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Trailer: Scene 1
[The audience are presented with a black screen]
Rabbit (V.O): (Slowly, quietly, and exceptionally clearly) Do you want to go to wonderland?
SFX: [A bell chimes loudly after the Rabbit finishes speaking]
[We fade in to..]
Trailer: Scene 2
[...Alice staring directly at the camera, a look of bewilderment on her face, behind the Rabbit can be seen standing under an extremely bright lamppost. The lighting within the rest of the sequence is fairly dark, although we can still see Alice and the surroundings of the two characters. They are both standing next to a church. It is raining (edit: weather permitting). The shot should be taken in black and white.]
Rabbit: [The Rabbit takes out a bag of cannabis and...]
Alice: [...Alice quickly walks over and takes it leaving a crisp ten pound note in the Rabbit's hand.]
Rabbit: [The Rabbit smiles and...]
[...Both Exeunt. We fade out to...]
Trailer: Scene 3
[...A black screen]
SFX: [The bells chimes again]
[We fade in to]
Trailer: Scene 4
[A tent in the middle of a damp field, it is night and still raining (hopefully). There is a light inside the tent which allows the audience to see the silhouettes of Alice and her friends taking drugs. This shot should be taken in black and white and held for about five seconds. After five seconds we hear...]
Trailer: Alternate Scene 4
[Same principle as before but instead of a tent taken as a shot from behind the actors, who are lent against a tree, mimicking the action of smoking a joint.]
SFX: [The bell chimes again]
[The shot holds for another five seconds and we then cut to...]
Trailer: Scene 5
[Alice climbing out of the tent whilst calling...]
Alice: (Terrified) Hello?
[This shot should be almost garishly colourful and the area surrounding Alice should be grassy and clean. Once Alice has left the shot the camera should cut to be behind her. From this P.O.V the audience should be able to see Alice walking into a forest. The forest should look dark deep and mysterious.]
S.F.X: [The bell chimes one last time...]
[...and we fade in to see...]
Trailer: Alternate Scene 5
[Exactly the same, minus the tent.]
Trailer: Scene 6
[… A close up of the Cheshire Cat’s eye. This is accompanied by…]
Cheshire Cat (V.O): [Manic laughing]
[The camera slowly pans out to reveal the Cat is holding Alice at knifepoint although Alice seems blissfully unaware of this fact. This shot should be taken in colour and the lighting should be slightly surreal (edit: sunset). Both of the characters are in a forest. As the Cat begins to draw his knife across Alice’s neck we fade out to…]
Trailer: Scene 7
[A black screen]
SFX: [Music can be heard in the background, and the Cat’s laughter can still be heard, as his laughter subsides and the music begins to get louder, we fade into…]
Trailer: Scene 8
[…Alice wandering into a clearing in the forest, in the centre of this clearing we can see a picnic table laden with food, and covered in a tablecloth, this shot should be in colour and it should be sunset. Around the table are the “Mad” Hatter (who is both bound and gagged), the Mouse, and the Rabbit. Alice carefully approaches the “Mad” Hatter and pulls down his gag, then he says…]
“Mad” Hatter: (Frantically) Help!
[We then quickly cut to…]
Trailer: Scene 9
[The Queen’s court, the lighting is a red spot light which is directly focused on the Queen and a blue spotlight which is focused on Alice. This scene should be shot in colour and the rest of the set should be in complete darkness. Alice and the Queen pace around each other for a full 5-10 seconds until the Cat lunges at the Queen. The music comes to a climax and then drops to silence. We then cut to…]
Trailer: Alternate Scene 9
[The same, until the cat is supposed to leap on the Queen. Instead the Queen should move to attack Alice with maniacal laughter over the top as a voice over.]
Trailer: Scene 10
[A blank screen with the title of the film printed in white on the top]
Rabbit (V.O): (Same tone and pace as at start of film) I’m late.
[As he states these words the text” coming soon” flashes onto the screen.]
Rabbit (V.O): For a very important date.
[As he states this the text “…” flashes onto the screen. Cue credits]
END.
TEA PARTY SCENE ACTOR SCRIPT
[HATTER is bound and gagged. ALICE carefully moves to save him, skilfully avoiding the gaze of the MOUSE and the RABBIT whilst doing so. She pulls his gag down.]
HATTER: [Whispering] Help me! Loosen the ropes!
[ALICE attempts to loosen the ropes to let HATTER free. She finds that they are too tight and
fails to manage this task.]
ALICE: [Turning back to HATTER and whispering] I can’t do it, the rope is too tight.
HATTER: [Angrily, but still in a hushed voice] Then find something sharp and cut the bloody thing off!
[ALICE looks around and sees a knife lying on the table in the centre of the clearing. She moves carefully towards it and then grabs at it. Having successfully retrieved the knife she moves back towards the HATTER. She stumbles just as she reaches him.]
MOUSE: [Now looking directly at ALICE] What have we got here?
RABBIT: [Walking towards ALICE] Another guest for our tea-party. [As he finishes this line he grabs ALICE and pulls her towards a chair. We cut.]
QUEEN AND ALICE SCENE
[ALICE and the QUEEN are walking in the QUEEN’s grounds (I’ll figure it out exactly on the day…). ALICE looks unnerved and the QUEEN looks bored, as if they’ve already had this conversation.]
ALICE: [Concerned] So, you aren’t real.
QUEEN: [Sighs] For the last time no! I’m your imagination like everything else here.
ALICE: And you’re drug induced?
QUEEN: Yes.
ALICE: [Obviously confused] Right.
QUEEN: [Angrily, shout if you need] Look! It’s perfectly simple! I, and everything else in this place are metaphors for your problems. We look like your brain addled friends because they’re familiar images. The Alice in Wonderland setting is as big a mystery to me as it is to you.
ALICE: [ALICE thinks for a second. Then slowly.] Aren’t metaphors supposed to be… subtle?
QUEEN: [Flippantly] Tell that to whoever came up with this idea.
We cut.
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