm her.
INT UNI- DAY
In preparation for her presentation, Lacie sips tea with
her notes on her lap. She is nervous and looks around. A
single person off in the next room looks directly at her.
She spills her tea on her notes. As she jumps up a couple
of girls walk past laughing.
CLOSE UP ON HER NOTES- THE WORDS SMUDGED.
INT LECTURE THEATRE- DAY
CLAPPING OF HANDS IN LECTURE THEATRE
CLOSE UP OF HANDS
Lacie’s name is called.
CLOSE UP ON FACES IN THE AUDIENCE
CUT TO: LACIE BEGINNING TO SPEAK
(Spotlight on Lacie)
Hands rise in the audience and questions are thrown at
her. All along a cacophony of imaginary voices rise above
the sounds of reality.
EXT LECTURE THEATRE- DAY
The group leaves the lecture theatre and she pushes
through, shaken and anxious.

5. 5.
SWIMMING POOL- DAY
Lacie steps into the water and submerges her body, face
down into the water. Her hair floats to the surface as we
hear her muffled, underwater scream.
END