Cut Out Step Outline

'Cut Out' stands for the two women being in cut out of society because they fell in love with someone of the same sex.

Int - Flat

Step 1

Establishing Shot - Hallway of Grace and Carmen's flat.

Grace has just come home from work.

Step 2

Establishing Shot - Flat Lounge

Carmen greets Grace.

(Similar to that of the establishing shot used to show the open plan apartment of Theresa and Simon in the film 'Guess Who'. Similar if not the same camera angles/movements. However not the same greeting as it would be too exaggerated.)

Step 3 - Flat Lounge

Carmen asks Grace about her day.

Step 4 - Flat Lounge

Grace informs Carmen about the promotion.

Before departing from the lounge and entering the kitchen, with Carmen following close behind.

Step 5 - Flat Kitchen

Carmen congratulates Grace, hugs her, gives her a peck on the cheek,

"Wine, Champagne whatever you want tonight baby." Carmen.

Grace gets a class of water before going back to the lounge with Carmen following close behind.

Step 6 - Flat Lounge

Grace staring off into space.

Step 7 - Flashback, Int.- Flat Hallway, Establishing Shot.

Carmen and Grace walk in together hand in hand.

(Similar to that of Bette and Tina in 'The L Word' Season 6, as they walk through The New Art Gallery hand in hand.)

Int.- Flat Lounge

Step 8- Grace's boss' Flat.

Grace greets her colleagues and introduces her partner Carmen .

Step 9 - Grace introduces Carmen to her boss.

The boss seems nice and polite but there is an edge to his politeness.

Step 10 -Boss calls over another member of staff after Grace and Carmen have walked off.

"Did you know Grace was gay?" Boss.

(Same reaction to Zainab finding out her son Syed is gay in 'Eastenders', utter revulsion and disgust. Zainab makes him conform to being heterosexual as she sees it as something he can get over it.)

Int. Grace and Carmen's Lounge

Step 11 - Back to present, Grace seems to smile at Carmen before staring in space yet again.

Int. Office, Grace's Working Place

Step 12 - Flashback, Establishing Shot of an office.

Same day but earlier on in the day when Grace was at work.

(From 4.54)

Step 13 - Grace and her boss talking about the possibility of a promotion for Grace.

Step 14 - Graces extremely happy and willing to accept the promotion until her boss drops the bombshell.

"You can have the promotion but on the terms that you will not get engaged, marry or continue to see Carmen. I do not care what you do behind close doors but when bring it to my attention I then have to remind you that you are tarnishing the companies name with this obscenity." Boss.

Step 15 - Grace begins to protest bringing up the points that she is discriminating against her over something that she has no control over.

Step 16 - Boss gives Grace an ultimatum.

"Stop this ridiculous 'gay' phase and the promotion is yours. However if you do not you will NEVER progress within this company." Boss.

Step 17 - Grace tries to renegotiate but the the boss proclaims the deal is on the table take it or leave it.

"You have until Monday to decide." Boss.

Int. Lounge in Grace and Carmen's apartment.

Step 18 - Present,

Grace miserably tells Carmen to stop celebrating as she has more to say on the matter.

Step 19 - Carmen goes ballistic after hearing about Grace's homophobic boss.

"You can not do those sort of things in this day and age. It's the equivalent to being racist." Carmen.

"When you own the company you can do whatever you like." Grace

Step 20 - "What are you going to do?" Carmen.

Step 21 - Grace does not answer, has her arms folded/crossed across her chest with a look of disdain on her face.

Step 22 - Carmen continues to prompt Grace for answer as she seems a bit confused by Grace's non-responsive state.

Step 23 - Grace informs Carmen to leave it, as she looks away guiltily.

Step 24 - Argument begins between Carmen and Grace.

"What do you mean leave it? This is something serious!" Carmen.

Int. Flat Kitchen

Step 25 - Carmen storms into the kitchen where she has a conversation with herself and makes a cup of tea.

Step 26 - Grace proclaims she does not know what she is going to do. Carmen attempts to storm off and in doing so we see Grace pull an engagement ring out of her trouser pocket.

"This is not how I visualised today going, it was meant to be a normal day. No arguments, no stress no nothing. I intended to make you my life partner, wife. So will you stop arguing with me and answer me this? Will you marry me?" Grace.

(4.24)