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16.1
DJ ADVERTISING THE 'COPS AND ROBBERS' THEME NIGHT AT
THE VENUE
(THIS WILL BE USED FOR 4.1.2)
CHARACTERS:
1. FOR 4.1.2.12 ....still no news on the appalling
events of Halloween night where one of our students lost her
life in a tragic bloodthirsty battle which the police are still
investigating.... which reminds me: Bonfire Night is approaching,
tonight it's cops and robbers theme night at the Venue…
2. FOR 4.1.2.19 DJ SMOOTH …. and your favourite
DJ, (me) will be mixing some toons on the table. Come on out
we're calling on all you pigs out there to get down and dirty.
If you're really good, we'll throw in some donuts as freebies...and
to get you into the mood, how about some noise?
3. (DJ to improvise intro)
16.2
'COPS AND ROBBERS' THEME NIGHT ('MONDAY') 8pm.
Characters: Tyra, Lisette.
INTERIOR. TYRA'S BEDROOM.
CHARACTERS:
TYRA AND LISETTE ARE GETTING READY TO GO OUT. THEY ARE
EXCITED. THEY DON'T LIKE EACH OTHER. LISETTE IS AT THE MIRROR,
TRYING ON TYRA'S DRESS.
TECHNICAL NOTE 1: THE SOUND CENTRE REQUIRES 'WE GO WITH'
LISETTE. THIS ENLIVENS THE SCENE (RATHER THAN THE TWO CHARACTERS
AT POSITION THREE.)
TECHNICAL NOTE 2: LISETTE IS BY THE MIRROR.
TECHNICAL NOTE 3: DJ (RECORDED 4.1.1) CAN BE HEARD ON THE RADIO
IN THE BACKGROUND.
1. TYRA: (Lisette is trying on the dress) Watch out
Lisette! You're going to rip it!
2. LISETTE: (struggling) Hey! I can fit into this silky
stripy dress, no problem.(She continues to struggle - getting
into the dress.)
3. TYRA: Yeah, I hope so. I love that dress. It's really expensive.
Here, let me do it. (Goes over to the mirror in heels and
starts tugging on Lisette's dress).
4. LISETTE: Get off me, Tyra! You'll mess my up my lipstick.
5. TYRA: Hmmm, I was going to redo that for you as well. (Tyra
backs further away again.) You look like a clown.
6. LISETTE: (under her breath) Fashion-troll!
7. TYRA: The colour is too dark. You've smudged it all over your
face.
8. LISETTE: Will you just chill? There. That looks nice. See?
9. TYRA: Sure. For a size 14 trying to squeeze into a size 10...
(Tyra starts rummaging in the dressing table) Lipstick
Where is it? This drawer......
10. LISETTE: You can talk! You make Jennifer Lopez's posterior
look rather inferior.
11. TYRA: Enough! Chancer likes big booty! He loves it. In fact,
I think he's tasty! He wants me. Everyone wants me. (prompted
by what she hears on the radio) Hey! Turn the radio up!
12. FX: DJ ON RADIO ....still no news on the appalling events
of Hallowe'en night where one of our students lost her life in
a tragic bloodthirsty battle which the police are still investigating....
which reminds me: Bonfire Night is approaching, tonight it's
'cops and robbers' theme night at the Venue… (THIS TO
BE TIMED WITH RADIO BEING TURNED OFF AT 13)
13. TYRA: (interrupting over the last sentence) We know
about tonight!
14. LISETTE: Will you hurry up!? I'm almost done.
15. TYRA: Yep. Hope Chancer hits on me.
16. LISETTE: Wanna borrow my wonderbra to maximize your chances?
17. TYRA: (offended) That won't be necessary, thanks.
18. LISETTE: Hmmmm…
19. DJ SMOOTH …. and your favourite DJ, (me) will be mixing
some toons on the table. Come on out we're calling on all you
pigs out there to get down and dirty. If you're really good,
we'll throw in some donuts as freebies...and to get you into
the mood, how about some
16.3
'COPS AND ROBBERS' THEME NIGHT ('MONDAY') 8.15pm. Characters:
Aurora, Brenton
INTERIOR - TUNNEL ROOM
CHARACTERS:
BRENTON AND AURORA ARE CARRYING OUT ORDERS FROM MORPHEUS
FOR THE UPCOMING KIDNAP.
THEY ARE TO BUILD A CAGE THAT TYRA WILL BE TRAPPED IN.
IT'S DIFFICULT AND THEY ARE ANNOYED.
THERE IS (RESTRAINED) BANGING AND CLANGING THROUGHOUT THE
SCENE.
TECHNICAL NOTE 1 - RECORD WILDTRACK 'BANGING AND CLANGING'
. 'DOOR FAIL' EFFECT IMPORTANT.
TECHNICAL NOTE 2 - POSTPRODUCTION : BALANCING THE WILDTRACK
'BANGING AND CLANGING' AGAINST THE DIALOGUE HAS TO BE DONE CAREFULLY
SO THAT ALL THE WORDS COME THROUGH CLEARLY, AND SO THAT THE 'BANGING
AND CLANGING' ELEMENTS ARE LOGICAL AND MEANINGFUL WITH THE DIALOGUE.
SO SOME INDIVIDUAL 'BANGING AND CLANGING' EFFECTS TO BE RECORDED
SO THAT THIS GIVES OPPORTUNITY IN POSTPRODUCTION.
ACTING AND DIRECTING NOTE: AURORA AND BRENTON MUST THINK
OUT THE LOGIC OF THESE MOVEMENTS AND 'UMMS' (REACTIONS). SO THAT
THERE ARE DETAILED SHORT LOGICAL SEQUENCES OF ACTION. (AND NOT
REPETITIVE AND GENERALISED GRUNTING.
1. AURORA: This stupid door won't fit on. (She forces the
hinges.)
2. BRENTON: That's because the hinges weren't welded on properly,
you flunk!
3. AURORA: (sarcastic) Weld them on properly again, smarty!
(SMASH) (frustrated - Brenton working at the door and
hinges)- you didn't tell me why Morpheus is making us do
this. What's the idea this time? We're going to wipe out the
whole of Cantebury again?
4. BRENTON: I told you. We're making a cage to kidnap Tyra in.
Pliers?
5. AURORA: (hands him pliers) Tyra? What's she ever done
to Morpheus?
6. BRENTON: She's keen on Chancer. You know Morpheus is well
touchy about that.
7. AURORA: I wonder why he's so protective over him? Maybe he
digs Chancer too!?! Pointy thingie, please.
8. BRENTON: (hands her the screwdriver) As if! Nah, I'm
sure he's straight. Wasn't he married once?
9. AURORA: Yeah. So was Elton John… Anyway, I wouldn't mind
a quickie with Chancer. I don't want her getting those perfectly
manicured hands all over him. Gimme the hammer.
10. BRENTON: You're always going for guys well out of your league!
Then rejected!
( AURORA STARTS WORKING ANGRILY )
11. BRENTON: And stop screwing around with that nail. It's crooked!
Gimme!
12. AURORA: (objecting) I'm doing it. Pass me the electric.
13. BRENTON: (sniggers) Here Madam. (passes her the
tool).
(HUM OF POWER TOOL. STOP TOOL DURING THE FOLLOWING)
14. AURORA: So why's he kidnapping her? Why doesn't he just eat
her like everybody else?
15. AURORA: Wants something from her 'magical' little friends.Don't
really know. Let's try the door again.
16. DOOR FAILS AGAIN. BOTH ARE FRUSTRATED.
17. FAST FADE OUT.
16.4
'COPS AND ROBBERS' THEME NIGHT ('MONDAY') 1.45am.
TECHNICAL NOTE 1 - 'WE GO WITH' LISETTE FOR THESE LOCATIONS
IN THIS SCENE - (1) DJ'S BOOTH, (2) WALKING OFF INTO THE EVENT
AND MEETING CHARITY.
INTERIOR. DJ'S BOOTH OPEN TO THE AUDIENCE - VENUE ATMOS
CHARACTERS: DJ, Lisette, Charity
1. FADE IN MUSIC - Pink Floyd, 'Another Brick in The
Wall' CHORUS FOR DJ AND THEN FADE DOWN AS MUSIC BED ('We don't
need no education, we don't need no thought control, no dark
sarcasm in the classroom, teachers leave the kids alone')
2. DJ: (over the mic to the audience) That's right,
cops and robbers, we don't need no education, leave those kids
alone!...especially you cops out there. There's nothing like
a bunch of babes in uniform...grrr...(to passer by) nice
helmet! Hope you're enjoying yourselves tonight... (Lisette
is tugging at his sleeve) (CLOSE UP - POSITION 2 FOR DJ
AND LISETTE) What? What do you want? Can't you see I'm tending
to my fans?
3. LISETTE: Have you seen my friend, Tyra? I can't find her.
Can you put a call out?
4. DJ: And say what? Seen a chick named Tyra - dressed as Myra
Hindley? I'm a DJ, not a private investigator. (back to mic)
So, once again, bunk up with your cellmates and get yourselves
into trouble!
5. LISETTE: ('WE GO WITH' - MOVING OFF FROM DJ'S BOOTH OUT
INTO THE EVENT) Thanks for nothing, wiseguy! (walks on
and calls back to DJ) And by the way, she's a cop, not a
robber. (seeing Charity) Hey! Chazza, what's up?
6. CHARITY: (approaching her, with banter) Lizzy! Nice
dress by the way, would have looked really good last season.
(As we know from the first scene, this is Tyra's dress.)
7. LISETTE: Might give it to you when I'm done with it. (It's
Tyra's dress already - that's the joke.) Tyra. I can't find
her. You seen her?
8. CHARITY: Nope. Last spotted walking out with some hunky guy...
Leather jacket, tight jeans, black boots. Might wanna check the
toilets, I heard some groaning in there earlier.
9. LISETTE: 'Kay, thanks for nothing. (walking off)
10. (FAST FADE DOWN )
16.5
INTERIOR. DJ'S BOOTH OPEN TO THE AUDIENCE
CHARACTERS:
1. DJ: Alright everyone! DJ Smooth's in da house! (cheer)
Y'all having fun? (cheer) I can see some nice moves out
there. Surely some of those can't be legal? Keep 'em coming,
next up we have 'Deathwish' by Police…
2. (FAST FADE DOWN )
16.6
TECHNICAL NOTE 1 - 'WE GO WITH' LISETTE
INTERIOR. WOMEN'S BATHROOM
CHARACTERS: Lisette, Girl in bathroom
1. FX. BATHROOM DOOR OPENING
2. LISETTE: (moving into bathroom) Tyra? You in here?
3. GIRL IN BATHROOM: (calling over cubicle) No, she's
not. But I saw her walk out with this hot geezer ages ago.She
was definitely on the pull. My guess is, you won't see her till
tomorrow.
4. LISETTE: (moving out and into Venue atmos) 'Kay, thanks.
(to herself) Shoot. Where could she be? I wonder if anything's
happened?
5.FX. CROSSFADE WITH FOLLOWING SCENE
16.7
INTERIOR. DJ'S BOOTH OPEN TO THE AUDIENCE
CHARACTERS:
1. DJ: Alright, yo! Wrap it up cops and robbers. It's almost
2 o'clock! Time to go! Don't you have each other's beds to go
home to?! Well, whatever you do, don't get yourselves arrested.
2. FX. STEEP FADE OUT
16.8
'COPS AND ROBBERS' THEME NIGHT ('MONDAY') 2 am.
INTERIOR - TUNNEL
CHARACTERS: Tyra, Morpheus.
NOTE: TYRA IS FRIGHTENED, GAGGED, AGITATED AND MUTTERING THROUGH
THE GAG. SHE'S NOT SCREAMING, BUT ALMOST.
1. FX. THREATENING MUSIC FADE UP AND THEN FADE UNDER THE
DIALOGUE - AT END OF SCENE FADE MUSIC UP AND OUT.
2. MORPHEUS: Oooooh....Well, well, well - what have we here?
A poor helpless thaumatological damsel in distress? How splendid.
Welcome to the forces of darkness. Here, the strong (that's me)
rule the weak (that's you).
3. TYRA: (stifled) Mmmmmm.....
4. MORPHEUS: Do stop going on in that way, you're aggravating
my migraine. You're really being quite overdramatic. It's very
simple. I've captured you because I require your assistance for
a rather exceptional contrivance I've been preparing.....
5. TYRA: Mmm......oh oo elll (Go to hell...)
6. MORPHEUS: What's that you say? Go to hell? Ha! Been there,
done that!
7. FADE MUSIC UP AND OUT.
(END OF EPISODE 16)
EPISODE 17
17.1
'TUESDAY' - DAY AFTER 'COPS AND ROBBERS' THEME NIGHT 9am.
INTERIOR: CHARITY'S KITCHEN
CHARACTERS: Charity, Penelope.
ATMOS OF CHARITY'S KITCHEN. THE KETTLE IS BOILING. SOMETHING
IS FRYING. EARLY MORNING. CHARITY IS WITH PENELOPE. CHARITY WALKS
AROUND KITCHEN MAKING BREAKFAST, POURING COFFEE, FLIPPING EGGS
OVER, OPENING MICROWAVE DOOR ETC. CHARI'TY'S FRIEND IS SITTING
AT THE TABLE.
1. CHARITY: White with sugar?
2. PENELOPE: No, black without.
3. CHARITY: You'd think I would know that by now! Gosh, I'm so
tired. Why are we up again?
4. PENELOPE: We're going to study. (Doorbell rings) Remember?
5. CHARITY: Oh yes.... That rings a bell. (goes to door)
6. PENELOPE: Too early for puns, Chaz. But nice one.
7. CHARITY: (Opens door- outside acoustic) Thanks.
8. PENELOPE: Expecting someone? Bit early, isn't it?
9. CHARITY: Oh! It's a parcel. (looking out and around) Hello?
Hello? (shuts door) Strange. Nobody there. (Walks back to table)
10. PENELOPE: Is it for you?
11. CHARITY: Looks like it. Box of chocolates? Don't recognise
the handwriting though. Looks like it has been written with a
fountain pen! Purple ink! Quaint! (Microwave pings)
12. PENELOPE: Come on then! Open it.
13. CHARITY: But who's it from? Eggs?
14. PENELOPE: Who's Eggs?
15. CHARITY: No, dummy! Eggs?
16. PENELOPE: Oh! Sorry. Yes, two. Come on then - you won't know
who it's from unless you open it. (Charity serves up breakfast).
17. CHARITY: (teasing) Or..... I could wait till after breakfast?
18. PENELOPE: (over dramatically, horrified) NO!
19. CHARITY'S: Ok! Alright! PENELOPE, you really need to get
out more! Here goes...
STRAIGHT CUT INTO 4.2.2
17.2
'TUESDAY' - DAY AFTER 'COPS AND ROBBERS' THEME NIGHT 9.15
am.
INTERIOR:
CHARACTERS: Morpheus, Tyra.
TUNNELS ATMOS. 9.30 TUESDAY MORNING. TYRA STILL GAGGED.
20. MORPHEUS: And thus on the eve of Guy Fawkes (who, coincidentally,
I had lunch with in 1605), when the bonfire has been assembled,
the lovingly fashioned cage (built by my gruesome twosome) will
make its way from the tunnels to the centre of the timber pyre
in Augustine's Abbey. At that point, you will be coaxed inside
it, and be on your best behaviour until we have retrieved the
potion from your friends.
21. TYRA: (muffled through gag) uh oh hun? (The potion?)
22. MORPHEUS: That's "the uh oh hun, master" to you.
(sternly) Yes, the potion. Why are you giving me the impression
that you're not listening? And pass me that weekly copy of the
Haemorrhage. I haven't read the vampire news for decades-literally.
23. TYRA: Mmmm......gg.......frr..ss.r.........
24. MORPHEUS: What's that? Articulate. Oh, you're gagged. Of
course. Right, well if you're an obedient captive, I will remove
the cords for you. De Acuerdo?
25. TYRA: (muffled) Uh-huh. (he removes gag. Her voice is tired,
she has been struggling for ages. Her voice is still gurgling
a bit..). Thank you.
26. SPOT: NEWSPAPER RUSTLE AS HE TURNS THE PAGE.
27. MORPHEUS: (Referring to paper) Ugh. Dusty! (turns another
page) Oh pump! A curse has defanged Theodore. Shame. Nevermind,
rumour had it he'd overdosed on a particularly bad cultivation
of white blood cells. That'll teach him. (back toTyra) What did
you say?
28. TYRA: (tired, bored of his formalities) Sir, I was listening.
That's not at all the way......
29. MORPHEUS: That's Master, I was listening….
30. TYRA: (mumbling, a bit scared but still groggy) Please mister....
31. MORPHEUS: Master!
32. TYRA: Master, what potion?
33. MORPHEUS: Oh yes, my ingenious scheme! The potion that your
little friends are making for yours truly, of course. The one
which will make me immune to light and heat long enough to come
out on Guy Fawke's night and....and.....well, the rest is for
me to know and you to find out. (to himself, pleased with his
plan, giggles) How devilish.
34. TYRA: Is that a threat?
35. MORPHEUS: Most definitely. Scared, aren't you?
36. TYRA: Well, yes, a little bit actually. But you've a fatal
flaw. My "little friends" will notice I'm gone, they'll
look for me, won't they?
37. MORPHEUS: Probably not. In fact, that cute little blonde
with a perk pair of…personalities(!?)is reading a note from
me as we speak.....
38. TYRA: (quietly) Charity!
39. MORPHEUS: ....and if she has any reasoning at all, she won't
be looking for you until the time is right. And I shall decide
when that is. Clever, aren't I? (He gets up from chair)... (louder)
Aren't I?
40. TYRA: (under her breath) Yes, master.
SILENCE. HE KEEPS READING THE PAPER. CROSSFADE FROM ATMOS TO
A FEW SECONDS OF SCARY "WARNING/SUSPENSE" MUSIC. EG:
JAWS!
17.3
'TUESDAY' - DAY AFTER 'COPS AND ROBBERS' THEME NIGHT 9.30
am.
INTERIOR: CHARITY'S KITCHEN
CHARACTERS: Charity, Penelope.
CHARITY'S KITCHEN. STRAIGHT AFTER PREVIOUS SCENE. CHARITY IS
PANICKING. SHE'S PACING UP AND DOWN.
1. PENELOPE: You opened it without me! How rude!? So what's in
the parcel? Oh. Chaz? What's up? Why are you pacing like that?
Stop pacing!
2. CHARITY: (gasp) I don't believe it! I can't believe this!
3. PENELOPE: Hey! STOP PACING. Snap out of it. What's going on?
You like the chocolates?
4. CHARITY: Chocolates?! I wish! That was a tape recorder with
a message inside. Tyra has been kidnapped!
5. PENELOPE: What? Kidnapped? What for?! Who sent the message?
6. CHARITY: No idea, they made it clear they meant business.
Go and get Professor Williams right away for me.
7. PENELOPE: You're freaking me out!
8. CHARITY: Well, listen to what's on the tape.....
9. FX: RECORDED VOICE OF MORPHEUS: (scary underscoring music)
My dear Charity. Beyond the world that you know and love live
greater people. We thrive on human blood for survival. Thick
and warm, sweet and runny. Fresh from the vein. Fuelled by True
Hunger, our appetites increase. Your friend the rather yummy
Tyra is by side, and she assures me your utmost will to cooperate
with my demands. By tomorrow, dusk, I necessitate a potion to
make me immune to heat and light. Do not ask yourself why, merely
execute the task. A follower of mine will knock thrice on your
door to retrieve the concoction. Further instructions will follow.
MUSIC BRIDGE. THE VOICE OF MORPHEUS CONTINUES BUT THE ACOUSTIC
CHANGES INTO THE TUNNELS SO THAT WE GO WITH MORPHEUS. 4.2.4b
GUY FAWKES NIGHT - EMILY HORWICH
17.4
WE ARE WITH MORPHEUS IN THE TUNNELS.
SAME MESSAGE AS 4.2.3, BUT FROM THE TUNNELS AS HE TAPED IT.
CHARACTERS:
MORPHEUS: .....Should you fail to fulfil my request, you shall
live the rest of your days in extreme discomfort. Mark my words
carefully, make your decision within the space of seven breaths.
Time is precious, as is your friend's life - is that not so?
Yours, Morpheus.
EXTENDED MUSIC STING WITH A RISE IN CLIMAX AS MENACE OF SPEECH
CLIMAXES. JAWS-LIKE MUSIC AGAIN FROM 4.2.2.
17.5
'TUESDAY' - DAY AFTER 'COPS AND ROBBERS' THEME NIGHT 10am.
INTERIOR: CHARITY'S KITCHEN
CHARACTERS: Charity, Mrs. Williams.
CHARITY'S KITCHEN ATMOS. WE HEAR THE CLICK OF THE STOP FUNCTION
AS SHE TURNS OFF THE TAPE RECORDER. CHARITY IS SOBBING.
1. CHARITY: (repeating)... time is precious...
2. MRS WILLIAMS: (establishing presence) Hmmm...
3. CHARITY: What do I do now, Mrs Williams? Who is it from?
4. MRS WILLIAMS: Never you mind. I've a pretty good idea. Right,
so we need to make a potion which makes "one" immune
to heat and light.
5. CHARITY: But, Professor W....
6. MRS WILLIAMS: Shoot. You're not meant to do that until your
third year.
7. CHARITY: Surely we're not going to.....
8. MRS WILLIAMS: It's very complicated, and I have never made
it in under a week before.
9. CHARITY: You don't mean.....!?
10. MRS WILLIAMS: We had better get a move on.
11. CHARITY: We're just going ahead with this psycho's demands!?
12. MRS. WILLIAMS: I recommend you follow my instructions. Trust
me on this one. Consider your seven breaths up, your decision
is made. How do you plead in the face of danger?
13. CHARITY: (nonchalantly) Me? Well, I laugh in the face of
danger...
14. MRS WILLIAMS: That's good!
15. CHARITY: …..and then I hide until it goes away….
16. MRS. WILLIAMS: Ah. We'll work on that. We have to get through
this the only way we know how, with a lot of magic!
17. CHARITY: Got it.
18. MRS. WILLIAMS: And one last thing...
19. CHARITY: Yes?
20. MRS. WILLIAMS: (silence) No one to know about this. We will
not involve the police, clear?
21. CHARITY: Crystal. Yes.
22. MRS. WILLIAMS: Good. Well, time is precious, he's right.
Let's go.
23. CHARITY: Go?
24. MRS WILLIAMS: Yes, go! Down to the lab. We need Justin's
help. Hurry up! (They start gathering things together and we
hear banging and clashing of kitchen utensils as well as footsteps
as they rush around frantically.) Bring your wand and polish
your cauldron. We're going to make sparks fly.
DOOR SLAMS BEHIND THEM AS THEY LEAVE. SILENCE.
(END OF EPISODE 17)
EPISODE 18
18.1
'WEDNESDAY' - TWO DAYS AFTER 'COPS AND ROBBERS' THEME NIGHT
8am.
INTERIOR: CHEMISTRY LAB
CHARACTERS: Mrs. Williams, Charity.
CHEMISTRY LAB ATMOS. THE TENSION IS HIGH. THEY'RE DESPERATE.
POTION IS NOT FINISHED. THERE ARE THINGS BUBBLING AWAY, CLINKING
OF GLASS TEST TUBES, PESTLE AND MORTAR ETC. SOUND CENTRE IS WITH
CHARITY.
1. MRS. WILLIAMS: (approach, position 4, Charity is breathing
heavily) Wake up! Hey! Charity, stop snoozing!
2. CHARITY: Huh? Did I doze off?
3. MRS WILLIAMS: Your watch strap mark is embedded on your forehead!
4. CHARITY: That answers that, then!
5. FX: CHAIR SCRAPES AS SHE GETS UP.
6. CHARITY: Cripes! It's 8 O'clock! How is the potion going?
Did you do it?
7. MRS. WILLIAMS: No. It's not going well.
8. CHARITY: (disappointed) Oh.
9. MRS WILLIAMS: I can't do it, I simply don't have enough time.
Justin has run off to get me flameproof spray and ice cubes.
10. CHARITY: Right.....
11. MRS WILLIAMS: Then he has to find me a fire extinguisher.
12. CHARITY: (sleepy) Fire extinguisher?
13. MRS WILLIAMS: (Charity is to react throughout this speech)
The water won't boil, my salt solution won't dissolve,. The water
won't boil because the bunsen burner isn't at its hottest, the
bunsen burner isn't at its hottest because I'm not allowed to
turn it up that high without a regulated fire extinguisher in
the room.
14. CHARITY: I see.
15. MRS. WILLIAMS: Things are really not going my way! You'll
have to negotiate an extension with Morpheus.
16. CHARITY: But, but, we have plenty of time still! The potion's
not due until after nightfall. It's only 8! Come on Mrs. W, we
can do it, right?
17. MRS. WILLIAMS: No, I'm afraid not. We are not born immune
to heat, as you well know! The "light" part of the
spell I can handle, but the "heat" part is a problem.
Won't happen that fast. You must arrange to meet Morpheus. I
will tell you how to get to his lair. Bring a cross.
18. CHARITY: (panicking) Lair!? Is he a lion? I'm...I'm... lionophobic!
You go! A cross!? Why? I don't have one!
19. MRS. WILLIAMS: Because I said so. We agreed you would do
what I say without asking questions? You had better go and buy
a cross now, hadn't you?
20. CHARITY: I can't. The campus shop is shut until 9.
21. MRS. WILLIAMS: So it looks like you're going for a walk into
town. Go on! Off you go. Chop chop. Quick as you can.
CHARITY WALKS TO THE DOOR AND OPENS IT. BRING UP BUBBLING AS
A BRIDGE TO SHOW PASSING OF TIME. FADE IN SOME MUSIC TO UNDERSCORE
UPCOMING SPELL (SEE 4.3.2)
18.2
'WEDNESDAY' - TWO DAYS AFTER 'COPS AND ROBBERS' THEME NIGHT
8.15am.
INTERIOR: CHEMISTRY LAB
CHARACTERS: Mrs. Williams and Justin.
CHEMISTRY LAB. MUSIC IS SHORT AND RISES TO CLIMAX WITH HER
1. MRS WILLIAMS: (making potion, melodramatically) Calling all
the powers that be, help me stew spells, let my mind free. Butterfly
wings? Or nutmeg delight? Fresh pureed ferns? Which one is right?
2. SPOT: LOUD KNOCK ON DOOR ON LAST LINE
3. FX: MUSIC COMES TO END.SILENCE (EXCEPT BUBBLES STILL).
4. MRS. WILLIAMS: (exasperated) Who is it?
5. JUSTIN: (opens door as he speaks) It's me! Justin!
6. MRS. WILLIAMS: Oh, good. Did you get the stuff I asked for?
7. JUSTIN: Where's Charity?
8. MRS. WILLIAMS: Gone to buy a cross. So, get it?
9. JUSTIN: Yes, got it. When will she be back?
10. MRS. WILLIAMS: I don't know. Depends what Morpheus wants
her to do. I sent her to beg for an extension...I just won't
be able to finish this on time. I can't crack it!
11. JUSTIN: So, no improvement on you-know-what then?
12. MRS WILLIAMS: None. Nothing has changed since you left. Will
you peel the sandlewood sticks? Thanks.
13. JUSTIN. Sure. You know, I was thinking.... this might be
really silly.....
14. MRS. WILLIAMS: What?!
15. JUSTIN: Don't laugh if it's wrong.....I don't know much about
magic
16. MRS. WILLIAMS: Yes?
17. JUSTIN: ...... about the heat thing....
18. MRS. WILLIAMS: Come on Justin! Spit it out!
19. JUSTIN: ....rather than trying to create a heat-resistant
spell, would it not be possible to cast a simple burning spell,
right? And contravene it with a stronger counter-spell, like
an antidote? (uncertainly) Mrs. Williams?
20. MRS WILLIAMS: Of course! A double negative! You genius! Why
didn't I think of that?! Brilliant!
21. JUSTIN: But, it's too late. Charity has already left to see
Morpheus?
22. MRS. WILLIAMS: No! She had to go to town to get the cross....so,
run! Go and find her! I'm sure she's not back yet!
23. JUSTIN: Ok, consider it done. See ya'! Good luck.
HE GOES OUT OF THE DOOR, AND WE HEAR HER CHUCKLE WITH DELIGHT
AND THEN TO HERSELF SHE SAYS:
1. MRS WILLIAMS: I'll get on with it.
2. SPOT: SHE STARTS POURING LIQUID FROM ONE CONTAINER (GLASS)
TO THE NEXT. UNDERSCORING MUSIC FOR REST OF SPEECH.
3. MRS WILLIAMS: Ok, Morpheus. Pay-back time. One heat-resistant
potion coming up, mixed with a light-repellent inoculation, and....a
very large dose of sucrose too. (STOP POURING) Not expecting
that, are you?! I don't think there was a contraband to spiking
your potion in Charity's message?
4. SPOT: (WE HEAR A PLOP! (WATERDROP IN SINK?) AND THEN SHE SCREWS
A CAP ON TO A JAR. FOR LAST LINES SHE IS TURNING BUNSEN BURNER
OFF, TEST TUBES STOP BUBBLING, MORE CLINKING OF GLASS AS SHE
TIDIES UP, LIGHT SWITCHES GO OFF...
5. MRS WILLIAMS: Revenge is sweeter than blood...Oh, Abigail,
you are a wicked woman! (Chuckle, makes final spell) Give me
the power, the strength and the might. One for the heat, and
one for the light. The potion you asked for, almost to the T?
What will the sucrose do? Let's wait and see.
MUSIC CLIMAXES AGAIN LIKE FOR FIRST SPELL EARLIER ON.
18.3
'WEDNESDAY' - TWO DAYS AFTER 'COPS AND ROBBERS' THEME NIGHT
10am.
EXTERIOR. ELIOT FOOT PATH
CHARACTERS: Justin, Charity
JUSTIN IS OUT OF BREATH.RUNS TOWARDS CHARITY. THE SOUND CENTRE
IS WITH CHARITY, HALFWAY UP THE HILL THROUGHOUT.
1. JUSTIN: Charity! (more running as he approaches and slows
down). Over here, behind you! Charity!Charity!
2. CHARITY: Oh, hey Just. Wazz up?
3. JUSTIN : Been going crazy looking for you. Guess what?
4. CHARITY: (hopefully) This was all a big joke, Tyra is fine,
it was all a dream?
5. JUSTIN: Almost. I found a solution to the spell problem, Professor
Williams is finishing it as we speak. You don't have to see Morpheus!
6. CHARITY: Cool! Thanks. Nice one!
7. JUSTIN: Yes, it is, rather.... so, do I get a reward? A little
kiss, maybe?
8. CHARITY: Not yet, prince charming. I've still got to get the
potion to these freaks, right? My ordeal is not yet over....
9. FX: THE NEXT TWO LINES FADE OUT AS THEY WALK AWAY.
10. JUSTIN: Come on, let's at least go and get a coffee, right?
11. CHARITY: Sure. Oh, and what shall I do with this cross? Do
you want it?
18.4
'WEDNESDAY' - TWO DAYS AFTER 'COPS AND ROBBERS' THEME NIGHT
afternoon.
INTERIOR: VAMPIRES SANDWICH FACTORY & CONVEYOR BELT
CHARACTERS: Morpheus, Brenton, Aurora.
FADE IN THREATENING TUNNEL MUSIC AND ATMOS. BRENTON AND AURORA
ARE MAKING SANDWICHES. FACTORY ATMOS. MORPHEUS IS WATCHING. NOISE
OF CONVEYOR BELT WITH LOTS OF VAMPIRES CHATTERING, SANDWICH WRAPPERS
RUSTLING, AND SANDWICHES MECHANICALLY BEING FILLED UP. (THOUGHTLESSLY)
1. MORPHEUS: So, Brenton? Aurora? You got that?
2. BRENTON AND AURORA: Yes, Master.
3. AURORA: We meet Charity tonight when night has fallen...
4. MORPHEUS: Yes, let's be fashionably late! (grunt) Good. Let
her stew a bit...
5. AURORA: ..and then get the potion and tell her to make more
of it for Guy Fawkes night. She's to meet us at 10 to six at
the abbey, and in return for the rest of the potion, we'll tell
her the whereabouts of Tyra.
6. MORPHEUS: Yes. In the wire mesh cage inside the bonfire. Kinky...
7. BRENTON: (bored) We bring the potion to you. You come out
of the tunnels. You get on with the plan and kill everybody.
8. MORPHEUS: Yes, Exactamente. I'm determined to suck at this
party. Ha! Suck at the party! Clever, aren't I?......(no answer)......aren't
I!!!?
9. AURORA + BRENTON: Yes, your lordship.
10. MORPHEUS: I know. Now quit slacking and get on with those
Egg and Cressesess?!... and stop sucking up to me....ha ha ha
ha! There I go again!...
(END OF EPISODE 18)
EPISODE 19
19.1
CHARACTERS:
DUSK. CHARITY IS WAITING BY THE ABBEY, NEAR THE OLD DOOR AWAY
FROM THE BONFIRE. WE CAN HEAR HER THINKING TO HERSELF, PACING
OCCASIONALLY.
1. CHARITY: (anxious, babbling) Oh my goodness, it's almost ten
to six. I'm so nervous! This abbey's a bit creepy... walls are
crumbling down and the weeds are growing up through the cracks...dodgy!
I hope this Brenton and Aurora come soon. What if they're armed?
There's no-one around to help me, the party hasn't even started
yet! I'm probably being silly, they were alright yesterday. Gosh,
that bonfire's going to be huge! You could fit a whole person
inside it! Come on, vampire freaks, where are you? I'm ready
for you! As long as I save Tyra, everything will be fine...
EXTRA-DIAGETIC MUSIC (FRIGHTENING) UNDER HER MONOLOGUE AS A STING.
RISES TO CLIMAX.
19.2
CHARACTERS:
BRENTON AND AURORA ARE APPROACHING TOWARDS CHARITY. WE ARE
WITH THEM... THEY'RE HURRYING ALONG.
2. BRENTON: Watch where you're going! Aurora!
3. AURORA: It's these shoes! I can't help it.
4. BRENTON: Yes, they were made for cobbled streets in the 18th
Century - not best suited to this occasion.
5. AURORA: All right, all right. Let's get this over with.
6. BRENTON: Stop a moment.
7. SPOT: THEY STOP
8. AURORA: What?
9. BRENTON: So, you did exactly what Morpheus said?
10. AURORA: Affirmative. Nice and snug inside the cage, Tyra,
concealed within the bonfire...all ready to go for 6 O'clock.
11. BRENTON: My guess is, you forgot something. Can't believe
you carried out the task by yourself without messing it up...
12. AURORA: I'll take the bet.
13. CHARITY: (calling and approaching to position 3) Hello? Baddies?
Is that you?
14. AURORA: Oh, Charity. Ok, enough of the sweet-talk, darling.
Give us the potion.
15. BRENTON: (STOP WALKING) Not like that, Aurora! Allow me.
Hello, gorgeous. You're looking good! Nice necklace, looks edible
16. CHARITY: yelp!
17. BRENTON: ...mind if I...
18. AURORA: Hey! Control your animal instincts, Brenton. We're
not here to flirt, we're here to score.
19. BRENTON: I am! I was just about to!
20. AURORA: To score the potion, not the mademoiselle, doofus.
21. CHARITY: You're both very strange. Very strange. And you're
scaring the life out of me.
22. BRENTON: Great. Good. Well, now that we're introduced, let's
get on with the business, shall we?
23. CHARITY: (confident/menacing) Where's Tyra?
24. BRENTON: Oooh Foxy! Tyra! She's hot!
25. AURORA: (shocked whisper) Oy! You just gave it away.
26. BRENTON: (aside, back as whisper) No I didn't.
27. AURORA: (aside, whisper again) Just by saying that she was
hot now everyone knows she's in the bonfire.
28. CHARITY: She's what!!??? (CHARITY RUNS TOWARDS BONFIRE).
Tyra! I'm coming to find you!
29. BRENTON: No I didn't give it away. You said she's in the
bonfire.
30. AURORA: I did not, you started it.....
31. BRENTON: Hey! Look what Charity's doing!
32. FX: THEY BOTH RUN AFTER HER.
33. AURORA: Stop that!
34. FX: THEY RUN OFF.
19.3
CHARACTERS:
35. FX: SCARY MUSIC. DOOM. MEANWHILE BACK IN THE TUNNELS....
CLUNKING NOISES OF MANY VAMPIRES EMPTYING MILK OUT OF BOTTLES.
36. MORPHEUS: Right! Now hurry up with that packaging! We've
got to get all the milk out for all the blood to go in... Can't
very well get away with this if it looks like milk, can we? (GETTING
EXCITED...STARTS CHANTING WITH A BEAT) Come on, milk out, blood
in....milk out, blood in... chant with me, minions!...
37. FX: CHORUS OF VERY OUT OF TUNE AND SQUEAKY VAMPIRES CHANTING
BADLY.
38. MORPHEUS: That's enough! (THEY STOP) Yes, Fernanda?
39. FERNANDA: Well, it's just that, I was wondering if it's time
to go out yet? To expose myself, to get out and about, to wang
it around, to see if the grub's up? You know?
40. MORPHEUS: Oh, I see. You want to go to the bonfire because
you've got the munchies?
41. FERNANDA: That's right. Exactly. So...
42. MORPHEUS: (teases him, then decisively) No, you can't. It's
not time yet. But almost. And it's going to be great when it
happens. Imagine the look on Charity's face when she finds out
her little friend is going to be Mademoiselle Guy Fawkes!...
Keep on with the bottles! And then Tyra dies, you get the potion,
I drink the potion, become immune to heat and light, then I go
out and make this a party to remember....! I'm brilliant. I'm
an absolute genius. Now you say it.... (BARKS) Say it!
FERNANDA: Genius. You're a genius...
MORPHEUS: And I'm brilliant.
FERNANDA: And you're brilliant.
MORPHEUS: Waterloo! It's the Abba special on Top of the Pops
2. I have to go! Now run along.
19.4
CHARACTERS:
AT THE ABBEY. CHARITY IS FRANTICALLY GOING THROUGH THE BONFIRE
LOOKING FOR TYRA. WE ARE WITH BONFIRE.
43. CHARITY: (calling) Tyra? Tyra? Where are you?
44. SPOT: BRENTON AND AURORA ARRIVE AT THE SCENE OUT OF BREATH.
45. AURORA: (menacingly) Hey missus, you forgot something, didn't
you? The deal was we get the rest of the potion, and you get
the girl, correct?
46. CHARITY: (scared, preoccupied, busy rummaging through twigs
and wood looking for Tyra) Yes, yes - here's your potion.
47. BRENTON: (pleased, relieved) Aaaaah.
48. CHARITY: Now can I look for Tyra?
49. AURORA: Yep. Good luck. Have a nice time. In a rush. Off
we go. Bye.
50. BRENTON: Not so fast. What about me and Charity making sweet
music together?....
51. CHARITY: No way!
52. BRENTON: .....We could go for a meal...Come back to mine?
I'll show you my hypodermic collection?
53. CHARITY: Ugh. You're disgusting. (still searching) Tyra?
Tyra?
54. AURORA: (grabbing him and walking away) Get over yourself.
Come on, we have to go. They're going to light the bonfire in
a minute...
55. BRENTON: (Brenton and Aurora start to move off) This is all
getting very hot... (sarcastic) That poor girl...
56. CHARITY: Tyra! Tyra! Where are you?... I'm running out of
time...Tyra! Tyra!
57. BRENTON + AURORA: (from position 4, still moving off) Sing
"Burn baby burn, burn baby burn, disco inferno!".
FADE OUT ON LAST TWO "TYRA!"S AND GO TO SILENCE.
(END OF EPISODE 19)
EPISODE 20
20.1
I
CHARACTERS:
N THE TUNNELS. DRIPPING LOO. MORPHEUS IS PEEING IN THE VAMPIRE
TOILETS...HE'S HAVING A LITTLE GIGGLE TO HIMSELF.
58. MORPHEUS: (absentmindedly singing...) Burn baby burn, diso
inferno! (chuckles to himself)
59. SPOT: TOILET SEAT GOES UP. ZIP COMES DOWN. FIDGETING AROUND
WITH HIS TROUSERS.
60. MORPHEUS: (mimicking girl's voice) Tyra! Tyra! Where are
you? Don't light the fire! I'm scared. Tyra's going to die! Help
me! Help me!....(mimicking presenter's voice over tannoy) It's
show time everybody! Welcome to this year's Guy Fawkes ceremony...
I hear that the display will really be spectacular tonight. Sadly,
the main man was fully booked for tonight...but fear not - we
have found a last minute replacement....(buliding it up, getting
excited) please give her a warm welcome...the star of tonight's
show is... Miss Tyra!!! (giggles after toilet has flushed)
61. FX: TOILET FLUSHES.
62. SPOT: LOUD KNOCK ON DOOR
63. MORPHEUS: (Gasp)!
64. SPOT: THE SOUND OF HIS ZIPPER GOING UP ABRUPTLY.
65. MORPHEUS: (Winces)
66. SPOT: KNOCK ON DOOR AGAIN
67. BRENTON: (from outside) Hello? Morpheus? Are you done in
there? I've got the potion....
68. MORPHEUS: (Winces again.)
FADE TO BLACK.
20.2
CHARACTERS:
BRING IN SOUNDS OF CROWDS, HAPPY PARTY, AND A FEW SMALL FIRECRACKERS.
SOUND OF BONFIRE CRACKLING, CHARITY AND TYRA ARE SIPPING HOT
DRINK.
69. CHARITY: That's alright Tyra, I'm just glad that you're ok.
You've been through a lot!
70. TYRA: Exactly, and they wouldn't lend me a hair brush. I
thought I was going to die!
71. CHARITY: You were going to die...
72. TYRA: Ok, well don't rub it in. You only just got me out
in time remember. Ripping apart that bonfire! Kinda feisty, aren't
you?
73. CHARITY: (defensive) Excuse me! Just trying to save your
life, you could be a little more... Professor Williams! Hi!
74. MRS WILLIAMS: Hello girls! Nice to see you both. Tyra - glad
you could make it. The fireworks are about to start. Over there.
75. FX: FIREWORKS START IN THE DISTANCE.
76. CHARITY: Aren't you coming too?
77. MRS WILLIAMS: Not just yet. There's something else I'm keen
to watch first... and in case you were wondering, it's none of
your business.
BRING UP FIREWORKS AND CROWD GOING OOOH! AAAH! STRAIGHT CUT.
20.3
CHARACTERS:
THE VAMPIRES INCLUDING MORPHEUS ARE SHUFFLING AROUND BY THE
DOORWAY LOOKING AT POTENTIAL PEOPLE TO KILL. WE ARE WITH MORPHEUS.
78. MORPHEUS: Ooooh! Roman Candles! Woooow! Electric Pink!
79. FERNANDA: Busy, isn't it!? Great party. Humans love these
kind of celebrations, eh?
80. MORPHEUS: Orange Sunrise! Ooh, Aaah, Oh! Rather glad we negotiated
that potion, aren't you? Tastes well sweet, but works a treat!
Goldfinger, Starburst and Catherine Wheels too. Mortars and Traffic
Lights, Green, red and blue! I'm starving. How about that stray
student over there?
81. FERNANDA: No way! She's much too thin. President of the anorexic
society. Not worth our while. What about...uhh...? (pointing)
82. MORPHEUS: Don't even think about it. She's onto us. That's
Professor Williams. She looks caring and harmless, but I know
her well. She'll charm you, then harm you, coz you're under her
spell.
83. FERNANDA: Ooooh! And then what?
84. MORPHEUS: I don't know. Can't think of anything that rhymes...
20.4
CHARACTERS:
BACK AT THE BONFIRE. IT'S CRACKLING, PEOPLE ARE LAUGHING,
SIPPING DRINKS, CHATTING, FIREWORKS ARE GOING OFF IN DISTANCE.
85. CHARITY: No, I left Tyra with this bloke she met up at the
fast food stand who appealed to her standards...
86. MRS WILLIAMS: I see... two legs and a....hot dog then?
87. CHARITY: Yes, that's right. Looks like she got over her ordeal
quite fast.
88. MRS WILLIAMS: Indeed!
89. CHARITY: Well, did you find whatever it was you were looking
for?
90. MRS WILLIAMS: Oh yes! I couldn't help myself...(smiles, snickers)
91. CHARITY: Come on - share the joke!
92. MRS WILLIAMS: I was watching Morpheus boast about the victims
he will try and bite to death....
93. CHARITY: Eh!?
94. MRS WILLIAMS: (hesitates)... Charity, by now you've figured
out that Morpheus is the leader of a batch of particularly bloodthirsty
vampires, haven't you? He's not very discreet, really, let's
face it!
95. CHARITY: Something like that, yeah.
96. MRS WILLIAMS: That day I helped you with the potion, I spiked
it with sucrose so his teeth would fall out! And the poor imbecile
has no clue!
97. CHARI|TY: (shocked) Mrs Williams! You never?....How could
you possibly....
STEEP FADE ON END OF CONVERSATION
20.5
CHARACTERS:
MORPHEUS IS IN FOREST-LIKE ATMOS
98. MORPHEUS: Well, little girl. You look lost? What's a lovely
fit young thing like you doing alone in the woods so late?
99. RANDOM GIRL: What every other fit young thing is doing alone
in the woods, moron. I'm hoping to get some... Where are you
from? Pre- history? You don't even look human!
100. MORPHEUS: Now, that's not very nice, is it? I am human!
At least, on my mother's side. From Transylvania actually. Oh,
let's discommode the formalities. Can't be bothered. Hey - don't
look so scared! I don't bite! (TO HIMSELF - CHUCKLE, "cunning!")
I'm trying to get some as well... I'm going to be honest. I'm
frisky and hungry, you're lovely and lonely. The setting is perfect...all
we need now is your gruesome horrible death. Mind if I have a
bite?
101. RANDOM GIRL: (struggling, screams)
102. FX: TEETH FALL OUT.
103. RANDOM GIRL: (frees herself and runs away)
104. MORPHEUS: (with lips over teeth) What the devil is going
on? What the? Come back! I'm going to bite you! Help me pick
up my teeth.
(END OF EPISODE 20) |
