Ap English Drama Script

FADE IN:
EXT. NARROW ALLEYWAY - NIGHT
A quiet sideway street. A lantern throws dim light onto the pavement below it. There’s garbage on the ground. The surroundings look unattractive. We start to hear running footsteps that grow louder. This continues for a split second until --
BANG!!!
A GUNSHOT restores the silence.
INT. GREG’S APARTMENT - BEDROOM/HALL - MORNING
OVER BLACK
A SOUND OF A DOOR BELL BZZZZZZZZZ!
We see GREG (27, a go-getter, successful and arrogant) lying face down in his bed.
BZZZZZZZZZ!
He lifts his head from a pillow looking totally lost. As if asking himself where is he and how did he get here. Finally manages to sit on the bed, holding his head with both hands. After a beat he trudges to the hall and opens the front door. There’s no one there. Only a SHOE BOX on the floor. After some hesitation Greg lifts the

AMANDA
Thank you for your assistance Mr. O’Connor. We’ve got everything we need at the moment. We’ll be in touch with you shortly.
BRIAN
Goodbye Mr. O’Connor.
They rise and Greg walks them to the hall. Brian is carrying the shoe box with the gun.
INT. GREG’S APARTMENT - LIVING ROOM/HALL - EVENING
Greg’s sitting on a sofa with his head in his hands, his eyes closed. There is a half-empty bottle of gin in front of him on the table.
INT. GREG’S APARTMENT LIVING ROOM/KITCHEN - NIGHT
A SERIES OF CUTS to a fast upbeat music:
Greg dressed in a smart suit is barging into his flat together with BECKY (23, pretty). They’re chatting lively. She laughs and touches his chest.
Greg’s in his kitchen pouring rum into glasses. He’s listening to Becky and smiling.
Two lines of cocaine on the credit card. Greg does one line.
Greg and Becky are dancing. Both are very drunk and looking like they’re having the time of their lives.
Greg’s in his kitchen pouring rum into glasses. Becky hugs him from behind.
A PILL is dissolving in the glass with drink.
We see a clinched fist. Slowly it opens to reveal a ROSEBUD.
INT. GREG’S APARTMENT - LIVING ROOM -