Film Script-First Draft

Below is the first draft for my film script,which is unfinished because I will be making a second when it is closer to the filming day.Ive also made a few errors too-the writing does not make sense in places so I will need to amend this by the time I start filming :

Bradley Broughton                                                         Film script

STARRING: Richard Broughton, Jack Morgan

DIRECTED BY: Bradley Broughton

 [POV SHOT LOOKING DOWN OF CHARACTER RUNNING]

PAUL: “HELLO?”

PHILLIP: “HI PAUL.ITS PHILLIP? SUPRISED THEY HAVENT CAUGHT YOU YET”

PAUL:OH ITS SO GOOD TO HEAR YOU

PHILLIP:YEAH YOU TOO.NEARLY WHOLE SECTOR HAS BEEN STAMPED NOW.

PAUL:OUR LIVES ARE JUST TELEVISION SHOWS NOW TO ENTERTIAIN THE GOVERNMENT.

PHILLLIP:YEAH THE PRESIDENT HAS ISSUED EVERYONE WHO GETS STAMPED WITH A GUN TO “PATROL”WITH.THAT MEANS LOOKING FOR PEOPLE WHO ESCAPED –LIKE YOURSELF.

PAUL:WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY STAMPED?

PHILLIP:THEY WATCH YOU DIRECTLY FROM THE TOWER.WHERE ARE YOU?

PAUL:NOT QUITE SURE.I THINK IM IN SOUTH DISTRICT

PHILLIP:BUT IT’S THE RAVENS THAT ARE THE REAL PROBLEM

PAUL:TELL ME ABOUT IT.THEIR WATCHING EVERYWHERE FOR ESCAPPES

PHILLIP:KEEP TO THE SHADOWS,THE RAVENS ARE HUNGRY THIS TIME OF DAY

PHILLIP:SOUTH DISTRICT!OH IM SORRY.SO SORRY.

PAUL:WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

PHILLIP:IVE.BEEN.PROMOTED.I HAD TO  PROTECT MY FAMILY.THEY WHERE YOU ARE NOW!RUN!

PAUL:OH GOD TRAITOR[DROPS PHONE]HES REVEALED MY LOCATION

THE ANTAGONIST:THANK YOU PHILLIP, BUT YOU DID NOT HAVE TO BETRAY YOUR FRIEND AFTER ALL.HES ALREADY BEEN TAKEN CARE OF!

PAUL:[LOOKING DOWN AT HAND]GASP!

THE ANTAGONIST:I SPY WITH MY LITTLE EYE[CAMERA ZOOMS ON EYE TATOO IN CENTRE OF HAND)
PAUL:HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?

THE ANTAGONIST:SOMETHING BEGINNING WITH S.

PAUL:I WAS NEVER STAMPED! ITS IMPOSSIBLE!

THE ANATGONIST:DO YOU GIVE UP YET?THE ANSWER TO THE RIDDLE WAS SLEEPING. YOU WERE STAMPED WHILST YOU WERE ASLEEP!

ANTAGONIST:ENJOY YOUR LAST MOMENTS BEFORE THE RAVENS FIND YOU!(SOUND EFFECT OF GUN FIRE)

PHILLIP:RUN!

END-PHONE RINGING SOUND EFFECT.

                                                        Filmskills-how to write a script

This video explains some key tips on how to write a script which I found very valuable when constructing my own product.