Vince is being stalked by a mysterious man wearing a black mask. As Vince realizes he is being followed, the man corners Vince in an alleyway and grabs him, and the screen cuts to black. In flashbacks, Vince's friend expresses concern over Vince's interest in a book about real horrific events and his efforts to contact a survivor. Vince believes he can mentally recreate the emotions of those involved. The story culminates with the mysterious man removing his mask, revealing Vince himself underneath.

1. Hunted
by
Aaron Newbigging

2. EXT. STREET IN TOWN - DAY
Vince is walking down the street everything seems fine, it is
a busy street, little does he know he is being followed by a
mysterious man wearing a black morph mask.
Vince is casually walking unaware of the mysterious man wear-
ing a black morph mask.
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3. EXT. STREET IN TOWN - DAY
Similar to the last shot, but Vince is now more aware of the
mysterious man wearing the black morph mask, he is still walk-
ing, casually.
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4. EXT. STREET IN TOWN - DAY
The mysterious man wearing the black morph mask is shown
standing still in a street with blurs of people walking past
him, he is facing the camera.
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5. INT. ROOM - DAY
In this flashback scene we since Vince reading a book, his
friend enters the room and sees Vince reading the book.
FRIEND
Hey bro! What you reading?
VINCE
A book
FRIEND
I hate it when you’re reading, you completely ignore everyone
around you!
Pause.
Vince’s friend takes the book from his hands and drops it on
the floor. Then looks up at Vince.
FRIEND
There’s more to life than just horror books.
Pause.
VINCE
And there’s more to life than sex and parties and that’s all
you do.
FRIEND
Yeah I’m pretty awesome!
Pause.
Vince’s friend looks down at the book then back up at Vince.
FRIEND
You don’t really believe in that stuff do you?
Flashback ends.
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6. EXT. STREET IN TOWN - DAY
Vince is still being followed by the mysterious man, the mys-
terious man is watching him from above, looking down on him.
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7. INT. ROOM - DAY
Vince and his friend are now sitting down in the same room.
VINCE
I’ve been looking into it. This book is based on real events,
things that have actually happened. I’ve looked at old newspa-
per reports and it all matches up. I’m also trying to find one
of the survivors from it to try speak to him and learn from he
has gone through.
FRIEND
Vince, I’m really worried about you, I mean trying tracking
people down?!
VINCE
I need to know what really happened... if it’s all true.
FRIEND
Don’t mess with things you don’t involve you.
He puts his hand on Vince’s shoulder.
FRIEND
People died Vince.
Pause.
Flashback ends.
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8. EXT. STREET IN TOWN - DAY
Vince begins to realize to that he is being followed, he turns
his head slightly to look around a notices in the corner of
his eye a black figure standing not to far behind him. He
quickly looks forward again and starts to walk faster.
They are now the only ones in the scene
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9. EXT. STREET IN TOWN - DAY
Vince starts to get nervous and paranoid and begins to run
away from the mysterious man, the mysterious man does not run
after him.
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10. EXT. STREET IN TOWN - DAY
Vince is now running but somehow the mysterious man is stand-
ing in front of where he is about run, Vince quickly turns
into an alley way and finds him self at a dead end.
He stops at the dead end staring into the distance, to terri-
fied to turn around and face what has been following him.
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11. EXT. DEAD END - DAY
The mysterious man is now standing behind Vince’s shoulder,
Vince is aware of his presence and hesitates but then turns
around to confront him but is only faced with an empty alley
way.
The mysterious man is standing behind Vince again as Vince is
looking down the dark empty alley way.
The mysterious man grabs Vince and then the screen black.
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12. INT. ROOM - DAY
There is now a bit of tension between Vince and his friend,
Vince is now standing with his friend looking up at him.
VINCE
I’ve always had a love for horror, ever since I was young.
Pause.
VINCE
You cannot tell the future or ever even begin to think of what
could possibly happen to you one day.
FRIEND
Vince.
VINCE
Even right now you could be being watched, observed... Even
our own minds... even our own minds...
Vince’s friend interrupts him.
FRIEND
Vince! You’ve got to stop living in this dream world.
Pause.
VINCE
Even our own minds...
FRIEND
Stop saying that Vince! You’re scaring me.
VINCE
Even our--
Vince’s friend interrupts him again.
FRIEND
Our minds what?!
VINCE
Even our own minds have the ability, the power to recreate the
fear, the emotions... the pain felt by the people in that
book. Sometimes I feel like, I was there, I experienced with
them, shared their emotions with my own.
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13. EXT. STREET IN TOWN - DAY
This carries on from page 3, where the mysterious man is
standing still with blurs of people walking past him, the mys-
terious man reaches for his masks and slowly pulls it off, to
reveal Vince under it, Vince looks down, saddened.
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14. INT. ROOM - DAY
The room is now empty, with only the book on the floor left,
the camera slowly zooms in towards the book the reveal the ti-
tle of the book ‘HUNTED’.
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