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My remake of the scene from 'Love Actually', where Natalie and David meet for the first time.

'Love Actually' script 10 Downing Street- Entrance hall/inner lobby.  Sudden silence and formality inside in comparison to the chaos outside. There to greet him his personal adviser, Annie, strong and intelligent looking. His demeanour immediately changes, he deformalizes. ANNIE Welcome, Prime Minister. PM I must work on my wave. How are you? (he kisses her hello) ANNIE How are you feeling? PM Cool. Powerful. ANNIE Would you like to meet the household staff? PM Yes, I would very much like that indeed. Anything to put off actually running the country. (He heads with her towards a line of employees) ANNIE This is Terence. He's in charge. TERENCE Good morning, sir. PM Good morning. Had an uncle called Terence once- hated him- I think he was a pervert- but I very much like the look of you. ANNIE This is Pat. PM Hello Pat. PAT Good morning, sir, I'm the housekeeper. PM Oh right. Should be...

Alone Our task was to create a short film to comply with a film movement we were given. I was given Classical Hollywood. Classical Hollywood consists of invisible cuts and a clear beginning, middle and end. The characters have clearly definable traits, are active, and very goal oriented. I decided to make my short film based on the 1990 film 'Home Alone'. I thought I would do this because then I would only need one cast member , so it would be easier to find one. I also thought it would be good to base it off of a film that already exists, because I could always look to the original for cinematography ideas.