the woman on los feliz - screenplay

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The Woman on Los Feliz

By

Centrifugal Studio

UCA CGAA Narrative Project -Group 1


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THE WOMAN ON LOS FELIZ

SCENE 1 - EXT. STREET - LATE NIGHT

An empty street corner in Los Feliz. Its night and theresa slight mist in the air. A shaded figure is seen beneatha streetlamp. Around him is darkness.

DORIAN(Voice-Over, husky)

You know what?

He lights a cigarette, the light revealing his eyesbeneath his low-brimmed hat. He is DORIAN DAYLE.


I didnt have time to think, or

even time to catch my breath...

The sound of high heeled footsteps can be heard. DORIANturns and watches as MAVE makes her way across the street.

MAVE looks up and catches DORIANS eye.


Her first glance had stolen thataway.

SCENE 2 - INT. CAFE - AFTERNOON

A empty cafe.

DORIAN is sitting next to the window, smoking and readingthe paper. It light outside, yet somehow the room seemssmokey, dark, cramped.

TEXT: Who is she?

MAVE walks past the window and DORIAN does a double take,tracking her with bewilderment in his eyes.

STATIC - A short image of a blood spattered room - STATIC

SCENE 3 - EXT. STREET - LATE NIGHT

A corner on an empty street, a streetlamp in the emptynight; DORIANs silhouette can be seen, waiting beneathit.

TEXT: This mysterious, confident woman!

A pair of headlights appear, DORIAN looks up, alert. Itsa taxi, and although its not lit as vacant, he attempts

(CONTINUED)


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to signal it anyway. The taxi pulls up and the rear windowrolls down to reveal MAVE. DORIAN stares, pleasantlysurprised and taken back.

WOMAN(smiling)

Hey, looking for a cab?

DORIAN smiles and nods.

DORIAN(grinning)

Not anymore!

MAVE(suggestively)

I dont mind sharing...

DORIAN grins and gets in.

SCENE 4 - INT. TAXI - LATE NIGHT

DORIAN and MAVE are sat in the back of the cab, anintimate distance apart. MAVE reclines against the door,while DORIAN looks over her appraisingly.

DORIAN(with charm)

So, wheres a dame like you offto at this time of night?

MAVE(coyly)

A dame like me? Whats thatsupposed to mean?

DORIANA dame that can stop a guy in histracks with a look, Im likerabbit caught in a pair ofbeautiful headlights.

TEXT: And...

The car screeches to a sudden stop.

DORIAN(concerned, leaning forward)

Hey, what the...

SAMMY, the driver, turns round and cracks DORIAN acrossthe temple with a pistol, knocking him out.

Text: Who will be the man to save her?

STATIC - A woman screams, blood trickles across the floor- STATIC


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SCENE 5 - INT. TAXI - EARLY MORNING

DORIAN stirs awake in the back of the taxi. He rights himself, dazedly taking stock of his surroundings. Therealisation of what has happened hits him, and hisdetermination to find MAVE is clear on his face. He sets

off to find her.

SCENE 6 - EXT. ALLEY - LATE NIGHT

We see SAMMY poking his head of an alley door way,suddenly DORIAN is upon him. Their dark silhouettes tusslein the alleyway. Their fight knocks over trashcan andrubbish piles. DORIAN gets the better of SAMMY, slidinghim up against the alley wall.

TEXT: Dorian Dayle!

A strong left hook sends SAMMY crumpling to the floor.DORIAN makes his way inside to the gangs hideout.

TEXT: No case left unsolved...

SCENE 7 - INT. GANG HIDEOUT - LATE NIGHT

A dark and cold basement. Light pierces the room as DORIANkicks open the door. The light illuminates MAVE, tied to achair in the centre of the room

MAVE(in relief)

Dorian!

TEXT: And no dame left unsaved!

SCENE 8 - INT. LIVING ROOM - LATE NIGHT

The view distorts, as if the audience had passed throughcurved glass. The border surrounding the film closes in,forming the edges of a TV screen. Its revealed that the

audience have been watching a film trailer, a movie withina movie. The view travels further back, revealing acluttered room.

DORIAN is sat in the only chair, positioned straight infront of the TV, a glass in one hand, a bottle in theother.

His mobile rings, he answers. As they talk, the view pansup to and approaches a movie post of MAVE on the wallabove the TV.

(CONTINUED)


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DORIAN(tentatively)

Hello?

SAMMY(gloating)

Dorian, can me and the boys stillcount on you for tonight?

DORIAN(resigned)

Yeah, Ill make sure me and thecops are nowhere near.

SAMMYGood... good.

Theres the sound of a gunshot and a bullet rips through

the poster, which begins to leak blood.

STATIC - A womans body lying in a pool of blood - STATIC

END

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