The Invitation // maculeye notes

Title: The Invitation

Scene 1: Opening Credits
[The scene opens with a phone screen displaying a text message conversation.]
TEXT [on screen]: Yo, what up? [heart eyes emoji] Let’s do lunch later.
TEXT [on screen, response]: Okay, I’m down, where?
TEXT [on screen]: Hit me at the spot. 2 p.m., reservations booked. I’ll see you there.
TEXT [on screen, response]: Okay, boom.

Scene 2: Restaurant Scene
[Cut to a nice restaurant. The camera focuses on a guy sitting alone at a table, studying the menu.]
[The camera pans out to a side angle, capturing him in profile, when his girlfriend walks into the restaurant.]
GUY: (looking up, smiling) Hey, grab a seat.
[The girl smiles, sits down at the table. The scene captures their interaction as they prepare to discuss something significant.]

Transcript: Alright, short script, easy to write, you know. One scene, the scene is a, you know, a nice restaurant. A dude invites a girl out, you know, his old lady, they go and meet up because he got something he want to talk to her about, you know. So, the beginning, I think when the opening credits coming on, you know, it can be like either a text message or a phone call, maybe a text message. Like, yo, what up? Or like the heart eyes emoji. Let’s do lunch later. And she going to be like, okay, I’m down, where at? You know, hit me at the spot. 2 p.m., reservations booked, I’ll see you there. She like, okay, boom. So, then, next scene, it, the next scene that shows, you know, him sitting at the table, looking at the menu, just studying it. Then, while he’s studying it, you know, it pan out, show a side picture of him sitting at the table. She walks into the scene, you know, it looks at him. He like, grab a seat. She sits down. Okay. I think that’s the opening scene.