ISOLA

written by
Trudi Gultom, Abhi Dutta, Olivia Green

(C) 2015

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INT. ISOLAS BEDROOM. NIGHT

ISOLA storms into her room, smashing her door against the
wall in the process, creating a loud thud through out the
house. The walls are covered with posters of cheat sheets
relating to her computer science background.
There are posters of Git commands and different languages,
Java, C and Haskell. The wall directly in front of her desk
is covered in scripting languages such as Shell, Python and
Perl all containing shortcuts and syntax rules.
ISOLA mopes over to her desk. Sprawled across the desk are
unopened letters and general clutter. She glances at them
and realises a new letter from NORTHWICK TECHNOLOGY
CORPORATIONS has arrived.
With a look of annoyance, she hastily pushes aside the
letter among the clutter and mess.
ISOLA turns on her laptop and centres it on her desk. A
freshly installed Linux log in screen lights up. She begins
to start typing her password, but suddenly stops and sits
upright. An unexpected terminal icon appears on the screen:
"This update contains some major improvements including..."
A terminal window loads and slowly displays her current
directory. ISOLA agonisingly discovers that her settings
have been overwritten and the terminal text has been
defaulted to an electric green.
ISOLA navigates her way to her repositories folder through
the terminal window which contains all her personal projects
and launches a program. As the window appears her screen
glitches, but ISOLA thinks nothing of it, staring and
waiting for her project to appear.
A foreign button in the bottom right corner suddenly
appears. It is an image of a green triangle. She looks
towards the letters next to her realising the NORTHWICK
TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONS letters have the same exact logo.
She hesistantly clicks on the green triangle.
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INT. ISOLAS BEDROOM. MOMENTS LATER

ISOLAs body becomes tense as she watches a continuous flash
of foreign code trailing along her computer screen.
She continues to stare at the screen in disbelief and
quickly realises the invitation was a hack into her computer
network.
Within seconds, ISOLA snaps out of her paralytic form and
pushes away the pile of papers surrounding her.
The NORTHWICK TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONS letter can be seen in
the midst of papers being pushed to the ground.
ISOLAs arms instinctively lunge towards the keyboard, her
face full of determination. Her eyes intensely dart left to
right, flashes of electric green can be seen across her
face. A drop of nervous sweat can be seen trailing along the
side of her face.
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INT. ISOLAS BEDROOM. MOMENTS LATER
The computer screen becomes overwhelmed with green text. A
frustrated ISOLA bangs on the keyboard with force, annoyed
by her inability to decipher the attack.
The computer screen continues to be rapidly bombarded with
green text. ISOLA again, bangs on the keyboard. A keyboard
piece A pops out of its socket. ISOLA stares at the
broken piece and in pure frustration pushes herself away
from the computer screen, closes her eyes and takes a big
breath.
ISOLA
(whispers)
You can do this.
Her eyes still closed. She stretches out her arms and cracks
her knuckles.
ISOLA (contd)
You are the best hacker in the
world. You are the best hacker in
the world. You... are... the...
best... hacker... in... the...
world.
While ISOLA is chanting an old MYSTERIOUS MAN wearing chunky
black glasses slowly appears several metres behind ISOLA.
(CONTINUED)

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3.

ISOLA is still attempting to calm herself down, taking big

breaths and stretching her arms up to the ceiling.
The computer screen begins to glitch in and out.
ISOLA is still unaware of what is happening around her.
The MYSTERIOUS MAN also begins to glitch in and out
similarly to the computer screen, we realise he is a
hologram. He looks towards his fading arms in shock and
impulsively shouts out.
MYSTERIOUS MAN
ISOLAA! YOU NEED TO OPEN YOUR EYES
NOW!
ISOLA opens her eyes in fear and realises the computer
screen is glitching in and out. She quickly turns around on
her chair and gasps at the sight of the MYSTERIOUS MAN. The
man continues to glitch in and out, his wrinkled skin and
white hair begin to disintegrate.
The MYSTERIOUS MAN standing several metres from ISOLA
quickly places his arms in the direction of ISOLA, creating
a pushing action.
A confused ISOLA, feels a strange force upon her chest. She
grabs her chest in pain. The MYSTERIOUS MAN quickly places
his hands down and continues to repeat a code. The glitches
start to increase.
MYSTERIOUS MAN (contd)
AS 4083! OPEN YOUR EYES! AS 4083..
AS 4083 AS 4083!
ISOLA with her hand to her chest quickly runs towards the
hologram man. In an attempt to grab him, her arm goes
through the man. The man is still repeating the code,
glitching out mid sentence. ISOLA stares at the blank wall
in disbelief, her arm still stretched out to wear the mans
hand was.
CUT TO:
INT. ISOLAS BEDROOM IN A WARPED REALITY. EARLY MORNING
ISOLA stares at the blank wall and can see tinges of
electric green running horizontally and vertically.
Dark circles can be seen around ISOLAs eyes. ISOLA rubs her
eyes vigourously. Her eyes widen as the green lines become
more vivid.
(CONTINUED)

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4.

ISOLA slowly stretches her arm out towards the wall. She
gasps as her arm is sucked into the wall. She curiously
stares at her arm in the wall moving left to right.
ISOLA slowly takes out her arm from the wall. The room
begins to warp in and out from her normal bedroom to a pitch
black room covered in electric green lines.
CUT TO BLACK
INT. VIRTUAL WORLD. TIME IS UNKNOWN
FADE IN:
ISOLAS eyes widen, her hands trembling. She slowly stands
up in fear. She quickly looks in every direction. Right.
Left. Right. Left. The space is pitch black and seems
never-ending. The distinct pattern of electric green
continues to trail along the empty space.
In a midst of confusion ISOLA starts to panic, she begins to
hyperventilate, tears starting to form from her heavy eyes.
ISOLA stops and begins to breathe in and out in an attempt
to calm herself down. She wipes away her tears and clenches
her fists. In a midst of anger she runs towards the green
lines. Once she is in contact with the green lines, a loud
electrical sound can be heard. ISOLA starts to scream from
the agonizing pain.
ISOLA falls to the ground, visibly shaken. In the far
distance she can see her computer. She desperately runs to
the computer and looks at the keyboard. The letter A in
the keyboard clearly missing. ISOLA stares at the computer
screen and hurriedly types AS 4083 and presses ENTER.
The virtual world begins to collapse around her, warping in
and out. A black hole begins to form several metres away
from her.
ISOLA starts to panic and begins running away from the black
hole. The black hole aggressively becomes bigger catching up
to ISOLA. ISOLA realises she can no longer run and shuts her
eyes while she is sucked into the black hole.
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INT. WHITE BED. DAY

FADE IN:
ISOLAs glassy, bloodshot eyes abruptly burst open to
investigate the unknown around her. She anxiously scans her
surroundings, rapidly darting her vision upwards then side
to side. Her face changes from curiosity to palpable fear as
her expression crinkles into immense trepidation.
We hear ISOLAs heart pounding as the code "AS 4083" is
repeatedly mumbled in the background. ISOLAs body violently
trembles into a fit of urgency as she starts to scream.
ISOLA
TAKE ME BACK! TAKE ME BACK!
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INT. WHITE ROOM. DAY
Sporadic beeping and the nonsensical rambling in the
background becomes louder and clearer. ISOLAs bobbling head
props against a sturdy, austere pillow and archaic, metal
bed frame. Beside her, there are two stainless steel tables
holding canisters of various coloured pills, monitors and
syringes filled with peculiar liquid.
Sweat and tears stream down her cheeks as her fear
intensifies. We see two unidentified arms reach over ISOLA,
constraining her with white straps with clasps attaching her
limbs to the rusty bed frame. Looking up at the unidentified
person tying her down, ISOLAs eyes instantly widen in
recognition of MYSTERIOUS MAN. She fights against the
restricting harness in order to reach him.
ISOLA
YOU! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE? TAKE ME
BACK NOW!
Unfazed by ISOLAs screams, MYSTERIOUS MAN continues to
tighten ISOLAs straps as she wildly jerks her body towards
him in defence.
MYSTERIOUS MAN exhales a deep, heavy breath of air and sighs
as he goes to grab an enormous syringe and sinister looking
bottle with Midazolam written on the label. Upon seeing
this, ISOLA begins to act violently as her face becomes red
with rage.
The heart monitor she is attached to vigorously beeps in
anticipation. Acting on instinct, she successfully untangles
(CONTINUED)

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6.

her left arm from under the harness straps and reaches for
the sharpest object in her nearest reach, snatching a
syringe from the bed side table. MYSTERIOUS MAN immediately
steps back, and takes a two way radio from his coat pocket.
MYSTERIOUS MAN
(Urgently calling into a two way
radio)
This is Doctor Xirtam reporting an
"AS 4083" procedure code in room
5102. I repeat, this is an "AS
4083" situation, send help straight
away.
Within minutes, we see two women dressed in white garments
hastily run into the room. They both tend to either side of
ISOLAs bed with caution, reassuring her that she is safe.
ISOLA quiets down but continues to hold the syringe with
firm grasp.
The woman on her left gradually loosens her leg straps,
while maintaining a comforting disposition. This however
acts as a distraction, meanwhile the second woman slyly
makes her way to ISOLAs right side and injects a
transparent liquid into her arm, which instantly makes ISOLA
sedated.
The clinical, white room grows in size as ISOLA appears to
get smaller and more warped. ISOLA gazes at the woman to her
left, focusing on the label on her coat, which reads;
"Northwick Psychiatric Institution". ISOLAs face crumbles
in disbelief.
ISOLA
TAKE ME BACK. TAKE ME BACK.
CUT TO:
EXT. NORTHWICK PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTION. DAY
We see a cream coloured building with barred windows.
Northwick Psychiatric Institution reads in capital
letters. We hear ISOLAs incessant screaming slowly becoming
less clear.
SCREEN FADE TO BLACK