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Screen Play Of First Scene

FADE FROM BLACK.

In A DARK ALLEWAY.

THREE INDIVIDUALS ARE IN AN ALLEYWAY TOGETHER. ONE INDIVIDUAL IS

PINNED DOWN TO THE FLOOR BY ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL CALLED MAFIA MEMBER 1

WHEREAS THE THIRD INDIVIDUAL CALLED MAFIA MEMBER 2 WATCHES THE

INDIVIDUAL.

MAFIA MEMBER 2: IT’S NOT TOO LATE, YOU KNOW.(MAFIA MEMBER 2 PROCEED

TO STARE DOWN AT THE INDIVIDUAL AS HE LEAN AGAINST THE WALL OF THE

ALLEYWAY)

INDIVIDUAL: NOT TOO LATE FOR WHAT? (INDIVIDUAL TRIES TO RAISE HIS

HEAD SLIGHTLY, BUT MAFIA MEMBER 1 STAMP ON HIS HEAD TO BRING IT TO

DOWN TO THE GROUND. INDIVIDUAL LET OUT A GROAN OF PAIN)

MAFIA MEMBER 2: TO CONFESS YOUR CRIMES. IF YOU DECIDE TO DO IT NOW,

I’LL MIGHT LET YOU OFF THE HOOK.

INDIVIDUAL: (TAKE A DEEP BREATH AND EXHALE IN SLIGHT PAIN) FINE I

DID IT. IT WAS ME THAT RATTLED MICHAEL OUT TO THE COPS. (UPON

HEARING THIS, THE TWO MAFIA MEMBERS EXCHANGED EYE CONTACT WITH EACH

OTHER AS MAFIA MEMBER 2 GIVES THE SIGNAL TO MAFIA MEMBER 1. MAFIA

MEMBER 1 PROCEEDS TO GET A GUN OUT OF HIS JACKET. INDIVIDUAL CATCHES

A GLIMPSE OF THIS.)

INDIVIDUAL: WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!? YOU’RE TAKING BACK YOUR WORD.

(MAFIA MEMBER 1 READY THE GUN INTO POSITION AS HE WAIT FOR THE

SIGNAL FROM MAFIA MEMBER 2.)

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CAMERA CUT TO MAFIA MEMBER 2

MAFIA MEMBER 2: (GET A CIGARETTE OUT OF HIS POCKET AND PUT CIGERATTE

IN HIS MOUTH) I NEVER SIGNED A CONTRACT WITH YOU (MAFIA MEMBER 2

LIGHT UP CIGERATTE AS HE TAKE A PUFF. THIS IS THE SIGNAL THAT MAFIA

MEMBER 1 IS WAITING FOR. GUNSHOT IS HEARD AS MAFIA MEMBER 1 SHOT

INDIVIDUAL)

CAMERCA CUT TO MAFIA MEMBER 1

MAFIA MEMBER 1: I’LL GET THE BAGS AND YOU GET THE CAR READY.HERE’S

THE KEYS. (TOSS KEY TO MAFIA MEMBER 2)

MAFIA MEMBER 2: (MAFIA MEMBER 2 CATCHES KEY, BUT PHONE GOES OFF IN

THE DISTANCE, BOTH MAFIA MEMBERS TRACE THEIR EYES TOWARDS THE NOISE

COMING BEHIND THE TRASHCAN. BOTH MEMBERS WALK TOWARDS THE TRASHCAN)

(MAFIA MEMBER 2 GET THERE FIRST AND GRABBED ONTO MARI’S HAIR AND

YANKED HER OUT BY HER HAIR AND PULLED HER OUT FROM HER HIDING SPOT

BEHIND THE TRASHCAN. MARI SCREAMS IN PAIN WHILE SHE SHOUTED INTO HER

PHONE THAT SHE HOLD IN HER RIGHT HAND WHILE STRUGGLING AGAINST MAFIA

MEMBER 2.)

MARIA: WILL, HELP ME! THEY’RE GOING TO KILL ME! (MAFIA MEMBER 2 PUT

GLOVED HAND OVER HER MOUTH WHILE MAFIA MEMBER 1 SNAP MARI’S PHONE

FROM HER HAND AND HANGED IT. MAFIA MEMBER 1 PROCEED TO PUT PHONE IN

HIS POCKET)