Screenplay

UNTITLTED
Screenplay by Diana Patharai
09/02/10

FADE IN

INT. RILEYS KITCHEN – TABLE

EXTREME CLOSE-UP
of Riley with her eyes closed

Riley opens eyes to reveal a pair of blue eyes, bloodshot and tired looking staring straight ahead
’Moonlight Sonata’ by Beethoven (soundtrack) starts to play faintly

CAMERA VERY SLOWLY ZOOMS OUT

As the camera zooms out to reveal more of her expressionless face, we see slightly smudged lipstick and several day old make-up then un-brushed hair as it turns into a close-up

DETECTIVE LAX ( V.O)
How long ago did you find out

MEDIUM CLOSE-UP CA
Hands in elegant red leather gloves searching through papers on top of a desk which stop when finds and picks up a folded up piece of paper which is unfolded to reveal handwritten letter which is then slowly crushed with the hands

BACK TO RILEY

As the camera continues to zoom out, we see Riley putting a glass of red wine to her lips and hold it there a few seconds before taking a sip and removing it out of the frame

RILEY (V.O)
When it was too late

Riley is now in a medium-close up by this point, showing her creased formal clothes and the elegant necklace around her neck as she picks her glass of wine up again and takes another sip

DETECTIVE LAX ( V.O)
Why didn’t you talk to someone

MEDIUM CLOSE-UP CA
Phone flashing on the table, caller ID comes up as ‘LIAR’, with the background out of focus until it stops ringing and we have a deep depth of field showing a shadow standing looking away from the phone which is not in focus anymore

BACK TO RILEY

By this point Riley in a medium long shot with the camera still very slowly zooming out , showing her sitting at a table with the top of what appears to be a mysterious object on the table to her left and a bottle of wine in her hand to her right as she takes another sip

RILEY (V.O)
I wanted to play along with their game…

Riley is now in a proper long shot, revealing the mysterious object next to her is another body sitting at the table with its head down in a pool of glistening red blood – her blank face suddenly shows a smile as her eyes widen

CUT TO BLACK SCREEN

RILEY (V.O)
…and I won.

Soundtrack volume increases and becomes dominant (volume increase from 2:10 time of soundtrack)

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