B(achelor of Fine Arts Screenwriting)LOG

You get a little sketch of my hero to boot!! 

OK guys, please don’t judge me for the crude jokes in here. I’m writing as Seth Macfarlane NOT as myself. 

MOOOD for 1984 

Hey, all! So I’ve rearranged the story a little bit so I thought it might be easier to understand if I just upload from the beginning again! So here it is!  Set up, Inciting incident, response to the inciting incident, obstacle #1, response to obstacle #1 and obstacle #2. 

Mood!! 

Set up, inciting incident and obstacle one. 

Set-up We find Adachi in the middle of an experiment, totally in control, ordering scientists from behind a reinforced viewing screen. We can hear otherworldly shrieks from the room they are observing. Adachi is in his element here and all the other scientists have nothing but respect for him. Inciting Incident Adachi orders a certain type of stimulus to be introduced into the experiment (say a chemical injection or an object placed in the room) - Something slams into the glass barrier, it breaks as a surge of power runs through the facility - destroying much of the control panels. Adachi is faced by a hauling mass of teeth and fur emerging from the room (MO345). Protagonist’s action taken in response to Inciting Incident Pull out to reveal a disheveled Adachi watching the archival footage over and over again - trying to find out how MO345 escaped, or at least, how he survived. We see the 'Eugene Adachi - archive clerk' sign on his cubicle Obstacle #1 encountered in the course of taking action Tapping through the footage he catches a glimpse of a very thin dark entity between himself and MO just as MO goes to attack him. He recognises it, another entity, SO236, Slim. Protagonist’s response to Obstacle Shaken, he runs to find the archival footage of the prisoners he tested with SO236 (Slim) - each black and white reel starts with a short description of SO236 and the prisoner. He watches D'Arcy, the former hitman, who cries out 'I didn't realise', sobs, became catatonic and overnight tried to strip out his own veins. He watches Dee, the teen who murdered the priest she accused of abusing her, who merely cries quietly when with the room with Slim. (During the footage his assistant Margaret is filming and she is sycophantic towards Adachi and he is clearly her boss and is introduced in the footage as head researcher. He is formal, serious, and unconsciously dismissive of the SCPs and prisoners). Obstacle #2 encountered in the course of taking action (if appropriate) As he watched the experiment logs over and over again, Margaret comes by and throws a file down on his desk. She is wearing an ID tag (head researcher). He quickly turns off the projector, but she’s seen it. Saying something condescendingly kind about him needing to stop reliving the past Margaret forces Adachi to hand over the tapes he’s watching and from his failed experiment ‘for his own good’. She also warns him about having to let him go if he doesn’t focus on his new job. Adachi mutters something about SO236 being behind the escape of MO345 but she just scolds him more - it was his fault, no one else's. She also mentions that it was a miracle MO suddenly decided to crawl back into it’s cage - seemingly terrified of something. Protagonist’s response to Obstacle Unable to consult the tapes, a desperate Adachi sneaks away from his desk and makes his way for the cell in which Prisoner Dee is located. He asks her about SO236. He still speaks like the SCP's are vicious and not to be trusted. Dee is not helpful but drops the hint that he has no idea about the SCPs and studies them like insects/viruses, rather than sentient beings. On his way back he notices the tapes on Margaret’s empty desk - he sits and watches the failed experiment once again, this time with a new perspective. Suddenly - it becomes clear that SO236 was guarding him from MO, moreover, it shows that MO was only returned to its containment after because SO236 managed to touched it. Obstacle #3 encountered in the course of taking action (if appropriate) Returning to his desk with this new revelation he is confronted by Margaret and a number of security personnel waiting for him. He tries to raise his suspicions with Margaret that SO236 tried to help during MO’s escape. She dismisses him as the idea of a helpful SCP is unheard of. Instead, she fires him - suggesting that the accident has affected his reasoning. Protagonist’s response to Obstacle As he is being escorted out, Adachi makes a run for it, breaking away from Margaret and her team. He runs towards the control panel for all the containment quarters. Locking himself in the room he does the unthinkable and opens SO236’s containment. Story ending – Reward or Reversal? And why? Outside we hear the crying of the team as SO236 makes its way towards the door. All is quiet. The Alarms turn off. Adachi opens the door and the the team is waiting for him completely calm. Margaret watches him. SO236 appears in the middle of them. Aaaand something happens (gotta iron this one out)