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EXT-FOREST-MIDDAY-WINTER
Forest is shown, location is revealed. Two children run out from behind bush and through forest. Laughing and giggling – one chasing another in play.
Young boy (Simon) In dark clothing hands behind tree in a winter time forest, his hands are positioned to imitate a gun. He turns 180 degrees on the spot and pretends to fire into the distance
Simon: Bang Bang
His friend (Sean) keels over pretending to have been struck, move down slowly and laughing that rises in intensity.
Simon: hahaha, you count and ill hideSimon darts of in a hurry, excited and buzzing with anticipation. Occasionally looking back. Sean’s hands are over his face and then loud noises can be heard in the distance, his hands separate to reveal shocked face. Begin to tremble and look around nervously
Sean: Simon, I think we should go! (Shouting)
Sprints away looking anxious and looking for any route out of forest. Simon still happily running, emphasis and his excitement until it slowly changes to anxious looks.
Sean keeps running through forest paths, looking back occasionally.
Sean's facial expression turns to worry and despair as he checks the other paths to see which way he can go.
He eventually comes to a stream, with a road over a bridge and seeks safety.
Sean's foot splashes through the stream as he quickly crosses.
He clambers wearily up the bank. Revs of an engine are heard and Sean becomes scared and hides against the wall.
Car comes round the far distant corner of road at high speed, travels directly onto bridge, where skids/screeches to a halt.
Figures foot is shown coming out of the vehicle when the door opens.
Figure, disguised with black hat, gets out of car and walks hurriedly towards the boot. He opens it and retrieves a large black bag, he then walks towards the edge of the bridge and slyly throws the bag off, in which it lands in the stream and causes a large splash
Figure urgently shuts boot and returns to car.
He enters the car and screeches away in a hurry.
[UNDER BRIDGE – BELOW]
Sean, with the black bag right in front of him, is intrigued and cautiously moves down the bank towards it.
He hops down the bank, crouches and kneels forward to within touching distance.
He slowly feels around the bag, with a confused, yet slightly scared facial expression.
Suddenly, a dirty, brown and scruffy hand rips a whole in the top of the bag and extends upwards scaring Sean.
Sean falls back into the bank in horror, his facial expression scared and his mouth wide open.
Sean tries to clamber the bank, but the mud prevents this and his feet continuously slip.
He decides to run the other way through the stream, and under bridge.
(In the mean time the figure is slowly rising, however out of shot)
Sean is continuously looking back to check out the situation.
The figure from the bag slowly rising, crooked and jolty. He then wanders slowly the opposite way to the boy down the stream.
Sean keeps running until he feels he is safe and far enough away from the events that have just unfolded. [FURTHER INTO FOREST]
[END OF OPENING]
CHARACTER PROFILE
Anthony Thatcher- Thatcher is a hard working, loyal and fair District Attorney who is committed to aiding justice and seeing those who partake in tyranny behind bars. Although modest about his abilities, Thatcher receives praise and recognition throughout the state and in the Media. He is charming, selfless, professional and determined. However following the events of his assignation Thatcher becomes paranoid and corrupted within his mind. He no longer has any trust in the justice system and turns his back on the hope he once preached. He is now inflicted with depression which in turn presents anger and ultimately breeds a disregard for any values resulting in his mission of hunting down and murdering the justice Hierarchy for their deceit. He is 24 when the incident takes place and has clean cut dark hair with stubble and a strapping physique. With age Thatcher’s hair becomes thin and wire like, his face is waxy and thin (showing the signs of his torment).Detective Roach/Young Child/Sean- In youth, Roach is scrawny and slight. He has glasses and a flop of brown hair with bandy legs. When we next see him in his post as detective he has grown considerable, appearing lanky. He sports a large brown overcoat over a suit and has maintained the use of glasses. Following his experience with Thatcher’s body in the stream Roach’s mentally completely changed (he was a care-free child) and he discarded his youth to pursue a career in law having never truly got over the event he witnessed. Much like Thatcher he rapidly propels up the justice ladder. His qualities are his cunning, keen eye and ability to never leave a loose end. This leaves many to believe he takes his job to seriously as he has no real social life or close family, leaving his intelligent mind constantly on the job.
Roach as a child (TOP PICTURE) and Anthony Thatcher after his attempted murder (BOTTOM PICTURE)
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