GHOST is a perfectionist assassin who receives a new target. He spends several days following the target to learn his routines, ultimately discovering that the target walks through a nearby alley every day. GHOST plans to poison flowers and kill the target at his home. His plan succeeds, but he is confronted by the target's niece at the house. GHOST hesitates, conflicted between killing the niece to eliminate a witness or sparing her and compromising his secret identity.

1. MORAL
by
Karanvir Singh

2. FADE IN:
INT. THE HOUSE - THE BEDROOM — DAY
We hear a text notification sound effect as the camera
focuses in a close up on our main character of the story.
GHOST, an assassin, very young and got a lot of potential
in the assassination business. Perfection is everything
for him.
We see him slowly open his eyes as he reaches for phone
to check out the message. We change the focus from GHOST
to the cellular device as he reaches for it. As GHOST
reaches for the cellular device, we see him read the text
message.
GHOST
(voice over)
Perfection. A perfect plan doesn't
involve everything going within
expectations.
We see GHOST do his bedding in a way that is almost weird
for us. We see him iron out the wrinkles on the sheets on
his bed. We follow him in a tracking shot as he goes to
clean up his working space next to his bed.
GHOST
(voice over)
Kill anyone you want. But no way
in hell am I going to kill a kid
or a woman. That’s the moral I
grew up with.
We focus on one part of the work desk. We see a
collection of pens in a straight line but we see one of
the pens not in a straight line. We see GHOST pick up the
pen snap it in half and throws it in the bin.
GHOST
(voice over)
A perfect plan is achieved when it
has the plasticity needed to
flexibly deal with the unforeseen.
INT. THE HOUSE - KITCHEN - DAY
We follow GHOST into the kitchen walking through the
hallway. We focus on a bouquet on table, a collection of
beautiful and healthy group of flowers. Then we focus on
one of the leaves with a bad spot.

3. ! .2
Then we focus GHOST pick up a pair of scissors and cut
the whole steam off and throws it in the bin.
GHOST
(voice over)
Being the perfect assassin is not
about killing the target and
leaving without getting caught,
it’s about killing the target
where they would suffer to their
death and removing every single
trace. No sign. No trace. That’s
perfection.
We follow GHOST leaving his house to get to the gym. We
focus on him putting on his shoes and leaving the
slippers near the door in a straight and very tidy way.
CUT TO BLACK:
INT. GYM - DAY
The screen remains black as we hear some noise of fists
hitting a boxing bag. The screen then cuts to a close up
as we see GHOST training in the gym for his next
execution.
We change focus from GHOST training to his cellular
device as he receives a call from the HIERARCHY. We
slowly track him reaching for his cellular device.
HIERARCHY is the main organisation that GHOST works for
as an assassin. We don't know anything about the
HIERARCHY. All we know about the organisation is that it
has a collection of assassins that work for them.
GHOST
When and where?
HIERARCHY
(over the phone)
Friday. End of the week. Don’t
care how it is done. Needs to be
done by 6pm.
GHOST
Consider it done.
We follow GHOST as he leaves the gym with a tracking shot
through the doors.
INT. HOUSE - BEDROOM - NIGHT

4. ! .3
We see GHOST on his computer looking at something that we
don’t know what he is looking at. As we track around him,
it is revealed that GHOST is researching about the
target.
GHOST
(voice over)
Perfection. Perfection.
Perfection. There’s a limit to
everything in the world expect
perfect.
We focus on the target’s picture through an over the
shoulder shot. Then we follow GHOST as he gets up from
his chair and turns to his “board of death”. The camera
slowly zooms out as he looks at the board of death.
We then change focus from the board of death to GHOST’S
cellular device as it rings. He receives call from
manager NICKEL.
NICKEL is GHOST’s “manager”. No one knows what his real
name is or who is in real life. GHOST has never seen
NICKEL in real life.
NICKEL (O.S)
(over the phone)
Did you receive the information?
GHOST
Yes.
NICKEL (O.S)
(over the phone)
You have to follow him and figure
out his daily routines.
GHOST
I have my own plan. Don’t need to
tell me.
NICKEL (O.S)
(over the phone)
Must be done by 6PM. Or there will
be penalties.
GHOST
Never.
We see him put down his cellular device and the camera
focuses on the target’s picture.
(MONTAGE)
GRAPHIC ON SCREEN - DAY 1

5. ! .4
EXT. ALLEY WAY - DAY
We follow GHOST through an alleyway as he is following
the target. We track GHOST as he follows the target the
whole day while taking pictures.
EXT. PARK - DAY
We see the target sitting on a bench in the park and
enjoying the sun as GHOST is standing far behind taking
pictures. We follow some-one mysterious walking towards
GHOST.
RANDOM GUY (DRUNK)
Hey bro what are you doing?
GHOST
Taking pictures.
RANDOM GUY (DRUNK)
Oh cool. So what you do?
GHOST
Im an assassin.
RANDOM GUY (DRUNK)
Yeah nice one.
The random guy walks off laughing thinking this guy is
crazy.
EXT. ALLEY WAY - EVENING
We follow GHOST walk back through the alley way as he
follow the target. GHOST is taking pictures as he is
following the target in the alley way.
GHOST
(voice over)
He always seem to go through
the alley way for some odd reason.
Every day, from there and back.
INT. HOUSE - NIGHT
We focus on GHOST as he puts up a couple of pictures from
earlier on his board.
GRAPHIC ON SCENE - DAY 2

6. ! .5
EXT. ALLEY WAY - DAY
We again follow GHOST and the target walk through the
alley way.
EXT. TOWN - DAY
We follow both GHOST and the target while GHOST taking
the pictures to town and walking around. We see the
target sitting on a desk and enjoying the day.
We see GHOST taking pictures while sitting further away
from the target.
GHOST
(voice over)
The joy of a perfect assassination
is like no other.
EXT. ALLEY WAY - EVENING
We follow GHOST walk back through the alley way as he
follows the target . GHOST is taking pictures as he is
following the target in the alley way.
The alley way has some significance in the whole film.
INT. HOUSE - NIGHT
We again focus on GHOST as he puts up a couple of
pictures from earlier on his board.
GHOST
(voice over)
The alley way was a great place
for the perfect execution.
GRAPHIC ON SCENE - DAY 3
EXT. ALLEY WAY - DAY
We again focus on GHOST as he puts up a couple of
pictures from earlier on his board.
INT. TARGET’S FRIEND’S HOUSE - DAY
We see the target inside a house with his friend and we
also see GHOST taking pictures from the outside and
taking pictures of the surroundings.

7. ! .6
EXT. ALLEY WAY - EVENING
We again follow GHOST walk back through the alley way as
he follows the target. GHOST is taking pictures as he is
following the target in the alley way.
INT. HOUSE - NIGHT
We again focus on GHOST as he puts up a couple of
pictures from earlier on his board. The death board
starts to fill up with pictures.
GRAPHIC ON SCENE - DAY 4
EXT. ALLEY WAY - DAY
We again follow GHOST and the target walk through the
alley way.
INT. GYM - DAY
We again follow GHOST and the target walk through the
alley way.
GHOST
(voice over)
Killing these fools never bothered
me but what bothered me was
creases on my bed sheets.
INT. GYM - DAY
We follow the target go to the same gym as GHOST. He
follows him into the gym and proceeds to take more
pictures in the gym and it’s surroundings.
GHOST is observing what the target is doing and during
this montage of four days GHOST is trying to figure out
what would be the best way of assassinating his target.
EXT. ALLEY WAY - EVENING
We again follow GHOST walk back through the alley way as
he follows the target. GHOST is taking pictures as he is
following the target in the alley way.

8. ! .7
INT. HOUSE - NIGHT
We again focus on GHOST as he puts ups couple of pictures
from earlier on his board. The death board is now full of
different pictures as GHOST is thinking which place would
be the best to perform the assassination.
GHOST
(voice over)
The alley way isn’t going to work.
There are cameras around the
place. That easy exposure.
We change focus from the alley way pictures to the
pictures of the target’s house and GHOST smiles.
MONTAGE
We see GHOST prepare his “death flowers” as we see some
quick shots of him picking up the flowers and picking up
a poison liquid and squirting on the flowers.
We kind of figure out what GHOST’s plan is and how he is
going to execute his target.
GHOST’s plan is to spray poison on the flowers and
execute the target in his own house.
EXT. TARGET’S HOUSE - DAY/AFTERNOON
We see GHOST standing outside the house with a bouquet in
hand as he slowly walks towards the house.
We change to a POV of GHOST pressing the bell. We see the
target open the door and GHOST proceeds to shove the
flowers against the target’s face and kicks him in the
house.
INT. TARGET’S HOSUSE - DAY/AFTERNOON
We then follow GHOST as he drags the target into the
house and then he closes the door.
We focus on the target chocking and coughing on the floor
asking for help from someone.
TARGET
Ple..ase.help..me..
GHOST
*chuckles*
TARGET
Wh..o a..re you..?

9. ! .8
GHOST
The name’s Joe. Nighty night.
We change focus from GHOST to the target as he dies. We
then slowly pan to someone standing behind GHOST.
KID is the niece of the target who GHOST just killed and
was at his uncles house to stay the weekend.
KID
Uncle..?
We then slowly change focus back to GHOST as he turns
towards the KID and pulls out a knife.
We see GHOST flashbacks to crease on the bed as he is
conflicted between killing the KID and break his moral or
leave her and get exposed.
GHOST
(voice over)
Being the perfect assassin isn’t
about getting a few kills and go
on about your day, its about
whether you are willing to break
your moral to keep the streak
going.
We transition to GHOST standing in front of a mirror
talking to himself.
GHOST
My name is Joe. I’m the perfect
assassin.

10. ! .i
SCENE INDEX
INT. THE HOUSE - THE BEDROOM — DAY 1......................
INT. THE HOUSE - KITCHEN - DAY 1..........................
INT. GYM - DAY 2..........................................
EXT. ALLEY WAY - DAY 4....................................
EXT. PARK - DAY 4.........................................
EXT. ALLEY WAY - EVENING 4................................
INT. HOUSE - NIGHT 4......................................
EXT. ALLEY WAY - DAY 5....................................
EXT. TOWN - DAY 5.........................................
EXT. ALLEY WAY - EVENING 5...............................
INT. HOUSE - NIGHT 5......................................
GRAPHIC ON SCENE - DAY 3 5................................
EXT. ALLEY WAY - DAY 5....................................
INT. TARGET’S FRIEND’S HOUSE - DAY 5......................
EXT. ALLEY WAY - EVENING 6................................
INT. HOUSE - NIGHT 6......................................
GRAPHIC ON SCENE - DAY 4 6................................
EXT. ALLEY WAY - DAY 6....................................
INT. GYM - DAY 6..........................................
INT. GYM - DAY 6..........................................
EXT. ALLEY WAY - EVENING 6................................
INT. HOUSE - NIGHT 7......................................
MONTAGE 7.................................................
EXT. TARGET’S HOUSE - DAY/AFTERNOON 7.....................
INT. TARGET’S HOSUSE - DAY/AFTERNOON 7....................