Ext. A midsummer dawn. Thornfield the grounds

JANE EYRE

Written by

Moira Buffini

Adapted from the novel by

Charlotte Bronte

2ND DRAFT

6TH MARCH 2008

EXT. A MIDSUMMER DAWN. THORNFIELD - THE GROUNDS.

First light. Jane Eyre is running across a meadow, flushed

and breathless; the hem of her plain, black dress soaked

with dew. She carries a shawl and has a small bag of

belongings over her shoulder.

She trips, falls to her knees; looks back. Expressive eyes,

open features. She is desperate. We see the house she is

running from; a Jacobean battlemented mansion.

Her need to escape is so great that she crawls forward

until she is able to raise herself to her feet. She runs.

She reaches an antique stile by a brook. She lifts herself

on to it. She lands on the road. And runs.