Act II outline — Fountain

TEASER

INT. [OPENING LOCATION] - NIGHT

[Introduce a person in the middle of a specific problem. Give us an image or action that makes the situation clear.]

CHARACTER

[A line that changes what the other person does next.]

[End on a discovery, decision, or unanswered question that carries us into the episode.]

FADE IN:

EXT. PUBLIC LIBRARY - DAWN

Water pushes along the curb. A row of sandbags stops short of the library's book drop.

MARA, carrying work boots by their laces, tests the front door. Locked.

Something knocks against the inside of the book drop.

She lifts the flap. A plastic lunch box slides into her hands. Inside: a brass key and a photograph of this building, taken from across the street.

FADE IN:

INT. LOCATION - DAY

Action that establishes the whole short in one image.

CHARACTER

One line that carries the theme.

FADE OUT.