Aftermath
Scene 1
Ext: Wasteland
The sun descending into the horizon
and begins to slowly descend onto the entrance of a large grey
concrete bunker peaking out of the ground, left of the frame. There
is a sign on the left of the entrance to the bunker, it reads “for
those who chose life”. The sign is rusted and shows signs of age.
The entrance to the bunker is similar to a large cogwheel, centre of
the bunker.
Int: Bunker
There is a strong light inside of the
bunker, revealing a man like shadow standing at the entrance, centre
frame, creating a black shadow.
The camera opens on a shot of a
deserted wasteland for 5 seconds. Cut to a shot of a close up of the
sign. As the camera zooms out, there is a loud bang coming from the
bunker door, dust falls from the top of the bunker, due to the
vibrations of the bunker door beginning to move, in this shot the
camera remains fixed on the bunker door as it opens. As the bunker
doors rolls to its left,. Cut to a shot to a low angle upward shot of
the characters left, revealing only a small fraction of the
characters facial features.
Female computerized voice: Thank you
for using ‘CryoHappy’ Industries.
Male character: What year is this?
Female computerized voice: The year
is 2109.
Male character: Feels like it was yesterday I signed up
for this program.
Ext: outside the entrance of the bunker
Character centre of frame, he is a
broad, medium heighted man, roughly in his mid 20’s, he is wearing
a tight black suit with red stripes running down the arms and legs of
the suit, with the numbers 223 are on the back of his suit.
The male character exits the bunker;
cut to a wide-angle shot allows the audience to see the character.
Cut to a shot of a wide low angle shot of the back of the man walking
away into the wasteland from the point of view of the door.
Scene 2
Ext: desert landscape
Desert like, sand blows in the wind,
there is a small girl
with a muddy face, wearing a torn red dress clutching a small teddy
The camera is at a low angle showing
feet run past the camera, it is mid day, and the sun is out. Cut to a
shot showing the girl running from an unseen entity, the camera
carries on tracking the girl, showing the expression on her face, her
face is that of pure terror and tears run down her face. Cut to a low
angle shot of the pursuers, claw like feet running at a very fast
pace. Cut back to the child running from her pursuers, cut to a close
up shot over her shoulder, showing that she is running into a large
rocky valley.
Ext: rocky valley
Large V shaped valley with large black rocks sticking
out from the ground standing roughly 15 feet high.
Cut to a tracking shot from behind,
the girl trips and is thrown forward into the dust, cut to a low
angle shot of her face, we see her expression as she realises that
she is about to be attacked, cut to a long shot of her rolling over
to face her pursuer, looking directly into the camera.
Ext: above rocky valley
Male character standing centre shot,
clear lighting allows the audience to see the character clearer. His
sidearm glimmering in the sun. Black large creatures, other features
hidden from the camera.
Cut to a shot of a high angle over
head shot of the man standing on the rocks, then cut to a low angle
shot looking up on the man, expression of concern, cut to a high
angle shot of him sliding down the side of rock, upholstering a
sidearm, cut to a medium establishing shot of him standing in front
of the girl, he aims his sidearm and fires to shots into the camera.
Cut to a low angle showing some form of misshaped carcass, black with
large spines, and the shot also prevents us from getting a clear view
of the pursuers. Cut to a long shot waist level angle showing both
the girl and man, he out stretches his hand, she accepts and he helps
her up, cut to close up so we can see the characters faces.
Male character:
You seemed like you were in a hurry.
Small girl (she is sobbing):
Those were the demons, they’ve
killed my family, oh god.
Male character (trying to console the child):
It’s okay, I’ve dealt with them,
you need to be strong, why don’t you tell me your name?
Small girl (whipping away her tears,
but still crying):
My name is Claire, who are you?
Male character:
I am Kovac. We better should leave.
Cut to a long shot showing the pair walking away from
the camera. Fade to black.
Scene 3
Ext: top of mountainside
It is now night time, the pair are
standing, centre frame on a mountain top, looking down on a large
wasteland, in the distance a large stone structure can be seen with
small fires glimmering, a whistling can be heard in the wind.
The camera is at a high angle shot
over the heads of the pair, showing a medieval fortress in the
distance, spanning across a mountain. Cut to a point of view shot of
the two staring into the distance, Claire looks up at Kovac, cut to a
close up shot of Kovac, his expression of showing concern.
Kovac:
Now this is starting to get
interesting.
Ext: outside fortress
The fortress is a large stone
structure; the stones have strange markings on them, there is a large
wooden drawbridge in the centre of the fortress.
Cut to the camera zooming out as the
pair begins to descend towards the fortress. As they draw closer to
the fortress, cut to a over the shoulder shot, showing the point of
view of Kovac and Claire can see, as they get closer, cut to a birds
eye shot of the pair crossing the bridge.
Int: inside fortress
The interior of the fortress is a medieval style market
place; the streets are empty, with only a few guards patrolling the
alleys. The guards are in strange red metallic armour, holding large
axes; on their armour there is a crest of a large demonic skull.
As Kovac and Claire enter the
fortress, cut to establishing shot of the guards, looking at Kovac
strangely, cut to a tracking shot at eye level of Kovac and Claire
for 10 seconds walking through the alleys of the fortress.
Scene 4
Ext: outside great hall
There is a large wooden door embodied
with gold.
Cut to a low angle shot, showing the
sheer size of the doors, they begin do open.
Int: great hall
There are various sculptures of
strange creatures formed from a sliver web
in front of large
pillars, both to the left and right of the frame. There is a throne
in the centre frame, there is a middle-aged man, wearing bulky red
and gold armour with an ornate crown upon his head, and sword lay by
his side.
Cut to an over shoulder shot of Kovac
and Claire entering the hall. Cut to tracking shot from behind
remaining at an over the shoulder shot, as they continue the camera
begins to pan left showing sculptures. Cut to an overhead shot from
behind the stone chair, showing Kovac, Claire wanders off out of
shot.
Unknown character:
I am Oden. I rule these treacherous
lands. And who might you be, champion?
Cut to a shot of Kovacs point of
view, revealing the unknown character, the shot returns to a close up
of Kovac. He appears puzzled.
Kovac:
It’s Kovac, and why don’t you
start by explaining to me what the hell those things were.
Cut back to a headshot of Oden.
Oden:
Those you vanquished, were demons,
they wish to strip us of our very souls. If I am correct I believe
you are from the old times, so I’m certain you have a slight lack
of knowledge on what has happened in these past centuries, allow my
adviser to give you the details.
Int: throne room
There is a young woman, the adviser,
standing in the shadows, right of the throne, she is dressed in a
long black robe, and a long tail is visible beside her, posed like a
snake. She has creature/human like features.
Cut to a shadow of right of the
throne, a dark figure emerges, cut to a full body shot of the
“adviser”.
Adviser:
In 2012, your scientists meddled with
a machine that would cause atoms to move a speed faster than light,
it was believed to give a representation of what they believed was
the creation of life, resulting in the God particle, but this was
only a theory, when the machine began to does as desired, they did
witness the beginning of life, but not what there science believed,
what actually happened was they brought about a gateway to hell,
striking with nuclear weapons they thought they could prevent the
problem from spreading, but instead they caused there own demise.
Close up shot of Kovac’s face, his expression now
serious.
Kovac:
You mean hell on earth? That’s new.
Adviser:
Now we face the threat of the demons
that have been unleashed from hell.
Cut to a low angle shot at a guard
bursting through the doors, screaming “there here!” Cut back to
Kovac, Oden and the Adviser. Cut to a long shot of the three racing
to the door.
Ext: outside the throne room
In the distance fires can be seen, and screams can be
heard, after activating his suit, Kovacs armour has a yellow tint to
it, and a female voice saying “maximum speed”.
Cut to an over the shoulder shot of
Kovac looking into the camera and cut to a high angle establishing
shot, showing the carnage of the attack. Cut to a shot of Kovac
raising his wrist. Cut to a bird’s eye-view shot of Kovac, jumping
from one ledge to another and sprinting.
Scene 5
Ext: fortress alleys
There are many warriors in red armour
battling various demons of different shapes and sizes, 2 warriors
armed with axes are fighting a demon standing at 10 foot tall, when
the demon attacks, it tears their souls from them.
High angle establishing shot of a
large battle outside of the fortress, cut to a low angle shot behind
the warriors, showing the sheer size of the demon. The shot changes
to another high angle shot over the large demon, the warriors
throwing their axes at the demon, the demon then retaliates, killing
them instantly.
When Kovac taps at his wrist, his
suit now has a red tint, his sidearm now changing into a melee weapon
Cut to an upward low angle shot of
Kovac, he quickly taps at his wrist, cut to a over-shoulder shot
behind Kovac upholstering his sidearm, cut to tracking him run up a
stone mound, leaping, slicing downwards at the large demon. Cut to
low angle shot of Kovac slicing at the demon, guts dropping to the
floor, as he swings, cut to a high angle shot over the shoulder of
the demon, swinging for Kovac, scratching at his suit, cut to a close
up shot of scratch and blood pouring from Kovac’s leg, which closes
up instantly. Cut to close up of Kovac’s head pull up his
expression changing to a smirk. Medium angle shot of Kovac and the
demon, him swinging upwards and splitting it from head to toe. Cut to
a high angle shot of the demon hitting the floor, and turning into a
strange red gas. Cut to an over the shoulder shot of Kovac, cut to a
bird-eye view of the rest of the battle. Cut to a close up of Kovac.
Kovac:
So this must be hell on earth.
Fade to black.
