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bustling combination of noise fighting for attention. There are sev-
eral mechanics working on one bus. Sam sees a billboard that reads,
“Learn a Trade, Find a Job” with an electrician posing beside it.
2.
Sam lines up to put his luggage away and rudely reminds the porter
to be careful with his guitar.
3.
Sam boards the bus and looks around at the other passengers (this is
where we show that Job is not on the bus). Disgusted by the noise and
confusion, he puts his hat over his head and falls asleep, his eyes clos-
ing to black.
4.
Sam jolts up only to find that the bus is empty. It is pitch black out-
side and the only sound that can be heard is the ticking of the hazard
lights of the bus. Looking outside, Sam can see the road to one side
and a dense forest on the other.
5.
Sam starts to get up and walk off the bus and finds another passen-
ger sleeping. He wakes the man up, an electrician named Job, who is
equally confused, and the two get off the bus together.
6.
Coming quickly to the conclusion that not much can be done at the
bus, the two start walking to a farmhouse up the road in search of
help and answers.
script
EXT. BUS STATION—DAY
We open to a billboard with a tagline that reads, “LEARN
A TRADE, FIND A JOB” with an older, mid-50s bald man
wearing a welder's mask underneath.
It stands above a crowded bus station, mid-afternoon.
The sun is shining and the sky is clear. There are
several buses, each with their own exclusive lines of
people waiting to board.
SFX:
Noise pollution: traffic, murmurs of conversation,
city rumble.
SAM WELLS, 46, a scruffy blues guitar master, stands in
line beside his bus, guitar case at his feet.
Sam watches the bus next to him. The bus is broken
down with several mechanics examining it. They wear
