Script - Single Camera Drama

Vengeance Script 

The film will start with several shots of the woods with tense music playing in the background to set the scene of the film 

Flash back

Park Ext Day

Joe

There he is 

Michael

Lets get him 

The boys run over and kick the boy to the ground

Joe

Yeah this is what you get for snitching on us 

Dan

Please, please you have the wrong person

The scene will then have a flashback effect going into the present day

The film will be told partly through interview 

House - Int - Day

Michael 

Hi my name is Michael

Michael

It started of as a pretty average day

While the voice overs are playing the interviews will be heard. 

Michael 

I got a anonymous call, who im pretty sure was my friend joe, but straight after my friend joe called me and asked if i wanted to go mountain biking with him

Phone rings

Michael 

Hello ? 

Silence 

Michael 

Hello who is this ? 

The phone hangs up and Joe calls Michael straight after

Michael

Hey joe did you just prank call me

Joe

What….no?

Michael 

ok yeah..sure… 

Joe 

Ok i don't know what your on about but are we still going mountain biking today ?

Michael

Yeah im coming now

Joe 

Ok bye

Shots of michael riding his bike to joes house

Door bell rings

Joe

Finally your here what took you so long

Michael 

Oh shut you, are you ready to go

Joe

Yeah let me just get my bike out

Several shots of the pair riding to the woods

Interview

Michael 

I dont know what it was that day but something just didn't feel right, we decide to drop our bikes off at the woods and go and explore a bit we have never been before

Michael

Ha yesterday was funny wasn’t it 

Joe

Yeah, it was his fault for snitching, he had it coming

Michael

Yeah, i think i knocked him out

There will then be several quick shots of the boys riding there bikes really fast through the woods, some scenes you can see the killer in the background.

Michael

We have never been to this part of the woods before

Joe 

Yeah i know lets go and check it out

The boys put their bikes down and walk of, as they are walking joe gets snatched from behind

The next scene will be cut between the murder and Michael

Michael 

Joe, 

Interview

Michael 

I thought joe was playing a prank on me, he has always been the joker of the group, I called out for him and he didn't reply, i saw a big opening in the bushes and thats when i saw his body covered in blood

Michael

Ok this isn't funny where are you

Michael discovers the body of joe

Michael 

What the.. 

Interview

Michael

Before i had time to react from what i had seen a man who was wearing a mask and holding a knife stepped out behind a tree, he started running at me so i just ran for my life

There will then be a chase scene until Michael murders Daniel 

Two weeks after the interview Michael Howard was arrested for the murder of Daniel Brown

He claims he acted in self defence

Joe Pritts body was found a week later

Daniel Browns body was never found