‘Reality’CHARACTERSBoy (Unnamed) – OLDER TEEN, SCRUFFY, LOVES

GAMING, WEARS A DISTINCTIVE WATCH (THIS ACTOR WILL ALSO PLAY THE COP IN THE VIDEO GAME SEQUENCE)

Newsreader – MALE, ADULT Drug dealer – ADULT MALEGang members (including drug buyer) – SLIGHTLY YOUNGER, TEENAGE

SCRIPT

POV shot of COP cycling into farm area. He drops the bike, puts arm behind his back and pulls out a gun. He begins to move, looks around a corner and sees a guard- he advances on them, before fighting them, pushing them to the ground and strangling them with some rope. He goes round another corner, and sees another guard. From a distance, he shoots the guard. He then turns quickly and spots the ‘DRUG DEALER’. He approaches him, before the drug dealer comes at him with a knife, and the policeman takes back the knife – the drug dealer runs.He pursues the drug dealer, before catching up with him and stabbing him.Then appear on the screen the words: LEVEL COMPLETE, before the camera pans out to reveal the TV screen with this on (as this has been a video game). The camera turns to face the boy (we now notice that he is wearing the same watch as the COP in the video game), who switches the TV channel over to the news. On the news is a story of what has just happened in the video game. The titles (Director, Cast etc.) appear along the bottom of the screen. Throughout the news report, we cut backward and forward between shots of the TV and shots of the boy, looking anxious and worried about what’s happening.

NEWSREADER:WE ARE HEARING REPORTS OF AN ONGOING CRIME SCENE

INVESTIGATION IN SUFFOLK, AS A SUSPECTED EX POLICEMAN INFILTRATED A DRUG DEAL, AND MURDERED

THE PRIME SUSPECT. THE FORMER OFFICER IS NOW ON THE RUN, HAVING BEEN WITNESSED TO BE IN A STATE

OF FRENZY AND ACTING VERY STRANGELY. THE SUROUNDING GROUND IS CURRENTLY VERY UNLEVEL AND DANGEROUS AND THE SUSPECT IS SAID TO BE OUT OF

TOUCH WITH REALITY (PAUSE.) MORE ON THIS STORY AS WE GET IT.

News report titles roll, and we cut back to a shot of the boy looking slightly worried. The boy gets up from his seat, slowly walks across the room and walks through the door.Fade out to black.