Media – Film Noire Script
Footnotes: Need to buy 2 cap guns, a better fedora and fake
blood.
CAST
Detective Lance Bullock – Callum Prendgast
Tony Slinger/ Maroni Falcone – Charlie Bell
Bobby Slinger – Reece Mountford
Paddy Statham – Tony Cash
Ben Woodward - Thug
SCRIPT
Scene 1 – LB’s
Intro ET: 35 seconds
*Throughout
this scene “I don’t want to set the world on fire by the ink spots 1941 is
playing, almost as an alarm. There is an establishing shot of a house at night;
the only light source is lampposts in the shot and the shot will fade in from
black and will last about 3 seconds. The shot will then cut to grass blowing in
the wind, until finally a close up of an alarm/radio clock that is the source
of the music. A hand reaches out and smacks it down, this stops the music. The
room is dark, only a portion of light is reaching the room via blinds. A man
(whose face you do not show during this opening scene) sits on the end of his
bed rubbing his face. A narration begins:
Detective LB: “Todays gonna be a helluva day, Head guy Phillip J
House has made sure of that, he’s been busting my balls about this for a while
now, he’s got it out for me I swear. See he’s got me inspectin’ some kind of
college for a Maroni Falcone, see you wanna hear a funny story? 3 murders, one
of them a cop and over 15 assaults and this guy is hiding in a school would’ya
imagine? Me personally *pause* I think it’s a load of crap but like I said;
House may be an ass, but it’s rare he’s wrong. and so that’s where I come in,
me, Detective Lance Bullock, I gots to find this guy, if there even is a guy
and take him out. Easier said than done when hiding in a hoity-toity school,
and better yet, word is that his men already know that we’re catching up and
planning this little undercover shindig, if Maroni really is there, he’s good,
but I’m better”
*Throughout
this scene there are different cuts of the detective. One stumbling to the
blinds and peeking out, doing his top buttons up, lighting a cigarette with a
match (shisha pens and vapour) and a shot of the smoke blowing out, and finally
a shot of him doing his tie up and walking out of shot, this shot should be
when he says “But
I’m better”
Scene 2 – TS,
PS and BS Intro ET:
The shot then
cuts to an EST shot of the school, until a OTS shot of Bobby walking down the
main halls, past the stairs, then a mid-shot of him walking towards the camera
(David Fincher style) with the camera on a dolly, he fixes up his tie. He
pauses as he hears loud noises he looks around the corner and the camera does
the same. Tony has Paddy Statham up the wall and Bobby is watching in intrigue
Tony: You have till Monday; if I
don’t see it by then, Tony gets into his
face then you’re dead. Paddy nods
his head quickly and in a panic. Tony
throws Paddy to the floor and he rushes off.
Tony spots
Bobby and Smiles. He’s wearing a different type of Tie to Tony.
Tony: Bobby my boy!
Bobby: Uncle Maroni!
Tony Slaps
Bobby
Tony: Keep your god damn voice
low, it’s Tony here, and will be till I can secure a way out to Mexico, none of
this Maroni business, you get me?
Bobby: Yeah sure uncle…Tony
Tony: Good any questions?
Bobby: What was that about just?
Tony: Don’t you worry your pretty
little mug about that said whilst gently
slapping his face walk with me boy.
They walk down
the corridor, the detective walks past the shot casually but the audience don’t
know it’s him as you never see his face in the first shot
Tony and Bobby
walk down the corridor dolly camera again.
Tony: Reece, you’re new, you’re
my nephew but you’re not special, I don’t care if you’re my son, you don’t
cross family understood?
Bobby: Understood boss
Tony:
I like you already.
Close up of
Bobby’s face, he’s smiling and quite optimistic. Then in the exact same
position it fades to Bobby 3 weeks later and it’s now outside. he’s beaten up
and looks terrible. The Thug punches him and bobby falls to the floor. The thug
exclaims
Scene 3: The
Thug and the Boss
Thug: Oh you think you’re some
kind of big shot? Just cause you’re the nephew, we all pay a part in
hiding him, what makes you think you’re
special huh *He kicks him* You’re
nothing, boy.
The shot then
cuts to a high angle shot of Tony watching on the balcony, then a POV shot of
him looking down at Bobby on the floor, he smiles and the camera follows him as
he begins to walks down the stairs and Paddy bumps into him and without Tony
knowing takes his real ID, the Maroni one and runs off.
Tony is now
where bobby and the thug are.
Tony: What’re you doing here boy?
Thug: Excuse me Tony sir, I was
just teaching the boy some manners
Tony: Manners?
Thug: Manners boss, I’m sorry if I
offen-
Tony shoots
the Thug and states
Tony: “Who
needs manners when you’re a Falcone kid”
Scene 4:
Confrontation
LB: That’s all I needed to
hear...Falcone
The camera
slowly pans up to Lance Bullock holding up a pistol it cuts black and a gunshot
is heard but nothing is seen.
I may make this shorter as a film opening should not have a conclusion and leave more questions than answers.
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