Radio 5 min script
- 1. The Darkness 5 minute script Ext. Friday. 06:25 PM -Car on gravel sound- -car stopping sound- -car doors opening and closing- -people walking on gravel- AMELIA So this is it? This is the beautiful lake house your grandma owns? It looks like a shack LUCAS Don’t be so rude Lia, you didn’t come up with any ideas for a holiday, did you? It’s nice, I like it. AMELIA Well… I guess it will have to do for a few days VERONICA If you don’t like it you can find your own way back? AMELIA And miss the chance to have a relaxing holiday with my friends before we all leave and go to uni or whatever? Never. Lets make this weekend the best weekend ever SHAWN Well isn’t this very touching. Can I get drunk now? -everyone laughs- Int. Friday. 11:12PM The friends are in the living room playing a game and drinking SHAWN Okay okay, my turn. (moves hand to indicate it is a film) Wait wait, I got to get props for this Shawn walks over to the book shelf and looks for a book. While he looks a book falls on his head. He picks it up and walks to carry on playing the game. He opens in to look as if he is reading it. Veronica sees it. VERONICA Where did you find that book? SHAWN I fell on my head when I went to go look for a book. AMELIA It fell on your head? Wow you’re even more pissed than I thought Veronica gets up and takes the book off Shawn.
- 2. VERONICA My Grandma used to tell me stories about this book. About these three great witches who went on adventures to save innocents. Veronica opens the book VERONICA Huh thats weird, its blank. The whole book. Theres no writing The other walk up to Veronica crowding around the book to look at it. The book glows LUCAS Wow, what the hell AMELIA Why is it doing that? Before anyone could say any more the group gets pushed back onto the floor and the book closes on the floor. They all sit up and holds their heads. Veronica stands up and puts the book back on the shelf. VERONICA okay, I think thats enough drinking for tonight. I’m going to bed They all go to bed. INT. Saturday. 09:16 AM. Veronica and Lucas are in bed. Veronica wakes up and walks into the bathroom. When she walks out she sees the book that she put on the shelf on the floor. VERONICA Lucas! Lucas! Wake up She walks over to the book and picks it up. LUCAS I thought you put that book back in the bookshelf… VERONICA I did… INT. Saturday. 10:30 AM The group is sitting in the living room around this book AMELIA Okay… so what you’re saying is that you think this book is haunted and we made the ghost mad or something…? What a load of bullshit. You’re just trying to scare us. VERONICA I’m not lying. I honestly have no idea why this book got into my room last night. And a ghost is the only explanation for this if you guys swear you didn’t put it in there.
- 3. LUCAS Do you think your Grandma would know anything? VERONICA Maybe. I’ll call her Veronica walks off to go and call her grandma. Shawn leans over and opens the book to see that it is full of writing. SHAWN Didn’t Veronica say this was blank? AMELIA It was. We all saw it was. They all look at each other confused. Veronica comes back. VERONICA my Grandma sounded kind of excited when I mentioned the book. she said she will be here as soon as she can. Whats up with your faces? LUCAS Theres.. Writing in the book… VERONICA Wait what?… But I saw there was’t last night. we all saw. EXT. Saturday. 11:55 AM Veronicas grandma pulls up in the driveway and gets out of the car. Veronica comes up to her to greet her. VERONICA Gosh Grandma you got here fast GLORIA Theres no time. You all must know Her grandma speed walks past Veronica into the house and Veronica follows her grandma sits down in front of the book and looks at the group GLORIA You all have been destined for greatness. it has been in your families for a long long time. theres a reason why you all became friends. VERONICA Grandma. What are you saying? GLORIA Well I’m saying you 4 are all witches what do you think I’m saying? The group looks at each other shocked