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New Beginning

By

 

Thomas Powers, Liam Potter

Screenplay Written By Thomas Powers

 

 

 

 

     1. INT. WAREHOUSE MAIN ROOM – DAY

Old warehouse, empty, dark inside, unknown location. John tied to a chair, The Torturer stood in front of him. The Man in the Suit stood slightly more distant. Light illuminating the scene through broken windows.

 

CLOSE UP OF CIGARETTE PACKET

CUT TO

EXTREME CLOSE UP OF FLAME

CUT TO

CLOSE UP OF THE MAN IN THE SUIT BLOWING SMOKE

CUT TO

CLOSE UP OF JOHN BEING PUNCHED

CUT TO

MID-SHOT OVER THE SHOT OF JOHN

CUT TO

LONG SHOT OF ROOM SHOWING ALL CHARACTERS, JOHN SPITS OUT BLOOD, MAN EXHALING SMOKE AT THE SAME TIME

CUT TO

CLOSE UP OF THE MAN IN THE SUIT AS HE EXHALES SMOKE;

(The Torturer)

(Angrily)

‘I will ask you again… where is the case’

CUT TO

TRACKING SHOT GRADUAL MOVEMENT TOWARDS JOHN

FADE TO BLACK

TILTLE APPEARS, TITLE FADES AS BLACK FADES INTO NEXT SHOT

 

 

 

2. INT. CAR – FLASHBACK -DAY

John and George are sitting in a black car; they are discussing the house, which sits to the right of them. John is sat in the driver’s seat on the left; George is sat in the passenger seat.

 

MID-SHOT OF GEORGE FROM OVER SHOULDER SHOT

(George)

‘Let’s go… are we going now… come on lets go’

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MID SHOT OF JOHN OVER THE SHOULDER SHOT

(John)

‘Just wait a minute we need to make sure the coast is clear’

CUT TO

MID-SHOT OF GEORGE OVER THE SHOULDER SHOT

(George)

‘We’ve been here over an hour; there’s no car in the driveway. No-ones arrived let’s go come on…’

CUT TO

MID-SHOT OF JOHN OVER THE SHOULDER SHOT

(John)

‘…alright are you ready to go’

CUT TO

 

George quickly gets out of the car and begins to walk swiftly towards the house disregarding John inside the car and running toward unknown dangers.

CLOSE UP OF GEORGES SHOE AS HE STEPS OUT OF THE CAR

CUT TO

CLOSE UP OF JOHN SHUTTING THE DOOR BEHIND HIM

CUT TO

LONG SHOT OF JOHN CATCHING UP TO GEORGE

CUT TO

 

      3. INT. WAREHOUSE MAIN ROOM- DAY

The Torturer is stood facing John; he then goes to punch John in the face. The man in suit is stood in the back watching from a safe distance.

 

CUT TO

CLOSE UP OF JOHN BEING PUNCHED BY THE TORTURER

CUT TO

 

MID-SHOT OF SURGICAL TABLE AS THE TORTUER APPROACHES IT

The Torturer picks up the folder to read inside.

CUT TO

OVER THE SHOULDER SHOT OF THE TORTURER READING THE FOLDER

The folder contains information about John and his brother George; the folder is only shown briefly to the camera.

CUT TO

MID-SHOT OF ANOTHER TABLE WITH A BATTERY AND CLAMPS SAT ON TOP OF IT.

CUT TO

A CLOSE-UP OF THE TABLE AS THE TORTURER THROWS THE FILE ONTO THE TABLE.

The words ‘top secret’ are written onto of the folder.

CUT TO

CLOSE UP SHOT OF THE TORTURER PICKING UP PLIERS

CUT TO

CLOSE-UP SHOT OF THE TORTURER PICKING UP PLIERS

CUT TO

CLOSE-UP SHOT OF THE TORTURERS HAND AND PLIERS AS THE TORTURER BEGINS TO APPROACH JOHN’S HAND

CUT TO

CLOSE-UP OF THE TORTURERS HAND AND PLIERS GRIPPING ONTO JOHN’S INDEX FINGER

CUT TO

MID-SHOT OF THE TORTURERS BACK BLOCKING THE VIEW OF JOHN

CUT TO

EXTREME CLOSE-UP OF JOHNS EYE REACTING TO THE PAIN

CUT TO

MID-SHOT OF THE MAN IN THE SUITS BREAST POCKET

The suit is vibrating and a phone is ringing inside the pocket. The Torturer stops hitting John and turns to look at The Man In The Suit.

CUT TO

LONG SHOT OF THE MAN IN THE SUIT WALKING TOWARDS THE DOOR

 

CLOSE UP OF THE MAN IN THE SUIT’S HAND AS HE GRABS THE DOOR HANDLE AND PULLS IT OPEN

CUT TO

LONG SHOT OF THE DOOR AS IT SLAMS CLOSED

CUT TO

 

5. INT. WAREHOUSE OTHER ROOM -DAY

 

The Man in the Suit is standing in the room looking around with a phone pressed onto his ear. Light illuminating through the doorway leading to the outside.

 

MID-SHOT OF THE MAN IN THE SUIT AS HE HOLDS THE PHONE TO HIS EAR

(PHONE)

(Snappily)

‘Well have you found out the location of the case yet’?

(THE MAN IN THE SUIT)

(Hesitantly)

‘Not yet but we are working on it, in fact I would say we are nearly done here’

(PHONE)

(Angrily)

‘You better not kill this one as well without finding out the location of the case, now hurry up and get me that case’

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6. INT. WAREHOUSE MAIN ROOM - DAY

The Torturer is stood looming over John. Light is pouring in through the broken windows.

OVER THE SHOULDER SHOT OF JOHN, LOW ANGLE LOOKING UP AT THE TORTURER

(THE TORTURER)

(Angrily)

‘Where is the case I will ask you for the last time’

(JOHN)

(Smugly)

‘I’ve told you, you can find out over my dead body’

(THE TORTURER)

‘Funny you should say that your brother said the same thing’

CUT TO

CLOSE UP OF A MOBILE PHONE SAT ON A TABLE TOP

The Torturer walks towards the mobile and begins to flick through the menus

CUT TO

OVER THE SHOULDER SHOT OF JOHN AS THE TORTURER APPROACHES HIS HAND OUT TO THE SIDE WITH THE PHONE IN HIS HAND

CUT TO

OVER THE SHOULDER SHOT OF JOHN FOCUSING ON THE MOBILE PHONE

The mobile phone contains a video of John’s Brother George being shot.

CUT TO

7. INT. WAREHOUSE OTHER ROOM –DAY

The Man In The Suit is pacing around the room talking on the phone

 

LONG SHOT OF THE MAN ON THE PHONE PACING AROUND THE ROOM.

(MAN IN THE SUIT)

(angrily)

‘Ok look I’ll go back in there now’

The Man In The Suit walks towards the door making a hasty exit

CUT TO

CLOSE- UP SHOT OF THE MAN IN THE SUIT’S HAND AS HE OPENS THE DOOR

 

8. INT. WAREHOUSE MAIN ROOM –DAY

LONG SHOT OF THE DOOR AS THE MAN IN THE SUIT ENTERS

CUT TO

EXTREME CLOSE-UP OF THE MAN IN THE SUIT’S FACE

CUT TO

POV SHOT OF THE ROOM

(MAN IN THE SUIT)

‘What…The…Fuck’

The Torturer is lying dead on the floor; the chair John was sat on is on its side with the rope lying next to it. John is not in the shot.

CUT TO

CLOSE UP SHOT OF THE MAN IN THE SUITS PHONE FALLING TOWARDS THE FLOOR

FADE

 

9.EXT. UNKNOWN ROAD –DAY

A car is driving away from the audience.

LONG SHOT OF THE CAR AS IT DRIVES AWAY

CUT TO

CLOSE UP OF THE CAR AS IT PULLS UP FACING THE CAMERA

CUT TO

A HAND REACHES INTO THE BOOT OF THE CAR AND REACHES TOWARDS A SHOVEL.

CUT TO

CLOSE UP SHOT OF JOHN

John has a plaster on his nose and bloodied scratches on his cheek.

 

LONG SHOT OF JOHN AS HE WALKS TOWARDS AN UNKNOWN FIELD

CUT TO

CLOSE UP OF THE SPADE HITTING THE GROUND

CUT TO

A CASE IS SLAMMED ONTO THE CAR BUMPER

CUT TO

EXTREME CLOSE UP OF THE LEFT LOCK BEING CLICKED OPEN

CUT TO

EXTREME CLOSE UP OF THE RIGHT LOCK BEING CLICKED OPEN.

CUT TO THE REAR OF THE CASE AS JOHN STANDS LOOKING DOWN AT THE CASE.

 

FADE OUT TO BLACK