Wednesday, November 19, 2014

9 CIGARETTES STEP OUTLINE


                     A NAMELESS KILLER sits in a home  He is writing
                     a suicide letter.  He just went on a killing
                     spree, all of the bodies are in various places
                     in the house

                     He opens his last pack of cigarettes and declares
                     that by the time he finishes the pack, he will
                     be dead.  He lights the first one and chugs on a
                     bottle of whisky.

                     He writes about how unhappy he is.

                     (GLASS SHATTERS--audio) from her room.  He perks
                     up.  She (SCREAMS--audio).  He jumps off of the
                     barstool. (GUNSHOTS--audio) ring from outside.
                     It sounds like a (RIOT--audio) is rising.
                     Emergency (SIRENS--audio) DRONE.  The moans of
                     the undead (ZOMBIES--audio) can be heard faintly
                     under all of the chaos.  The room glows red, and
                     fills with smoke.  A strange, shadowy DARK FIGURE
                     can be seen manifesting in the haze, but
                     disappears quickly (CREEPY ECHO WHISPERS--audio).
                     He finishes his cigarette and lights another.

               *This should be a sequence of quick-cuts involving rapidly
               disorienting but steady CONTROLLED camera movement.  Think
               something similar to Sam Raimi's signature style... EVIL
               DEAD 2: DEAD BY DAWN is a great example.*

                     The bodies of the people he killed COME BACK TO
                     LIFE.  They are the undead.

                     One by one he takes them down.  The only one he
                     doesn't kill again is the VICTIM he was chasing.
                     It is his former lover. He is literally facing
                     his demons.  They taunt him.

                     The DARK FIGURE, a representation of Death (Grim
                     Reaper) confronts him, telling him he must pay
                     for his crimes.

                     His former lover enters the room.  He decides to
                     let her bite him, so that he will turn into a
                     zombie.  He feels regret for what he has done,
                     and will live out the rest of eternity as a
                     walking corpse.

1 comment:

  1. Great. I can't wait to see how this all comes together on the screen.

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