Written, Produced, and Directed by Winkler

I AM ALIVE

Written, Produced, and Directed by Winkler

(Black Screen)

(Open to home video camera footage of a family reunion in a backyard on a sunny day)

(Jason is carrying Rebecca on his back)

(He runs around the yard and Rebecca is screaming and laughing)

(He stops and puts her down)

(Greg is holding the camera)

Greg: Hey, Jason.

(Jason looks towards the camera)

Greg: How’s your new house?

Jason: Oh, the house is great, man. And we got enough room so that if a kid comes around suddenly, we won’t have to move out.

Greg: Sounds good. So you want a kid?

Jason: (chuckles) Not yet, man. Not yet.

(Fade out)

Jason: Not yet.

(Open to a close shot of Jason’s eyes as they suddenly open wide)

(Jason breathes loud and heavy)

(He looks around past the camera)

(Shot from Jason’s view as he is lying on the ground)

(There are trees and a creek near to him)

(Shot of Jason’s eyes again)

(He sits up)

(Medium shot of Jason sitting on a sleeping bag in the woods)

(He rubs his eyes and looks around again)

(He rests his head in his hands for a second then stands up)

Jason’s Voice Over: I wake up every morning thinking that I had just woken up from this bad dream.

(Cut to a shot of Jason walking through the woods carrying a rifle and a large backpack)

Jason’s Voice Over: But really the nightmare had only just begun.

(Cut to long shot of Jason walking in an open field with tall grass in the middle of the woods)

Jason’s Voice Over: Every day seems to be getting longer, and every day the world seems to be getting a little less bright.

(Cut to a shot of Jason jumping across a creek and regaining his balance)

Jason’s Voice Over: I sometimes think “What would’ve happened if I hadn’t left for that fishing trip that day?” “If I had been there with her, could I have saved her?” It doesn’t matter anymore. This is the world today and this is how I will live for the rest of my life; alone in the woods by myself with no one to look after and no one to worry about.

(Cut to Jason at night under a tarp in the woods and it’s raining)

Jason’s Voice Over: I don’t know why I’m still talking to you day after day; maybe it’s just because of a false hope that someone is listening, or maybe it’s just because I need someone or something to talk to. Or maybe it’s just an indifference; maybe I don’t care who or where you are or what your problems are and I don’t even want to find you…… But I want you to know my story and why I’m out here and why I’m not dead.

(Cut to Jason crouching in an open field staring down with a radio in his hand speaking into it)

Jason: (Speaking into the radio) My name is Jason Adams; I am alone and I am alive.

(Jason puts down the radio)

(He looks down at a dead flower on the ground)

(He picks up the flower in his hand)

(He holds up the flower closer to his face)

(He drops it and looks up)

(Long shot from behind Jason of an abandon old farmhouse)

(Cut to Jason walking up to the house’s porch)

(He drops his backpack on the ground and holds his rifle in his hand)

(He walks up the porch)

(He slowly tip-toes towards the door)

(He starts to shake as he holds up his rifle)

(He pokes his rifle barrel at the door to slowly open it)

(The door creeks open slowly)

(The inside of the house through the doorway is dark and nothing is visible)

(He slowly reaches for a flashlight in his back pocket)

(He holds up the flashlight and points it towards the doorway)

(He flips on the light)

(An undead woman is in the house devouring a dead body)

(As the light is shown on her, she looks up towards Jason)

(She slowly stands to her feet and she growls at him)

(Jason drops the flashlight and starts to turn around to run away)

(The woman burst through the door after him)

(Long shot of Jason running through the open field being chased by the undead woman)

(Jason runs into the woods)

(The undead woman runs into the woods after him)

(She runs through the woods)

(Shot of Jason running through the woods in front of the undead woman and disappearing)

(The undead woman continues to run through the woods)

(Jason had disappeared)

(She stops and looks around)

(She starts to sniff and listen very closely)

(She walks forward past a tree)

(Jason appears behind her and hits her in the back of the head with a rock)

(The woman falls to the ground)

(Jason falls next to her and hits her again in the head and again)

(Jason drops the rock and scoots away from the body)

(He leans up against a tree)

(He breathes heavy and loud)

(He tries to slow down his breathing)

(He closes his eyes and rests his head against the tree)

(Music Score: I See a Darkness: Johnny Cash)

(Cut to overhead view of Jason)

(Zoom out to a shot of the whole forest with a city in the distance)

(Title screen: I AM ALIVE)

(Cut to a shot of a wall of pictures)

(The camera slowly moves to the right facing the wall)

(There are pictures of Jason, his wife Rebecca, and other family members)

(The music continues to play)

(Cut to shot of the front door of a house wide open from inside the house)

(Camera moves slightly to the right before cutting to a shot of a torn up teddy bear leaning against a wheel of a car)

(Cut to a shot of the interstate completely clear with nothing on the road)

(The music fades)

(A truck drives quickly out of the bottom of the screen and down the interstate into the distance)

(Camera follows the car as it travels farther away)

(Cut to a side shot of Jason in the truck driving with a cigarette in his mouth and breathes out smoke)

(He grabs the cigarette out of his mouth and holds it out the window)

(He knocks the ashes off of it and puts it back into his mouth)

(Suddenly static is heard over the radio)

(Cut to a shot on the other side of Jason looking down at the radio in the seat next to him)

(He picks it up)

(He holds it in front of him and looks back and forth from the radio to the road)

(He turns up the volume of the radio)

(A female voice is just barely heard over the radio)

(Her speech is distorted by the static and could not be understood)

(Jason shakes his head and turns off the radio and throws it in the passenger seat)

(He drives up to a gas station at a crossroad)

(He pulls into the station and parks next to a gas pump)

(Pulls the keys out of the ignition, opens his door, and steps out)

(He walks to the back of the truck and grabs an empty gas can out of the bed of the truck)

(He walks around the truck to the pump)

(He opens the gas can and sets it on the ground)

(He grabs the pump and opens the gas cap on his truck)

(He sticks the pump into the cap and squeezes the pump)

(A quiet, unsteady stream of gas slowly enters the truck)

(The pump then stops pumping gas)

(Jason releases the pump and squeezes the pump again)

(The gas continues to flow)

(The gas flow stops)

(Jason pulls the pump out of the truck)

(He looks at the nozzle)

(He holds the nozzle over the empty gas can at his feet)

(He squeezes the pump)

(Gas drips out of the pump and stops)

Jason: (quietly) Fuck.

(Jason puts the pump back into the holster)
(He looks at the next pump)

(He grabs his gas can and walks over to the next pump)

(He sets down the can and grabs the pump)

(He puts the nozzle in the gas can and squeezes)

(Nothing comes out)

(Cut to Jason walking inside the store next to the gas pumps)

(He walks over to the counter)

(There is a cardboard sign that reads “NO GAS”)

Jason: Of course.

(Jason sets the gas can on the counter and walks through the aisles)

(He looks through the chocolate bars and finds a snickers)

(He grabs it and brings it closer)

(He examines the expiration date)

(He then smells it)

(He pulls it away from his nose and makes a disguised face)

(He puts the candy bar back and keeps walking through the aisle)

(There is a sudden noise from behind him)

(He spins around quickly and pulls out his revolver)

(Jason keeps his head low as he points his revolver forward at hip level and slowly inches toward the noise)

(Shot of in front of Jason)

(There is nothing there)

(Shot of Jason turning the corner of the aisle)

(He peaks his head around the corner of the aisle and looks both ways)

(He walks forward a few steps)

(An undead man slowly appears from out of the aisle next to the aisle Jason walked out of)

(The undead man limps slowly behind Jason)

(The undead man groans silently)

(Jason spins around quickly and hits the undead man in the head with the handle of the revolver)

(The undead man falls on the ground with his head bleeding)

(It slowly raises its head)

(Jason stands over it and pulls out a knife)

(He drops to his knees and stabs the knife into the undead man’s head)

(It dies instantly)

(Jason grunts as he removes the knife from the flesh)

(He stands up)

(He stares down at the body for a moment)

(He then turns around and takes a few steps away)

(He drops to a knee and his face turns green)

(He covers his mouth with his hand)

(Cut to Jason in the bathroom puking into the toilet)

(He then flushes the toilet)

(Cut to Jason walking out of the store)

(He is carrying the gas can in his hand)

(He looks out down the road)

(He stops and stares down the road)

(He covers his eyes with his hand from the sun)

(Shot of a blown out van on the side of the interstate)

(Shot of Jason staring at the van)

(Cut to Jason approaching the van with the gas can in his hand)

(There is no one in the van or around it)

(He walks up to the driver’s seat)

(He opens the door and looks inside)

(In the seat is a radio)

(Jason grabs the radio and examines it)

(He turns it on)

(Static is instantly heard)

(Jason holds the radio to his mouth and speaks)

Jason: Hello?

(More static is heard)

(Jason puts down the radio)

(Cut to Jason opening the gas cap on the van)

(He grabs a hose that is at his feet)

(He sticks one end down the gas cap)

(He puts the other end in his mouth and he begins to suck out of the gas)

(He quickly puts the end in the gas can)

(Gas starts to flow out of the van)

(The gas flow starts to slow down)

(Gas starts to slowly drip into the can)

(Jason pulls the hose out of the van and sets it on the ground)

(He twists the cap onto the can and picks it up)

(He starts walking back to the truck)

(He stops and looks back)

(He shakes his head and continues to walk)

(He reaches the truck and throws the gas can in the bed)

(He opens the driver’s seat)

(He takes a step into the car and stops)

(He looks back at the van)

Jason: It’s not your problem, Jason. It’s not your problem. Stop acting like it’s your problem.

(Jason hangs his head and takes a deep breathe)

(Cut to Jason putting a jug of water on top of the van’s hood)

(He sticks a note to the jug)

(Jason starts to walk away)

(Zoom in close to the note)

(The words become readable)

(The note reads: “Thank you for the gas, here is some clean water. Stay safe”)

(Cut to Jason opening the driver’s seat door and stepping into the truck)

(He starts the truck and drives out of the gas station lot and onto the interstate)

(He drives into the distance away from the van)

(Cut to a shot of the note on the jug)

(A hand comes out of the corner of the screen and grips the note)

(The hand tilts it upward so that whoever’s it is can read it)

(Cut to Jason at night in the woods setting up a tent)

(Thunder is heard in the distance)

(Jason looks up as soon as the thunder is heard)

Jason: Not again.

(Cut to Jason inside his tent looking out the window)

(It is raining hard)

(Thunder is continuously heard)

(Zoom in to Jason’s eyes as thunder booms through the woods)

(Quick shot of a lightning bolt and cut back to a shot of Jason’s eyes)

(Another quick shot of lightning and cut back to Jason’s eyes)

(Black Screen)

(Rebecca’s voice is heard)

Rebecca: You think we will stay here for the rest of our lives?

(Open to a shot of Rebecca in the past staring out the window of their home)

(It is raining and thundering outside)

Jason: I think we will. Why wouldn’t we?

Rebecca: I don’t know why. I’d rather we never leave her; I love this place.

Jason: That’s why we live here.

(Jason walks up behind Rebecca and messages her shoulders)

Rebecca: I really wasn’t thinking about kids when I picked this place.

Jason: I think kids are a little far off still.

(A loud thunder clap is heard)

(Rebecca jumps and digs her face into Jason’s chest)

(Jason starts to laugh)

(Rebecca pulls her head off of Jason and starts laughing)

Jason: I’m right here.

(Jason and Rebecca look at each other in the eye)

Jason: And I always will be.

(Cut to Jason sleeping in a tent)

(It is morning)

(Jason’s eyes slowly start to open)

(Jason looks around at his surroundings to confirm where he is)

(He sighs and sits up)

(He crawls out of his sleeping bag)

(He hides his face in his hands and sits still for a moment)

(He lifts his head and looks up)

(Cut to Jason unzipping the tent and stepping out)

(He looks up at the sun shining down on him)

(He covers his face with his hands)

(He drops his hands at his side)

Jason: I guess I lied when I said I would be there forever.

(Jason turns around and begins to take down the tent)

(Music Score: Free Fallin’: John Mayor)

(Medium shot of Jason rolling up his tent)

(Jason’s voice is heard)

Jason’s Voice: I found a van the other day on the side of the road.

(Cut to a shot of Jason loading gear into his truck)

Jason’s Voice: It was blown out and whoever drove it wasn’t far. I took the gas out of the van because the gas station I had run across was out. In return in case the owner came back, I gave a jug of clean water, so if you’re the owner than just know that it was me who took your gas and I apologize if you needed that gas more than I did.

(Cut to a shot of Jason driving the truck along the interstate)

Jason’s Voice: The thunder storm brought up some repressed memories that I wish I could forget. I’ve had a terrible past, but I know some of you must have it worse than me so than who am I to complain.

(Jason looks up at a picture of him and his wife, Rebecca hanging from the rearview mirror)

(Jason stares at it for a while and then grabs it and lays it face down on the console)

Jason’s Voice: I wish things could be different. I always go to sleep and I think that I’m going to wake up in my bed with Rebecca asleep next to me. I wish she was still alive, but I can’t do anything about that.

(Jason looks ahead on the road and steps on the brakes)

(He takes the keys out of the ignition)

(He steps out of the car)

(Cut to a shot of Jason walking in front of his truck and stopping to stare at something in front of him off camera)

Jason’s Voice: After all that’s happened, I still prefer solitude and the woods. No one to take care off, no one to look after,

(Camera shot from behind Jason of a large clump of broken cars blocking the road)

Jason’s Voice: No one to hold me back.

(Cut to Jason sitting on top of his truck speaking into the radio)

Jason’s Voice: Again I’ll stress to you, if you’re listening to this, don’t come find me; I don’t want you here and I won’t take care of you and I won’t provide for you. It’s not that I don’t care about you, but I’ve decided to stay away from the world until someone cures this. Regardless, don’t forget about me, because I broadcast to you to tell you my story and I hope that someone will remember yours.

(Jason turns off the radio and throws it in the truck)

(The music fades)

(Cut to Jason walking up to the large road block of cars)

(He walks up to a car and looks into the window)

(There is a body in the driver’s seat)