Chronicle

- What do you want? - Why is this door locked, Andrew?

I'm getting ready for school.

Open this door, Andrew.

Listen to me. No, you're drunk.

I'm what?

Excuse me?

I said unlock the door.

Andrew?

Dad, it is 7:30 in the a.m., and you are drunk.

Listen. You don't tell me if I'm drunk or not, you little shit. Aren't you?

What are you doing in there, huh?

I'm filming this. Huh?

What? I bought a camera, and I'm filming everything from here on out.

And it's yours right now for only 46.50! Yeah!

Mom? Mom.

Hey.

Say hello to my new camera for me.

Who's the audience? Just the millions of people that are watching at home.

Do I look awful? No, no, no, Mom.

You look- You look great.

It's a nice camera. Well, thanks, Mom.

So, um, should I ask about the camera or-

Uh, I don't know. I'm- I'm filming things now.

I'm filming everything. You're filming everything?

Yeah. Okay.

God, make it stop.

Have you ever read any Arthur Schopenhauer?

No. What is Arthur Schopenhauer?

He's, um- He's this philosopher that I'm reading at the moment.

For school? No, no.

Uh, basically, human beings have to recognize themselves...

as beings of pure will, right? Okay.

So all emotional and physical desires can never be fulfilled.

So basically you're telling me that I should give up on life.

Yes. Okay.

- Come on, man! - Oh, God.

I'll see you later. All right, dude. Peace.

Learning time.

Get out of the way.

Are you not coming in? I'm gonna hang back a while, okay?

Uh, you're gonna be late for first period.

Yeah. I'll pick you up after seventh.

This is my school.

I guess.

Okay.

Hey, you! Hey, guy. Vote for Steve for senior class president.

Vote for Steve. Yeah, I got it.

This is where I eat lunch.

Out here on the bleachers.

...four, five, six, seven, eight. And one-

'Cause I don't wanna see anybody pull up- That's right.

Way to your left. There you go, Jack. That's right. Okay.

A cohesive unit today.

...O-R-Y! V-l-C-T-O-R-Y!

I don't want to see any crap out there. All right?

...T-O-R-Y!

Whoo! Good job. All right.

Hi.

Hey.

Could you not videotape us, please? It's really creepy.

Uh, no. I wasn't-

Hi! This is the hallway where my locker is.

What is this?

What's up, Detmer?

Wow, you should be on television. Man, you're on a film, man.

Pretty on camera.

Smile, man. You look pretty. You gonna cry? You gonna cry?

Sean, come on. Give it back.

Huh? You want your camera? Piece of shit from, like, 2004?

Here you go. Here she is. In one piece.

- Oh! - Oh, guys.

Almost.

Assholes! Come on!

All right. You ready to bounce? Yeah.

There's a party tonight.

Okay.

Haven Hills.

Wait. I thought Haven Hills was closed.

It's abandoned, yeah. What, you don't want to go?

No.

When was the last time you went to a party? I don't go to parties.

You're a senior. You are a senior. I don't go to parties.

Just come. I'll think about it, okay?

Okay.

But when we go tonight, Andrew, can I give you, like, a pro tip?

What?

Maybe leave your camera at home.

Why? Because it's a little weird.

It serves a purpose.

I'm- I'm just trying to be a good cousin here, okay?

This is me being your friend and telling you...

you should probably not take the camera to a party.

Okay.

This is my street.

And those are the official douche bags of my street.

What the hell's that? Oh, great.

Hey! What you doing? Andrew!

No, I wasn't- Don't film me, Detmer! Don't film me.

Run to your house, bitch!

This is where I eat lunch.

Out here on the bleachers.

What do you want?

When I say open that door, you open the door. You got it?

Finish your goddamn homework.

Matt, are you sure it's here? Dude, it's here. Calm down, okay?

Oh, here it is.

Oh, yeah.

Wow. Look. A rave.

Oh, wow. Look. A nerd with a camera.

What? Just don't follow me around all night, okay?

What do you mean? I thought- I thought you wanted me to come with you.

I did. I did. But just go and do your own thing for once, okay?

Just... have a beer, talk to people.

I don't drink.

Hey! Hey!

Hey!

Excuse me. Hey! Hey, what are you filming for?

Oh, I don't- Um-

Uh- What?

- I can't hear you. - I'm just filming.

- Oh. Oh, cool. Cool. I'm filming for my blog. - Oh.

Andrew. Andrew. You should check it out. It's actually-

Oh, hey. Hey, Casey. Hey.

How you doing? I'm good. I'm good.

This is pretty lame, right?

Why is it lame?

You know, Jung said parties are just...

people's way of seeking widespread validation.

I'm not one to clamor to be cool, you know.

Wow. Way to put an analytical psychology spin on this barn party, Matt.

That's awesome.

Awesome.

You're awesome. Hey, Matt.

Hey, what did Jung say about glow sticks?

You filming my girlfriend?

Yes or no?

No, I- I'm not filming anything. I'm just filming the party. Okay.

I should break your bitch-ass nose. You know that?

No, I wasn't- Don't talk back to me.

Bitch. Okay.

Andrew?

Andrew.

Andrew.

With the camera.

Can we- Can we use that thing? What?

We found the craziest shit, and we gotta get it on tape.

Uh, it's not- What's up, man?

You okay? Yeah. I'm-I'm Andrew.

Okay. I'm Steve.

Steve Montgomery. Yeah, I know.

Really?

Matt and I were just hanging out,

and we found this cool little-

this thing. Wait. You're with Matt?

You might want to get it on tape. No, I just- I don't really-

Dude, just come on. Just come get it on tape. It'll be cool.

I don't know. Trust me.

All right. Yeah, man.

You know there are, like, tons of girls around here, right?

And you're all by yourself next to a tree?

I'm just really picky.

Listen. I really don't think- ls there a light on that thing? Like, on the camera?

Uh, yeah. Here.

What were you guys doing out here?

A bunch of people were out here 'cause we were, like, obsessed with the thing.

What thing?

You'll see.

Oh, that's- that's right! Andrew Detmer!

I remember you from homeroom, freshman year.

You always had that gray zip-up hoodie.

Garetty! You remember that?

Yeah, I got a- I got a thing for faces, which is why I'm going into politics.

Ironically enough, 'cause I'm so ridiculously hi-

Down here! Ah, there we go.

Garetty, what's up? I see you! Matt!

You see me? Yeah, where did everybody go?

They left! They left! Come on. Let's go, let's go, let's go!

Do you see that? Guys, what is that?

Do you see it? Is that the camera? Yeah, I got him!

Do you guys know how to get back from here? Is it still making that sound?

Yes. Did you tell Andrew? Andrew, it's making that sound, dude.

Dude, come and listen to this. Listen to this.

No, no, no, no. You gotta get in. Okay, okay.

You gotta get close, like literally almost in the hole. Okay, don't push me. Just don't push me.

Check this shit out. We're not gonna push you in. We're just trying to get it on camera.

Listen. Can you hear that? Shh, shh.

What-

I think we got it.

Wait. How creepy is that?

Is this sound coming up? I don't know. I mean, probably. It's pretty loud, right?

Hello! All right, dude. We're going inside.

I'm going back. Come on, you guys. I gotta know.

Matt, seriously, we- Hey, wait, wait. Steve!

Steve!

Oh, shit. He's a ninja.

Matt-

Whoa, Matt, Matt, Matt. What are you doing?

Are you serious?

Andrew, can you give me some light? Matt, don't be an idiot.

Whoop! Whoop!