Cataclysm
1. EXT. RESIDENTIAL STREET, NORTH LONDON - EARLY MORNING
Opening shots of empty residential area, nobody around. As shots change we get closer to the house on the end of the road, where two forensic officers can just be seen in the distance. Text appears on screen during shots:
London. 2015. The City is a code black location after a radioactive gas leak.
Many parts of London evacuated. Army now in control.
Estimated dead: 7,000,000 and counting
Shots are now close enough so that you can see the forensic officers in the distance checking a dead body. One of them is taking notes on a clipboard; the other one is taking pictures of the body.
Cuts to a foot level shot of a soldier on the street. Soldier pokes at a body with his gun then walks on, camera follows with a forwards track. Cuts to POV of the soldier looking around the street. You can see the forensics more clearly now checking the body and there is another body which is in the street.
Parallel cuts with establishing shot of soldier and forensics on the street. As soldier approaches the forensic officers, he coughs loudly to grab their attention. As he walks towards them it goes to a shot-reverse-shot of the conversation.
Soldier: What’s the sit rep?
Forensic 1: This is the last street we need to check in this area. There’s 15 dead including the 2 on this street and there’s one more just inside the gate there (points towards gate)
Soldier: Have you checked it?
Forensic 2: No we haven’t had time
Soldier: Go check it now then
Forensic 1: But sir, we have to finish this one...
Soldier: Just go!
Forensic 1&2: (begrudgingly) Yes, sir
The forensics walk towards the gate. Cuts to a POV shot of the ‘beast’ watching them from the corner of the garden. He watches them as they closer to the body, as they approach cuts to a LA close up of them crouching down by the body with the camera and clipboard.
Forensic 1: Right then, who do we have here?
Forensic 2: Young female, possibly early teens. Chemical scarring...
Forensic 1: On the right forearm perhaps?
Forensic 2: Of course, just like the others
Forensic 1: Take a picture and then let’s get out of here
Forensic 2: Wait a minute, here on the left wrist and neck, these haven’t been on the other bodies.
Cuts to close ups of teeth and claw marks on the left wrist and neck. Forensics look at each other, the Forensic 2 gets his camera to take a picture of the wounds. Forensic 1 turns towards the soldier and calls to him but the soldier raise his hand.
Soldier: (into radio) Yes sarge. There’s 15 dead here... Area Omega... North London... Just checking the final body now...
Cuts back to forensic officers.
Forensic 2: Where’s sir?
Forensic 1: He’ll be a minute, he’s on the radio to base
Cuts back to soldier.
Soldier: (still into radio) all seem to be from the gas sarge, chemical scarring... no there’s been no problems to report... we’ll be back to base...
(Screams heard in background)
Soldier spins quickly looking slightly shocked. Close up montage of the soldier grabbing gun and walking towards the gate. As he enters there is a close up of him looking down at the floor shocked, and he momentarily lowers his gun and walks towards the bodies. Cuts to a POV shot of him looking at the bodies of the girl and now the two forensics as well. Cuts to the ‘beast’ again, watching the soldier. He moves around the wall and snaps a twig. The soldier turns and instinctively fires towards the corner of the garden.
He then realises thinks there is nothing there so he backs away, looking around. The camera tracks towards him as the ‘beast’ and then goes into ECU of the soldier looking scared.
Cut to black.
