Script 2nd Draft

'April 7th, 1989. After searching for months, finally I am here. And in good time to, the followers seem to have been getting closer to stopping me. Desmond's hideout appears to have been abandoned for quite a while. It's hard to make things out, but it appears that Desmond's findings are far greater than anything I've ever discovered. This. Changes. Everything. Finally, we might just discover the truth behind the events of the missing days.

I fear I have been followed. If anyone ever finds this, please, reader, you must stop the followers, soon it will be to late ... 


They're here.'


Script Draft


INT. HIDEOUT, PITCH BLACK, CELLAR, 1996

DAVID lights candle. He picks it up, start to light up walls, looking at symbols on the wall, gets out a diary and pencil. 

EXT. FOREST, EVENING, PRESENT DAY

CLARA walking through forest with a map, page and photo, looking at them, finding her way to the abandoned building. 

DAVID (narration):

April 7th, 1996. After searching for months, finally I have found it, and in good time too...

CLARA approaches and enters the building. 

INT. HIDEOUT, PITCH BLACK, CELLAR, 1996

DAVID writing in diary, by candlelight, on floor. 

DAVID (narration) Cont.:

...the followers seem to have been getting closer to stopping me. Desmond's hideout appears to have been abandoned for quite a while. 

Behind DAVID, strange noise heard. David looks around, thinks it's nothing, continues to write. 

INT. HIDEOUT, EVENING TIME, CELLAR, PRESENT DAY

CLARA rustles around bag, gets out torch. She shines torch about just looking around at first, then notices symbols, crouches, appears to study them in detail. 

INT. HIDEOUT, PITCH BLACK, CELLAR, 1996

DAVID, looking around some more with the candle, discovers a map crumpled in the corner, squinting as he looks closely at it, starts to write some more in the diary, excitedly. 

DAVID (narration) Cont.:

The findings seem greater than I had ever perceived. This, changes, everything. Finally we just might be able to understand what happened during the missing days!

DAVID, hears more noises, like creeks, muffled wind noise. Score intensifies. Point of view of David looking around, moving forward, waving candle about. It extinguishes and he rushes to his matches to quickly light it again, panicky sounds under his breath. Lights a match quickly which extinguishes.

INT. HIDEOUT, EVENING TIME, CELLAR, PRESENT DAY

CLARA, finds matches and box on the floor all destroyed, noises heard, she looks around, then continues to search about, shines the torch around the room again. She stumbles upon a candle on the floor. Picks it up and holds it in front of the torchlight, studying it.

INT. HIDEOUT, PITCH BLACK, CELLAR, 1996

DAVID holding the candle in the same position, panicking, waving the candle about. 

DAVID, dialogue:

...Hello?

...Is anyone there?

DAVID, Quickly he whips out the diary again in a rush writing... 

DAVID (narration) Cont.:

I fear I have been followed.

INT. HIDEOUT, EVENING TIME, CELLAR, PRESENT DAY

CLARA stumbles across the diary on the floor with missing pages, she picks it up carefully. She gets out the page she had and finds where it was ripped out. She starts to read, looking concerned.

DAVID (narration) Cont.:

If anyone ever finds this, please, you must stop the followers, soon it will be too late ...

A loud noise shocks her and she slams the diary shut, looking around carefully.

CLARA dialogue:

...Hello?

...Who's there?

I'm scared, stop scaring me...

Noises behind CLARA. Close up of her face in distress, she begins running towards the exit, Point Of View. She stumbles and trips.

INT. HIDEOUT, PITCH BLACK, CELLAR, 1996

DAVID dialogue: 

Come out, I'm not scared

Tilt up shot of David from a low angle to a high angle. Over shoulder shot of DAVID looking at what appears to be a figure, approaching it he realizes its nothing.


EXT. FOREST/PARK, EVENING TIME, PRESENT DAY

CLARA is seen running away in terror from the building, she suddenly halts and notices a hooded and masked figure in the distance, who is slowly walking towards her. 

INT. HIDEOUT, PITCH BLACK, CELLAR, 1996

DAVID is heading towards the exit, as he is a shadow can be seen following his on the wall, a shot of a high angle on David, antagonist is seen over DAVID'S shoulder. He writes one last thing at a steady pace. He then shuts the book in his hand and slowly turns around. He looks in shock, and lets go of the diary, dropping it to the floor. The antagonist steps towards him, this time seen up close.

DAVID (narration) Cont.:

They're here.

EXT. FOREST/PARK, EVENING TIME, PRESENT DAY

CLARA still running. The pursuer is seen following her, chasing CLARA at a slightly slower speed. CLARA drops her bag. She stops running and turns and looks at both the bag and the pursuer, unsure if she should attempt to retrieve it. She leaps for it, but the pursuer reaches her, the score reaches a dramatic climax as we look at the pursuer looming over CLARA. Cuts to black. Film title over black. 


By Dario Feddersen-Doyle and David Ziolkowski