Here’s the script for what seems to be one of the longest episodes of Life in The Analog Age “The Right Bus”. This is s standalone story, but also part of the larger four part “Sporting Hill Saga”. I really enjoyed doing these four part-ers. It was really challenging balancing how much plot moves forward, with recapping, and setting up the next installment…
Part 2: “The Right Bus”
It was the first day at my new school and I had my instructions:
-me looking at note walking away from house with Mom in doorway
ride my normal bus to my old school Elm Tree
-(drawings on note) bus to elm tee e
get off
-get out
catch a different bus to my new school Sporting Hill.
-get on other bus
But my friend from down the street had different instructions
-on bus with Kim
her Mom told her to stay on the bus and it will take you to Sporting Hill
-both looking at her note
When it was time to get off at Elm Tree
-bus wheel stops
she begged me to stay
-up ready to leave, she’s holding onto my arm
she didn’t want to be alone
-pov looking down at her
-on me, thinking
-sit
It was a long bus ride
-wide on bus
-pass Sporting Hill
We definitely did something wrong
-bus pulls up in front of Jr. High
We went to strange new places
-bus pulls up in front of Sr. High
Maybe if we just laid low, no one would ever notice
-sink into our seats
-everybody gets off
-bus driver eyes
-us
-bus driver
-us
-bus driver
-long pause
He just asked if we were supposed to be at Sporting Hill
-bus driver
Then he explained that we were supposed to get off at Elm Tree.
-us
I was upset and felt an idiot
-on me
-look over
but I can only imagine how she felt
-look at her
as we rode
-wide on bus
I didn’t regret it,
-on me
I knew I did the right thing, she was my friend
-looking at her
on our first day at our new school,
-bus in front of Sporting Hill
we were over an hour late
-in doorway
and the entire class would never let us forget it
-class in awe
-all start to giggle and whisper
to be continued next week…
The final episode: