a terrible untitled barely-qualifying-as-a-screenplay screenplay
I had a dream along the lines of this and i wanted to kind of write a script for it, but it turns out i suck at writing, so here we have a collection of ideas and thoughts about a story i someday want to do something with but probably won't.Â
[we open on a street. it's dusty, a few stopped cars, you know, classic apocalypse-type scenery. the main colour here is a tan/beige, the colour of sand. there's a figure in the distance, just walking. we don't know if they're male or female, it doesn't really matter. they stumble, and we can hear the sound of a bottle being knocked over from far away. there's a single gunshot, and the person falls to the ground, dead. all this shot from a camera low to the ground, the view is blocked only partially by a parked car.]
[NARRATOR] [maybe? idk maybe just text on a screen, maybe go all district 9 here and explain through news reports. either way, try and make this sound cool.] :
It's July 17th, 2042. 8 years ago society started a swift and efficient delve into the apocalyptic The new people in charge had high standards as to what the human race should really be like. They started to "cleanse" the population. Billions were killed, all over the earth. There was no where that was safe from these people. After a while, they couldn't even control what little was left of the population, so they gave up trying. They abandoned all shreds of a government that was left, and simply allowed the people left to live on their own devices.Â
[there's no need to focus on these people. they're not important. in a nutshell, it was the holocaust 2.0 and we lost. not many people are left, and those who are are the ones who were either allowed to live due to their faith to these people, or are really good at hiding. either way, this story isn't about them, it's about her.]
[we switch to an overhead view of a person walking down a street. they  reach the body of that person from before, kneel down, and start to take things. the camera pans to the left, and in front of them are three men.  switch to a front view of the men. they are all holding guns, and none of them look too worried about shooting a random person. the one in the middle has a baseball cap on, he is the leader. imagine bobby from supernatural here, cause that's who i'm imagining. switch to overhead. the person stands up, casually. switch to the men, they seem to visibly relax when the person stands up. they do not find them a threat anymore. and we can see the one in the middle start to smile. not a good sign.]Â
[Baseball cap]: Well, well, lookie what we have here. Hey, you lost girlie? 'cause we can certainly show you a good time, can't we boys?
[he looks back at his men, both are smiling and nodding. they agree] What say you get your sweet little ass over here, or things might start gettin' rough.Â
  [switch to a close-up of the girl. she is rough looking, wearing a purple surgical-looking mask over her nose and mouth. her eyes are very pretty, and are a light brown, hazel almost. dark-skinned, with very black hair. bangs, with very short hair in the back. extremely messy and badly cut from doing it herself. she is not phased by his comments. she just stares.]
[Switch to the men. Baseball cap's smile has disappeared. he looks annoyed now, but he still doesn't see her a threat]
[Baseball cap]: Alright listen here you little slut, [switch to overhead view] you're gonna- [he is cut off]
[the girl swiftly raises her gun from her side and shoots all three in a row. there are no shots fired back at her. there is no shootout, no big action sequence. there is a girl with a gun and one dead man, one slowly bleeding out, and one reaching for his gun. she walks over and quickly kills the man reaching for his gun, baseball cap, and she kills the other. she takes their guns and ammo and leaves. the camera pans down and we watch her holster her gun, put the other three in her backpack, and walk away. this is who our story is about.]
[i don't know what the title is yet but it appears here]
[as extra plot points: this girl's name is amelia, she's 27 and was in hiding for 4 years when the people took over, she is lesbian and would have been killed immediately for it. before hiding she was going to become a police woman, and she was exceptional at it. she uses a gun, and while in hiding underneath an abandoned bakery, a  young trans man named Nicolas taught her how to use a knife with skill, and they became best friends. they came out of hiding together when the government abandoned them. a year later Nicolas killed by a group of thieves who raided the building they were staying in. Amelia got away, but was unable to save Nic. she was able to retrieve Nic's knife from his body later on, and carry's it with her. it's her favourite possession.Â
Amelia's family disowned her when she came out to them when she was 17. She does not know where they are, and she honestly doesn't care. she moved in with her aunt, who she loves dearly. Her aunt was killed during a protest Amelia begged her not to go to when Amelia was 20.Â
It has been three years since the government left the country. Everything is in ruins. The only real goal Amelia has is to survive.]
there we have it. thanks for reading!














