2. Scene 2
Ext. Nightclub. Morning
JAMES stumbles out of the club, onto the empty streets of Kensington. The
streets are relatively empty, with some fellow party-goers and he starts making
his way towards the park. On his way, he comes across other people who shout
at him for bumping into them in his drunken state and all he can do is shout
back and say sorry, yet he repeats his actions seconds later to the next person
coming his way on the street.
Man
Hey man watch where you’re going prick!
Ahh sorry man sorry!
James
He then mutters under his voice…
James
I’m not actually sorry at all.
Him walking across through this street is a pan shot, from the other side of the
street. He falls straight into another person walking the other way on the street.
Man
What the fuck are you doing fool?
James
yeah go suck on a hard one
Scene 3
Ext. Park. Morning
After wandering around in the streets, JAMES ends up in front of a park and
starts walking in, looking at his phone. He approaches a pond and he sees his
reflection. For some of this scene, it is a shot from in front of him, walking
3. towards the camera, and also a shot from behind him walking through the
park, also the odd pan shot. When he approaches the pond, he bends down to
look at himself and he gets out his phone to take a picture and drops it straight
into the pond, and he screams some vulgar stuff. Throughout this scene, the
only sound you hear is the wind and the trees blowing, and his footsteps.
Scene 4
Ext. Pond Area. Night
The start of this scene is still him being distressed from dropping his phone in
the pond, and he gets back up and turns around, and it all seems like life is
going bad, and he gets an eyeline shot of the kebab store and it seems all glowy
and shit and life gets better. He starts walking, quicker than usual, towards the
kebab shop and he doesn't even look to his left or right when he crosses the
street, he just strolls on and and he has to quickly dodge an oncoming car as it
grinds to a halt right by him. He walks up to it and suddenly assumes that it is a
taxi, and gets in the back and they take off.
Scene 5
Ext. Road. Morning
Stranger
Hey sorry about nearly running you over here take
some water.
James
No worries mate, cheers. (water tastes strange, James
makes a weird face when drinking)
Stranger
More importantly have you had a good night?
4. James
It was alright but going out is never that fun
anymore and I just dropped my fucking phone in the
pond but luckily I nearly got hit by you and you turn
out to be a cab
Stranger
That’s unfortunate, which club did you go to?
James
yeah, I went to The Box, was pretty messed up
actually, one of the reasons I left pretty fast
Stranger
why? what sort of stuff did they do?
James
one of the performers made a guy in the audience
drink his own piss! I just want to wake up tomorrow
morning and hope this is all a dream
Stranger
where do you live?
James
I don't live in this area, wish I knew where i was
actually going, the address was on my phone but i
remember it being near Ladbroke grove.
Stranger
oh ok, your first time in London?
5. James
No I live here actually, I’m going to stay at a
friend’s house though, a new friend
Stranger
oh girlfriend?
James
I wouldn’t say girlfriend ha ha (pause) she’s a
lovely girl though only met her a few weeks ago
Stranger
oh I understand, how did you meet?
James
It was quite a funny story actually, I was helping
out my mate who was working for the company who
designs dentists chairs, because I work in design for
furniture, and this was about 2 months ago, she
worked in the room next to me, and on my first day I
noticed her skirt was tucked into her underwear and
everyone could see her arse, and I went up to her and
told her I could see her bum. She turned around and
looked at me and said ‘are you trying to chat me up,
where I work?’ and I said no really, I can see your
bum and she looked down and went bright red and then
we got talking.
Stranger
ha ha oh that’s funny man, are you a student at
university?
James
yeah I’m at London Met, its not good at all.
Ext. Pond Area. Night
6. The driver suddenly stops the car in an unknown area and locks the car. close
up of car locking, and match of action of The stranger locking the car and then
doors locking.
James
Why did u stop here?
Stranger
ha ha don’t worry, everything is going to be okay.
James
umm... okay?
Stranger
Have you ever been to the zoo?
James
I uh… I think I went when I was younger but why are
you asking?
Stranger
I have always wanted to do something wild and crazy
ha ha.
James
well...well... how does that involve me?
Stranger
we could streak at the Olympics in London this year,
Usain?
James
7. I totally want to do that (scared of the stranger)
Stranger
We could get my pick up truck, open the sun roof and
set fireworks out of our car at people and houses.
James
okay whatever you want.
They drive up to a posh affluent area here the driver stops in a square. This
changes to a shot from behind the taxi where you can see the taxi on the by the
side walk and the house on the right. You see one person get out and everybody
expects it to be James being dropped off and he gets out. And he walks out of
the shot towards the house. But then the second person exits and you realize
that he’s actually been kidnapped and they both enter the house.
Scene 6
Taxi Scene still. Morning (A couple of hours laternext morning)
He then wakes a couple of hours later, with a Point of View shot of him sitting
up, with a headache and not remembering what happened, and he sees a very
organised, pristine room from an establishing shot with strange objects in, over
the mantelpieces and frames on the wall and obscure things in the corner.
There is a list next to his bed and you see the list from a point of view shot,
looking from the side. He starts reading the list with different ideas and plans
for two people to do, as he is half way down and the ideas are getting more
inappropriate and illegal, his eyes widen and then his name is called by a man
from another room. The man walks into the room and all you see is a tray with
a breakfast on it. You don’t see the man’s face which will add affect to the
whole idea that James doesn’t know where he is or who’s house it is.
Stranger
8. Im actually not a driver and I don't need to do it, in fact I do for fun and to
meet new people and make friends. I am very sorry for drugging you the other
day and I hope this wont affect our friendship. Maybe when you leave today we
could still keep in touch.
