Kathleen
18
EXT. Beautiful park, early morning
VOICE OVER: The sun rose... and everything fell...
A lovely scene of parents watching their children play as they sit on a bench discussing movies.
MOTHER: I love that movie! But gosh darn! What was the name of that actress? Keira Knightly? Natalie Portman?
Every one racks their brains for the answer.
FATHER: Let me just ask Siri. She's always the most knowledgeable parent at the park! HA
The iPhone explodes in his hand.
VOICE OVER: What happens when all technology..
FATHER: SIRI. SIRI. NOOOOOOO COME BACK PLEASE.
VOICE OVER: and all common sense...
Cut two cars colliding and catching on fire.
VOICE OVER: disappears?
WOMAN: My google maps is gone. WHERE IS THE SCHOOL?
DAUGHTER: (crying) I CAN'T REMEMBER. MOM, MAKE IT STOP.
Cut to outside where a group of people are all dressed according to different weather patterns. Some are in rain ponchos, some have bathing suits on, some have snow gear.
A grandmother runs down the street screaming.
GRANDMOTHER: BEAUTIFUL PICTURE, JIMMY. CAN YOU BELIEVE ALL THE RAIN WE'VE HAVING? GIVE MY BEST TO YOUR PARENTS. ALL MY LOVE, GRANDMOM.
VOICE OVER: Where does the validation of Instagram likes come from?
Cut to three teenage girls drinking heavily inside of a bar. One girl raises her arm up as if to take a selfie, but instead her shoulder pops out of place. Girl with injured shoulder sprints out of bar and runs down the street.
GIRL: LOOK QUICKLY. IT'LL FEEL JUST LIKE SNAPCHAT.
VOICE OVER: When all the apps are gone where do you turn for self esteem?
Cut to strip club. Middle aged woman dancing for dollars.
VOICE OVER:...and money for Starbucks?
Cut to MAN outside of strip club.
MAN #1: Hey! My carpel tunnel cleared up! I'm going to post it on face- face- face-
Man begins to foam at the mouth and goes into a seizure.
Cut to EXT. of a building where people are taping pictures dangerously high. Some are giant collages while they graffiti long captions.
MAN #2: HOW WILL MY FAMILY KNOW I AM ALIVE?
The police arrive and arrest the people for trespassing.
Cut to inside of jail. Woman fumbles around with telephone. Tries talking into it upside and backwards.
WOMAN: PHONE NUMBERS? WHAT ARE PHONE NUMBERS? ALL I HAVE ARE CONTACTS ON MY IPHONE. I AM NOTHING.
Cut to boy, ALEX, pressing his thumbprint on the knob of his front door trying to unlock it.
VOICE OVER: How will life go on?
Words flash on the screen: "Tech-less: COMING SOON"
ALEX: SLIDE TO UNLOCK??!!! SLIDE TO UNLOCK??!!! I JUST WANT TO GO HOME!!!
Alex stared at the door handle and slowly turned the knob.
Blackout.
