Planning
I estimate that filming should take around 4 days. One day
filming the murder, the aftermath, the dismemberment and the ending. The second
day filming the corpse being carried around and a couple of encounters. The
third day will be the corpse being dissolved in acid and a final day to film
the main character waking up.
Script
Ext -Day
We see numerous scenery porn shots of Jack, our main
character, making his way towards the Murder location. We end with some
establishing shots of the location.
Ext – murder location – Day
Three men are stood around waiting. They are all wearing
hoodies and are obviously chavs. They're slowly growing impatient waiting for
our main character to arrive. They are Mickey; who is constantly chewing gum,
Wayne; who's messing around with a hammer he found and Brooklyn; who is
standing around like an idiot. Our main character finally arrives. His name is
Jack and he looks extremely nervous. He walks over and Mickey walks over to
greet him.
Mickey: Jacky boy. Took your time to get here, dinye?
Jack: Yeah. Look Mickey I...
Brooklyn: Hi Jack!
Jack: Hi Brooklyn...look Mickey
Brooklyn: How you been?
Jack: Fine. Mickey I...
Brooklyn: You see Pointless last night?
Mickey: Brooklyn shut the hell up ya idiot. He's trying to
speak.
Brooklyn: Don't call me an idiot. I'm not an idiot.
Mickey: Your parents named you after one of David Beckham's
kids. You're an idiot.
Jack: Look mate. I'm doing it any more.
Mickey: What?
Jack: This whole arson thing. We gotta stop.
Mickey: Hey come on. Why?
Jack: We killed a man. Literally.
Mickey: No. Wayne killed a man. Right, Wayne?
Wayne (off screen): Right!
Mickey: He lit the house up.
Jack: But we came up with the plan. Look, it dun't matter who
did it, fact is that it happened, innit.
Mickey: Can this, like, wait until McKenzie gets here.
Jack: Stuff that. He'll have a fit.
Mickey: Please, blud. I get you won't tell the filth but
Wayne. Wayne won't. Brooklyn might figure it out in a couple of hours but c'mon
bruv.
Brooklyn: What's he doing?
Mickey: He's not doing the arson thing anymore.
Brooklyn: What's Arsenal got to do with anything?
Mickey: Jesus Christ Brooklyn.
Wayne: He's not gonna
tell the police is he, bruv?
Jack: Ofcourse not. I wouldn't do that. You're all mates.
Wayne: Right...
Mickey: He's gonna be here in...10 minutes. Just wait around
and am sure-
Jack: He will talk me out of it but I don't want him too.
Look, I'm going I'll talk to you all on Facebook chat.
Jack turn around begins to leave. He takes out his phone for
a second and as he glances down at it, we hear foot steps. Time suddenly pauses
and we see Wayne stood directly behind Jack readying to slam the hammer into the
back of Jack's head. A dotted line showing the course of the hammer suddenly
appears. Time resumes and the hammer slams into the back of Jack's head. He
remains standing a for a few seconds as blood sprays and oozes out of the wound
on his head. He then falls to the ground face first.
CUT TO: Black screen.
Jack (VO): And that is the story of how I died. Everything
that I was and everything that I would become ceased to exist in that tiny
moment.
Fade to: Jack in corpse cam. He is looking up at the roof of
the murder location. Nothing is actually happening at this second.
Jack (VO): This is what the afterlife is. Staring up at the
place where you died for the rest of eternity. How sad it is, to be a man
killed by his friends. The guys I trusted. The guys I hung out with. The guys
who-
Brooklyn suddenly walks into view, now wearing Jack's jacket.
Jack (VO) Stole my fucking jacket?! I haven't even been
dead for five minutes and they've
already looted my corpse! C'mon have some respect for my corpse. That’s
disgusting.
Mickey: Jesus Christ Wayne! You didn't have to kill him-
Jack (VO): Thanks Mick...its good to know that there's
someone who-
Mickey: Like that! How are we gonna clean this up?
Jack (VO): Oh my god...I hate all of you.
Mickey and Wayne walk over and look down at Jack. They are
looking dead into the camera.
Wayne: Hey, you knew he was gonna grass. Best thing I
could've done.
Mickey: I guess...McKenzie is gonna freak when he gets here.
Brooklyn: I really like this jacket.
Mickey: I can't believe you took it. It's still got blood on
it!
Brooklyn: Hey! Don't be disrespectful to Jack's corpse!
Mickey: I'm not being disrespectful! You are! You stole his
god damn jacket!
Brooklyn: He's not gonna need it...he's a bit dead.
Jack (VO): In death, I find myself hating Brooklyn even more,
ya David Beckham mother fu-
Mckenzie(Off screen): Could someone please tell me what's
happening?
Mckenzie, the leader of the group walks in. He's wearing a
baseball cap under his hoodie. He walks over to the group. (Back to NC)
Wayne: Hey Mate
Mckenzie: No. You're not pulling that with me.
Mickey: M-
Mckenzie: No! I've got two questions. One. Why is Jack dead?
Two. Why is Brooklyn wearing his jacket?
Jack (VO): I've been wondering that myself.
Wayne: He was gonna grass on us.
Brooklyn: I really like his jacket.
Mckenzie: While it really is a nice jacket its still messed
up.
Wayne: Had to be done...my hand really hurts.
Jack (VO): If I wasn't dead I would be beating the crap outta
you.
Mckenzie: Right. What we need to do now is just...get rid of
the body, right? Suggestions?
Brooklyn: We could throw him off somewhere, somewhere high,
and have him land on his head. It'll disguise it, wont it?
Mckenzie...no.
Brooklyn: I thought it was a good idea...
Mickey: Sell it on the black market? Body will be gone and
we'll make a fortune!
Mckenzie: That’s a good idea. But two problems. One we don't
know anyone in the black market and two how would we get the body there?
There's no call and collect on this thing.
Wayne: Look. The woods are nearby, just a quick walks down by
the canal, we just cut the body up, put it in some bin bags, take the bin bags
to the woods, burn em up, erode em or bury em.
Mckenzie: Erode em?
Wayne: Like with acid.
Mickey: Oh and have you got some acid on you?
Brooklyn: I do!
The others look at him in confusion. He pulls out a plastic
coke bottle with acid in it.
Mickey: Why's it in a coke bottle?
Brooklyn: I wanted to use the glass bottle to make a
cocktail. There's actually more out in the woods.
Mckenzie...stuff it. How're we gonna cut him up?
Wayne taps him; he's now holding a saw.
Mckenzie: Perfect.
We switch back to Jack's POV. They slowly begin the process
of cutting him up. They carefully place the saw at his neck and begin sliding
it back and forth. Each cut causes a squirt of blood.
Jack (VO): It’s at this point, I learned life's great lesson.
You should never get ahead of yourself.
As he finishes his sentence his heads rolls off to the side.
Jack (VO): Now my only hope is that these idiots get caught.
The head is then picked up by Brooklyn. The others continue
to cut up the body in the background. Mckenzie walks over to Brooklyn and
stands next to him, looking at the head.
Mckenzie: Brooklyn, what are you doing mate?
Brooklyn: It’s heavier than I thought it'd be.
Mckenzie: Well there's a lot of stuff in there. Brain and all
that.
Brooklyn: Oh yeah.
Mckenzie: Don't worry. Yours won't be as heavy. Lacking the
brain part.
Mckenzie goes back to the others and resumes cutting.
Brooklyn drops the head into a binbag.
Cut to: Black the shot then zooms out to:
EXT – Canal – afternoon
We zoom out of the plastic bag and see the killers walking
away. They're all carrying bin bags. We get a montage of them carrying these
pieces places. At one point the head drops out of the bag and we go to POV of
them running back to get it. They pass a couple of guys sat on a bench eating
and talking. They stare at them as they pass.
EXT – WOODS – Afternoon
The group finally arrives in the woods, the place they intend
to dispose of the body parts. Brooklyn walks to the bushes and pulls a plastic
tub out, setting it down on a flat piece of ground. They throw the bin bags up
against the tree. Wayne and Mckenzie walk into the foreground of the scene
while Brooklyn and Mickey start screwing around in the background. They start
trying to figure out if all the pieces will fit in the tub. Mickey ends up
sitting in the tub.
Mckenzie: You think we should test this first?
Wayne: It'll be fine. Saw it on mythbusters.
Mckenzie: No. I don't want to pour it all over him only to
find out it doesn't work.
Wayne: Well what do you suggest we do?
Mckenzie walks offscreen and comes back a few seconds’ later
returns with one of the severed hands (Fun fact: There are TWO of them).
Mckenzie: Pour some of that stuff on here.
Wayne: Really?
Mckenzie: Yeah.
He holds the limp hand up. We get a close up of the hand. We
cut back to Wayne about to pour it.
Mckenzie: Don't get it on my hands.
Wayne: Stop making me consider it.
We get a close up of the acid about to leave the bottle. As
it drips down we cut back down to the close up of the hand as the effect
activates. (See Effect notes). It works
Mckenzie: Perfect.
He throws it into the tub. It lands on Mickey and he freaks
out. He struggles until the tub falls on its side and he falls out.
Mckenzie: All youse dumb fucks. Grab a bag and starts
chucking them in.
One by one the bags are emptied into the tub. The head is the
final thing to be dropped in.
Jack (VO): In my last moments as a disembodied head two
things are occupying my thoughts.
They start to pour the acid in. Two use large jugs to do so.
Steam starts to rise and we hear the acid dissolving the flesh.
Jack (VO): First, I'm going to find a way to get revenge on
these people....the second is that I have a huge itch on my nose.
The acid reaches the head.
Jack (VO): What's that smell?
The acid overtakes the head as the killers look on.
THE END
CUT TO:
INT – Jack's room- Morning
Jack suddenly shoots up in bed, he's coughing and
spluttering. He eventually calms himself. He sits up and looks thoughtful. His
phone suddenly receives a text. It says “u still comin out today mate”. He
answers yes.
Jack: alright then.
CUT TO:
INT – Murder Location – Day
We see a repeat of the opening scene. Jack arrives.
Mickey: Jacky boy. Took your time to get here, dinye?
Jack: Yeah...had to go grab something from shop.
Mickey: Oh? Anything special?
Jack: Not really.
We pan down Jack's back to reveal he's holding a weapon.
END
Costumes
Each character is a chav so their costumes will reflect this
fact. Due to the fact I went to school in Bradford, I'm fully aware as to what
Chav dress like so we'll be going with the obvious choice of track suit bottoms
and either a track suit jacket or a hoodie. The main character, Jack, will be wearing some kind of hat so that the
blood bag effect will work correctly. He also has to be wearing a really nice
jacket. It'd likely distort a little from the Chav theme but its necessary. I'd
like atleast one of the characters (Perhaps Wayne?) to be wearing a white
hoodie. This would allow me to do an effective blood spray on him. One
character will also be wearing a baseball cap with his hoodie up.
Characters
Jack
Jack is the most recent addition the group, having known
Mickey the longest. In comparison to the others he's a much nicer person but
that's not saying much. He still partook in the groups arson crimes and helped
pick out which house to light on fire. He sadly wasn't aware of a homeless
woman living in the last house before it was too late. Now feeling guilty he
tries to leave the group and become a better person. It doesn't really turn out
well.
Wayne
Wayne is a man of few words. None of those words are
pleasant. The most feared member of the group, Wayne is well known around the
area for his anger problems which stem from feeling inferior to other members
of the group. He's been sent to anger management classes on no less than 7
occasions and in each one lost his temper and hit someone or something. The
last time it was the anger management coach who received his wrath. He's also
an avid fan of Myth Busters.
Mckenzie
The leader of the group and the most level headed. This
character has now been removed due to the fact he doesn’t really offer much to
the movie. Most of his lines have been given to Wayne and Mickey.
Mickey
Mickey has known Jack the longest and he’s the character Jack
trusts most. He’s also a back stabbing jerk only looking out for himself. He’d gladly
betray anyone in the group to keep doing what he wants.
Brooklyn
Currently attending Sixth form with the highest grades in the
school, Brooklyn still manages to be inexplicably stupid. His parents decided
to name him after their idols, David Beckham and Victoria Beckham's children
not realising that they'd doomed their child to a life of bullying. He sucks up
to Jack a lot, not because he likes but more because he really likes his
Jacket.
Effects
The Acid burn on the hand.
This technique was found through a Youtube channel called
”GoldieStarling”, specifically the video;
FX Makeup
Series: Acid Burns.
The video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyHQMfDDXjg
The killing blow
This is a similar effect.
It’s going to be a blood bag attached to the back of Steve's(my stunt
dummy)head and then we can just hit it full force with a hammer. This would
cause the blood spray out. After the shot I'd like to have the blood spraying
out so I could use the blood squirter I've used previously.
Equipment
Fake limbs -Own – need a fake leg
Fake head X2 (Spares) – Will be purchased off Amazon
Steve (The stunt dummy – Needs new legs) -Own
Effects stuff -Own -need some more fake blood
Camera (Do some camera tests) - Borrow
Tripod – Not essential – Could go either way. Mine is lighter
but isn't as good as college's.
Various chav like clothing (Ask Adam?)
Plastic bottle
Large plastic tub
Saw – Could be fake
Hammer – Could be fake
Effect changes:
After becoming concerned as to what the decapitation would
look like. After a few attempts (See video below) I realised my planned methods
would not work, so some alterations were needed. I finally decided to do it,
what I consider, the lazy way. I'm just gonna lie there with a syringe and
squirt some watery blood up. From the test it looks like just what I need. This
is both kin of annoying and reassuring that little could go wrong when doing
it. Just that I will receive some fake blood to the face. My personal camera
will be used for this short due to the fact that its waterproof. I could also
alter the shot so that we don't see the decapitation happen POV and instead
switch to POV as it rolls off to the side.
