2. INT.BEDROOM.NIGHT
Black screen
The sound of a match being struck
fade up on
The diagonal shadows cast by a venetian blind falls over
Detective Phelps in his bed smoking a cigarette
music starts
Phelps is tall young and fully dressed in suit trousers a
white shirt and suspenders
The voice over begins
PHELPS
I haven’t slept for three days, the
medication seems to have no affect
and my insomnia is as strong as
ever.
Phelps rises from his bed and sits on the edge of the bed
and rubs his eyes
Phelps then opens a container and pours several pills into
his palm before putting them in his mouth
Phelps then grabs a bottle of whiskey and pours himself a
glass and then downs the whiskey with the pills
PHELPS
Work has been quiet recently, I am
just waiting for the next psycho to
come along.
Phelps puts on his shoes and picks up his jacket from the
end of the bed and starts to put it on
EXT.STREET.NIGHT
You see Phelps walk down the walkway of his house.
Phelps starts to walk through the streets staring at people
as he passes them
PHELPS
Its become clear after my last case
of how many sick minded people
there are in this world. Only last
(MORE)
(CONTINUED)
3. CONTINUED: 2.
PHELPS (cont’d)
week some women was found lying
dead in the gutter, she was raped
and then choked to death.
Phelps is walking through alleyway’s smoking and drinking.
PHELPS
The fight for power is constant,
sometimes I feel that the mob has
more power than the police. They
control the city, not us, were only
here to keep the peace.
Phelps walks back into his driveway and goes to put his key
in the door.
CANDY
Detective!
Phelps turns around and out of the shadows, a young
beautiful women steps forward, Candy is tall, blond and
beautiful. She’s wearing red lipstick and is wearing a fur
coat.
CANDY
You must help me Detective, your my
only hope
Screen fade to black, title appears, CHASING SHADOWS.
