Re-Write

Re-Write

ACT 01

INT. LIVING ROOM – 03’S APARTMENT – CONTINUOUS – NIGHT

WE PULL BACK FURTHER

CLOSE ON CONDOM

CLOSE ON KLEENEX

CLOSE ON NEEDLE

CLOSE ON STYROFOME SOUP BOWL

03

( continuing)

Come on let’s get outta here.

02

(continuing)

Where? I got nowhere else to go.

Cut to:

03 smirks.

01 thinks a second.

02 laughs –( to herself)

03 cuts her off…

She pauses. She buzzes. She waits.

A beat of awkward silence.

FADE UP ON A BRIGHT RED SUN

ACT 02

INT. LOCKED ROOM SHED – NIGHT

He’s wearing street clothes. A tight tee shirt, ragged acid wash jeans, a bulky, oversize wool jacket, scuffed black runners, no socks and a faded Planet Hollywood baseball cap.

02 enters an INDUSTRIAL SECTION of town. She sees the OCEAN in the distance. – and the GIANT CRANES that unload ships.

03 roars around a corner – fishtails – sideswipes a parked van and keeps going.

A Police Car pulls out of an alley and tries to block the road.

CLOSE ON – TELEVISION NEWS ANNOUNCER

REVEAL…

DESERTED INDUSTRIAL AREA (AKA –THE STROLL)

PAN TO…

BILLBOARD – grim faced City Coroner looks down at shrouded body lying on ground, tag line reads: 13 Fresh Ones.

WE PUSH IN CLOSE – ON DUMPSTER

A POLICE CRUISER pulls into the vacant lot – slowly glides around the perimeter – stops beside what looks like a pile of garbage.

COP – calls in to dispatch

We’ve got a problem

ACT 03

INT. CARGO VAN

03 looks backwards INTO THE REAR VIEW MIRROR

– only to see …

OVERHEAD VIEW – of run down street filled with cheap hotels

SECURITY GUARD

THE SECURITY GUARD’s P.O.V. of – caged off area behind boarded up building.

EXTREME CLOSE UP of an old TELEVISION with a smashed in screen.

MEDIUM CLOSE ON – FEET RUNNING – FAST.

REVEAL…

The light changes, car horns blow raucously as the girl runs out into traffic flow, dodging cars, just missing being hit by a bus and then slipping away down a dark alley.

A new angle REVEALS :

EXT. ALLEY – DAY – RAIN

CLOSE ON :

A young woman, looking old and chewed up in ratty clothes,

TITLES: ANGELA DAWN. DISAPPEARED NOVEMBER 11, 1988.

ACT 04

EXT. CITY STREET – DAY

Candace : How did she get there?

Candace’s POV of Angela ducking into dingy doorway.

CHARACTER 01

Dialogue…….

CHARACTER 01 ( CONT’D)

Dialogue…

(and then)

Dialogue…

CHARACTER 02

Dialogue……

(a moment and then)

Dialogue

EXT. CITY – SKY VIEW

Cut to:

SEDAN cruising city streets - NIGHT

ACT 5

FADE UP ON ALLEY – DUMPSTERS – PUDDLES FILLED WITH TRASH

NEW ANGLE REVEALS: Caged back porch of building backing on to alley.

Door opens, tired looking, middle aged woman steps out to light a cigarette, stops, looks down and fiddles with lighter, looks up and gasps.

EXTREME CLOSEUP of her face as she shouts the word – HELP!

WOMAN’S POV: Looking through WIRE CAGE to TALL, OLD TREE on edge of vacant lot behind building. Hanging from a branch in the tree is what appears to be a woman’s corpse.

PULL BACK as woman runs back inside building, doors slams shut. Signage on door reads: WOMEN’S SHELTER.

CUT TO: OVERHEAD VIEW Set Dressers on LADDER awkwardly removing prop of strangled corpse down out of tree. PULL BACK to reveal FILM TRUCKS, CAMERA further along alley. CREW milling around, Director throwing up hands, Principles shaking heads.

FADE IN : Busy Film Production Office, Location Manager - on phone looking rueful, Assistant - filing, listening to conversation and shrugging, Secretary - typing, rolls eyes…

EXTREME CLOSEUP of page coming out of printer –TEXT READS: … We realize your neighbourhood entertains it's fair share of filming and we are sensitive to concerns about filming in the area…

FADE OUT

ROLL CREDITS

Revolution

Revolution

The following is an outline of our proposed filming times, locations and significant action:

10:00 AM – 11:00 PM : STARTING TODAY WE WILL BE CLOSING DOWN SOME OF THE LOCAL STREETS IN YOUR NEIGHBOURHOOD the locations are being kept a closely guarded secret until filming due to the stars that will be featured and for security related concerns CURFEW HOURS BEGIN AT 11 PM

12:30 PM –1:30 PM : we are obligated by the City of Vancouver to inform you when filming will take place in your neighbourhood SOME GUNFIRE WILL BE HEARD DURING THESE HOURS OF FILMING ALONG WITH SOME STREET SCENES THAT WILL INCLUDE CARS CRASHING

2:00- 3:45 PM: lights will be flashing, but there won’t be any sirens all roads will remain open DURING FILMING we will drive the route in one continuous loop travelling through the intersections whether the traffic lights are red or green

4:00 –5:00 PM: a bus pulling up to the curb a number of times a simulated traffic accident in the crosswalk actors will be wearing holstered weapons in all scenes Full road closure & traffic diversions

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM : an exterior scene at “The Police Station” We will have a number of people milling about the entrance and out into the street as well Some of these scenes have choreographed stunts of actors having an altercation

7:30 – 9:00 PM : “Police Officers” in uniform with holstered weapons and “Police Cruisers” will be visible in the laneway bounded by Powell, Gore, Alexander and Main Streets

9:30 –10:00 PM : There will be actors running down the alley and being apprehended by actors dressed as the Police note: The noise from simulated gunfire is comparable to the sound of firecrackers

10:00 PM – 11:00 PM : while all our work will take place within the described properties, to ensure continuity of background, some scenes will be placed under supervision of the Vancouver Police Department

11:30 PM :the city has granted us an extension

12:00 AM : The rest of our crew arrives We will have members of the Vancouver Police Department on hand to escort our driving vehicle

1:00 am : Actors in dialogue and a limousine parked near the crest of the Overpass on the Westbound side of Main Street once we have shot it we will move away immediately

1:30 – 3:00 AM : work trux open closed set hold extras on location no visitors North side of 200 block E. Cordova from Gore to the Police zone

3:30 – 4:00 AM : sometime during the early morning there will be a small pyrotechnic explosion which might be heard in the neighbourhood

4:30 – 5:00 AM : we will film scenes of actors running out onto the street Extras holding ready and hot

5:30 AM : barricades in place

6:00 – 6:30 AM : our trucks will move into place

6:45 AM : curfew over

7:00 AM : Hastings and Abbot is ours!

Fracture

Fracture

Our story is about a woman who works night shifts in the city morgue, [Please Note: there will be two film companies in the area this evening, one is Da Vinci’s Inquest and one is ours] who helps people who have already passed away by using her unique ability to relive the past day and alter events enough to be able to save them.

INT. NONDESCRIPT BLDG – AFTERNOON

Our character walks through a dingy hallway. She follows another Xeroxed sign that reads “Curse”, with an ARROW pointing down the hall. She must learn to accept both parts of herself. Outside she appears to be fine but inside she is slipping away…

EXT. CITY STREET:

An ancient myth is played out at night [at the gravel parking lot under the Main street overpass from Water Street to the dead end of Alley North] white lace boys cut briefs pretty kitty ears clear spike platform shoes w/ motion flashers in heels [ This light will shine in the alley ]

Murdered, in order to keep her silent [ to accommodate “picture continuity” ] an accidental discovery she made reborn [ there are NO simulated gunshots, no forced calls] now she must investigate the circumstances behind her murder

Dead Like Me

· We will film scenes of a woman walking into the Columbia hotel

The Invisible

· We will also film scenes of a woman crossing Cordova St.

Whisper

· Special effects fog will be used to simulate steam

No Stopping

· A waiting car parked at the curb in order to film her running

The Protégé

· Our scenes involve an actress running down the fire escape

at 55 Powell St.

Bionic woman

· Our actress will also stop a bus at the curb in front of 55 Powell St.

Saved

· Additionally we will have a shot from the West side of 100 Gore which involves a camera filming an actress coming out of the Pre-trial centre at the corner of Gore Ave. and Powell St.

The Evidence

· We will film a scene of a car pulling up on the north side of 100 Alexander St

The Twilight Zone

· She hides in the alley to evade the camera

The Dead Zone

· Later at night we will film a scene under the Main Street overpass

Conspiracy

· An actress running down the fire escape jumping onto the sidewalk and running away

DIALOGUE:

“You could take a little more time with your face, you know.”

KID # 1

What is she talking about?

LITTLE GIRL

No. I…oh god, please.

KID #2

(nerves showing)

I…I have no idea.

JACK

That’s the girl I saw in the cadaver’s memory.

Blade

· Our scenes along the 200 block Carrall St. involve an actress stopping beside a newsstand which will be placed near the entrance to Blood alley

Life or Something Like It

· Another of our actresses will enter a grocery store on the 200 block Carrall St.

Killer Instinct

· Another of our actresses at night at the gravel parking lot under the Main street overpass from Water St. to Alley North

Killing of a Stranger

· While our camera is rolling

They Wait

· Our character walks past a crowd of people

Blood Ties

Breeders

Sisters

White Chicks

[New Middle Aged Women x 18]

DIALOGUE:

“Shit…

Stacy never came home.”

Legacy 2010

Madillah loped through the Olympian streets of Vancouver last night, making it as far as Robson Square before he was taken down by a swat team of 5 callow thugs from the VPD. The interrogation began with accusations of being a threat to the stability of the 'Family' and ended in a one-sided discussion about performance art. Ultimately, Madillah's gentle nature and noble intentions prevailed and he was allowed to scamper off into the night, bloodied but unbowed and determined to lope another day. Be on the lookout!

Forest