Script 1st Draft

SCENE 1 INT. BARKING ABBEY SCHOOL,

SCIENCE LAB. EARLY EVENING.

The camera opens the scene with a few shots of MARIE and JOHNNY, getting a bit too intimate and slightly sexual. A sense of panic overcomes MARIE as she starts to worry about her boyfriend ALFIE.

MARIE: JOHNNY babe, we’ve got to stop now. It’s getting a bit too much. Imagine if ALFIE finds out, he’ll kill me.

JOHNNY smiles and goes to kiss her neck and MARIE pushes him away.

MARIE: JOHN, honestly you don’t know what he’s like when he loses it, I don’t know if I can deal with it anymore.

JOHNNY: Babe, stop being so worried about him all the time. The kid’s a pyhsco I don’t know why you’re even with him.

MARIE: Listen, it’s not as easy looks ok. Sorry, I’ve got to go now.

JOHNNY: makes his way towards the door, seeming rather frustrated. He goes to open it to find it has been locked. He shakes it and tries to open, still with no luck.

MARIE: Stop messing with me JOHNNY.

JOHNNY tries to open it again still with no luck. He shakes the door and then the lights trip out. (Both JOHNNY and MARIE let out screams.) You can hear the taps start to drip and the chemical trays start to shake. The sound of footsteps can be slightly heard.

JOHNNY: MARIE stop moving we need to think of something ok.

MARIE: Sorry I’m just trying to find another light or something.

Footsteps sounds are heard slightly again.

JOHNNY: MARIE I said stop moving for a minute ok.

MARIE: JOHNNY that wasn’t me, I haven’t moved

The lights flicker and come back on. JOHNNY and MARIE look at each other with a confused look over their faces. They both start walking around the classroom in a stressed daze, looking for anything.

MARIE: JOHNNY!

JOHNNY shoots MARIE an unimpressed expression and casually strolls over to where she is standing in the door way of the cupboard. He looks over her shoulder to see a can of petrol and matches lying across the floor.

JOHNNY: (Speaking to MARIE like she’s a child) We are in a science lab. Ever go through your head it’s probably one of their stupid experiments they haven’t put away properly.

JOHNNY shakes his head and walks off, leaving the scene to fade out.

Newspaper report

SCENE 2EXT. SCHOOL PLAYGROUND. DAY

ALFIE is sitting on the bench looking extremely upset and mournful.

VOICE OVERBarking Abbey School went up in flames last night after fire, took a blaze to the school science labs. Sadly, two pupils of the school’s sixth form died in the fire, yet are still unable to be identified. It is thought this fire could have been a planned arson, according to reporters on the site this morning….(Fades out).

SCENE 3INT. BARKING ABBEY SCHOOL, CORRIDORS AND CLASSROOMS. DAY.

This scene shows multiple flashbacks of JOHNNY and MARIE innocently flirting and spending time together, whilst ALFIE looks on a distance.

SCENE 4EXT. SCHOOL PLAYGROUND. DAY.

ALFIE and MARIE are walking across the playground together and an argument is beginning to arise.

ALFIE: don’t care if all the girls are going your not. Why do you wanna go out if I’m not there anyways you no that club is always full of boys.

MARIE: But Alf…(He interrupts her).

ALFIE: Not a chance MARIE, if I can’t go nor can you.

MARIE’s phone begins to ring and she answers it.

MARIE: Hey babe….. (Giggles)…yeh I’m fine…I’m just a bit busy at the moment ok babe, I’ll call you back! (Giggles and hangs up the phone).

ALFIE: And who was that?

MARIE: Just one of the girl’s babe. (MARIE looks in her bag and realises she has forgotton something.) Ah crap! Babe take my bag I just gotta run back and get my book I left in class ok.

MARIE passes ALFIE her bag and runs back. Once out of sight ALFIE goes into her bag and pulls out her phone. He goes to the latest calls were he see’s the last received call was JOHNNY.

SCENE 5EXT. SCHOOL PLAYGROUND. DAY.

ALFIE is still sitting on the bench looking distressed now, (same as SCENE 3) and holding the picture.