0:00:13 > 0:00:16FOOTSTEPS
0:00:53 > 0:00:55TYPEWRITER CLICKS
0:00:57 > 0:00:59They're saying it's rude,
0:00:59 > 0:01:02playing that damn piano, night after night.
0:01:02 > 0:01:05Isn't it? Well?
0:01:10 > 0:01:12I know, Leonard.
0:01:12 > 0:01:14And every day I write notes.
0:01:14 > 0:01:16Yes. Every day.
0:01:16 > 0:01:19And they haven't taken a blind bit of notice, have they?
0:01:19 > 0:01:21No, Leonard.
0:01:21 > 0:01:25HE GRUMBLES I haven't slept properly for weeks.
0:01:25 > 0:01:27I know. You keep saying.
0:01:27 > 0:01:33As I said,
0:01:33 > 0:01:37time and time again,
0:01:37 > 0:01:42you are being very inconsiderate
0:01:42 > 0:01:47playing the piano
0:01:47 > 0:01:51in the middle of the night.
0:01:51 > 0:01:54Yours sincerely,
0:01:54 > 0:01:59Leonard from upstairs.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06FOOTSTEPS
0:03:11 > 0:03:12Good.
0:03:15 > 0:03:17That's right.
0:03:19 > 0:03:20Watch your dynamics.
0:03:31 > 0:03:34HE GROANS
0:03:34 > 0:03:35Dad?
0:03:36 > 0:03:39HE CONTINUES TO GROAN
0:03:39 > 0:03:41Dad?
0:03:46 > 0:03:47Daddy?
0:03:47 > 0:03:49KETTLE WHISTLES
0:03:58 > 0:04:01KETTLE RATTLES AND WHISTLES
0:04:27 > 0:04:31- I don't think they're home. - No, doesn't seem so.
0:04:33 > 0:04:37Be nice to know what they look like, living in my house, as they do.
0:04:37 > 0:04:39It's not just your house any more.
0:04:39 > 0:04:40Don't you think I know that?
0:04:41 > 0:04:43They're being selfish, that's what it is.
0:04:43 > 0:04:45Selfish.
0:04:45 > 0:04:49Perhaps it's time to try a new approach.
0:04:49 > 0:04:51An invitation, perhaps.
0:04:54 > 0:04:56Anything for a decent night's sleep.
0:04:58 > 0:05:00TYPEWRITER CLICKS
0:05:13 > 0:05:15METRONOME TICKS, CANE RAPS ON FLOOR
0:05:19 > 0:05:21Half four, I said.
0:05:23 > 0:05:27- They're probably just out somewhere. - Out? All they seem to do is go out.
0:05:27 > 0:05:30Go out and play that bloody piano!
0:05:33 > 0:05:36Your idea, this was, making me look like a bloody fool.
0:05:36 > 0:05:38It was just an idea.
0:05:38 > 0:05:43I'm sick of your new ideas, they bring me nothing but trouble.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46I don't want you here any more.
0:05:46 > 0:05:48- You don't mean that.- I do.
0:05:48 > 0:05:50But you need me.
0:05:51 > 0:05:55I thought so too, but it's not right.
0:05:55 > 0:05:57Not any more.
0:05:57 > 0:05:59But I'm all you've got.
0:06:02 > 0:06:03All the more reason.
0:06:06 > 0:06:08Go!
0:06:13 > 0:06:16GASPING BREATHS
0:06:16 > 0:06:19METRONOME TICKS
0:06:24 > 0:06:27PIANO PLAYS
0:06:36 > 0:06:37Tempo.
0:06:38 > 0:06:41Yes, keep the tempo, son.
0:06:42 > 0:06:44James, are you ready?
0:06:44 > 0:06:46- James.- I'm not coming.- What?
0:06:46 > 0:06:49I just said, I'm not coming.
0:06:49 > 0:06:52Will you stop that racket, boy?!
0:06:52 > 0:06:55Don't listen, son, keep playing.
0:06:55 > 0:06:57James, I swear if you do this to me one more time...
0:06:57 > 0:06:59CANE RAPS ON FLOOR
0:06:59 > 0:07:04And what will you do? Oh, wait, don't tell me.
0:07:11 > 0:07:13Keep playing, son.
0:07:17 > 0:07:19It's not fair.
0:07:19 > 0:07:21I carried your picture in my pocket,
0:07:21 > 0:07:24- and to think all that time you were with HIM!- Stop.
0:07:26 > 0:07:31Most wives would at least have the decency to let the ink dry
0:07:31 > 0:07:32on the goddamn telegram!
0:07:32 > 0:07:35- I thought you were dead. - So did I!
0:07:37 > 0:07:39Maybe it was better that way.
0:07:56 > 0:07:57James.
0:07:58 > 0:08:00- SOBBING:- James!
0:08:27 > 0:08:30METRONOME TICKS
0:08:57 > 0:08:59Hello?
0:08:59 > 0:09:01You in there?
0:09:02 > 0:09:05I just wanted to know if you got my note.
0:09:08 > 0:09:11Don't bother, then. What do you care?
0:09:21 > 0:09:22I'm not angry.
0:09:25 > 0:09:28I just want to talk to you.
0:09:30 > 0:09:32# Peace. #
0:10:00 > 0:10:03PIANO PLAYS
0:10:24 > 0:10:25What have I told you?!
0:10:28 > 0:10:32You are not to play in here, ever.
0:10:32 > 0:10:34Get out.
0:10:34 > 0:10:37Get out, out, out, out, out...
0:10:39 > 0:10:41DOOR SLAMS SHUT
0:10:41 > 0:10:44KEY IN LOCK
0:10:47 > 0:10:50METRONOME TICKS
0:11:06 > 0:11:10PIANO PLAYS SLOWLY
0:11:31 > 0:11:35To you upstairs,
0:11:35 > 0:11:41I don't know what you're doing up there,
0:11:41 > 0:11:48but I can hardly think for all that banging around.
0:11:59 > 0:12:00You there, boy?
0:12:04 > 0:12:06Yes, Leonard. I'm here.
0:12:08 > 0:12:10METRONOME TICKS
0:12:13 > 0:12:15PIANO, TICKING STOPS
0:13:29 > 0:13:31Leonard's Neighbours came from
0:13:31 > 0:13:34when I lived on Cathedral Road,
0:13:34 > 0:13:35in a flat,
0:13:35 > 0:13:39and I'd go into care homes and I'd choose a scene for each week,
0:13:39 > 0:13:43and we'd sort of take in prompts and we'd do a poem or a short story,
0:13:43 > 0:13:46or we'd be writing postcards and things like that.
0:13:48 > 0:13:50'I'm interested in people.
0:13:50 > 0:13:52'I like hearing about them.
0:13:52 > 0:13:56'I just take things on, I absorb things, and then,'
0:13:56 > 0:13:58when it comes to sit down to write things,
0:13:58 > 0:14:01it all comes flooding out and I think, "That's really interesting,
0:14:01 > 0:14:03"that person said this happened to them," and it's like, "Yeah,
0:14:03 > 0:14:06"I'm going to steal that and write about it," but change the names.
0:14:10 > 0:14:11So when I wrote the script,
0:14:11 > 0:14:16which I set in Pontcanna, with a Leonard...
0:14:16 > 0:14:18We now have an actual Leonard.
0:14:18 > 0:14:23As I said...
0:14:23 > 0:14:26And also I wrote my Leonard character as Jewish,
0:14:26 > 0:14:29- and you are also Jewish, aren't you?- Yes.
0:14:29 > 0:14:31So there's actually quite a few parallels
0:14:31 > 0:14:32that are quite interesting.
0:14:32 > 0:14:35But you would have been the Leonard, I think,
0:14:35 > 0:14:37if my Leonard had had a nicer life
0:14:37 > 0:14:40and done a bit more for himself, like you've done,
0:14:40 > 0:14:41and travelled the world.
0:14:41 > 0:14:44I'd like to think he would have been a bit more like you,
0:14:44 > 0:14:48rather than how he is now, because my Leonard's not very happy.
0:14:48 > 0:14:51Yours sincerely,
0:14:51 > 0:14:55Leonard from upstairs.
0:14:59 > 0:15:03You know, someone asked me how I heard about It's My Shout today,
0:15:03 > 0:15:06and I think I just saw it on Facebook,
0:15:06 > 0:15:08and it was the first script I've ever written,
0:15:08 > 0:15:10so I didn't expect to get anywhere.
0:15:12 > 0:15:17So this year we had 250 scripts, over 250 script submissions,
0:15:17 > 0:15:19which is the most we've ever had.
0:15:19 > 0:15:22Once we have the final 50,
0:15:22 > 0:15:25we have people from the BBC, BBC Wales,
0:15:25 > 0:15:28who will read the final 50, as well as Kurt Thomas,
0:15:28 > 0:15:31who is the script development mentor.
0:15:31 > 0:15:36They all read the top 50 and come to the top ten, each,
0:15:36 > 0:15:39which is then around the table,
0:15:39 > 0:15:43people from It's My Shout as well as the BBC will come
0:15:43 > 0:15:46up with the final nine films.
0:15:49 > 0:15:52So, yeah. And I think what the panel really liked
0:15:52 > 0:15:53about Leonard's Neighbours
0:15:53 > 0:15:56was the fact that it was quite accomplished,
0:15:56 > 0:16:00especially now knowing that it's the first script that Jodie has ever
0:16:00 > 0:16:03written, it's quite an accomplishment for her too.
0:16:05 > 0:16:09Your idea, this was, making me look like a bloody fool.
0:16:09 > 0:16:11It was just an idea.
0:16:11 > 0:16:14I'm sick of you and your ideas. You bring me nothing but trouble.
0:16:19 > 0:16:20Where is the key?
0:16:20 > 0:16:23Leonard, where is the key?
0:16:23 > 0:16:24I don't know, I put it somewhere.
0:16:24 > 0:16:27- I forget now.- Sit down!
0:16:27 > 0:16:30- Why are you in this room? - Casting is interesting.
0:16:30 > 0:16:32I mean, it's my first-ever casting,
0:16:32 > 0:16:36so to have it as my first film is a little bit surreal.
0:16:36 > 0:16:38And action!
0:16:44 > 0:16:47It's a real strong character piece, kind of heavy on theme,
0:16:47 > 0:16:50that's something I really wanted to do.
0:16:50 > 0:16:51So, yeah, I really jumped at that chance
0:16:51 > 0:16:53and ideas started popping
0:16:53 > 0:16:56and I think you know that when you get into a script,
0:16:56 > 0:16:58you know this is the one I wanted to go for.
0:16:58 > 0:16:59Are you saying it's unlevel?
0:16:59 > 0:17:01Is it the monitor?
0:17:01 > 0:17:04- Oh, the monitor is unlevel. So look on this one.- Oh, OK, yeah.
0:17:04 > 0:17:07It's enjoyable watching all the crew and the cast and everyone together.
0:17:07 > 0:17:11It's enjoyable standing at the back and seeing how everyone does it.
0:17:15 > 0:17:19But the weird thing is hearing someone say your words
0:17:19 > 0:17:23that you've been poring over for months and months and months.
0:17:23 > 0:17:25James, are you ready?
0:17:25 > 0:17:27- SHE SIGHS - James.
0:17:27 > 0:17:29And also what they do with those words,
0:17:29 > 0:17:30so in my mind it sounded different,
0:17:30 > 0:17:32so then they say it and I'm like,
0:17:32 > 0:17:34"Wow, that's actually... That's really sad."
0:17:34 > 0:17:39- James.- I'm not coming.- What?
0:17:39 > 0:17:41I just said, I'm not coming.
0:17:41 > 0:17:43Would you stop with that damn racket?!
0:17:43 > 0:17:48Yeah, but it's nice to have it kind of brought to life.
0:17:49 > 0:17:51But, yeah, a really odd experience. Cool, though.