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Writer's picturePeter K F Cheung SBS

Kaji: The Super Long Day

  1. FADE IN


  2. Act 1


  3. INT. HOME - DAY


  4. Resting alongside her carrycot, KAJI is in thoughts.


  5. KAJI (V.O.): Yesterday, I had a long day.


  6. Pausing.


  7. KAJI (V.O.) (Cont'd): The Pack Leader is still sleeping.


  8. Pausing.


  9. KAJI (V.O.) (Cont'd): When she sleeps, she likes to touch my fur.


  10. Pausing.


  11. KAJI (V.O.) (Cont'd): Peter too. Furthermore, he rubs my paws.


  12. Recalling.


  13. KAJI (V.O.) (Cont'd): Life has returned to normal after the super long day.


  14. Act 2


  15. MONTAGE OF KAJI'S NORMAL LIFE FOR THE PAST FEW DAYS

  16. A. Running, Kaji leads the Pack Leader and Peter to the pet garden.


  17. B. Having strolled with the Pack Leader and Peter along a Promenade, Kaji jumps up onto a bench to rest.


  18. C. Inside the pet garden again, Kaji engages an elderly LADY friend.


  19. END MONTAGE


  20. KAJI (V.O.) (Cont'd): The moments were so different from the super long day.


  21. FLASHBACK


  22. INT. HOME - NIGHT (BEFORE THE SUPER LONG DAY)


  23. Kaji sees the PACK LEADER and a Gang MEMBER putting a lot of stuff into two big boxes..


  24. KAJI (V.O.): I've sniffed them. They aren't food.


  25. Pausing.


  26. KAJI (V.O.) (Cont'd): It seems that they've lots of things to do.


  27. KAJI takes a look of Peter's bag.


  28. KAJI (V.O.) (Cont'd): His bag is smaller than my cot. He can't carry me with that.


  29. Kaji takes a look of her carrycot.


  30. KAJI (V.O.) (Cont'd): In fact, they don't touch my carrycot at all.


  31. Pausing.


  32. KAJI (V.O.) (Cont'd): I gather they're going somewhere, without me.


  33. Pausing.


  34. KAJI (V.O.) (Cont'd): It isn't usual though. I know they'll return at the end of the day.


  35. Pausing.


  36. KAJI (V.O.)(Cont'd): And on some days, they'll take me out too.


  37. Seeing them bidding goodbye to her, Kaji isn't responsive.


  38. KAJI (V.O.) (Cont'd): I've a hunch that this time is different.


  39. MONTAGE OF KAJI'S ACTIVITIES


  40. A. Kaji plays with the MAID.


  41. B. Having captured Kaji's moving images, the maid taps her device.


  42. C. Repeats.


  43. END MONTAGE

  44. KAJI (V.O.) (Cont'd): I don't know if the maid is communicating with the Pack Leader & the Gang.


  45. Pausing.

  46. KAJI (V.O.): Life was like that and I was actually unhappy.


  47. Pausing.


  48. KAJI (V.O.) (Cont'd): I don't want to stay home and think about these moody things.


  49. Pausing.


  50. KAJI (V.O.) (Cont'd): But I can't go out and get busy either.


  51. Thinking.


  52. KAJI (V.O.) (Cont'd): What's more upsetting is that I can't tell time anymore!


  53. END FLASHBACK


  54. Act 3


  55. INT. HOME - CONTINUOUS


  56. Kaji takes a look of Peter who is pointing a device at her.


  57. KAJI (V.O.): When he, the pack leader and the ganger member returned after the super long day, I welcome them back most enthusiastically.


  58. Reflecting.


  59. KAJI (V.O.)(Cont'd): Taking my guard off at the end of the super long day is my best feeling ever.


  60. Pausing.


  61. KAJI (V.O.) (Cont'd): Throughout the super long day, I stay positive, believing there're shorter ones coming. And I'm right!

  62. FADE OUT


  63. THE END




















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