Writing a script. Here’s a piece of it.
Scene 12
Setting: The house of Johnny Tranquilo. It is a small, normal two-storied house, with not much décor. When a person enters the house, if they look to their left they will see a dining room littered with books, bags and papers. If they were to look to their right, they would see a living room, with a rather straggly looking armchair facing away from the direction of the entrance towards a tv. Upstairs is a bathroom, the door closed. Asleep in the filled-up, overflowing-with-bubbles bathtub is Johnny Tranquilo.
Cut to: As the camera (in first person) glides forward in the hall, it turns right to face the living room. The television is still on, blaring the news report. Sitting on the couch in Ronnie Tranquilo, asleep and loudly snoring, a ruffled, torn bag of potato chips and a six-pack of beer lying at his feet. The camera then turns back towards the main hall, towards the staircase. The camera begins to bump as it goes up the staircase. Once it reaches the top, it goes straight to closed bathroom door. A small hand comes from the left-hand corner and opens the door. In goes the camera, which glides into the middle of the room, and positions over Johnny, still asleep in the bathtub.
Cut to: Timothy, standing in the middle of the room, with a blank, emotionless face.
Cut to: Timothy’s hand. In it is an icepick.
Cut to: Martha Tranquilo, Johnny’s mother, walks through the front door. She is wearing a rain coat and is carrying an unmbrella. She turns to look at Ronnie, still sitting on the couch.
MARTHA
Lazy bum.
Cut to: a shot of Ronnie’s head. A large, bloody hole is on the side of his head, indicating that he is clearly dead. Martha is a blur. She turns her attention back towards the stairs.
MARTHA
Johnny! (short pause) Johnny, I hope you’re not still in the tub, you’ll shrivel like a prune!
No answer.
Martha begins to climb the stairs, still a blur behind the shot of Ronnie’s corpse.
Cut to: Martha opening the door to the bathroom.
MARTHA
Johnny, please tell me you’re not…
She screams in terror.
Cut to: An overhead shot of the bathtub. The water is no longer soapy, but lathery and bloody. An icepick is lodged in Johnny’s throat. Blood is leaking from the corners of his mouth. Still in overhead shot, Martha continues to scream, running out of the room. Still positioned over the bathtub, the camera very slowly begins to spiral down as screams continue to be heard. Eventually, they come to an awful, gargling stop. The camera stops just above the icepick.
Cut to: A side shot of Johnny’s head. A small hand plucks the icepick out of his skull.
__________________
There is treachery afoot! (Shifts eyes)
Currently writing: A Telltale Murder Mystery (Coming Soon in either mid/late 2013 or early 2014)
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