Final Script

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.

Stalker - Initial Idea

This is my personal sequence that I came up with. I then gave it my group, who all liked the idea, and after my explanation, agreed that it was plausible. I didn't come up with a name for the film when storyboarding, but I do like the name 'Stalker' for this sequence.

The sequence opens with man waking up from lying on the floor. He is wearing full forest camo, with battle packs. He picks up a gas mask next to him and puts in on before picking up an M16. He proceeds out of the room cautiously, moving down corridors into a large room, full of rubble, upturned tables smashed windows. He spots a door and heads over to it, poking his head out of the window. He spots 2 people wearing gas masks, in full forensic clothing, walking slowly down the corridor, looking at giager counters. The army man takes cover as they walk past, and follows them as they enter another hall. They continue to a back room, whilst the army man explores the hall. Gunshots go off at the back, followed by screaming. The armed man proceeds to the back room to see the 2 forensics lying on the floor, covered in blood. He hears a noise back in the hall, so spins on the spot, and open fires his gun before realising there is nothing to be seen, puts his gun on his back and removes a pistol from his holster. He walks towards to door, gets there, then hears a running noise behind him, and the scene concludes with the ‘beast’ leaping towards his face.

A picture of the inside of Thurleigh Ex-RAF site

Although this sequence sounds rather implausible, we had every aspect of it planned out. The props such as the gun and masks would have been provided by me. I own masks that could be passed for gas masks, and the gun would have been an unloaded, completely safe replica M16 paintball marker. The location had been found, and a deserted and abandoned RAF site in Thurleigh, Bedford, which is no longer owned by anyone and therefore open for anyone to enter and look around. After looking at some pictures, we really liked this location and as it were accessible and not too far away, we were going to use this. It would have been perfect for our sequence, as it is run down, and has a ‘haunted’ look about it. However, after more research into the location, due to it being no longer owned, it has become home to many squatters and I no longer felt alright about taking 4 people and myself, along with hundreds of pounds worth of equipment to a site which could be possibly dangerous. Although I really liked this idea, I put it to one side, and moved on with other ideas and possibilities.