Monday, 10 October 2016

LO1 - Script














ACCIDENTAL HITMAN
By
Billy Armitage, Callum Eblet, Jack Shakeshaft and Jack Warwick








SCENE 1
1. EXT. HOUSE. MORNING.


JOHN walks out of his front door while mid conversation with his mother
FADES FROM BLACK MEDIUM SHOT OF JOHN WALKING OUT OF HIS HOUSE


JOHN


(OPENS DOOR)


“I'll be back later mum just going into town to the Job Centre”


(CLOSES DOOR)


2. EXT. STREET . MORNING.


JOHN walks down street revealing film title behind him the image is revealed coming into focus saying “Accidental Hitman”


BACKGROUND MUSIC-TRACK(FEARLESS FIRST)


JOHN PUTS IN HEADPHONES
CUEING IN DIEGETIC MUSIC
CHANGING TO DIEGETIC SOUNDTRACK


CUTS TO MID TRACKING SHOT

3.EXT. SHEFFIELD CITY CENTRE. MORNING


JOHN walks through a crowd just outside the town centre while on his way to the job centre


BACKGROUND MUSIC


WIDE SHOT OF CROWD


CUTS TO JOHN WALKING UNDER BRIDGE






4. EXT .ST MARYS ROAD . MORNING


JOHN continues walking through the streets of sheffield on his way to the town centre


WIDE SHOT OF JOHN WALKING


{BACKGROUND MUSIC}


CUTS TO JOHN WALKING
ALONG THE BOTTOM OF MOOR


5.EXT. BOTTOM OF MOOR. MORNIN


JOHN crossing the road at the bottom of the moor,
traffic is busy as the morning rush hour begins


THE CAMERA CUTS TO THE
JOHN NEARING THE JOB CENTRE

6. EXT. PEACE GARDENS (TOWN CENTRE). MORNING


CAMERA PANS TO JOHN


JOHN is nearing the job centre as he contemplates his current situation as he realises that he now has the opportunity to turn his life around


CUTS TO JOHN WALKING DOWN
THE BUSY SURREY ST.





MUSIC FADES OUT AND A
NEW TRACK PICKS UP (WELCOME TO HORRORLAND)








SCENE 2
1.EXT .SURREY STREET . LATE MORNING


CAMERA CUTS TO JOHN
WALKING TOWARDS THE PHONE BOX


JOHN hears the phone.


{SFX OF A PHONE RINGING
WITH AMBIENT NOISE}

2. EXT .SURREY STREET . LATE MORNING


CAMERA CUTS TO JOHN


JOHN opens the phone box.


 {SFX OF THE PHONE
RINGING WITH AMBIENT NOISE}


3. EXT .SURREY STREET . LATE MORNING


CAMERA CUTS TO A CLOSE UP
OF THE TELEPHONE


JOHN picks up the phone.

4. EXT .SURREY STREET . LATE MORNING


CAMERA CUTS TO A MID SHOT
OF JOHN


JOHN puts phone to his ear.

       JOHN
    (worried)
“Hello? who is this?”


5. EXT .SURRY STREET . LATE MORNING


CAMERA CUTS TO A
WIDE SHOT


        MICHAEL


“I've got a job for you”


         JOHN
      (worriedly)
“Who are you? What are you
talking about”


         MICHAEL
“I’ve been watching you
for a while now”


         JOHN
      (worriedly)
“Why have you been watching me?”


        MICHAEL
“Meet me under the Shude Hill
bridge, ask for MICHAEL”


6. EXT .SURREY STREET . LATE MORNING


CUTS BACK TO JOHN
INSIDE PHONE BOX


JOHN PUTS DOWN PHONE AND STARTS LEAVING THE PHONE BOX


7. EXT .SURREY STREET . LATE MORNING


JOHN walks out off the phone box


CUT TO OUTSIDE THE
PHONE BOX

[AMBIENT NOISE]


SCENE 3


EXT. SHUDE HILL. MIDDAY.


JOHN approaches shude hill, wondering if to proceed and meet with this stranger


{BACKGROUND MUSIC}


FADES FROM BLACK TO
TRACKING SHOT

EXT. SHUDE HILL. MIDDAY.


Entering the tunnel JOHN decides to carry on and meet the mysterious man


BACKGROUND MUSIC


Tilt shot from floor to JOHN walking  into the tunnel.


EXT. SHUDE HILL. MIDDAY.


JOHN walks towards a man he suspects to be MICHAEL


CUT TO LOW ANGLE SHOT
OF JOHN


     JOHN
   (confused)
“Are you MICHAEL?”
CUT TO OVER THE
SHOULDER SHOT OF MICHAEL

    MICHAEL
    (calmly)
Indeed I am it's good to
finally meet you John”


CUT TO OVER THE
SHOULDER SHOT OF JOHN


      JOHN
  (aggressively)
“Look I don’t understand
why you rang me,
i’ve never seen
you before.”
CUT TO HIGH ANGLE SHOT
OF MICHAEL


      MICHAEL
     (calmly)
“I never made you come here
I left that decision up to
you and here you are.”
CUT TO MID SHOT
OF JOHN


      


       


       JOHN
   (aggressively)
“Fine. what do you want
from me, you said
something about money.”


CUT TO HIGH ANGLE SHOT
OF MICHAEL  



      MICHAEL
   (sarcastically)
“Steady on mate, I need
you to do something
for me first.”


CUT TO OVER THE
SHOULDER SHOT OF JOHN  


      JOHN
“What is it?”
CUT TO MID SHOT
OF MICHAEL


      MICHAEL
    (seriously)
“Have you ever killed before.”


CUT TO OVER THE
SHOULDER OF JOHN
JOHN STARTS TO WALK AWAY.
CUT TO CLOSE UP OF MICHAEL

      MICHAEL
      (shouts)
“Ten thousand pounds”
CUT TO MID SHOT
OF JOHN
JOHN FREEZES


       
       JOHN
    (surprised)
“Ten thousand pounds?”
CUT TO CLOSE UP
OF MICHAEL
      
       MICHAEL
“I can solve all your problems if you help me with mine”
CUT TO MID SHOT
OF JOHN


        JOHN
      (shocked)
“You can't be serious, why me. I have no experience with something like this?”
CUT TO OVER THE
SHOULDER SHOT OF MICHAEL


       MICHAEL
“I think you'll soon learn that I am deadly serious...do this
for me and the moneys yours”  
CUT TO CLOSE UP
OF JOHN


       JOHN
    (confidently)
“Whos the guy?”
CUT WIDE SHOT
OF BOTH JOHN AND MICHAEL


 MICHAEL HANDS JOHN A PHOTO OF THE TARGET.


       




      


        MICHAEL
“This is him, my contacts have told me that he will be in ponds forge car park at
4:30PM today, your gun will be in a bag in the far corner of the second floor. If you take care of him for I will make it worth your while.”
CUT TO MID SHOT
OF JOHN


JOHN
“Ok, I’ll do it”


CUT TO CLOSE UP
OF MICHAEL
MICHAEL
“Im sure you wont dissapoint”


4. EXT. SHUDE HILL. MIDDAY.


JOHN exits the tunnel. He wonders what to do about the offer he just received


{BACKGROUND MUSIC}


Mid shot of JOHN walking
out of the tunnel

5. EXT. SHUDE HILL. MIDDAY.


JOHN sits down on a low wall. He pulls out his phone and begins to dial a number


{BACKGROUND MUSIC}


Mid shot of JOHN calling STEVE.


CUT TO MID SHOT
OF JOHN
   JOHN
“Meet me in meersbrook park, I
need to tell you something...”


FADES TO BLACK



SCENE 4


EXT. MEERSBROOK PARK. MID-DAY


JOHN enters meersbrook park with a heavy sense of despair lingering on his mind realising the gravity of his current situation.
He turns for advice from his best friend on how to handle the situation


ESTABLISHING SHOT OF MEERSBROOK PARK


MID SHOT OF
JOHN AND STEVEN
     JOHN
“...And then he said “if you
take care of him for I
will make it worth your while”


CUTS TO CLOSE UP
OF STEVE
     STEVE
    (concerned)
“Why does he need you to do
this if he's being serious”


CUTS TO MID SHOT
OF JOHN
     JOHN
“ He says he needs deniability in case the job goes sideways”


CUTS TO CLOSE UP
OF STEVE


     


      STEVE
     (shocked)
“So why on earth would you agree
to do this, you're not the
type of person to do
something like that!”


[JOHN PUTS HIS HEAD IN HIS HANDS]


CUTS TO A CLOSE UP
OF JOHN


     JOHN
“I need the money”


CUTS TO MID SHOT
OF STEVE
 
     STEVE
   (Confused)
“Excuse me?”

CUTS TO CLOSE UP
OF JOHN


     


     JOHN
“I've had money problems for a about month know and it hasn't been getting easy for me to find a job”


CUT TO A WIDE SHOT OF
JOHN AND STEVE


     



      STEVE
“If you were having money problems
why wouldn't you talk to
someone, what about your family?”


CUT TO A MID SHOT
OF JOHN
     JOHN
“You know what it's been like
for my parents and me i can't
ask them for money when they
need it just as much as I do”


CUTS TO A CLOSE UP
OF STEVE
     STEVE
    (shocked)
“You can't seriously be considering
doing it, what if you get caught
you'll go to prison!”


      

CUT TO A CLOSE UP
OF JOHN


      




       




        JOHN
“I don't have a choice mate,
what if I don't do it he
could come after my family
or even after you I can't
take that chance, I need to
do this i'm already in too deep ”

CUT TO A CLOSE
UP OFF STEVE

STEVE
(disappointed)
“I thought you were better than this”


STEVE WALKS AWAY FROM THE BENCH LEAVING HIS FRIEND TO THINK ABOUT HIS ADVICE


WIDE SHOT OF JOHN AND HIS
FRIEND WALKING THEIR SEPARATE
WAYS OUT OF THE PARK


SCENE 5
1.EXT.PONDS FORGE CAR PARK.AFTERNOON


JOHN approaches the location provided by MICHAEL


{INTENSE MUSIC}

2.INT.PONDS FORGE CAR PARK.AFTERNOON


JOHN enters the ponds forge car park

MID TRACKING SHOT OF JOHN

3.INT.PONDS FORGE CAR PARK.AFTERNOON


JOHN spots the gun and walks over to it with a worried look.

4.INT.PONDS FORGE CAR PARK

JOHN struggles with the gun  


CLOSE UP SHOT OF THE GUN

5.INT.PONDS FORGE CAR PARK.AFTERNOON


JOHN spots the target walking through the car park.


CUTS TO OVER THE SHOULDER SHOT







6.INT.PONDS FORGE AFTERNOON


JOHN cannot figure out how to load bullets into the gun


CLOSE UP OFF THE GUNS MAGAZINE

7.INT.PONDS FORGE CAR PARK.AFTERNOON


JOHN then aims the gun at his target
{SFX OF HEARTBEAT}


CUTS TO A CLOSE UP OF JOHN'S FACE


{SFX OF HEARTBEAT}

8.INT.PONDS FORGE CAR PARK.AFTERNOON


JOHN lowers the gun while shaking and drops it on the floor.


CUTS TO A WIDE SHOT OF THE
JOHN DROPPING THE GUN


JOHN runs out of car park.



SCENE 6


EXT. MEERSBROOK PARK. AFTERNOON.


TRACKING SHOT
OF JOHN


JOHN approaches his friend with a heavy sense of grief releasing he should have taken his friends advice


OVER THE SHOULDER
SHOT OF JOHN


      


      JOHN
“Before you say anything I
want you to know that I
didn't do it ok, I couldn't
do it, you were right.
it's not who I am.”


CUT TO MID SHOT
OF STEVE


      


      STEVE
     (angry)
“What the bloody hell were you
thinking?!killing someone, do you
know how serious that is?”

CUT TO CLOSE UP
OF JOHN


      JOHN
“I don't know I think I was
just got caught up in
the moment.”
CUT TO MID SHOT
OF STEVE
      
      STEVE
“Does that other guy know
he's still alive?”

CUT TO MID SHOT
OF JOH.


No, and i'd prefer it to
stay that way”


CUT TO MID SHOT
OF STEVE
      STEVE
“But how can you be sure?”


CUT TO LEVEL SHOT
OF JOHN
      JOHN
“I'm not that's the problem.”


CUT TO OVER SHOULDER
SHOT OF STEVE
      
                         

                           STEVE
“Just keep safe and try to
avoid going anywhere you
think he might be.”


CUT TO MID SHOT
OF JOHN
      


      JOHN
     (happy)
“Ok, thanks for understanding.
i best be heading home now
i’ll see you at the
match tomorrow.”


CUT TO WIDE SHOT
OF STEVE
     
     STEVE
“Ok see you tomorrow”


 2. EXT. MEERSBROOK PARK. AFTERNOON.

MID SHOT OF JOHN AND STEVE
WALKING AWAY FROM EACH OTHER


CAMERA TILTS DOWN


FADES TO BLACK



SCENE 7


1.EXT.OUTSIDE HOUSE. MORNING.


STILL SHOT OUT THE HOUSE


MICHAEL outside house looks at front door


{AMBIENT SFX}

2.INT.INSIDE HOUSE.MORNING
TRACKING SHOT OF JOHN


SHOWS JOHN MAKING A CUP OF TEA


{SFX OF KNOCK ON THE DOOR}

3.INT.INSIDE HOUSE.MORNING
STATIC SHOT OF FRONT DOOR FROM INSIDE. MID SHOT]


SHOWS JOHN STARTING TO OPEN DOOR


{SFX OF DOOR OPENING}


4.EXT.OUTSIDE HOUSE.MORNING


OVER THE SHOULDER SHOT FROM MICHAEL


SHOWS DOOR OPENING


{SFX OF DOOR OPENING}


CUTS TO BLACK


TITLES ROLE FOLLOWED BY CREDITS

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