Planning: Script

The Rising Sun

Written By

Michael Birkett

Produced and Directed by

Lewis Carr, Michael Birkett

and Jonathan Brookes

1. Ext. Woods – Night/Dusk

The audience immediately find themselves in the shoes of a girl is being chased, she is in her 20s and has blonde hair, She looks back her impulses tell her she is not alone frantically trying to escape the woods, she panics and trips, she now feels trapped and threatened as she has hurt herself.

Then the audience find themselves in the shoes of a heavily breathing man is trailing behind her he sees her on the ground and rushes up to her

SUDDENLY the girl screams, her hand lands on the floor to signify the end of her struggle, the girl is dead. The man walks away whistling a tune.

2. Ext. Woods – Early Morning

The two detectives arrive at the scene of the crime and see the dead girl. They both look at each other with a sense of anger. Detective inspector Barton gets frustrated; he is inexperienced to these types of investigations.

PC Tom Mclaughlin

Morning officers

DCI Barton

Officer

DCI Mullen

Whats the situation?

PC Tom Mclaughlin

There's been a young girl murdered in the woods.

Gap 

We have came to the conclusion that she was murdered at 6AM this morning.

DI Barton

She is Michelle Abbot, she's 22 and from the local area.

DCI Mullen

Ok I want a full investigation!

Cut to a series of newspaper front covers about the case, the final cover tells the audience that a man is in custody but is he the real killer...

3. Int. Interview – Day

JOHN CONOR

Can I go yet?!

DI Barton

No, we have evidence that puts you at the crime scene.

John Conor

Bullshit! It wasn't even there.

DI Barton

(Stands up)

(Slams hands on the desk)

We have witnesses which put you at the crime scene early hours of the morning in question.

DCI Mullen

Ok detective that's enough. So why do you think we have brought you here?

John Conor

Your accusing me of a murder I haven't even fucking committed!!!

DCI Mullen

We've been conductiong this investigation for 5 weeks now and it would be in our best interest if yo ujust admitted the truth.

John Conor

It wasnt fucking me!

DI Barton knocks at the door.



DI Barton

Sir, you better come take a look at this.

DCI Mullen and DI Barton go leave this suspect in the room to go find out the news

DCI Mullen

Whats up?

P.C TOM McGLAUGHIN

We have looked into the suspects

details and this guy seems the

have a water-tight aliby.

Let him go.

DI Barton

Fuck sake!

DCI Mullen

Ok, thankyou

4. Ext. Police station – Day

The suspect leaves the station with the two detectives in rear sight of him.

DI BARTON

I hope to god we havent just

let the real killer go

DCI MULLEN

Me too detective, me too

The killer walks away with a smirk on his face, and begins to whistle a tune.

CREDITS