In video production class, each group (or film crew) is assigned by the teacher. Each group is given a sheet of paper with different roles (director, actor, script-writer, screenplay, camera person, editor, etc). All of the roles are taken - EXCEPT screenplay. One kid, out of the group of 7 is a terrible slacker. He only got in the class because he thought it entailed watching movies and nothing else. In fact, he sleeps practically everyday in class. He is stuck with the role of screenplay writer. None of the other crew members can do anything until this kid writes the screenplay and they beg him to write it before the deadline so they won't get a failing grade. The kid, apathetically tells them he's just not creative. He failed english and can't draw a stick figure to save his life. He likes math class only because he believes that it's easy, but slacks off in every class, basically. One day, the kid brings his Foreign Language homework in and while everyone else is working on stuff, he opens his FL book, looks at one question, and falls asleep. He dreams in that language. In his dream, he wakes up in video class. One of his friends sits next to him and tells him, in French, that he is very relieved to see him. The kid doesn't understand him. His friend (Josh) tells him that he (Josh) needs his help. The Kid (I'll call him Justin), doesn't understand. He gets annoyed at Josh and tells him to stop speaking gibberish or crap. Josh just continues. He tells Justin that time has gone still and the day will last forever because no one knows what comes next. Justin sees that Josh looks very worried and, reluctantly, gets out his French book. He asks Josh to repeat himself & he translates it from his book. Justin is very surprised. "What do you mean no one knows what happens next?" Josh shrugs and tells him that someone needs to have an idea of the future in order for it to happen. Justin looks it up in the book. He stops, though and looks back up at Josh. "Wait a minute...how come you can understand me, but I can't understand you?" Josh shrugs and says "How the hell should I know?" (French still). Justin looks it up and can't find H*** in the book. Anyways, later on, Josh shows him a paper with all of the things that they have said so far. Josh says that it is all of the things that have already happened, but he can't find the papers afterward. Therefore, nothing else can happen & time can't move on. Justin needs to write the rest. Why? Because it is written in the papers that he got the role of screenplay. Justin is annoyed by this, he doesn't like that reality has seeped into his dream. He complains about this, talking about how he wishes a fight would break out or something interesting. Josh tells him that anything he writes down would happen, but Justin hates writing. He looks back at the clock, it is STILL 9:30 (the same time as the beginning of the dream). Josh hands him a piece of paper and a pen. "Its the only way time will go on and we can get out of school." Justin looks it up, "Why can't you write it?"
Josh looks at him, annoyed. "Thats your job. I hate writing."
In the end, Justin gives in and writes random things on the paper, and they happen. Eventually, he writes that he wakes up (only after having to write a short story about his friend - Josh tells him to).
In real life, one of his crewmembers is waking him up. "Dude! Write the script so we can get this thing done!!"
Justin looks dazed, but he has an idea. He goes online and starts writing the script. His script is the same one as this movie!