Tuesday, 1 June 2010

the cut off

Here is the first draft of the script we are going to be developing and working on over the next few weeks to create into a short five minute drama


Character 1


( Harry is in his early twenties he lives in an estate in north London with his mum who is a drug addict, he does not know his father. He works as a run around for an organized crime family who deal guns and drugs. Three weeks ago he was ordered to 'see a girl about a dog'; this involved picking up a dog off a girl and looking after it for three weeks until his boss was ready to take it off him. During this three weeks he has fallen completely i love with the dog and he has called it Leo. Today is the day he has been ordered to take Leo to his boss and does not want to say good by. Harry is confused by this emotion he feels towards the dog but feels a great deal of love towards the Leo)



The Park Good Bye


A hardened London city is boy in his late teens or early twenties sitting on a park bench, it is a sunny day, he is alone, deep in thought and has a look of blissful contentment on his face which seems out of the character and almost juxtaposed due to his appearance.


CUs of face, scars on knuckles, tattoos, chains, eyes, attire,?????? Wide of him on bench


A beautiful,, energetic, friendly, perfectly formed white and brown staffordshire bull terrier with a permanent smile on its face is playing on the grass (with another dog?). A small child passes it and pets it for a minute before it runs away and continues to play. (wides of the dog(s) playing in the sunshine running


CUs of the dog(s) laying with each other and rolling around as though are friends having the time of their live(s)....slow motion....an introduction to this fun loving dog)


Voice Over: See, its the owners.................I swear i'm stopping all them man puttin on them fights, don't care how much p tyson brings us......it's sick.


The boy gets up and begins to throw a ball for the dog and each time the dog brings it back to his feet, he throws it back and forth three or four times. The fourth time the dog drops the ball, the boy takes it from him but does not throw it again and begins to stroke the dog and pat him with great love and affection, the dog sits, the boy crouches and holds the dogs face, puts his hand out which the dog put his paw into and gives him a treat.


Voice Over: Im gonna be sad to say good by boy........im gonna come visit you all the time.................I wander in H will let me buy you?......nar, ees a cunt...... I know he won't.........he better not start treating you like shit...... The past three weeks have been the least fukin stressful weeks of my life.........well, i suppose if I didn't have you to look after he would have been givin me more work....but still true say I aint even really checked the boy too tough...we just been jamming....I swear its even been good for mum havin u about.........................


The boy stands up and walks out of the park with the dog on the lead.


the boy and dog both leave frame.



The last walk


from behind on the street as they walk together, the boy is looking down at the dog and the dog looks back at him



Voice over: Shit man...you ain't gonna be my dog any more in a minute...........i swear he better not treat you like shit.......


fackin hell what av you done to me, you turned me into a chick.........pull it together son..........................................but any way im gonna ask him to sell you om.........................fuck im gonna tell him ill work for free for a month .............or two months


(he begins to sound more and more desperate and frantic as he thinks to him self)



The harsh reality


The two of them have reached their location, they stand in front of a door, the boy faces it and pause reaches out to ring the bell, then pulls hand away and pauses


Voice Over: fuck it, im just gonna ask him straight up, H I wanna keep the dog.


(the boy stands up straight and shakes his head a bit)


FUCKIN HELL what have you done to me?


he shakes his head again and laughs s to him self as if he is embarrassed by his weakness



He rings the door bell and waits


(muffled noise is coming from the house and then thuds towards the door)



right im askin him straight up......no fuckin around.......im gonna tell im..


the door swings open quickly,



Iv told you you need to ring the FUCKIN door bell once.


(The door is opened by a very tall man)



tilt up only mans body in frame with head cut off


(the boy takes a breath in order to speak firmly to the man, but before he can get a word in edge ways, the man snatches the lead out of the boys hand, drags the dog inside the house aggressively, as the boy trys to enter, the man slams the door in his face.


(The boy stands outside with the door a centermeter away from his face looking shocked and confused)



The moves away from the door and tries to look through the window which is mostely covered with a drape and he is un able make out what is going on in the house


(the boy is left out side hearing muffled noise coming from the house again, thumps and crashes, then barks then whimpers then moans.)



The boy steps away from the window as he cannot make out what is going on and goes back to the door and rings the bell


(all of a sudden he starts to freak out wondering what is happening inside the house)



The boy rings the bel again


and again


and again


and again


(suspense gaining)



The door swings open agian even quicker than the first time, a huge open hand meets the side of the boys face with a slap which nocks him back away from the door.


I TOLD U ONLY RING THE FUCKIN DOOR ONCE.


The boy is now standing a meter away from front door and a package is thrown at him and hits him in the chest. The door slams closed again. The package bounces off his chest and drops to the floor, the boy stands there in shock for a minute, then moves his hand towards his face where the man had slapped him and he realises blood is on his face.


(the boy does not under stand how he is bleeding from a slap)



He begins to feel his neck and chest to see where the blood is coming from. he cannot work it out. He stands still in complete shock and confusion. He picks up the package from the floor and looks at it closely and realises there is a postet note on it with an note saying take it to the barbors, hes waiting. The door then swings open again quickly and the dogs lead is chucked out of th door at the boy, again it hits his chest and then the floor, quickly after that the door opens again ans out flies a big black bin liner with a not in the top of it this time the boy moves out of the way and it hits the floor next to him.


do sittin with it


The door slams closed again. The boy remains still for a moment then his facial expression and stature change instantly as he puts two and two togather, he quickly picks up the lead and sees a litle bit of blood on the collar, he then rips open the bag a bit, drops it and vommits imeaditly next to it on the pavement.


Character 2


(Nick is in his late teens, he lives with his mother and father in a small council house in Kensal Green in North West London. He is very close to his mum and dad. He is very excited to be taking the girl of his dreams out on a date tonight. He has been waiting for this day for a long time. He has been given forty pounds by his parents. He wants to take her to an expensive restaurant in central London, and has devised a plan in order to make him self look good and have lots of money to impress the girl. His plan is to get his hair cut wile waiting for his friend to bring him a large amount of cocaine, he is then going to swap the cocaine for a lump some of money and use a lot of his profit to get a new out fit to wear and take the girl out. He is on a tight schedule and is anxious, worrying that if his mate and the Barbour don't hurry his night won't run according to plan. His plan is to sell the package in order to make a lot of money quickly, so he can take the girl out for an expensive meal.)




also waiting for his mate to bring him a package.


is sitting in the Barbour shop waiting to get a hair cut,


is looking in the mirror opposite, moving his head from side to side checking him self out.


Voice Over: I swear down this better not be a long ting, man needs to meet this gual soon. I need to be looking fresh boi, this gual is tidy and I know say this ting won't fly unless mans looking trim........Hurry up man.


He begins to role his eyes as he waits for his turn...... as time passes he begins to look at the clock.....tap his feet and is clearly becoming impatient waiting,







The boy makes his way to the address on the package which is the local Barbour shop.


He walks with an un explainable awkwardness as though he is turning inside out as he walks.


The person he has come to meet has just finished getting his hair cut. Character 2 gets out of the Barbour chair and walks towards the door, as he reaches he door character 1 has just reached the entrance and is trying to walk in, they very nearly bump into each other and stand awkwardly opposite each other, character 2 opens his eyes widely as if to say turn around and walk out now. Character 1 quickly turns round and walks back out of the shop entrance, they walk down the street together The transaction is made

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