Working document. Scenes to be numbered and locked in script development. This is a pre-script scene inventory.
Act 1 Scenes
#
INT/EXT
Location
Time
Characters
Function
1
INT
Staten Island Apartment
DAY
Kendrie, Charlize
Move-out; relationship baseline
2
EXT
Staten Island Ferry
DAY
Kendrie, Charlize
Transition; liminal crossing
3
INT
Subway / Train
DAY
Kendrie, Charlize
Transit; toward the Bronx
4
EXT
Bronx house exterior
DAY
Kendrie, Charlize
First look at the house
5
INT
Bronx house — ground floor
DAY
All characters
Family reception; warmth; Uncle’s departure
6
INT
Bronx house — basement
DAY
Kendrie
First descent; the signal planted
7
INT
Bronx house — bedroom
NIGHT
Kendrie, Charlize
First night; Kendrie’s sleep
Act 2 Scenes
#
INT/EXT
Location
Time
Characters
Function
8
INT
Bronx house — ground floor
DAY
Kendrie, Charlize
Settling in; domestic routine
9
INT
Bronx house
NIGHT
Kendrie
Sleep disruption; alone; listening
10
INT
Bronx house
DAY
Kendrie, Charlize
First communication attempt; Charlize’s rationalism
11
INT
Bronx house
DAY
Kendrie, Charlize
Warmth scene — the relationship at its best
12
EXT
Bronx house
EVENING
Kendrie
Watching the Uncle leave again
13
INT
Bronx house
DAY
Kendrie, Alexis
First real conversation; the space opened
14
INT
Bronx house
EVENING
Kendrie, Charlize
Second communication; first fracture
15
INT
Bronx house
NIGHT
Kendrie
Alone; the house very quiet
Act 3 Scenes
#
INT/EXT
Location
Time
Characters
Function
16
INT
Bronx house
DAY
Kendrie, Alexis
The telling — the film’s central scene
17
INT
Bronx house — basement
DAY
Kendrie
The long descent; with knowledge
18
INT
Bronx house
EVENING
Kendrie
After the descent; settled differently
19
INT
Bronx house
NIGHT
Charlize
Charlize’s certainty begins to fail
20
INT
Bronx house
DAY
Kendrie, Charlize
Kendrie tells Charlize the history
21
INT
Bronx house
EVENING
Charlize
Charlize’s break; fear without language
22
INT
Bronx house — bedroom
NIGHT
Kendrie, Charlize
Most separated; the fracture
Act 4 Scenes
#
INT/EXT
Location
Time
Characters
Function
23
EXT
Park
DAY
Kendrie, Charlize
Outside; air; most honest conversation
24
INT
Bronx house — bathroom
DAY
Kendrie
Mirror scene
25
INT
Bronx house — basement
TBD
TBD
Final basement visit — TBD
26
INT/EXT
Bronx house
TBD
Kendrie, Charlize
The decision
27
EXT
Bronx house exterior
DAY
(No characters)
Final image — the house alone
Scene Count
Act
Scenes
Approx. Pages
Act 1
7
~20
Act 2
8
~25
Act 3
7
~25
Act 4
5
~15
Total
27
~85
Page estimates are pre-script approximations. The film’s pace will expand some scenes significantly — the basement scenes and the telling will run long.