Engagement Of Risk

By Nicole Smith

A Screenplay / Director's script about two young women in love.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Nicole Smith
• Release date: Oct 30, 2011
• ISBN: 9781465984340

Nicole Smith

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Engagement of Risk

Copyright 2002 Nicole Smith

Published by Nicole Smith at Smashwords

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All characters in this publication are fictitious and any resemblance to real persons, living or dead is purely coincidental.

ISBN: 978-1-4659-8434-0

Image: Wedding Rings by Harry Fodor, Munich, Germany

Typeset: Times New Roman, 12pt

EXT. CAR ON ROAD – DAY

Dawn breaks as sun is reflected on a car.

C/U CRAB and PAN - along car, see reflection of women approaching car in the side wearing a smart dress and jacket with white blouse with long brown hair and a slight tan to her skin, she is a BUSINESS WOMEN called LAURA.

MS – See women approaching car and taking out what looks to be a key and presses it. CAR LIGHTS FLASH and a BEEP is heard. She stands at the car and P.O.V – glances around, she sees no one, gets into car and sits down.

EXT/INT – STREET/CAR – DAY

MS – She reaches into the pocket of the jacket and pulls out what looks to be a mobile phone. She switches the mobile phone on and a TONE is heard, she looks puzzled and presses the scroll button.

LAURA

Aagh!

Starts engine and drives off.

CUT TO BLACK:

TITLE OF FILM – MUSIC – ROCK/METAL

FADE IN:

INT. GARAGE – DAY

LONG SHOT - The car pulls up into a badly lit, multi-storey car park where the car splashes through what looks like a puddle of oil.

CUT TO:

EXT./INT. – GARAGE/CAR - DAY

MS - Laura turns the car off and struggles to pull the handbrake up.

LAURA

I hate that handbrake; I wonder what else can go wrong today?

CUT TO:

EXT. GARAGE - DAY

MS - Laura steps out of the car and walking away points the key towards the car and presses a button. The car does nothing, Laura looks back and then pressing the button again only to have nothing happen. Walks over towards the car and inserts the key into the lock and turns it. The car BEEPS and it’s LIGHTS FLASHES.

LS – A tall man wearing a smart raincoat, along with a smart suit is seen approaching Laura from behind. He looks to be in a hurry to catch Laura, on close up he’s clean-shaven and youngish. He’s VITTORIO.

VITTORIO

(Cheerful)

Hey Laura! How are you?

LAURA

Hi Vittorio, I’m fine thanks. How’s the contract coming? Along?

VITTORIO

Okay, I suppose if you class working a 45-hour week good.

LAURA

(In a depressed way)

I suppose so.

VITTORIO

(Demoralised)

Yeah.

Laura and Vittorio enter a well-lit lift with stainless steel walls and metal circular buttons; Vittorio holds the lift doors open while Laura rushes in, the lift doors close. TILT UPWARDS

CUT TO OFFICE:

INT. – OFFICE – DAY

LS - Laura and Vittorio are seen entering the office together. The office has several offices in the corner while the main part of the floor is open plan with several desks and computers without borders. Laura heads straight for her office in the left hand corner; While Vittorio is seen heading towards a coffee machine on the right hand side of the office to where they entered.

MS – Laura is sitting at her desk; her desk is cluttered with two miniature shelves, stacked with paper. She leans back in her sleek black clothed chair and closes her eyes. She then turns and puts the CD player and plays a upbeat rock song from one of her CD’s in the draw, in the background while looking down and reaching for the 2nd draw in the desk.

P.O.V – Laura looks down and sees a copy of Mayfair and Playboy in the draw, along with a lesbian magazine.

MS – The phone rings, Laura slams the draw shuts and answers the phone.

CUT TO COLLEGE:

EXT. COLLEGE – DAY

Clouds gather over the college

INT. COLLEGE CORRIDOR – DAY

MS – See girl with long black hair, fairly tall, with deep warm eyes wearing a collar with studs. Wearing a hooded sweater with black jeans