Scene List

Working document. Scenes to be numbered and locked in script development. This is a pre-script scene inventory.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.