I turned the first chapter of legend into a script!
EXT. LAKE SECTOR, BUILDING - NIGHT A boy, fifteen, long blonde hair, sits on the window ledge about 3 stories up on an old dilapidated building looking over a dirty town, the buildings all look run down and on some doors there are red X's. His hair is pulled up into an old, trashed baseball cap. There is a large screen across from where the boy is sitting, it is called a JumboTron. On the screen it shows smiling children, tourists next to what looks like ruins of the Golden Gate Bridge, and commercials in bright colors representing the republic. Some show anti-colony propoganda. Then another picture comes up, the boy seems slightly uneasy at the sight of it. It reads: 'WANTED BY THE REPUBLIC "DAY" Wanted for assault, arson, theft, destruction of military property, and hindering the war effort. 200.000 republic notes for information leading to arrest. There is a picture next to the writing that is clearly not the boy on the roof. The boy slightly smiles at the sight of the picture. Then his sight turns to a one story house down the road. There is a girl inside the building behind the boy. Soldiers walk down the street marking some houses with the X's.
TESS Still don't see them?
DAY They haven't eaten dinner. They haven't sat down By the table in hours
TESS Maybe they're not home?
DAY A lamp's lit. Look at those Candles. Mom would never Waste candles if no one Was home.
TESS We should leave the city For a couple weeks, yeah? Soon the plague will have Blown through, and you Can come back to visit. We Have more than enough money For two train tickets
DAY TESS One night a week remember? --Yeah. You've been coming here Just let me check up on them every night this week-- One night a week-- --What if you get sick? --I just want to make sure They're okay--
DAY I'll take my chances. And You didn't have to come with me. You could've waited for me back In Alta.
TESS Somebody has to keep an eye On you.
The soldiers come closer to the house Day was looking at earlier. They go in a house a few doors down. A woman runs out of the house, he skin cracked and bleeding. The soldier shoots her with a fancy lightning-like gun. The lady collapses and the soldiers take her away as another soldier marks the door with a red X.
TESS They found another one. (Pause) What'd you bring them?
DAY Some of the stuff we saved Up this week. It'll make for a Nice celebration once they Pass the inspection.
Day holds up goggles, food, and shoes. He looks worried.
DAY For John. An early birthday Gift.
TESS One of your headaches Coming on?
DAY No I'm okay.
Day's younger brother, Eden walked past the window of the house Day is looking at.
DAY He looks thinner.
TESS He's alive and walking Around, I'd say that's a Win.
Day sees his brothers and mom talking throughout the window of the house. The soldiers walk into Day's house. They stay in there for a long time.
TESS No news is good news, right?
DAY Very funny.
TESS Maybe their reader's Broken.
DAY Something's wrong
TESS You don't know that.
DAY Yes I do. What could possibly Take this long?
The soldiers come outside after over an hour. Day gasps as they take out the spray paint. They mark a red X in the door before spraying another red line cutting the X in half vertically.
EXT. LAKE SECTOR, BUILDING - NIGHT
A boy, fifteen, long blonde hair, sits on the window ledge about 3 stories up on an old dilapidated building looking over a dirty town, the buildings all look run down and on some doors there are red X's. His hair is pulled up into an old, trashed baseball cap. There is a large screen across from where the boy is sitting, it is called a JumboTron. On the screen it shows smiling children, tourists next to what looks like ruins of the Golden Gate Bridge, and commercials in bright colors representing the republic. Some show anti-colony propoganda. Then another picture comes up, the boy seems slightly uneasy at the sight of it. It reads: 'WANTED BY THE REPUBLIC "DAY" Wanted for assault, arson, theft, destruction of military property, and hindering the war effort. 200.000 republic notes for information leading to arrest. There is a picture next to the writing that is clearly not the boy on the roof. The boy slightly smiles at the sight of the picture. Then his sight turns to a one story house down the road. There is a girl inside the building behind the boy. Soldiers walk down the street marking some houses with the X's.
TESS
Still don't see them?
DAY
They haven't eaten dinner.
They haven't sat down
By the table in hours
TESS
Maybe they're not home?
DAY
A lamp's lit. Look at those
Candles. Mom would never
Waste candles if no one
Was home.
TESS
We should leave the city
For a couple weeks, yeah?
Soon the plague will have
Blown through, and you
Can come back to visit. We
Have more than enough money
For two train tickets
DAY TESS
One night a week remember? --Yeah. You've been coming here
Just let me check up on them every night this week--
One night a week-- --What if you get sick?
--I just want to make sure
They're okay--
DAY
I'll take my chances. And
You didn't have to come with me.
You could've waited for me back
In Alta.
TESS
Somebody has to keep an eye
On you.
The soldiers come closer to the house Day was looking at earlier. They go in a house a few doors down. A woman runs out of the house, he skin cracked and bleeding. The soldier shoots her with a fancy lightning-like gun. The lady collapses and the soldiers take her away as another soldier marks the door with a red X.
TESS
They found another one.
(Pause)
What'd you bring them?
DAY
Some of the stuff we saved
Up this week. It'll make for a
Nice celebration once they
Pass the inspection.
Day holds up goggles, food, and shoes. He looks worried.
DAY
For John. An early birthday
Gift.
TESS
One of your headaches
Coming on?
DAY
No I'm okay.
Day's younger brother, Eden walked past the window of the house Day is looking at.
DAY
He looks thinner.
TESS
He's alive and walking
Around, I'd say that's a
Win.
Day sees his brothers and mom talking throughout the window of the house. The soldiers walk into Day's house. They stay in there for a long time.
TESS
No news is good news,
right?
DAY
Very funny.
TESS
Maybe their reader's
Broken.
DAY
Something's wrong
TESS
You don't know that.
DAY
Yes I do. What could possibly
Take this long?
The soldiers come outside after over an hour. Day gasps as they take out the spray paint. They mark a red X in the door before spraying another red line cutting the X in half vertically.