SUNSPRING
SCREENPLAY
ANTTI KOKKONEN

Written as a university course assignment. Inspired by “Sunspring” - a short film directed by Oscar Sharp. FADE IN:

INT. RESEARCH LAB - WORKING HOURS

CARL, 28, sits by his table, looking into the distance. ELISA, 32, sits at her own table too, yet she is focused on her work.

Silence.

Carl walks to the other side of the room. He takes a cup and waits for a machine to fill it with coffee. Elisa is still focused on her work.

Carl looks through the window next to the coffee machine. We can see now that we are in space. Countless stars decorate the view. But in the middle of it all there is a dark sphere that neither emits nor reflects light. Carl watches the sphere fascinated.

INT. AIRLOCK - SLEEPING HOURS

Carl, dressed in a space suit, presses a button. A door opens to the outside of the spaceship.

EXT. OUTSIDE THE SPACESHIP - CONTINUOUS

Carl takes a step and starts floating towards the sphere. But it does not look like Carl is getting closer to it. It looks like the sphere is getting bigger. It devours the space around itself. Carl's radio TURNS ON.

But it's too late.

INT. STORAGE CLOSET - MORNING

Carl drops on the floor. He groans. After a while he gets up. He takes his helmet off.

INT. HOUSE ENTRANCE - CONTINUOUS

Carl steps out of the storage closet. He is inside a beautiful house. The morning sun shines through big windows. A young boy in a pyjama walks down the stairs. He sees Carl and stops halfway. He then resumes walking, watching Carl shyly. He stops at the bottom of the stairs. Carl watches the boy for a moment and then walks to him calmly. He places his hands around the boy's head. He then twists the head with force, SNAPPING the boy's neck.

INT. KITCHEN - MORNING

Carl sits by a table, looking into the distance. A hand puts a bowl in front of him.

Carl eats a spoonful of cereal, still unfocused.

Carl does not react. He takes another spoonful.

FADE OUT.

THE END