Kevin, feeling very sad and lonely after spending his first day in a new junior high school meets a young girl on his bus ride home who drops a pencil and suddenly disappears. He learns that this little girl lived in the house his family now lives in and she had been killed in a serious school bus accident the year before. The very next day Kevin’s bus was in an accident, his bus driver was unconscious and Kevin bravely evacuated everyone safely from the bus. Teens leave school/teen boy at home doing homework, on the bus again with girl, girl disappears, lifting weights

VO black screen
CU AA male teachers before black board, shot widens to MS
MS students seated at desks, begin to prep to leave
MS AA male teacher at podium
CU EA female student
CU EA male student (A), looking off screen right, turns to camera
MS AA male teacher, pans rights and down as he takes seat
WMS AA male teacher seated at table students cross screen
CU upshot, EA male students
WS aerial, buses in front of school plaza/entry
MS 2 EA male students  exiting door, wlak and talk, exit screen right
MS EA male student rushing out of doors, previous 2 exit, ne rushes off,  move in to MCU student A, watching
MS rural road, mail box, bus enter Screen R
MS interior of bus, EA s male and female students exiting, Student A seated, looking out window
CU bus grill, bus in motions, follows, then buss exits screen L
MS  Student A, seated, looking out window, looks screen L
MS EA female student seated
MS Student A seated
MS EA female student
MS Student A seated
MS EA female student
MS Student A seated
CU EA female
ECU EA females hand pushes pencil off seat
MS Student A stands and bends down
MS student A kneeling in bus aisle, pans up as he rises with pencil, he looks around pan up as he stands
CU EA male Bus driver
CU student A
CU EA male Bus driver
CU student A
CU EA male Bus driver
CU student A
CU EA male Bus driver
CU student A
MS student A crossing road, bus crosses R to L in background, student A approaches camera to CU
ECU pencil is hand, rotates, “Tracy Donnelly” imprint
MCU EA woman in kitchen opening box, camera pans to Screen left, room divider in center front of shot woman to another box Pans takes in Student A at lower left stops at
MS Student A  seated, EA adult female standing behind and to Screen R, they converse, she crosses to back R
CU EA female’s hand w/ pencil,  wall shopping list holder
CU profile of EA adult female
MS student A seated
CU EA adult female
MS student A seated
CU EA adult female
MS student A seated
CU EA adult female
ECU student A seated, agitated expression
ECU EA adult female
ECU student A, camera pans in fade to
MS  rear interior of bus  Student A, seated,
CU student A, looking ?worried?
ECU hub of bus wheel, exiting screen R, pulls out to show side of bus
MS, camera down Student A seated
MS student A looking to rear of bus EA female in seat before his.
CU Student A, shot over EA females L shoulder ( chest actually- low camera angle)
MS EA female in seat, looking to rear, over Student A’s  R shoulder
CU Student A, shot over EA female’s L shoulder.
MS EA female in seat, looking to rear, over Student A’s  R shoulder
CU Student A, shot over EA female’s L shoulder.
MS EA female in seat before his, looking to rear,  shot over Student A’s  R shoulder
CU Student A, shot over EA female’s L shoulder. her profile enters from top R of screen
MCU EA female in seat before his, looking down, shot over Student A’s  R shoulder
CU Student A, shot over EA female’s L shoulder.
MCU EA female in seat before his, looking back, shot over Student A’s  R shoulder
CU Student A, shot over EA female’s L shoulder.
MCU EA female in seat before his, looking back, shot over Student A’s  R shoulder
CU Student A, shot over EA female’s L shoulder
MS bus grill, moving screen R to L. Camera pulls back, bus stops
MS Student A and EA female facing over bus seats
CU EA female, looking off screen L. She fades out of scene
MS  rear interior of bus  Student A, seated, alone. He stands in aisle
CU EA male Bus driver
ECU hands and  hub on weight dumb bell. Camera pulls out, weights on knee of student A, MS student A seated on weight bench.
MS interior table/desk counter/ w? radio and stack of books. background 1/2 70’s fabulous curtain/1/2 dusk through window curtain moves, radio goes static
MS student A seated on weight bench.
CU pliers on weight bench, no hands. they move!
CU student A’s hand reaches for pliers
ECU student A frowning
MS student A on weight bench reaching for pliers
CU elbow on knee, biceps curls
ECU student A, looking at weight
ECU dumbbell  w/ weight, pin  and collar it begins to rock
CU Student A looking at dumbbell
ECU Student A looks screen L
ECU stack of books. Pamphlet lies up and falls onto desk
CU Student A, slack jawed, looking L
Camera pans up as he stands
CU desk, pamphlet slides to center of foreground
ECU “School Bus Emergency Evacuation Procedures”
MS Student A takes seat at desk, picks up radio, then turns to pamphlet
CU, over Student A’s R shoulder of desk, pamphlet camera moves in on pamphlet
MS Student A, reading
CU page “Types of Evacuations”
MS Student A, reading
CU of graphic, rear exit of bus
MS Student A, reading
CU of graphic,  exits of bus
ECU profile of student A
CU of pamphlet, shot from above, over Student A’ R shoulder
CU of graphic “Emergency Equipment”
MS Student A, reading
ECU profile of student A
CU of graphic “After Evacuation” camera moves in to ECU
MS rear of bus, many students.
CU of pamphlet, Student A’s hand reaches into frame, picks it up. EA female fades in on the seat
CU Student A speaking to EA female, on same bus seat
MS rear interior of bus- EA female NOT on seat with Student A
CU  Student A ,  EA female, on same bus seat
CU EA male student  and EA female student talking. He looks to screen R, out of bus
MTG- STILL IMAGES

MTG END
CU Student A standing up from seat, camera follows up
MS several students, panicking, camera pans right to follow
ECU student A
CU EA female fades into frame
ECU Student A
ECU EA female
ECU Student A
CU mass of students
ECU Student A
ECU EA female
ECU Student A
ECU EA female Student with “cut” forehead. AA  Hands moving out of frame AA
ECU AA male student
ECU Student A
MS rear of bus, Emergency exit opens, students exit
LS students in line, walking across open land
MS rear of bus, students exiting
MS Student A standing w/ 1 knee on seat, watching others pass  R to L AA male student stops and talks
CU Student A” arm on bus seat, EA female fade in and out of frame
MS Student A and AA male student. Student A grabs first aid kit under AA male’s R arm, hand it back. AA male student exit Screen L, with injured EA female student. EA male student pushes past, exit Screen left
MS rear of bus, students exiting.
WLS, students moving away from bus (and camera) some standing on ridge, facing camera
MS Student A standing in seat
CU student A’ s hands, with ammonia capsules
MS from above, of front of buss moving over cliff? Bluff? Riverbed?
MS towards rear of bus, student A grabs seat with shifitng. blurry image
MCU Student A, still blurry comes in focus
MS EA female student, looking concerned, camera pans left, following her as she moves among others, takes cut girl’s arm and seats her. Other gather around
CU, upshot, of bus driver sitting up in seat, head down eyes closed. hand enters screen L, shakes him, other hand enters w/ ammonia capsule. Bus drivers head lifts

LS of canyon? cliff? hood of bus fills lower frame
CU student A’s hand removing Bus driver’s seat belt
MS rear of bus, student A and Bus Driver exiting.
MS student’s around girl with cut. 1 EA female stands and rapidly exits screen left
WS EA female running down ridge/hill. several students in profile on ridge
MCU up angle, Student A and driver
CU EA female
MCU up angle, Student A and driver
CU back of driver’s head, he turns to camera camera moves in
MS front of bus tipping over cliff, bus goes over
MS nose of bus crumpling on impact
in thrilling slow motion

normal sped resumes
MS Student A and Bus driver, students coming down ridge in background. Student A heads up hill, bus driver moves to stop other students coming down
MS Student A moving R to L, others L to R, All thank, congratulate, hug him, etc. Camera follows as he moves further up hill, stops
LS of student A on ridge in profile
CU Student A
MCU EA female (ghost) moving away, turns to face camera, waves fades out
CU Student A
MS Student A runs offscreen L, 2 EA female students sitting on ground turn heads
MS Student A enter at screen R. running away from camera. stops and turns around twice
CU up angle, Student A
MS Rocky cliff? Bluff? wall
MS top line of rocky cliff
MS of different rocks, camera pulls back, crushed bus in frame
ECU Student A, camera moves in CLOSER, fades to
MS student A, seated on ground, arms on knees, looking glum fades to
CU student A, seated on ground, arms on knees, looking glum EA female enters ram screen R, places hand on shoulder
MCU 2 EA female students
MS 2 EA female students, student A, seated on ground, arms on knees. Student A stands, all 3 walk away from camera, up to ridge, another ?student joins them
Fade to black
end titles:
Ghost rider
Executive Producer /George Thurman ‘Producer Director /Chuck Ungar/ Associate Producer/June Altizer

Cinematographer/Ned Faust/ Sound Recorder/ Gregg Silver
Additional Recording/ Jan Stief / Additional Cinematography / Brad Babcock  Bill Hughes/ Graphics Jennifer F. Lumley

Technical Advisors  / march Gemberling / Katheryn Sproat / Ron Fuller

Cast
Kevin    Doug Edmunds
Tracy   Wendy Taylor
Teacher   Gary Abdullah
Kevin’s Mother  Debra Thompson
Bus Driver  W. Clair King

Acknowledgments
M.A. Brightbill Body works Inc.
School Bus Parts CO
Hodes Industries Inc
State college area school district

This film was funded by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation and the US Department of Transportation. The contents do not necessarily reflect the official view of these agencies

An Open Learning Production of the Pennsylvania State University
January 1982

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