Exercise 5 - Write a 2-3 page script for our script idea
Hobbies Apart
By
Luke Curno
EXT. Looking up the lane, car advancing down the track – Early Dawn
Paddy: Nearing the destination Paddy switches off the engine and cautiously rolls the car along the path to a clear vantage point, glancing in the rear view mirror to check all is clear, he manoeuvres himself into a suitable position for a clearer view through the windscreen. He opens the window to listen out for any noises in the vicinity, after a short while he is startled when he hears the crunching of leaves, the sound is becoming louder and closer to Paddy’s car. Suddenly Paddy hears a loud crunch as Camerons Friend (Phil) trips over a large tree branch and rolls into the middle of the path.
Paddy
That was too close for comfort
Paddy looks all around him to discover what the noise was, he notices Phil getting up off the ground through the rear view mirror, Paddy watches as Phil starts to near the back of his car, Paddy turns to look out of the left wing mirror, Phil casts a shadow over the car as he walks past, Paddy shrinks into his seat as he see’s Phil walking very close to the car window. Phil starts to whistle to himself before disappearing out of site further down the lane.
Paddy reaches for the glove compartment, he pulls out a pair of old binoculars and slowly but quietly opens the door, he walks around to the boot where he finds a mac, placing the tracker into the boot of the car he pulls the jacket over him, zipping it all the way up to escape the cold air and shuts the boot (leaving the tracker in the car).
Paddy
Bloody weather! Last I heard it was summer round here.
The wind picks up and a few leaves slap into Paddy’s face as he walks around the corner, sticking to his chest for a few seconds before he brushes them away, he notices two cars up ahead, he positions himself behind a tree, looking out through a gap in the oak with the binoculars, once focused he notices Cameron’s car as well as the car that dropped Cameron off a few days before, making Paddy question who he came into contact with earlier.
Scanning the area with the binoculars, Paddy notices that one of the boots of the cars is wide open, next thing he sees is someone wearing a snoot, covering their face, wearing camo gear, they are walking out of the woodlands towards the scene, he watches as they remove a mallet from the boot and close it over, before heading back into the woods.
By this point Paddy’s heart is racing, quietly getting up of the ground, he cautiously makes his way to the entrance where the camouflaged man entered into the woods. Paddy wants to follow them into the woodlands; he turns to look at both cars and then thinks to himself perhaps the mysterious man was Cameron.
Paddy enters into the woodlands making his way through the crunching leaves, across the river and down beneath the ground into a dark cave. Out the other end of the tunnel, he notices the camouflaged man at the top of the hill waving the mallet he retrieved from the car earlier. Paddy can’t work out who the man is and so scans the area to try and find out who he is waving at, could he be trying to signal the fact that Paddy has been following him. By this point Paddy has taken cover behind a granite rock, he pokes his head up to check out the area but he’s too late, the man has disappeared.
Paddy
Where did they go?
Paddy thinks to himself that the mysterious man must have headed over the back of the hill, perhaps that is where some suspicious activity is taking place, he starts to become puzzled asking himself about why they would need a mallet in the woodlands. He starts to climb the hill, at the top he spots smoke rising out of the treetops, this arouses Paddy’s suspicions thinking, could they be burning evidence of something illegal.
Paddy’s mind starts to work overtime; he wants to get a closer look, travel through the woodlands to find out where the smoke is coming from. He comes across a small clearing positioned a few hundred feet from the bottom of the hill, shaking but aware of his surroundings, Paddy overhears chatter further up the valley.
Cameron’s friend
Whack the head… pack it a punch
Cameron
Ouchhh, stop what the hell are you doing
Cameron’s friend
You asked me to whack the head, my fingers slipped
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