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- 1. NAME: TBC OPENING CREDITS VOICEOVER: PREVIOUSLY ON.../ NEXT TIME ON... AN EMPTY CHURCH. WE SEE KATE STOOD AT THE ALTER IN A WHITE DRESS WITH A ROSE IN HER HAND. SHE LOOKS UPSET. WE SEE DYLAN WALK UP THE AISLE TOWARDS HER. INT/DL – LIGHT FLOODING THE WINDOWS MS/PAN ACROSS KATE’S FACE, STOPPING WHEN SHE IS TO THE LEFT OF MISE-EN-SCENE DEEP FOCUS/DYLAN STOPS HALF WAY DOWN AISLE/HTM DYLAN: IT’S BEEN HALF AN HOUR KATE. HE’S NOT COMING… KATE DROPS THE ROSE. SLOW MOTION INT/DL – LIGHT FROM ONE WINDOW BEHIND THEM CUT TO A LIVING ROOM. BREE IS STANDING IN FRONT OF JOHNNY, CLOSE TO TEARS. TWO SHOT BREE: JOHNNY, I’VE GOT SOMETHING TO TELL YOU… OTS/CU JOHNNY: (SILENT) CUT TO A BENCH IN A PARK – RAV IS SAT ON IT. SASHA WALKS UP TO IT. EXT/DL – ALL NATURAL LIGHT TWO SHOT – SASHA TO LEFT, RAV SAT TO RIGHT SASHA: WHY THE DOOM AND GLOOM? CU ON RAV RAV:(LOOKING AT SASHA) HE’S DONE IT AGAIN... RAV AND JOHNNY ARE CONFRONTING EACH OTHER IN FRONT OF A PUB. BREE AND KATE ARE STANDING EITHER SIDE OF RAV THROWING WARNINGS AT HIM (AD LIB). EXT/NT – STREET LIGHTING TWO SHOT, WHEN RAV IS TALKING OTS/MS FROM JOHNNY’S PERSPECTIVE RAV: (POINTING AT JOHNNY) STAY AWAY FROM MY SISTER JOHNNY. OTS/MS FROM RAV’S PERSPECTIVE JOHNNY:(DRUNK) MY PLEASURE! SHE’S JUST A WEAK, LITTLE SLUT WHO WILL GET INTO ANYONE’S BED... OTS/MS FROM BOTH PERSPECTIVES
- 2. RAV PUNCHES JOHNNY IN THE STOMACH. JOHNNY PUNCHES BACK. BREE AND KATE RUN UP AND TRY TO SEPARATE THEM. BOTH HELP RAV AND LEAVE JOHNNY ALONE. BREE STOPS TO LOOK BACK AT JOHNNY BEFORE FOLLOWING KATE AND RAV. CUT BACK TO SCENE BETWEEN SASHA AND RAV IN PARK. TWO SHOT/POV/LAS SHOT FROM RAV’S PERSPECTIVE SASHA: WE NEED TO GET HIM AWAY FROM HERE. BUT HOW? MS/TWO SHOT/RS RAV: I’VE GOT A PLAN. INT/NT – NO NATURAL LIGHT DYLAN AND KATE ARE SAT ON THE SOFA EATING POPCORN TWO SHOT/CU DYLAN: (SHOCKED) MASON’S BACK IN TOWN..? EXT/DL – ALL NATURAL LIGHT CUT TO KATE WALKING DOWN A STREET (TOWARDS CAMERA/HTM) DEEP FOCUS/KATE IS LEFT OF MISE-EN-SCENE, MASON RIGHT. CU AS HE SAYS DIALOGUE MASON: KATE..? SHE TURNS SLOWLY OTS/MS. BCU AS SHE SAYS DIALOGUE KATE: MASON... CUT BACK TO SOFA CU/RS/TS KATE: YEAH, AND WITH ONE THING ON HIS MIND... EXT/NT – STREET LIGHTING JOHNNY AND MASON ARE STANDING TOGETHER SUSPICIOUSLY. TS/OTS JOHNNY: YOU SURE ‘BOUT THIS? OR ARE YOU GONNA CHICKEN OUT? OTS/CU MASON: (ASSERTIVE) JUST GIVE ME IT. RS/ECU ON BAG/SLOW MOTION JOHNNY LOOKS AROUND AND REACHES IN HIS JACKET POCKET, PULLS OUT SMALL BAG WITH WHITE POWDER IN; HANDS IT TO MASON. INT/DL –LIGHT COMING IN THROUGH THE WINDOW CUT TO RAV AND KATE CUDDLED ON A SOFA TS/HAS OF KATE FROM RAV’S PERSPECTIVE
- 3. KATE: YOU CAN’T TELL ANYONE, RIGHT? CU OF RAV LOOKING DOWN AT KATE RAV: I WON’T…(CUT OFF BY KATE) OTS/HAS OF KATE LOOKING UP AT RAV KATE: WITH MASON BACK IN TOWN... EXT/DL – ALL NATURAL LIGHT CUT TO IMAGE OF MASON WALKING THROUGH A PARK. CUT BACK TO RAV AND KATE KATE: IT’S JUST TOO RISKY. EXT/DL – ALL NATURAL LIGHT CUT BACK TO MASON WALKING THROUGH PARK. SASHA IS WALKING IN OPPOSITE DIRECTION – THEY WALK PAST EACH OTHER BUT SASHA TURNS TOWARDS HIM. DEEP FOCUS SASHA: MASON. (HE LOOKS OVER HIS SHOULDER AT HER) WHY ARE YOU BACK IN TOWN? POV SHOT OF MASON MASON: (FULLY TURNS TO HER) I’VE GOT... ERRANDS TO RUN. POV SHOT OF SASHA SASHA: OH, I KNOW ALL ABOUT YOUR ‘ERRANDS’... REACTION SHOT OF MASON EXT/NT – STREET LIGHTING CUT TO KATE AND MASON IN A DARK PUBLIC PARK – MANCHESTER/PICCADILLY GARDENS TWO SHOT/OTS/MS KATE: I DON’T LOVE YOU ANYMORE MASON… OTS/MS MASON: (MOVING CLOSER TO HER) THAT’S NOT TRUE AND YOU KNOW IT… OTS/MS KATE: STAY AWAY FROM ME MASON… OTS/CU MASON: AW, COME ON KATE. WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU? (PUTTING HIS HANDS ON HER WAIST, KEEPING HER IN PLACE) REMEMBER ALL THE FUN WE USED TO HAVE? CU KATE: (STRUGGLING) GET OFF ME!
- 4. CU/TWO SHOT OF THEIR HEADS MASON: (DOESN’T LET GO. HE GRABS HER CHIN SO SHE HAS TO LOOK HIM IN THE FACE) LOOK, I’M SORRY IF I WASN’T THE BEST FIANCÉ IN THE WORLD – BUT I CAN CHANGE, I’VE CHANGED… KATE SLAPS HIM INT/DL – NATURAL LIGHT FROM WINDOW BREE IS SAT ON RAV’S SOFA, LOOKING DAZED. HE BRING’S IN TEA MUGS. TWO SHOT/MS DEEP FOCUS/LEFT SIDE OF BREE RAV: (HE SITS DOWN NEXT TO HER, HANDS HER A MUG) WHY ARE YOU STILL WITH HIM BREE? HASN’T HE DONE ENOUGH? (BREE STAYS SILENT) CU OF BREE/CU OF RAV BREE..? YOU GOTTA TALK TO ME BREE. TWO SHOT/OTS OF BREE LOOKING AT RAV BREE: (WHISPERS) I CAN’T… RAV (PAUSE) HE WON’T LET ME. (LOOKS AT RAV) HE KNOWS MY SECRET. EXT/TWILIGHT/EVENING – FADING LIGHT SASHA AND DYLAN ARE CONFRONTING EACH OTHER. KATE IS STOOD BEHIND DYLAN. THREE SHOT. DEEP FOCUS/POV OF DYLAN AND KATE DYLAN: (POINTING AT SASHA) YOU NEED TO KEEP YOUR FAKE NOSE OUT OF OUR BUSINESS, SASHA. OR ELSE… POV SHOT OF SASHA SASHA: OR WHAT?(LAUGHS/SNEERS) WHAT COULD YOU POSSIBLY DO TO ME? REACTION SHOT DYLAN STAYS SILENT MCU OF KATE SASHA: BE WARNED KATE, RAV’S NOT ALL THAT INTERESTED IN A NEEDY WANNABE. REACYTION SHOT FROM DYLAN AND KATE SASHA WALKS OFF. STATIC CAMERA EXT/NT – STREET LIGHTING MASON AND RAV ARE STOOD OUTSIDE A PUB. RAV HAS HIS HANDS ON MASONS COLLAR/SHIRT THREATENING HIM TWO SHOT/ECU OF RAV RAV: YOU NEED TO GET THE HELL OUT OF THIS CITY, MASON – YOU’RE NOTHING BUT TROUBLE.
- 5. ECU/OTS OF MASON/RS OF RAV/CU OF MASON/TWO SHOT BEFORE RAV PUNCHES MASON MASON: WHAT YOU GONNA DO ABOUT IT?! HUH? YOU THINK YOU’RE SO SUPERIOR! THINK YOU ARE ABOVE EVERYBODY ELSE? YOU NEED TO GET YOUR HEAD OUTTA YOUR ARSE MATE BECAUSE… RAV PUNCHES MASON ONCE BEFORE DYLAN RUNS IN. OTS OF DYLAN/MS DYLAN: STOP! THEY BOYS ARE STANDING NEXT TO EACH OTHER/TWO SHOT (THE BOYS LOOK AROUND. RAV LETS GO) IT’S BREE… SOMETHING’S WRONG. DRUM BEAT END CREDITS