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Picture PerfectChapter 1[Title: PILOT] Setting: Austin TXNarrated by: Loren Judd (Main-character). Loren(N) -Indicates narrated lines Scene One Location: University of Texas, Austin Beginning Digital Photography class. Loren
Photography is a way of feeling, of touching, of loving. What you have caught on film is captured forever. It remembers little things; long have you have forgotten everything. I heard this quote this morning, and it defines why I love photography. It defines why I take photos. It defines why I’m retaking Photography 101, just to have the ability to print pictures for free in the computer lab.
Photographs can tell stories. It can help solve a crime. Its help’s find missing people, pets, and objects. It……
Professor Dunlap Good morning class. Welcome to Photography 101, Digital Photography. This is a class where we’ll focus on taking photos on a digital camera. I’m guessing everybody in this class bought themselves a DSLR camera? [Professor Dunlap looks at the desk at the back] Mr. Judd, your back again? LorenYes sir. I’m back.Professor DunlapDidn’t you take my class two years ago? LorenI thought I’d freshen up my skills, from a very skilled photographer.Professor DunlapWell Mr. Judd, welcome back! Class, if you have any questions, Loren has been a student of mine for years. He is a great example of a great photographer!Loren Thanks Professor Dunlap. Professor DunlapAlright. So what I was saying is…. [Girl walks into class late]Loren (N)
Hello beautiful! Who is this? Whoever this is, she’s so hot. That blonde hair, blue eyes. [Looks at pants] Are those yoga pants? [Makes cat call sound] I hope she sits by me. I hope she sits by me. I.
Well, well, this must be Hayden. Hayden Archer?HaydenSorry for being late. I couldn’t find this class. Professor DunlapWell, have a seat please.Loren (N)
Please sit by me. Please sit by me. Please…
Hayden[Whispers] So sorry. [Sits down on desk right besides Loren]Loren (N)
Yes!!! [Hayden places backpack on floor, and sits on chair, and leans towards Loren]
Hayden[Whispers to Loren] Wow. What a Jerk.Loren[Whispers] Don’t worry, he’s really nice.HaydenI hope so. Hello. I’m Hayden as you can tell from my introduction by our wonderful professor [Sarcastically]LorenHi Hayden. Nice to meet you, I’m Loren. Loren Judd.HaydenMy pleasure.[Professor Dunlap continues to read the syllabus to the class] This class is so boring. [Puts hand on head, and lays her head on the table] Loren This class isn’t too bad. I love photography. That’s my major. I’m actually a senior, going to graduate with my Bachelor of Arts in the Spring. Are you a photography major too? Hayden No, I am actually working on my journalism degree. This class was a prerequisite. So I could care less about this class. Loren Would you like to see some of my photos? Hayden Sure, let’s see what cha’ got. Loren [Showing off portraits on computer screen] Hayden Those are really nice photos. Loren Thanks, I love doing portrait photography. Hayden Looks like it, Who’s that girl?. [Points at screen of a photo of a blonde girl] Loren That’s my sister, Savannah. Hayden Oh, she’s beautiful. You did a great job. Loren Thanks. Those were her senior portraits from two years ago. Hayden They look amazing. You have talent in photography, I’m jealous. Professor Dunlap Alight class turn in your first project on Friday, and I will see you later. [Students exits class] Hayden Well nice to meet you Loren. Your photos are great. See you on Friday. Loren [Waiving] See ya Friday. Scene Two Setting: Loren’s room. [Loren gets on his computer. He goes onto Facebook. As he enters Facebook, he goes to the top and searches for Hayden Archer. After searching, Hayden pulls up with her profile picture, name, and that she attends the University of Texas. She is originally from San Diego, California.] Loren (N) As I browsed through her Facebook page, I immediately went to the area where it showed her relationship status. It didn’t show a relationship status. I then browsed through her profile pictures. The profile picture is of her and a girl, named Eliza Wallace. Most of the pictures she has on Facebook was with Eliza. The other profile pictures were of Hayden, alone. One picture was with Hayden with that snapchat filter, of the stupid dog and its tongue. It didn’t seem like Hayden had a boyfriend.” [Loren then browses through her interests’ section. It looks like she has an interest in classic cars, Maroon 5, Chinese food, and is obsessed with Gray’s Anatomy. Although Loren had no interest in Maroon 5 or Chinese food, he can relate to her for his love of Gray’s Anatomy, who he watches the show with his little sister. Loren finds a picture of Adam LaVine, lead singer of Maroon 5. He then makes a photoshop photo of him with Adam Lavine and saves it to his cell phone.] [Someone knocks on his bedroom door] SavannahLoren? Can I come in? Loren Sure. [Unlocks door, and Savannah walks in] Savannah Hey. I’m going clubbing tonight. [Wears a very tight and short dress]Loren Are you going to the club in that? Savannah Yes! Do you not like it? Loren No it looks good. Just don’t let dudes bother you. Savannah Yeah Right. Hey, I drank a little so Kira is going to come pick me up. Do you mind picking us up later? Loren Um. Sure. I’m not doing anything. Savannah Thank you so much. [Looks at computer screen.] Who is this? Loren Oh. Nothing [Minimizes screen] Savannah That looks like a girl. [Pushes Loren to the side, and gets on the computer] LorenStop! [Tries to grab mouse, but it was too late. Savannah Who’s this? Hayden Archer? [Looks at profile picture] Hey, she’s hot. Totally in your league. Loren Just stop it. [Loren pushes Savannah away, and she lands on the floor] Savannah Just saying! [Stands up, fixes skirt] She’s really pretty. Loren Well, she’s out of my league. Savannah Hey. Just have confidence in yourself. Loren Blah. Blah. Hey turn around. [Loren grabs his camera, and takes a picture of Savannah with her dress] Nice! Savannah Hey. Send that to me. Loren Sure. Well call me when you’re ready to come home. Savannah Will do. See ya later. Loren Be safe![Prints picture of Savannah, and places it into a binder full of photos] [Loren then browses through Hayden’s Facebook profile. After looking, he falls asleep at his desk.] [The next morning, Loren wakes up.] Loren Oh. Shit! Savannah. [Loren grabs phone and sees a text message from Savannah on her phone]
Savannah- Hey, don’t worry about picking me up. Sleeping over at Kira’s house. Get some sleep. Night.
[Loren’s dad knocks on door] Rich Hey son, can I come in? Loren Sure. [Opens door] Rich Where’s your sister? I didn’t see her in her room. Loren Oh. She hung out with friends last night, she spent the night there. Rich A text from her could have been nice. Loren Yeah. Rich Well I got to go. Today is court day. Loren Well, have fun! Rich You know me. [Walks away] [Scene ends] Scene 3 Location: Photography 101 class. That Friday. [Loren Walks in and sits in his usual spot. All of a sudden, Hayden shows up and sits in the chair in front of him. Class begins] Professor Dunlap Alright class let’s begin. [Loren sits in his usual spot, at the back of the class. Hayden doesn’t sit by Loren, but in the row in front of him. Professor Dunlap looks around the class] Mr. Judd? Will you move down a row please, is it my breath? [laughs] Loren No. [Loren moves and sits by Hayden] Hey. Remember me? Hayden Yes, your…………. Loren? Loren Guilty as charged. I guess were sitting together again? Hayden I was going to sit by you. But I could see better on this row. [Loren’s text tone rings, to the song, Girls Like you by Maroon 5.] I love that song. Do you like Maroon 5? Loren Yes. Check out this picture. [Hands cell phone to Hayden, and shows photoshop picture of himself, and Adam Lavine] Hayden This is so cool! I am so jealous. When did you get to meet him? Loren I went to his concert last month, in San Antonio. I won free backstage passes, and I was able to meet him. Hayden That is so cool. Those Maroon 5 concerts are so expensive, I don’t even have enough money to go see them. LorenI was lucky. Hayden So you like Maroon 5 huh? What else do you like? Loren Not too many things. [Loren thinks for a second] Maybe some Katy Perry, Taylor Swift, those new age music. Hayden Sounds cool. I do love Maroon 5, but I also love oldies. Mainly Beach Boys, Abba, The Beatles. Loren That is awesome! Would you like to see project for the black and white portrait assignment?Hayden Sure. [Loren shows picture of Savannah, that he took the other night] Is this your sister again? Loren Yes it is! Hayden She’s beautiful. I love her dress. Want to see the picture that I took? Loren Sure. Show me what you got. [Hayden goes on to her computer and pulls a portrait of a guy.] Loren Nice picture. Who is this guy? Hayden Oh, he’s my boyfriend Jack. Loren Jack huh? You guys pretty serious? HaydenUm yes. Why do you ask? LorenNo reason. Hayden Oh okay. Hey I’ll be back. I need to run to the restroom. Loren Sounds good. I’ll save your spot. [Hayden walks away. Leaves computer open with picture of Jack. As Hayden walked away, Loren notices her cell phone on the desk. He sits at her desk and grabs her cell phone. He looks at her cell phone and notices the picture of Jack and herself on the front. He goes into her text messages and sees the name Jack with a heart besides it. He opens up the text messages and notices A LOT OF UPPERCASE TEXT WITH Lots of crying face ;( emojis all over.] [TEXT MESSAGES, CONVERSATION WITH JACK (Heart)]
JACK
Are you alright baby?
HAYDEN- No I am not alright!! After we hung out last night, where did you go?
JACK- I went straight home.
HAYDEN- NO YOU DIDN'T!!!
JACK- I WENT HOME, and I FELL ASLEEP.
HAYDEN- ELIZA TEXTED ME!! SHE TOLD ME YOU WERE AT CLUB AQUA, DANCING WITH ANOTHER GIRL.
JACK- THAT IS BULL SHIT. I WAS AT HOME. ELIZA WAS PROBABLY DRUNK AS FUCK!!!!
HAYDEN- ELIZA DOESN’T EVEN DRINK!!!! She was there accompanying Braxton.
JACK-WHATEVER. DONT TALK TO ME!!!
HAYDEN- FINE! GOOD NIGHT.
[Next morning of Text]
JACK- Sorry about last night Hayden. I love you.
JACK-Hayden are you okay?
JACK-Hayden, talk to me baby.
JACK-HAYDEN!!! CALL ME NOW!!!
JACK-HAYDEN!!!!!!!
LOREN (N) Man, this guy is a keeper. [Loren goes out of the conversation, and sees a separate conversation with ELIZA (Star emoji)
ELIZA- Okay. I just saw Jack dancing with this girl on the dance floor, when you left. He was totally grinding and making out with her on the floor.
HAYDEN- What? What does she look like? Do we know her?
ELIZA- I don’t think so. Red Hair, skinny. Not even Braxton knows her. And he knows everybody.
HAYDEN- THAT SON OF A BITCH.
ELIZA- Right?
HAYDEN- I JUST WANT TO KILL HIM RIGHT NOW.
ELIZA- I just saw him walking away with her. Something fishy is going on.
HAYDEN- I’ll text him.
[Cell phone dings. New Message from Jack]
JACK- A photo has been sent, click here. [Loren clicks on photo]
[Photo displayed on text was a photo of Jack, naked, with penis showing with a sad face, and heart formed by his hand, and LOREN immediately [Marked as unread] [Turns off the screen of the phone and puts it back]. [Hayden walks back into the room and sits down on her desk]. [As Hayden sits down, her cell phone chimes. She turns on phone, and noticed a picture of Jack pulled up, naked] Hayden Ugh. [Puts slams phone down] Loren Are you okay? Hayden Yeah. I’m fine. [Hayden’s face turns sad, and begins to start crying] Loren Seriously, what’s the matter. Hayden It’s hard to explain. Don’t worry about it. Loren Well if you need to talk about it, I’m an open book. Let me know, and I will listen to you. Hayden That’s really sweet. Thanks. But No, I will be fine. Loren Okay. [Students start to file out of the room] Hayden Well, see you later. Nice talking to you again. Loren Good luck to you? Hayden For what? Loren For. Whatever is going on. Hayden Thanks. [Hayden exits the room and sees Eliza and Braxton in the outside of the room waiting for Hayden. They both give her a group hug. Loren [Turns off computer, stands up, and notices a scarf on Hayden’s chair.] [Loren grabs the scarf and was running towards the door but decided to walk and to look at the scarf. Loren walks to the nearest bathroom and places the scarf against his face.] Loren (N)
This scarf smells so good. It smells like her hair, which is the scent of Pina colada. It also smells like the perfume she’s wearing.
[Loren puts the scarf into a large Ziploc bag, and places the bag into his backpack, he then exits the bathroom, and heads towards the student union for lunch break] [End of Scene] SCENE 4 Setting: Home[Loren is on the computer in his room.] [Loren is on Facebook, looking at Hayden’s profile. He doesn’t see any photos or any indicators that Loren was dating Jack. He looks for Jack’s name under Hayden’s Facebook page. A Jack pulls up, and it looks like the picture that Hayden took, and from the naked picture he saw of him. Loren then pulls up Jack’s Facebook page.] Name: Jack Everett Occupation: Delivery Driver for Domino's Pizza. Location: Austin, TX Age: 30 [Loren browses photos] Loren (N) This guy looks like a stoner. I bet he makes a lot of money has a delivery person for Domino's pizza. See, he’s totally a catch. Look at all of his tattoos. It looks like the guy could have killed someone based on his looks. And to date a innocent looking girl, like Hayden. This guy is a joke. [Loren then searches for the guy name Braxton, mentioned by both Hayden and Eliza, he profile is right in front of Hayden’s page.] Name: Braxton McClelland [Blonde hair, brown eyes, 5”7, 130 Lbs] Age: 24 Studies Fashion at the University of Texas. Occupation: Merchandiser at Patagonia. Relationship Status: In a relationship with Mitchell Lowe Loren (N) Well, Braxton is no competition. He’s gay. [Loren goes to Eliza’s Facebook page and observes her] Name: Eliza Wallace Age: 24 Studying JD (Law) the University of Texas Occupation: Legal Assistant to the District Attorney of Travis County. Relationship Status: Single Loren (N) Both Braxton and Eliza, are both very successful. [Loren turns computer off. Lays in bed. Grabs his backpack and gets the Ziploc bag with Hayden’s scarf in it. He takes the scarf out of his bag, and places it besides him. He then takes his short and underwear off and starts to play with himself. He places the scarf on his face, as he continues. Loren [After a few seconds he continues] [Groaning, breathing heavily, sniffs scarf, and immediately stops, but continues to be out of breath] [After, he places the scarf back in the bag, into a box under his bed]. End of Scene Scene Five [Hayden] Location: @ Hayden’s apartment. [Hayden lays in bed, looking at her Facebook page through her cell phone. All of a sudden, a message pops up from ELIZA.]
ELIZA- Hey babe!
HAYDEN- Hi.
ELIZA- Are you okay?
HAYDEN- Not really.
ELIZA- What’s going on?
HAYDEN- I think I might break up with Jack.
ELIZA- Good. You should. You deserve better than that.
[Hayden chuckles]
HAYDEN- Thanks. Do you think I should give him another chance?
ELIZA- Fuck that. He’s a loser. You can do way better than that.
HAYDEN- Yeah. I should. Well, I’m going to call this off. I am going to head over to his house right now.
ELIZA- Good luck girl. Come on over when your done. We’ll cheer you up.
HAYDEN- I don’t think so. I have a lot of studying to do.
ELIZA- Same, maybe we can do something tomorrow? I have to work on my project from my torts class.
HAYDEN-Good luck! [Hayden grabs bag and keys, and goes to her car, and drives over to Jack’s house.]
[Hayden enters the driveway of Jack’s house. Small old house, with weed’s growing all over the grass. Hayden pulls up to the house, knocks on the door, nobody answers.] Hayden (N) I wonder if he’s not home? [Hayden knocks on door again, and door props open from her knocking] [Hayden walks in. Hears loud music coming from his room. As Hayden approaches the room, she notices the sound of squeaking, and grunting.] [Hayden walks into Jack having sex with a woman.] Hayden What the hell Jack? Jack Babe, I cannot explain. Hayden So, you are fucking somebody while your going out with me? JackIt’s really hard to explain. Hayden No need to explain. This is over!! [Hayden shuts the door to his room, and his house. She goes into the car and drives away.] [Scene shifts over to Jack’s room] Unknown Girl Who was that? Jack That was Hayden, a friend of mine. Who I was dating. Unknown Girl Whatever. Jack keep going [Jack and the girl continues to have sex] [Scene shifts back to Hayden, who pulls up to Eliza’s apartment building. She gets out of her car, runs up two flights of stairs, and knocks on Eliza’s door] [Knock, Knock] [Door opens] Eliza Oh, Hayden. Come inside. [Hayden continues to cry] Come, lay on my bed. [Hayden lays on bed] What happened Hayden? Hayden Well, I was about to break up with him, but I saw him having sex with another girl. Eliza I told you. Jack is up to no good. He is a big loser. You deserve someone better than that. Hayden Thanks. [Hayden lays her head on Eliza] Eliza Are you hungry? I was about to order pizza. Hayden Sounds good. [An hour later, pizza arrives. After eating, Hayden drives back to her apartment. As she arrives in her apartment, she runs to her room and destroys photos of her and Jack. She slams the picture frames on the floor. Rips pages out of her journal, where she talks about Jack. She deletes every photo of Jack on her picture, including her project for class. She continues to cry as she lays in bed, and eventually falls asleep.] Scene 5 Location: Loren’s House
get her more” Loren
[Loren is in the kitchen of his home, eating a grilled cheese sandwich. [Front door opens] Loren Hello? Savannah Hey. It’s just me. [Savannah walks in] Loren Hey sis. Where did you come from so late? Savannah I had to work late. Loren At midnight? But the restaurant you worked at closes at 10 on Fridays. Savannah I had to work late. Sorry. We had to deep clean the kitchen today for the food inspector. Loren Okay. Savannah Well, I’m off to bed. Goodnight. Loren See ya. [Savannah walks away] [Loren walks up to his room, and glances through Hayden’s Facebook page. He scrolls through all of her pictures on her profile. And he eventually falls asleep. Scene 7 Setting: Student Union at the University of Texas [Loren walks around the student union, grabs food, and sits down in the food court. All of a sudden Hayden, Eliza, and Braxton walks by. Hayden notices Loren and acknowledges him] Hayden Hi Loren!! Loren Hey Hayden!! What’s up?Hayden Nothing much. Just hanging out with my friends. This is my best friend Eliza. [Eliza shakes Loren’s hand] Eliza Hi. Nice to meet you. Loren My pleasure. Hayden This is Braxton. [Braxton shakes Loren’s hand] Braxton Hey Loren. Nice to meet you. Loren Nice to meet you too. Hayden Well, we got to go. See ya Loren! Loren See you guys later. [Hayden, Eliza, and Braxton walks away] [Camera shifts over to Hayden, Eliza, and Braxton] Braxton Oh Hayden. He’s really cute. Hayden I just met him the other day. He’s in my Digital Photography class. Braxton Oh photographer! That’s awesome. I wish I was good at photography. Eliza Hey, at least you are good at drawing Braxton, especially for someone into fashion. Braxton True. Eliza But hey. I felt that energy between you too. And I saw the way you were smiling at him. Hayden I just broke up with Jack yesterday. I really don’t feel like jumping ship right now. Eliza At least, get to know him. Hayden Your right. Maybe I should get his number? Eliza and Braxton Yes! Hayden All right. [Hayden turns around and goes back to the table Loren is sitting at. Hayden approaches Loren] Hey Loren. [Loren looks at Hayden, and smiles at her.] Loren Hey your back? Hayden Yes. Hey. [Writes phone number down on a piece of paper] We should talk sometime. [Hands over phone number] Loren Sounds good. Do you have a Facebook page? Hayden Duh. LorenWould you like to add me? Hayden Sure. It’s under Hayden Archer. [Loren searches for Hayden Archer, a familiar page he’s seen several times] Loren Found you. Is this your profile? Hayden Yes! That’s me. [Bites lip] Loren Alright, I sent you a friend request. Hayden Sounds good. I’ll add you. I will talk to you later? Loren Sure. Hayden Alright. Well my friends are waiting for me, I’ll catch you later. Loren Will do. [Hayden walks away, and joins Braxton and Eliza. YES! [Loren exclaimed] [Few seconds later, notification on phone chimes]
Hayden Archer has accepted you friend request on Facebook. Say Hi now
[Loren walks away, and attends his next class] Scene 8[Same night] Location: Loren’s work at a Photography studio Loren (N)
I cannot believe that Hayden gave me her number. That was easy. She also added me on Facebook. I’m so bored. I wonder what she’s up too right now? Wait a minute. I am her friend on Facebook! I can see more! I can learn about her even more.
[Loren opens Facebook and goes directly to Hayden’s page. Right on the top of her page, Loren saw an exciting notification”]
Hayden is now Single.
So many sad faces under this notification. It looks like she broke it off with Jack. I wonder what happened there. That cheater! In a way I am glad he cheated on her, because I could make Hayden even happier.
What does Hayden like other than Maroon 5, journalism, or Chinese food?
Hayden is into classic cars. She has several pictures of classic cars on her profile, including a older white car. Must be her car.
Her other favorite show is the Office, and Grays Anatomy.
Hayden has been to Europe several times in her life, from these photos.
Hayden used to be a cheerleader in high school.
Hayden also used to play basketball.
She is originally from San Diego.
She is a huge fan of the San Diego Padres.
Her favorite restaurant is Dr. Ching’s Mongolian Restaurant.
She has two brothers, and two younger sisters.
Her parents have been happily married for the last twenty-five years.
Loren has had two previous boyfriends, from the pictures that were still on there.
One boyfriend’s name is Matthew, and they dated in 2010.
The other is Isaac, who she dated right before Jack.
Oh, and a picture of her in the swimsuit is. Oh. So Hot.
[Door rings open, Savannah walks in] Savannah Hey Loren. Loren Hey, what are you doing here? Savannah Oh nothing. Can I talk to you about something? Loren Go ahead. [Savannah sits beside him by his desk] Savannah So um. Loren Oh wait. [Loren looks at Savannah’s neck] Are. Those. Hickeys? Savannah What? [Savannah rubs neck] LorenThose are hickeys!! Are you, dating someone? Savannah Um. Yes. I wanted to tell you, I started dating this guy. LorenWhat’s his name? Do I know him? Savannah No, you don’t know him. He goes to school with me. Loren What his name? SavannahHis name is Jack Everett. Loren Um interesting. If he makes you happy, then I’m happy. Savannah Oh. Thank you so much for understanding Loren. Loren But. If he ever does anything to you. I will kick is ass Savannah Understood. Loren Are you guys having sex? Those hickeys look pretty intense, and it’s all over your neck. Savannah Okay. End of conversation. What time are you getting off? Loren In just a few minutes, if you wait for me, we can drive home together. Savannah Sure. But wait, Jack’s in the car. Do you want to meet him? Loren Sure, let’s meet this guy. [Loren locks up the shop and walks towards the car. As he walks towards the car, he noticed the guy who gets out of the front seat of the car, and approaches Loren. As he approached Loren, his face appeared.] Jack Hi I’m Jack. You must be Loren. [Shakes his hand] Loren Yes, I am. I am Lore [Loren notices his face, and he looks exactly like Jack, who just broke up with Hayden] Good to meet you Jack. Savannah I knew you’d both get along. [Scene ends, episode ends]