The film starts pitch black. Cutscenes of the following names are shown white and bold: A [insert name] Film; Actor names; ASK HER OUT (Movie Title), along with the cutscenes are off-screen voices, being spoken as the cutscenes follow.
VOICE 1
(tired)
Hello?
VOICE 2
(disturbed)
Hey Bennie, it's Todd.
VOICE 1
(Frustrated)
What is it?
VOICE 2
Listen, I need your help.
VOICE 1
With what?!
VOICE 2
This is gonna sound crazy, but I need your help in writing a text message.
VOICE 1
What?
VOICE 2
I know, but-
VOICE 1
Man, I just wanted to sleep in this weekend... who's it for?
VOICE 2
Marlie.
VOICE 1
Marlie? Marlie Lennon?! That girl you like in Coach Whitaker's class-
VOICE 2
Yes. It's urgent.
VOICE 1
What in the world do you want to say to her at five in the morning?!
Silence fills the phone call. We soon conclude the end of the cutscenes as we follow the last cutscene: Directed by...
VOICE 2
Um...
VOICE 1
Exactly.
The phone call ends abruptly, with the conversation being hanged up.
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Ask Her Out (a short film screenplay)
Short StoryThree things you are doing wrong while trying to ask out a Girl: 1. Having Phone fear. 2. Making no sense while talking. 3. Accidentally running over a cat with a car.
