The SCRIPT
Concept:
Lucerna explores the cyclical nature of trauma through dream logic, following a woman trapped in recurring visions until she confronts the memory of her father’s suicide.
Lucerna explores the cyclical nature of trauma through dream logic, following a woman trapped in recurring visions until she confronts the memory of her father’s suicide.
Logline:
Trapped in recurring dreams of her father’s death, a young woman must confront the buried memory of her father’s suicide in order to finally wake up.
Trapped in recurring dreams of her father’s death, a young woman must confront the buried memory of her father’s suicide in order to finally wake up.
EXT. FIELD – DAWN (DREAM 1)
A vast, pale horizon. Silence.
Far in the distance, a WOMAN stands alone with a gun.
We never see her face clearly.
We never see her face clearly.
She lifts the weapon toward her head.
FLASH CUTS (0.2 sec each):
— A man’s hand holding the same gun.
— A man’s hand holding the same gun.
Back to the WOMAN —
She fires.
She fires.
CUT TO:
INT. LIVING ROOM – NIGHT (WAKE 1)
She wakes up on the couch, breath shaky.
The camera slowly pushes toward her.
The camera slowly pushes toward her.
She reaches for a mug and drinks.
When she sets it back down —
We push back.
The mug is different.
We push back.
The mug is different.
She stares — a glitch in reality.
A hint that she is still dreaming.
A hint that she is still dreaming.
CUT TO:
EXT. FIELD – DAY (DREAM 2)
Same landscape.
This time we see two versions of her:
— One far away, holding the gun.
— One closer to the camera, watching.
— One far away, holding the gun.
— One closer to the camera, watching.
The distant version raises the gun.
The close version gasps—
The close version gasps—
CUT TO:
INT. LIBRARY – EVENING (WAKE 2)
She wakes at a table, surrounded by books and a laptop.
She walks to a bookshelf.
She scans the spines — muted colors.
She scans the spines — muted colors.
A faint sound behind her. She turns.
When she looks back:
the colors of the books have completely changed.
the colors of the books have completely changed.
Her breath trembles.
Another dream.
Another dream.
CUT TO:
EXT. FIELD – SUNSET (DREAM 3)
Another return.
She appears in the field — same scene.
She appears in the field — same scene.
A MAN’s silhouette flickers for a split second.
She starts running —
She starts running —
BANG—
CUT TO:
INT. BEDROOM – NIGHT (WAKE 3)
She wakes in her bed, heart pounding.
She reaches for the lamp on her right —
It does not turn on.
She flips it again — nothing.
A third time — still nothing.
A fourth —
It does not turn on.
She flips it again — nothing.
A third time — still nothing.
A fourth —
The lamp finally flickers to life.
She gets up.
INT. LIVING ROOM – NIGHT
She sits on the couch with a book.
The room is quiet. Too quiet.
The room is quiet. Too quiet.
The camera slowly pushes toward her.
As she reads, her vision flickers:
FLASHES:
— The field
— A gun
— Her father’s silhouette
— The field
— A gun
— Her father’s silhouette
She looks down —
The book in her hands has changed.
Different cover. Different content.
The book in her hands has changed.
Different cover. Different content.
Her breath catches.
CUT TO:
EXT. FIELD – DAWN (FINAL DREAM / CLIMAX)
The field again.
A silhouette stands ahead — not her this time.
It’s a MAN. Her father.
It’s a MAN. Her father.
He raises the gun to his head.
She watches — frozen — terrified —
but she forces herself to keep looking.
but she forces herself to keep looking.
Her father pulls the trigger.
BANG.
BANG.
She walks toward the exact spot where he fell.
On the ground, the same gun waits.
She kneels.
Takes the gun in her hand.
Takes the gun in her hand.
A long, trembling breath.
She lowers the gun.
Next to it in the grass —
a small childhood toy.
A piece of her past.
a small childhood toy.
A piece of her past.
She picks it up gently.
CUT TO BLACK.
SILENCE.
SILENCE.
THE END.
Character
Lucy, 23
A quiet, introspective woman who lives most of her life alone, surrounded by books and silence. Once a student of philosophy, she became obsessed with the nature of consciousness and dreams—where reality begins and ends. Over time, sleepless nights and vivid lucid dreams blurred her perception of the world. She now moves through life half-awake, unsure whether her experiences are memories, dreams, or both. Small inconsistencies make her question if she's truly living or endlessly dreaming.
