Monday 1 February 2010

the first script

THOSE WHO KILL...

Scene
(Night at the caravan, the establishing shot, which is cantered, is a fade in from the front of the caravan, then we see the first close up of Pete (aka Calais) in the same establishing shot. In this same shot he walks to the little opening between them, and then it cuts to a close up of his feet walking towards the door (from the front).the only sound should be the crunch of gravel and the gradual increase of acoustic guitar . The camera then shows his hand touch the door handle, he thinks he hears something, a quick close up of his face as it turns to the side to see the commotion. (Close up of hand on door frame), he goes in.

Inside should have discarded bottles, maybe some guns and magazines on the table. Dimly lit.
Inside the camera angle is cantered, you can see Cleve (aka Cid) in the corner as Pete walks towards him. The camera then cuts to Cleve’s feet on the table as Pete places the briefcase. Then the camera switches to behind Cleve’s feet).

Pt) “$50million for a job”. (Camera tracks upwards from behind Cleve’s feet to Pete’s face).
Cv) (Continues to play guitar softly, sound uninterested, face should be covered in shadow) “Must be one hell of a job. I heard you guys are a little tied up. And I’ll save you some time and say I’m not interested”.
Pt) “You’ll be interested when you hear the details”.
Cv) (Camera shot from behind Pete’s right side) “Try me”.
Pt) (Camera at the same shot) “Its Sammie and his kid”. (Guitar stops dead).

(At this point either a clip of Sammie’s Kid’s head in the fish bowel in which case it will be taken from underneath so it creates the illusion that he is underwater. This is a quick snip it.
Or, the camera does a quick zoom in (see Lock Stock, Snatch, Rock n Roller) sees Sammie the Lynch’s Kid cock a pistol behind someone with a black plastic bag over their head. Again this is done as a very quick snip-it)

Cv) (Cleve shifts as if uncomfortable, still has his face covered) “Then I’ll do it for free”.
Pt) (Medium-close up of face) “C’mon Cid, their must be something a guy, (camera switches to behind Pete’s right side, with Cleve still visible) like you could do with all this money”.
Cv) (Close up of Cleve’s face, which is still covered) "People like us? We don't think or act like regular people. I've done some bad stuff over the years even the Devil's starting to blush, and don't think you haven't either, coz you've indirectly pulled that trigger along with me. We've had nothing from day one, everything, including life, is borrowed and we just happen to be the bailiffs. Sometimes when I fall asleep I think of the things I’ve done, and you know what Guy, I sleep soundly but not proudly. There ain't nothing on this Earth that’s more corrupt then you and your god damn society, and there is nothing more blood thirsty than me and yet I’m always starving and empty. You see this place here, this is the only thing I’ll leave behind and the only thing waiting for people like us is a jagged pit in the ground where not even the crows will have the decency to pick us clean and the only company will be the people we put down there". (This speech should be spoken over the scene between Cid and Sammie’s Kid)

SCENE BETWEEN SAMMIE’S KID
(Throughout the scene in the part with the speech in the caravan, this will play in the background. This should be outside perhaps, (there is a nice bridge at the Isle ham Mariner which would work wonderfully). It should be done with a normal filter and colourings as it is what is happening in the present. At this point Cid is at one side of the bridge and the Kid is at the other looking beaten, perhaps he is on his knees holding a bullet wound, or maybe he is clutching a wound whilst he is staggering. The speech in the caravan finishes and the camera switches back to a close up of Calais in the caravan (Black and white filter), who asks:
Pt) “What kind of people are we then?”

(At this point the camera switches back to the bridge scene. The camera shows a side ways close up of Cid’s face from the left). Cv) (Takes off balaclava) “So a Punk and his daddy went to town then?”
(Medium close up of The Kids from the right on the opposite side. (180 degree rule of course).He talks with gasps and anger)Bdn) (Staggers clutching chest) “Fuck you!”.
Cv) “Now, Kid, that’s no way to talk” (Camera switches to behind The Kids Right shoulder, looking at Cid. Cid Moves closer saying): “Let’s just make this easy…” (Cuts off as The Kid quickly draws a gun)
Bdn) (Same shot), “Stop!!!!” (Points gun, camera shoots from a cantered lower angle from the right) “I’m not just some ‘kid’, you think because the shaman gave you name you can look down on me!? Too dangerous for name he told me…” (Cid cuts him off).
Cv) (Same shot from the left) “And he was right on the money, wasn’t he”.
Bdn) (Quick extreme close up of his angry eyes and then a medium shot of his body. He still has the gun pointed at Cid). “You think I’m joking!? You’re a has-been, obsolete, and I am now superior”.
Cv) (Close up of face from the left. Reaches like a cowboy in a shoot-out for the gun in the back of his trousers, (or holster if we get on). “Which comic book villain did you lift that quote from, Kid?”
Bdn) “If you don’t believe me I will show you!!!” (Sammie’s Kid does the same).

(They shout, “DRAW!!!!!!!!!” And then the big title of “Those who kill…” Appears).

The End
(Subject is in development, and as such, prone to any criticism that will affect content, length and development)

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