Making this into a movie would, I suspect, be somewhat complicated, as it would involve a lot of close-up work in simulated tight quarters. It would also involve finding a way to portray a car sinking in mud. Perhaps that could be done with miniatures. If it could actually be made, it might make a very intense, if short, horror movie.

One final note: The script calls for the actress to be topless in several of the scenes. This is included as an element that I find often occurs in dreams. I believe it is related to the brain beling able to incorporate certain elements of reality (not wearing clothes, sounds in the vicinity, etc. with the events of a dream (or even to build a dream out of such elements. The story would not suffer at all if this were left out

Set

A sandy beach, a beach towel or lounge chair, a few associated items.

Cast

Deborah. A woman in her twenties or early thirties, wearing a bathing suit (two piece) and a pair of swimming goggles.

Action/Dialogue

Deborah is seen swimming strongly a few yards from shore. She then walks ashore, dries off,  and lies down on her back on the beach towel. She releases the tie on her top but does not remove it entirely. She places the straps in a position so as to tan withuot creating tan lines.  The goggles are pushed up above her face. She closes her eyes as though to sun herself dry.

Up to this point, any dialogue is extemporaneous and minimal.

She closes her eyes and there is a brief blurring of the focus for a few moments (signifying that she is drifting off to sleep).

A few seconds after she closes her eyes there is a distant rumble of thunder from an approaching storm. She opens her eyes and looks in the direction of the noise. She sees a dark, threatening thundercloud.

Deborah: "Oh shit!"

She quickly gathers her belongings and starts toward the dunes and her car.

Set

Sand dunes. There are several low spots with a few inches of gooey mud (foreshadowing only, however) but mostly just sand dunes.

Cast

Deborah

Action/Dialogue

A series of shots of Deborah as she walks as quickly as she can through the dunes. Several times she drops things and has to pick them up. She has some trouble with her bathing suit top, which is still not properly fastened. It starts to rain and then increases in intensity. We see her feet as she walks through some ankle-deep mud. She stumbles and falls once, but not too badly as she steps through a muddy spot. After a minute or so she reaches her beat-up old car, throws her stuff in, and then gets in herself. The only dialogue is a few curses and/or expressions of disgust at the weather, slippery mud, etc.

Set

The inside of the car and sometimes looking outside as Deborah drives.

Cast

Deborah

Action/Dialogue

Deborah drives down a narrow, dirt road. The land on either side is flat and open, like a marsh. After thirty second of footage of Deborah driving, we see her look at her watch, which reads 5:30. After another 15 seconds of footage, we see her turn on her headlights and then she looks at her watch again. It reads 9:00. Then she notices that she has entirely lost her top, a fact that until this point is not revealed to the viewer.She pulls it back on, though not completely. [Note: This may seem like gratuitous sex but it is an allusion to the fact that Deborah is dreaming, though she (and the viewer) may not realize this yet].

We see Deborah drive for another half minute or so of footage, as the storm gets worse and worse. She tries to wipe her windshield clear of fog, curses her windshield wipers, and so on. As we look through the windshield, we suddenly see a sharp corner approach. She is distracted by her bathing suit top, which is still not fastened properly and keeps slipping. We see Deborah’s foot slam on the break. We hear tires screech. The we look through the windshield as the car runs off the road and bumps to a stop.

Set

Inside the car

Cast

Deborah

Action/Dialogue

Deborah looks up after bracing for the accident.

Deborah: "Oh my God! What else can go wrong?"

She checks her self over quickly, discovering she is not hurt.

Deborah: "Well at least I’m in one piece."

She looks out the windows, but there is nothing but darkness. She starts to open the door, then thinks better of it.

Deborah: "I guess I’d better stay put until morning… or at least until the storm stops."

She looks around (for her top, which is now missing) but does not find it. Then she just sits there and waits for awhile. She looks at her watch and we see that it is now 10:00.

Set

Inside the car

Cast

Deborah

Action/Dialogue

Deborah is still sitting in her car. The storm has stopped and the moon is coming out. Suddenly the car lurches and lists to one side.

Deborah: "What the hell?"

The car rolls back to a list on the other side and lurches again. Deborah looks somewhat concerned. She reaches into the glove compartment and pulls out a large flashlight. She rolls down the driver’s side window and looks out. We see her eyes go wide with horror.

Deborah: "Oh my God, NO!"

As she says this the camera changes from her face to what she is seeing. We are looking down at a driver’s view of a car door, almost up to the door handle in oozing mud.

Set

Inside the car

Cast

Deborah

Action/Dialogue

We now show a series of shots inside the car (and perhaps a few from outside) as the car gradually fills with mud and sinks deeper and deeper, Eventually, we see Deborah trapped in a small pocket of air near the roof of her car, up to her chin in the mud. Then we see her sink under, followed by an external shot of the car sinking under. Dialogue in this scene is all ad-libbed, consisting mainly of screams, gasps, and other sounds of a struggle.

Back at the beach again.

Cast

Deborah

Action/Dialogue

The scene opens with a close up of Deborah's face, then zooms back to a full-body shot.Rain drops fall on her face and eventually wake her. She then hears another rumble of thunder, closer now. From this point on the scene is the same as scene 1.

Deborah is very relieved to be at the beach with an approaching storm (rather than trapped in her car sinking in the mud).

Set

In the dunes again.

Cast

Deborah

Action/Dialogue

IIdentical the scene 2, except there is clearly growing alarm showing in Deborah’s face as she repeats all the events of scene 2.

Set

In the car

Cast

Deborah

Action/Dialogue

We see Deborah driving, just as in scene 3. As she turns onto a dirt road and begins crossing the marsh area, we see Deborah’s expression grow in intensity to one of abject terror. The storm then intensifies. Deborah begins to shake, and the movie ends.