Zombie School

[DarkElastic]

I thought I would put the Synthesis, and the first draught of my script in the right place on the site. (It is too long to use in my movie course, but I may make it later on) Please read and review. Thanks.

SYNTHESIS:

A Presenter, with one Cameraman, has been sent to Kirkwall, Orkney to interview a man named Jonathan Shearer. The reason for this interview is that Jonathan Shearer is the lecturer of the first ever fictional survival class on the British Isles. The class is called ‘An Introduction to Surviving Zombie Attacks’. The Presenter has been asked to create a documentary on Jonathan and his class, to see whether a lecture like this will be a success or not.

Jonathan is very confident in his own abilities, to an excessive amount. He feels the class loves his lectures, but most don’t. Especially three students in particular. Mike and Lauren are only there to meet new people – they meet each other. While Eric has only joined the class to disrupt it. Eric and Jonathan end up having a major argument, which leads to Eric being kicked out of the class, but not before he has caused havoc. There is also another person who causes disruption, but for a very different reason. His name is Jamie, and he is a Zombie fanatic.

The footage jumps between interviews with Jonathan and during the lecture. There is also a visit to a cemetery, where Jonathan finds the severed hand of a corpse. He feels it is a zombie’s hand, and bags it to take to the lecture.

After the first day’s lecture is over, Jamie is scratched on his cheek by the zombie hand. This scratch causes him to change. He becomes a living dead, and sets out to kill the students of ‘An Introduction to Surviving Zombie Attacks’.

When Jonathan and the Crew come to the second evening lecture they discover something funny about the class.



ZOMBIE SCHOOL

1. EXT. DAY. OUSIDE THE PICKAQUOY CENTRE, KIRKWALL, ORKNEY.

A MAN IN A SUIT STANDS FACING THE CAMERA WITH A MICROPHONE. THE PICKAQUOY CENTRE STANDS IN THE BACKGROUND.

PRESENTER: I am standing outside the Pickaquoy centre in Kirkwall, on Orkney. This centre is a place for football, hockey, badminton and many other sports. It is a place of social gathering, of fitness programs and a gymnasium. This is also a place for short courses, and that is why we are here today and tomorrow. For the first time in British history there is a course for surviving an apocalyptic event of the fictional genre. The course is titled An Introduction to surviving zombie attacks. We will be with the class for the two lessons, equalling four hours of lectures. We will also be interviewing the lecture’s creator a Mr Jonathan Shearer, before and after both lectures. We hopefully will find out what made Mr Shearer create such a course to share with the people of Orkney.

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2. INTRODUCTION TO THE FILM.
(Was thinking of something on the lines of – Presenter fades out to blackness. Name of film fades in ‘Zombie School’ colour red. It then fades out back to complete blackness again. A picture flashes up of a slow walk around tombstones in a cemetery. This footage mixes with the sped up scenes of the drive from said cemetery, to the Pickaquoy centre)
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3. INT. EVENING. CLASSROOM. 1ST LESSON A.

JONATHAN SHEARER STANDS AT THE HEAD OF THE CLASS. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF CAMERAS SET UP AROUND THE ROOM, ON JONATHAN AND ON THE CLASS. HE QUICKLY WRITES HIS NAME ON THE BOARD NEXT TO HIMSELF.

JONATHAN: I am Jonathan Shearer, and welcome to ‘An Introduction to Surviving Zombie Attacks’. (smiles) I will be the reason why you live through said attacks. But, only if you pay attention and follow the guide lines that I set.

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4. INT. DAY. CLASS ROOM BEFORE 1ST LESSON.

FIRST INTERVIEW WITH JONATHAN. HE IS SAT BEHIND THE DESK IN THE TOP CORNER OF THE CLASS ROOM. THE WRITING BOARD IS OFF TO HIS RIGHT. THE PRESENTER AND THE CAMERAMAN ARE AT THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE TABLE. THERE IS A GLASS OF WATER IN FRONT OF JONATHAN.

PRESENTER: So, what do you expect from your students, and what mixture of people attending your lectures would benefit you most?

JONATHAN LEANS BACK IN HIS CHAIR CONTEMPLATING THE QUESTION FOR A MOMENT. HE MOVES FORWARD TO ANSWER, FACING THE PRESENTER.

JONATHAN: I don’t expect anything. If they listen they will be educated in the art of zombie survival, and know how not to waste their lives in such a disaster.

PICTURE BREAKS FROM THE INTERVIEW TO THE CLASS LATER ON WITH ALL THE STUDENTS IN THEIR SEATS. JONATHAN IS STOOD AT THE FRONT. THE CAMERA IS FOLLOWING EACH PERSON AS THEY STATE THEIR NAMES TO THE REST OF THE CLASS.

PICTURE BACK TO INTERVIEW. JONATHAN SAT BEHIND HIS DESK. PRESENTER AND CAMERAMAN ARE ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OFF FOOTAGE. HE IS CONTINUING WITH THE PREVIOUS QUESTION. HE THRUSTS HIS HAND OUT AT THE LAYOUT OF CHAIRS.

JONATHAN: With an evening class of this expected size, and genre, you will always get a specific mix of people. For example:

The Fanatic –

PICTURE SWITCHES TO A YOUNG MAN/BOY NAMED JAMIE. THE MAN/BOY
IS TALKING, BUT HE IS INAUDIBLE. HE CONTINUES.

JONATHAN: This is a person who doesn’t really need to come to the class, but does for two reasons. A – He does not want to miss something that is based on his favourite subject, whether he knows it or not. And B – He wants to show off his knowledge of his favourite subject to the class of strangers.

HE HAS A DRINK OF WATER. THEN CONTINUES.

JONATHAN: The love seekers –

PICTURE SWITCHES TO A MAN AND THEN A WOMAN DURING THIS STATEMENT. THEY ARE BOTH TALKING BUT ARE INAUDIBLE.

JONATHAN: These are people who have been alone for a while and wish to find true love, but are scared of dating agencies. I don’t know why, street credibility or something. So, these people find an evening class that they feel would bring interesting people into a room with them. People they might like to date. They have no interest in the subject at hand.

PICTURE IS BACK ON JONATHAN.

JONATHAN: The Jester –

THE PICTURE SWITCHES TO A MAN SAT DOWN WITH BOTH HANDS BEHIND HIS HEAD. HE IS NOT TALKING TO ANYONE.

JONATHAN: These are lonely, friendless people, who think the world owes them something, and like nothing more than to join a class – by chance. Just picking a name from a list – and then purposely attempting to disrupt it. I hate these people.

PICTURE IS ON JONATHAN AT THE TABLE. HE IS DRINKING SOME WATER.

JONATHAN: The last two are the Not Sure, and the Wanting to be educated.

PICTURE GOES ON TO VARIOUS PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE CLASS. THEY ARE TALKING, BUT ARE INAUDIBLE.

JONATHAN: The Not Sure, are exactly that, they are not sure about the lesson, but are willing to join up to give it a try. While the Wanting to be Educated are people who know the subject, like the subject, but want to learn more about it.

PICTURE ON JONATHAN. HE SMILES AT THE CAMERA.

JONATHAN: The last two are the ones I want in my class. I can make the Not Sure, sure. And, I can give the Wanting to be Educated all the education on the living dead that they require.

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5. INT. EVENING. CLASS ROOM. 1ST LESSON B.

JONATHAN IS STANDING AT THE HEAD OF THE CLASS. HE IS FACING THE BOARD WITH HIS BACK TO HIS STUDENTS. A MAN NAMED MIKE, LEANS CLOSER TO THE WOMEN NEXT TO HIM – NAMED LAUREN. JONATHAN IS TALKING BUT IS NOT LOOKING. HIS VOICE BEGINS AS THE DOMINENT SOUND, BUT IS FADED WHEN MIKE AND SUSAN SPEAK.

JONATHAN: In this two day course, four hours in total of lecture time, you will be taught all about your enemy - how to destroy or damage them – you will be taught how they are awoken – accidentally or purposefully – and the basics of defence against these walking corpses. We are preparing for what I feel is an inevitable catastrophe. I do fully believe that zombies are real, and the only way to be fully prepared is to believe.

AT THE SAME TIME AS JONATHAN IS SPEAKING MIKE AND LAUREN HAVE A CONVERSATION. THEY SPEAK IN A WHISPER.

MIKE: Hello.

THE WOMAN TURNS TO MIKE’S VOICE. SHE SMILES.

LAUREN: HI.

HE PUTS HIS RIGHT HAND ACROSS THE GAP FOR SHAKING.

MIKE: I’m Mike.

SHE TAKES HIS HAND AND SHAKES IT. THEY ARE BOTH SMILING NOW.

LAUREN: Hi Mike, I’m Lauren.

PICTURE IS ON A BOY CALLED JAMIE. HE IS SAT ON THE EDGE OF HIS SEAT, EAGER, LISTENING TO EVERY WORD JONATHAN SAYS. WHILE A MAN NAMED ERIC IS SAT SLOUCHED IN HIS CHAIR, UNIMPRESSED WITH JONATHAN AND THE LECTURE.

JONATHAN TURNS AWAY FROM THE BOARD. HE HAS DRAWN A ROUGH DRAWING OF A MAN ON THE BOARD.

JONATHAN: Now. A zombie is a deceased human being whose spirit, or life force, has left their bodies, but the body continues to move. I say human being because zombies are not sexist (he smiles wide, but no one laughs). Anyway. The zombies have nothing other than food on their minds, and their food is the flesh or brains of living human beings.

JONATHAN PAUSES FOR A MOMENT TO SEE IF THE CLASS ARE FOLLOWING. THEY ALL MURMUR A YES DESULTORY.

JONATHAN: Where a zombie comes from can be split into three categories:
A – People who have just been killed. Maybe in an accident.
B – People who have died recently. Like a body in a morgue awaiting burial.
And C…

JAMIE INTERUPTS BEFORE JONATHAN CAN FINISH.

JAMIE: People who are dead and buried!

JONATHAN IS ANNOYED, BUT HE SMILES FALSELY.

JONATHAN: Yes, correct, thank you…

JONATHAN HOLDS OUT HIS HAND AWAITING THE BOY/YOUNG MAN TO SAY HIS NAME.

JAMIE: Jamie…

JONATHAN QUICKLY CONTINUES TALKING BEFORE JAMIE CAN SAY ANYTHING ELSE.

JONATHAN: Thank You Jamie, but please don’t shout out. If you put your hand up, when I see it I will ask you what you know.

JAMIE: I know all things zombie. I’ve seen all the movies and…

JONATHAN INTERUPTS JAMIE LEAVING HIM OPEN MOUTHED. HE IS TURNED TOWARDS THE CAMERA BUT IS SPEAKING TO JAMIE. JONATHAN IS SMILING.

JONATHAN: I don’t think all. I bet I can teach you a thing or two.

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6. EXT. DAY. OUSIDE IN JONATHAN’S CAR.

JONATHAN IS DRIVING THE CAR, WHILE THE CAMERAMAN SITS IN THE PASSENGER SEAT AND THE PRESENTER SITS ON THE BACK SEATS. WHEN JONATHAN ANSWERS THE PRESENTER’S QUESTIONS HE HAS QUICK LOOKS INTO THE REAR VIEW MIRROR AT HIM.

JONATHAN: Why have I started a course for surviving zombie attacks? Well, it is actually only an Introduction to it so it won’t cover the whole spectrum, but it will be enough to save my student’s lives. (Smiling) And yours too if you listen. You’re getting this information for free.

PRESENTER: How much further would you go if you did an in-depth version of your course?

JONATHAN BLOWS OUT HIS CHEEKS, AND THINKS THE QUESTION OVER FOR A MOMENT.

JONATHAN: Obviously, without doing the proper research I can’t give a full answer to that question. But, I suppose I would do house visits, and assess their home capabilities against a standard survival register. Maybe even army training!

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7. INT. EVENING. CLASS ROOM 1ST LESSON C.

JONATHAN IS AT THE HEAD OF THE CLASS WRITING ON HIS BOARD. HE TURNS TO THE CLASS.

JONATHAN: Decomposed or damaged zombies might be slow, but, they still have what all zombies seem to have, and that is a powerful grip. Almost super-human. (Smiles) You could be wrestled to the ground by a zombie toddler. There is another part of the zombie that is super powerful, and that is…

JONATHAN IS INTERUPTED IN MID-SENTANCE BY JAMIE. PICTURE SWICTHES TO JAMIE.

JAMIE: Their jaw. They can tear through flesh and bone with no teeth.

PICTURE ON JONATHAN. HE IS ANNOYED. HE SIGHS AND SHAKES HIS HEAD.

JONATHAN: Jamie, if you know so much why are you here? I am trying to teach others who don’t know.

PICTURE ON JAMIE. JAMIE SHRUGS. ERIC QUICKLY INTERJECTS. JONATHAN TURNS TO HEAR WHAT HE HAS TO SAY. PICTURE THEN SWITCHES TO ERIC.

ERIC: He seems to know as much as you. May be you could give us our money back, and Jamie can teach us for free.

PICTURE ON JONATHAN. HE IS ANNOYED. HE POINTS HIS THUMBS INWARDS AT HIMSELF ON THE SECOND PART OF HIS STATEMENT.

JONATHAN: He may know a great deal, but I am the expert.

PICTURE ON ERIC’S FACE. HE IS BEMUSED AT JONATHAN’S LAST STATEMENT.

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8. EXT. DAY. AT THE ……. CEMETERY.

JONATHAN IS STOOD ON THE PATHWAY OF THE CEMETERY, SURROUNDED ON BOTH SIDES BY TOMBSTONES. HE HAS HIS HANDS WIDE APART. HE IS SMILING.

JONATHAN: This is where a horde of zombies could dig their way out through their coffins and through the mounds of earth above with their decomposed hands (brings his hands in and looks at them). Once out they will attack the living while they sleep. Once these people are dead, they will move to the next place where hearts beat warm blood around bodies (smiles).

PRESENTER: So, do you actually believe that could happen?

JONATHAN LOOKS OFF CAMERA TO WHERE THE PRESENTER IS. HE ANSWERS STRAIGHT AWAY. HIS FACE IS SERIOUS.

JONATHAN: I will agree on one thing only, that it is unlikely that the dead could rise. But, it is not impossible. With genetic experiments, toxic chemicals or even curses… Any of them could accidentally bring the dead back to life.

JONATHAN SMILES AWITING ANOTHER QUESTION. HE CONTINUES TO LOOK TOWARDS THE PRESENTER.

PRESENTER: What happens if a disaster like this does not occur? Would you feel that you have cheated, or even wasted the time of the people who have attended your lectures?

JONATHAN SCRUNCHES HIS FACE IN DISBELIEF.

JONATHAN: No, never. If you paid car insurance all your life but never caused an accident, would you feel cheated?

JONATHAN WAITS FOR THE PRESENTERS ANSWER.

PRESENTER: Well, no…

JONATHAN QUICKLY CONTINUES BEFORE THE PRESENTER CAN SAY ANYTHING ELSE.

JONATHAN: No, exactly. It is there just in case. The same with my course. The only difference is my course can be useful in other emergencies, for example: An invasion by another country; A World War; Aliens, or even Vampire. (Laughs) We all know Vampires don’t exist, but you get what I’m trying to say.

PRESENTER: Yes. (Unimpressed)

JONATHAN MOVES OFF TO ONE OF THE NEAR GRAVES AND METICULOUSLY CHECKS THE GROUND OF A GRAVE.

PRESENTER: How often do you come out to cemeteries and check the graves?

JONATHAN LOOKS UP FROM THE GROUND AT THE PRESENTER.

JONATHAN: Whenever I can. It takes up a lot of my time, but someone has to keep the people safe. I would prefer the government to invest in a 24 hour CCTV system on all the cemeteries in the UK.

PRESENTER: But wouldn’t that be extremely expensive? The government would have to raise taxes to pay for the man power and equipment.

JONATHAN LOOKS AT THE PRESENTER UNCONCERNED:

JONATHAN: That’s the price of feeling safe while you sleep in your beds at night.

JONATHAN STANDS FROM THE GRAVE. HE WIPES HIS HANDS AGAINST EACH OTHER REMOVING THE DIRT, WHILE HE MOVES BACK TO THE PATHWAY.

PRESENTER: What were you looking for a moment ago?

JONATHAN LOOKS TOWARDS THE PRESENTER.

JONATHAN: Any disturbances in the soil. That would give us a clue if any dead have recently risen. Obviously if it was a chemical accident the whole graveyard would rise. But, Witch Doctors from the West Indies used to bring a single carcass back to life to serve them, and that’s what I’m protecting the people against.

JONATHAN WALKS ON. THE CAMERAMAN AND THE PRESENTER BACK UP. JONATHAN SUDDENLY SEES SOMETHING. HE LOOKS OVER AND TO THE SIDE. HIS FACE IS ONE OF CONFUSION. HE THEN RUSHES PAST THE CAMERAMAN AND PRESENTER, DOWN THE ROWS OF TOMBSTONES, AND STOPS AT A GRAVE FURTHER ALONG. THE CAMERAMAN SWINGS THE CAMERA AROUND TO FOLLOW JONATHAN. JONATHAN IS CROUCHED WITH HIS BACK TOWARDS THEM. HE SUDDENLY STANDS. HIS FACE IS FULL OF CONCERNTRATION. HE REMOVES HIS GLOVES FROM HIS POCKETS AND BEGINS TO PUT THEM ON.

PRESENTER: What is wrong? (Concerned)

JONATHAN IS STILL PUTTING HIS GLOVES ON.

JONATHAN: I have just found some evidence that a zombie is, or has at one time, been out of his grave and walking the earth.

PRESENTER: What have you found?

AS THE PRESENTER ASKS THIS QUESTION THE CAMERA MAN HAS ALREADY TURNED THE CAMERA OFF JONATHAN AND ONTO THE GROUND WHERE JONATHAN HAD BEEN CROUCHING. THE PRESENTER ALSO LOOKS. THERE ON THE GROUND IS A DECOMPOSED HAND, SEPARATED FROM THE REST OF THE BODY. THE RADIUS AND ULNA PROTRUDE FROM THE HAND.

PRESENTER: W… What is that?

JONATHAN KNEELS NEXT TO THE HAND WITH HIS GLOVES ON AND A PLASTIC SEE THROUGH BAG IN ONE HAND. HE HAS REMOVED THE BAG FROM HIS POCKET OFF CAMERA. JONATHAN TALKS TO HIMSELF. HE HAS HIS BACK TO THE CAMERA.

JONATHAN: Carefully does it!

WITH HIS BACK STILL TURNED HE PICKS UP THE HAND AND PLACES IT INTO THE BAG AS GENTLY AS HE CAN. HE STANDS AND TURNS TOWARDS THE CAMERA. WITH ONE HAND HE OFFERS THE BAG TO THE CAMERA. HE HOLDS THE BAG BY THE CORNER, IN ONE HAND.

JONATHAN: A very real severed hand of the living dead.

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9. INT. EVENING. CLASS ROOM 1ST LESSON D.

JONATHAN IS AT THE HEAD OF THE CLASS LECTURING THE STUDENTS. HE IS STARTING A NEW THREAD. HE SITS ON THE EDGE OF THE TABLE.

JONATHAN: Now, according to the master of Zombie film making…

ONCE AGAIN, JAMIE IS QUICK TO INTERRUPT.

JAMIE: George A. Romero!

JONATHAN DROPS HIS HEAD TO HIS CHEST AND RUBS HIS FACE WITH HIS PALM. A COUPLE OF CHUCKLES SOUND AROUND THE CLASS. HE LOOKS UP AND AROUND THE CLASS AT THE CULPRITS BEFORE TALKING TO JAMIE.

JONATHAN: Thank you again Jamie for interrupting me. Please, if you have something to say put your hand up. Or just keep it to yourself. I’m trying to teach here (looking over at the camera).

JAMIE PUTS HIS HEAD DOWN. HE IS A BIT UPSET. ERIC COMES TO JAMIE’S AID IN A SENSE. CAMERA SWITCHES BETWEEN JAMIE AND ERIC.

ERIC: Give the lad a break! He’s just a bit excited about this porn star sounding guy Georgy Boy Romero.

JONATHAN SHAKES HIS HEAD AT ERIC, AND IGNORES THE JIBE. JAMIE BRINGS HIS HEAD BACK UP AND TURNS TO ERIC.

JAMIE: George A. Romero is a film genius.

JONATHAN IS WATCHING THE CONVERSATION, LOSING CONTROL OF HIS CLASS. ERIC TURNS BACK TO JAMIE.

ERIC: I’m sure he has made some great movies (in a considerate voice).

ERIC TURNS TO JONATHAN CONTINUING TO TALK.

ERIC: (Smiling) with one liners such as, I’m here to clean your swimming pool (German accent), and, I’m here to fix your plumbing (German accent). He fixes everything with his one trusty tool.

JONATHAN INTERRUPTS BEFORE ERIC CAN GO ON. HIS FACE IS NOW UNHAPPY.

JONATHAN: Come on! Have some respect! Not only for the people in here, but for George A. Romero himself. He does not make tacky rubbish like that. He makes apocalyptic movies about zombies, and man’s struggle to survive during these events. As Jamie said he is a movie genius.

ERIC IS LOOKING DIRECTLY AT JONATHAN. HE HAS A WICKED SMILE UPON HIS FACE. JONATHAN STARES AT ERIC FOR A MOMENT, THEN COMPOSES HIMSELF AND CONTINUES WITH THE LECTURE.

JONATHAN: As I was saying, George A Romero – the zombie film genius.

JONATHAN LOOKS AT ERIC. ERIC SMILES AT HIM. HE THEN CONTINUES.

JONATHAN: And in one of his movies, ‘The Dawn of the Dead’ when all the zombies are in the mall, it is remarked by one of the characters that the zombies go there because that is what they did when they were living. A kind of residual memory. So the dead will stumble through the streets going to the places where they normally go, like to work, or to the supermarket, or even to their friend’s house. Hope that your friends don’t turn and come visit you (laughs).

AFTER THE ARGUMENT OF JAMIE, ERIC AND JONATHAN, THE CAMERA FALLS UPON MIKE AND LAUREN WHO HAVE BEEN WHISPERING TO ONE ANOTHER. JONATHAN CONTINUES WITH HIS LECTURE WHILE THE TWO WHISPER. BUT JONATHAN’S VOICE IS IN THE BACK GROUND.

MIKE: So, are you involved with anybody at the moment?

LAUREN IS A BIT TAKEN BACK BY THE QUESTION. ONCE SHE HAS THOUGHT ABOUT IT SHE SMILES.

LAUREN: What? No. I split up with my last boyfriend over two months ago. We were together for a year.

HE SMILES AT HER HAPPY WITH THE NEWS.

MIKE: I split from my partner about six months ago.

SHE LOOKS SLIGHTLY SHOCKED.

LAUREN: Why so long?

MIKE: What? Without a girlfriend? I don’t know. I suppose I had not found the right woman to take out.

HER EYES WIDEN A TOUCH.

LAUREN: Why, Have you found her now?

MIKE: I might have!

THEY CONTINUE TO LOOK AT ONE ANOTHER FOR A MOMENT, AS JONATHAN CONTINUES TO TALK IN THE BACKGROUND.

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10. INT. EVENING. BEHIND PUB TABLE/BEHIND CLASS TABLE.

JONATHAN IS SAT DOWN IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA SMILING. THE PRESENTER IS SAT BEHIND CAMERA. JONATHAN HAS A DRINK IN FRONT OF HIMSELF. DURING JONATHAN’S STATEMENT WE WILL REVISIT FOOTAGE OF THE LECTURE AND OF PEOPLE SAT THERE EMOTIONLESS.

PRESENTER: How do you feel the first day of ‘An Introduction to Surviving Zombie Attacks’ went?

JONATHAN: Well, I thought the information I gave was very well researched and interesting. I was very impressed with my teaching skills and how I handled the class on a whole. A large percentage of them were very interested in what I was teaching. It was just the select few who spoilt today.

JONATHAN LEANS BACK AND PLACES HIS HANDS BEHIND HIS HEAD. HE HAS SWEAT PATCHES UNDER HIS ARMS. HE IS STILL SMILING.

PRESENTER: Yes the select few. How did they make you feel?

JONATHAN COMES FORWARD AGAIN. HIS FACE HAS LOST THE SMILE.

JONATHAN: I will be honest with you. Jamie is annoying. Knows a bit about the subject, but should not shout out like that. He spoilt moments when I was building tension. He needs to be more disciplined.

JONATHAN RUBS HIS FACE AS HE IS THINKING. WHEN HE TALKS HE LOOKS TOWARDS THE PRESENTER.

JONATHAN: The man and women always chatting. I think their names were Mike and Lauren.

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11. INT. EVENING. CLASS ROOM 1ST LESSON E.

JONATHAN IS AT THE HEAD OF THE CLASS LECTURING THE STUDENTS. HIS VOICE IS IN THE BACKGROUND AS MIKE AND LAUREN WHISPER TO ONE ANOTHER. MIKE LEANS OVER TO SPEAK. JONATHAN IS TALKING ABOUT COMMON SENSE IN ZOMBIE ATTACKS. THINGS LIKE, SHOOTING OR DESTORYING THE HEADS OF FRESHLY DEAD PEOPLE. KNOWING YOUR SURROUNDINGS, SO YOU DON’T END UP IN THE MIDDLE OF A CEMETERY. IF YOU SMELL AN ABUNDANCE OF ROTTING FLESH THEN THE DEAD HAVE RISEN. DO NOT TRUST A PERSON WHO HAS BEEN BITTEN BY A ZOMBIE. IF THE ARMY, OR ARMOURED PEOPLE, ARE OUTSIDE THE BUILDING YOU HAVE BEEN HIDING IN DO NOT RUN OUT TO MEET THEM, THEY WILL SHOOT YOU, SHOUT THAT YOU ARE ALIVE, OR WAVE SOMETHING AT THE THRESHOLD.

MIKE: So what do you think? Meet me for a drink and a bit of food, and we’ll see how it goes?

LAUREN: (Smiling) sure. When?

JONATHAN TURNS FROM THE BOARD TOWARDS MIKE AND LAUREN. HE IS ANNOYED.

JONATHAN: What are you doing? If it is so important that you can’t wait until after the lecture maybe you want to share it with us all?

MIKE SPEAKS UP FOR THE BOTH OF THEM.

MIKE: Sorry? (Apologetically)

JONATHAN: Sorry does not cut it when you are dealing with life and death. Life, when you listen to me. Death, when you don’t.

JONATHAN LOOKS BETWEEN MIKE AND LAUREN FOR A MOMENT, THEN TURNS BACK TO HIS BOARD. MIKE IS A BIT SHOCKED AT JONATHAN’S RESPONSE.

JONATHAN: Now come on, eyes to the front, eyes on me. (Quietly) concentrating on the front. Now where was I. Oh yes…?

MIKE WAITS FOR A MOMENT UNTIL JONATHAN IS BACK IN THE FLOW OF SPEAKING. THEN HE LEANS BACK ACROSS TO LAUREN. JONATHAN’S VOICE SINKS IN THE BACKGROUND. THEY WHISPER TO ONE ANOTHER.

MIKE: Tomorrow night!

LAUREN TURNS, TAKEN BACK BY MIKE’S SUDDEN VOICE AT HER SIDE.

LAUREN: What?

MIKE: Lets me and you go out tomorrow night and ditch this cr**!

LAUREN: Sure. Tomorrow night. (Smiles).

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12. INT. EVENING. BEHIND PUB TABLE/BEHIND CLASS TABLE.

SHOT BACK ON JONATHAN AFTER THINKING ABOUT MIKE AND LAUREN TALKING DURING HIS CLASS.

JONATHAN: Mike and Lauren are both adults, but could not stop speaking during my lecture. Why not wait until afterwards? (Resolute) Maybe they should not bother at all! Survival is easier when you only have to worry about number one. Not to be sexist, but in the zombie movies women always seem to get everyone else into some kind of trouble… Anyway, if they are going to talk, then not in my class, and not disturbing me in my educational flow (smiles at the camera).

JONATHAN HAS A DRINK. THEN LOOKS BACK AT THE PRESENTER. HE BECOMES EXPRESSIVE WITH HIS HANDS.

JONATHAN: And that man Eric. Oh that guy p*** me right off. I mean what nerve.

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13. INT. EVENING. CLASS ROOM 1ST LESSON F.

JONATHAN IS SAT AT THE CORNER OF HIS TABLE SPEAKING TO THE CLASS. HE IS IN THE MIDDLE OF AN EXPLANATION. HE HAS A BADLY DRAWN PICTURE OF A MAN ON THE BOARD WITH CIRCLES AROUND CERTAIN AREAS OF THE BODY.

JONATHAN: The head of the zombie is the only place where a zombie can be destroyed. Note: Severing it will not stop it. The only way to fully be sure that a zombie is down for the count is to penetrate the brain. This is obviously easier the more decomposed the skull is. But, not every shot to the brain will kill it as…

JONATHAN IS INTERRUPTED BY ERIC THRUSTING HIS HAND UP WITH URGENCY. JONATHAN IS SHOCKED BY ERIC’S SUDDEN INTEREST AND DECIDES TO STOP TO ASK HIM WHAT HE WANTS.

ERIC: Jonathan?

JONATHAN: Yes Eric?

ERIC COMPOSES HIMSELF, AS IF THE QUESTION HE IS ABOUT TO ASK MEANS A LOT TO HIM.

ERIC: Do Zombies have sex?

JONATHAN ANSWERS IN INSTINCT. HE IS MORTIFIED.

JONATHAN: No! Zombies do not have sex. Zombies have only two things on their minds – human flesh and human brains.

ERIC SMILES. HE KNOWS HE HAS JONATHAN ANNOYED, SO HE FIRES QUESTIONS AT HIM IN QUICK SUCCESSION. JONATHAN ANSWERS LOUDER EACH TIME. THE PEOPLE ABOUT THE CLASS ARE EITHER SHOCKED OR AMUSED.

ERIC: What about animal flesh and brains?

JONATHAN: No! Only human flesh and brains?

ERIC: Why?

JONATHAN: Because our brains are bigger and we must taste better!

ERIC: What about monkeys? They are very similar to us?

JONATHAN: No!

ERIC: Don’t you think the low intelligence of a zombie would cause it to mix humans and monkeys up?

JONATHAN: No you infuriating little man, I don’t. They only like human flesh and brains!

THE PEOPLE AROUND THE CLASS ARE SHOCKED AT JONATHAN’S OUTBURST. BUT HE IS UNCONCERNED. ERIC SMILES AT THIS AS THOUGH HE HAS WON A BATTLE. JONATHAN STARES AT ERIC, SLOWLY REGAINING HIS COMPOSURE.

JONATHAN: Why are you here? You don’t want to learn anything?

ERIC: There is nothing to learn.

JONATHAN MOVES FROM HIS TABLE, AND STANDS DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF ERIC’S TABLE/CHAIR. EVERYONE ELSE HAS EYES ON BOTH OF THEM. ERIC IS UNCONCERNED, SLOUCHING IN HIS CHAIR.

JONATHAN: Right, I have had enough of you. Get out right now! Go on, get out!

ERIC SLOWLY CLIMBS OUT OF HIS CHAIR, AND STANDS FACE TO FACE WITH JONATHAN.

ERIC: Gladly. I will be wanting a refund.

ERIC BACKS UP AND SNATCHES HIS PAD AND PEN UP OFF THE TABLE. THEN HE TURNS AND HEADS OFF TOWARDS THE DOOR. HE STOPS AT ITS THRESHOLD, AND TURNS BACK TO FACE THE CLASS. JONATHAN IS STILL STOOD AT ERIC’S CHAIR, STARING AT ERIC.

ERIC: Anyone else coming?

JONATHAN: That’s right Mr Lonesome. Need a friend to accompany you out of the door.

JONATHAN LOOKS AROUND THE CLASS WITH HIS ARMS SPREAD SMILING.

JONATHAN: Is there anyone else who wishes to leave with him?

TWO OTHER PEOPLE STAND FROM THEIR SEATS, COLLECT THEIR EQUIPMENT AND EXIT PAST ERIC. JONATHAN IS ANNOYED. ERIC IS SMILING. HE MOVES BACK TO THE BOARD AND SITS ON THE EDGE OF HIS TABLE.

JONATHAN: Fine. I am now left with the people that want to live during a zombie attack.

ERIC IS STILL STOOD AT THE DOOR’S THRESHOLD.

ERIC: Face it Jonathan the living dead are fictional and a zombie attack will never happen you psycho!

ERIC WALKS OUT AND SHUTS THE DOOR HARD. JONATHAN IS TAKEN BACK BY HIS LAST STATEMENT. HE LOOKS OUT AT THE FLOOR AND TALKS, NOT REALLY TO ANYONE.

JONATHAN: What is wrong with people? It’s only a matter of time before a government power designs a genetic weapon that accidentally transforms the living to disease carrying zombies... Or toxic chemicals are spilt onto a cemetery, thus waking the dead from their eternal slumber… Or if there is no more room left in the hell, the day will be forced to walk the earth. And then you have Voodoo, or Egyptian curses…

JONATHAN LOOKS UP FROM HIS TRANCE AND SPEAKS TO THE CLASS. HIS EYES ARE WIDE.

JONATHAN: You can never say never - It would be foolish to do.

SUDDENLY THE DOOR SWINGS OPEN. STANDING AT THE THRESHOLD IS ERIC. JONATHAN LOOKS AT HIM, AND THE CLASS TURN TO LOOK AT HIM.

ERIC: Here’s the only place that toxic chemicals will be coming from.

HE QUICKLY DROPS HIS PANTS AND WIGGLES HIS BUTT. JONATHAN IS SHOCKED. CHUCKLES SOUND AROUND THE ROOM.

ERIC: Why don’t you kiss my a*** jonnie boy!

ERIC PULLS UP HIS PANTS AS HE RUSHES BACK THROUGH THE DOOR. JONATHAN IS STILL SILENT WITH SHOCK. SMILES ARE ON SOME PEOPLES FACES, WHILE OTHERS ARE ALSO SHOCKED, AND DISGUSTED.

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14. INT. EVENING. BEHIND PUB TABLE/BEHIND CLASS TABLE.

JONATHAN HAS AN ANNOYED FACE WITH THINKING ABOUT ERIC. HE LOOKS TOWARDS THE PRESENTER.

PRESENTER: He was very disruptive.

JONATHAN: Disruptive? Yes, and ignorant. And childish. What nerve. He had no intention of coming to my class to learn. He only wanted to sabotage it. I should have called the police.

JONATHAN SPEAKS SOFTLY, AND LOOKS DOWN WHEN HE SAYS HIS LAST LINE.

PRESENTER: I don’t think he did enough to warrant the police.

JONATHAN DRINKS A LITTLE MORE. THEN LEANS BACK AGAIN AND SIGHS. HE DRINKS A LITTLE MORE, CALMING HIS NERVES. HE LEANS BACK AND THINKS FOR A MOMENT, THEN LOOKS TOWARDS THE PRESENTER AGAIN.

JONATHAN: Other than those incidents, by those people, I thought the first day was very productive. I believe the class has learnt a lot from me today, and think most will be back tomorrow. (Smiling) actually, I guarantee that most will be back tomorrow.

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15. INT. EVENING. CLASS ROOM – AFTER 1ST LESSON IS OVER.

JONATHAN IS AT THE DOOR AS THE STUDENTS LEAVE. HE IS THANKING THEM FOR COMING. SOME ARE SMILING, BUT MOST ARE STRAIGHT FACED. THE CAMERAMAN AND INTERVIEWER ARE BEHIND JONATHAN, FILMING THE STUDENTS LEAVING.

JAMIE IS THE ONLY PERSON LEFT AT THE HEAD OF THE ROOM. HE IS COLLECTING HIS THINGS TOGETHER WHEN HE NOTICES A PLASTIC BAG AT THE END OF JONATHAN’S TABLE. HE MOVES TO IT. HE LIFTS IT NOTICING WHAT IT IS. HE LOOKS AROUND TO SEE OF OTHERS ARE WATCHING HIM. NO ONE IS. HE OPENS THE TOP AND REALS BACK AT THE STENCH. HOLDING IT OUT HE ROLLS THE PLASTIS OVER THE FINGERS SO THAT HE CAN LOOK CLOSER AT IT. A FINGER MOVES SLIGHTLY. HE IS SHOCKED AND MOVES IT AROUND TO SEE IF SOMETHING COULD HAVE MOVED IT. HE LOOKS AROUND AGAIN TO CHECK IF ANYONE HAS SPOTTED HIM. HE LOOKS BACK. THE HAND IS CLOSE TO HIS FACE. IT IS DIFFERENT SOME HOW. HE MOVES FORWARD A TOUCH. THE DIGITS JUMP FORWARD AT HIM, SCRATCHING HIS FACE. HE DROPS THE HAND IN FRIGHT. THE HAND HITS THE FLOOR WITH A CRUNCH, AND ROLLS UNDER THE TABLE, LEAVING A TRAIL OF FLAKES. HE LEAVES IT, AND QUICKLY MOVES TO HIS EQUIPMENT. A PAIN RUNS THROUGH HIS FACE. HE PUTS HIS HAND UP TO HIS CHEEK, AND WHEN HE REMOVES HIS HAND THERE IS BLOOD ON IT. HE GATHERS HIS THINGS QUICKLY AND RUSHES TOWARDS THE DOOR. HE IS THE LAST ONE OUT. HE RUSHES PAST JONATHAN WITHOUT SAYING A WORD. HE HAS HIS HAND OVER HIS FACE.

JONATHAN: Night Jamie, and Th…

JAMIE MOVES PAST NOT SAYING ANYTHING. JONATHAN MOVES OUT OF THE DOOR TO SHOUT TO JAMIE.

JONATHAN: Jamie, are you ok?

JAMIE CONTINUES AWAY, BUT TURNS TO LOOK AT JONATHAN. JONATHAN AND CREW ARE OUT OF THE DOOR, AND ARE LOOKING AT HIM WITH WORRY.

JAMIE: I’m fine. Just got a nose bleed.

JAMIE TURNS AND CARRIES ON. JONATHAN TURNS AND LOOKS AT THE CAMERA.

JONATHAN: Must be the pressures of knowing everything (smiles).

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16. INT. EVENING. PICKAQUOY CENTRE TOILETS.

JAMIE IS LOOKING INTO THE LARGE MIRROR, FINGERING HIS CUT. THE BLOOD IS FLOWING QUITE FREELY IT IS DRIBBLING DOWN HIS CHEEK, ONTO HIS CLOTHES, AND ONTO THE FLOOR. HIS CHEEK IS SLOWLY SWEELING. HIS EYES ARE SORE AND HE KEEPS SQUEEZING, AND RUBBING THEM. THE EYE ON HIS CUT CHEEK SIDE IS BUGGING HIM, SO HE SQUEEZES IT SHUT. WHEN HE OPENS IT THE EYE IS WHITE. AT THIS HE SUDDENLY VOMITS BLOOD INTO THE SINK. HE BREATHLESSLY SCREAMS, THEN SINKS TO THE FLOOR. HE LIES STILL.

JAMIE IS LAY FLAT OUT ON THE FLOOR. HIS CHEST IS NOT MOVING UP AND DOWN AS IT IS SUPPOSE TO. HIS BAG IS LEANT AGAINST THE SINK BASE. SHOT ON HIS FACE AS HIS EYES SUDDENLY FLICK OPEN. THEY ARE BOTH WHITE. THE CHEEK IS STILL SWOLLEN. HE SCREAMS A HELLISH SOUND, AND THEN SCRAMBLES TO HIS FEET. HE LOOKS ABOUT THE ROOM, THEN MOVES OUT OF THE TOILET WITH SPEED. HE LEAVES HIS BAG AND THE BLOODY MESS BEHIND.

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17. INT. EVENING. BEHIND PUB TABLE/BEHIND CLASS TABLE.

JONATHAN IS STILL SMILING AWAITING THE PRESENTERS WORDS.

PRESENTER: Guarantee? That is very optimistic.

JONATHAN LIFTS HIS FINGER WHEN HE ANSWERS. HE IS STILL SMILING.

JONATHAN: Oh yes, guarantee.

THEY SIT FOR A MOMENT BEFORE THE PRESENTER CHANGES THE SUBJECT.

PRESENTER: How about tomorrow then. Are you looking forward to your second lecture?

JONATHAN REMOVES HIS HANDS FROM BEHIND HIS HEAD AND COMES FORWARD. HE HAS A SLIGHT SMILE. HE GESTICULATES WITH HIS HANDS.

JONATHAN: I am excited about tomorrow. I have the class warmed up. We have sieved out the disruptors, and are now left with the brightest and most dedicated students. It will be a good lecture tomorrow.

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18. EXT. NIGHT. PICKAQUOY CAR PARK. FAR SIDE.

ERIC HAS BEEN WAITING FOR JONATHAN TO EXIT THE PICKAQUOY BUT HASN’T DUE TO INTERVIEWS. SO ERIC HAS DECIDED TO LEAVE. HE MOVES OVER TO THE FAR SIDE OF THE CAR PARK WHERE HE PARKED HIS CAR AWAY FROM EVERYONE ELSE. HE IS AT THE DOOR WHEN HE HEARS SOMEONE APPROACHING. HE TURNS. JAMIE IS MOVING TOWARDS HIM WITH SPEED. ERIC SIGHS. HE STEPS AWAY FROM HIS CAR DOOR FACING JAMIE. JAMIE IS NOT LOOKING AT ERIC. HE STOPS TWO METERS AWAY FROM ERIC. HE HAS HIS HEAD DOWN TO THE GROUND.

ERIC: What do you want Jamie? Do you want to hit me for telling the truth? (A Pause) Fan or no fan, you should have more sense than Jonathan. Zombies are not real!

JAMIE LOOKS UP SLOWLY. HE SNARLS THE HELLISH SOUND AT ERIC. ERIC IS PETRIFIED AT THE SIGHT OF JAMIE’S FACE. HIS SKIN IS GREY, HIS EYES ARE WHITE, AND HIS CHEEK IS PUFFED OUT ON ONE SIDE OF HIS FACE. ERIC TRIES TO RUN, BUT CANNOT TAKE HIS EYES FROM JAMIE. HE OPENS THE CAR DOOR. HE BACKS INTO THE CAR ONTO THE SEAT, PULLING THE DOOR TO. FOR A MOMENT HE LOOKS AWAY TO PLACE THE KEY IN THE IGNITION. IN THE MOMENT JAMIE IS ON HIM, HE PULLS THE DOOR OPEN, WRENCHING IT FROM ERIC’S GRIP. JAMIE DIVES INTO THE CAR, ONTO ERIC, FORCING HIM ACROSS THE PASSENGER SEAT. ERIC CANNOT FORCE JAMIE OFF HIM. JAMIE BITES DOWN HARD, FORCING BLOOD TO SPLAT ONTO THE WINDSCREEN.

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19. EXT. NIGHT. A FIELD/A LIGHTLESS ROAD.

JAMIE RUNS ACROSS A FIELD WITH NO SOUND OF BREATH. HE IS LOOKING FOR WARM HUMAN FLESH TO FEED ON. THERE IS A GRUNTING AND SNARLING TO HIS SIDE. HE SLOWLY TURNS HIS HEAD TOWARDS THE SOUND. RUNNING ALONG SIDE JAMIE IS ERIC. ERIC’S CLOTHES ARE TORN AND BLOOD STAINED. HIS FLESH IS TORN AND DARK. HIS SKIN IS GREY AND HIS EYES ARE WHITE. JAMIE SLOWLY TURNS HIS HEAD AWAY FROM ERIC, AND CONTINUES RUNNING INTO THE NIGHT.

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20. EXT. EVENING. PRESENTER’S CAR. SECOND DAY LECTURE.

THE CAMERAMAN AND THE PRESENTER ARE IN THEIR CAR AWAITING JONATHAN. JONATHAN EXITS HIS HOME/HOTEL. THE PRESENTER IS NEAREST TO JONATHAN. THE CAMERAMAN IS FILMING OVER THE PRESENTER’S CAR SPACE. JONATHAN MOVES TO HIS CAR.

PRESENTER: Jonathan? (Shouts)

JONATHAN SEES THE TWO IN THE CAR AND WAVES. HE SLOWLY WALKS OVER. JONATHAN IS SMILING.

JONATHAN: Evening gentlemen. Ready for another stimulating two hours?

PRESENTER: You seem extremely happy today. Are you still as confident about tonight’s turn-out as you were last night?

JONATHAN: Even more so. I went over last night’s lesson and thought it contained really interesting information… Tonight is going to be great.

JONATHAN SMILES, SHOWING HIS TEETH AT THIS STATEMENT.

JONATHAN: Anyway. Let’s go get this show on the road.

HE TURNS AWAY FROM THE TWO, AND HEADS TOWARDS HIS CAR. IN A COUPLE OF MOMENTS HE IS IN THE CAR WITH THE ENGINE STARTED, RELEASING THE HANDBRAKE AND GETTING THE CAR ON ITS WAY. THE PRESENTER STARTS HIS CAR ENGINE AND FOLLOWS BRISKLY.

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21. EXT. EVENING. PICKAQUOY CAR PARK.

THE CAMERAMAN HAS THE CAMERA ON THE CAR IN FRONT AS THEY ENTER THE ROAD UP TO THE PICKAQUOY CENTRE. THEY PARK NEXT TO JONATHAN, AND EXIT THE CAR. THE THREE MAKE THEIR WAY ACROSS THE CAR PARK TO THE CENTRE’S ENTRANCE. THEY CLIMB THE STEPS AND ENTER THROUGH THE DOORS. THE CAMERAMAN SCANS THE CAR PARK NOTICING THAT IT LOOKS QUITE EMPTY.

THEY ENTER THE CENTRE INFRONT OF THE FRONT DESK. IT IS EMPTY. THERE IS NO ONE AROUND, PUBLIC OR STAFF.

JONATHAN: It’s a bit empty tonight. Could be a zombie attack! (He turns to camera and smiles sinisterly).

THEY WALK ON. JONATHAN LAUGHS A LITTLE AT HIS OWN JOKE. THEY MOVE TO THE SIDE OF THE FRONT DESK, AND CLIMB THE STAIRS TO THE NEXT FLOOR. AT THE TOP OF THE STAIRS THEY PASS THROUGH SOME DOORS INTO A CORRIDOR. THEY CONTINUE DOWN THE CORRIDOR TOWARDS THE CLASSROOM.

PRESENTER: It is very quiet tonight.

THEY REACH THE DOOR TO THE CLASSROOM. JONATHAN OPENS IT A LITTLE TO LOOK IN. HE CLOSES IT AGAIN QUICKLY, BUT QUIETLY. HE LOOKS AT THE PRESENTER WITH A WEIRD LOOK UPON HIS FACE.

PRESENTER: What’s wrong?

JONATHAN: That idiot from last night is back, Eric. He is stood in front of my desk. I’m going to have to kick him out before I begin the lecture. But, on a plus note, we’ve got a good turn our again (smiles).

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22. EXT. EVENING. CLASS ROOM 2ND LECTURE A.

WITH THE CAMERAMAN’S CAMERA AS JONATHAN OPENS THE CLASS ROOM DOOR, SOFTLY AND QUIETLY. HE WALKS IN. THE ROOM IS EXTREMELY QUIET. THE PRESENTER AND THE CAMERAMAN STAY AT THE DOOR WATCHING JONATHAN CONFIDENTLY STROLLS UP THE CLASS TOWARDS ERIC. THE CLASS IS FULL OF STUDENTS STANDING AROUND THE ROOM. ALL, INCLUDING ERIC, ARE FACING THE GROUND. JONATHAN STOPS DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF ERIC.

JONATHAN: Right you; I want you out now before I begin this lecture!

JONATHAN GESTICULATES WITH HIS HANDS. ERIC DOES NOT MOVE, NOR LOOK UP. THE CAMERAMAN SEARCHES THE STUDENTS, NONE ARE RESPONDING TO THE CONVERSATION AT HAND. JUST THEN HE LANDS UPON BLOOD ON ONE STUDENT’S CLOTHING. HE GOES ACROSS THEM ALL AGAIN NOTICING THAT THEY ALL ARE BLEEDING, AND BLOOD IS AROUND THEIR FEET. THE PRESENTER HAS ALSO NOTICED THE SAME.

PRESENTER: Jonathan? (Urgently spoken).

JONATHAN PUTS ONE HAND BACK. IT IS OPEN TO STOP THE PRESENTER SPEAKING. JONATHAN CONTINUES HIS ONE WAY CONVERSATION WITH ERIC.

JONATHAN: Come on Eric, get out! You are not rejoining my lecture after yesterday!

ERIC SUDDENLY LOOKS UP. AT THE SAME TIME THE OTHER STUDENTS LOOK UP. HE RELEASES THE HELLISH SOUND. JONATHAN BACKS UP SLOWLY AWAY FROM ERIC. THE WHITE EYES ARE BEARING INTO HIM. HE TURNS SUDDENLY TOWARDS THE DOOR, NOTING ALL THE OTHER STUDENTS AS WELL, TO WHERE THE PRESENTER AND CAMERAMAN ARE STILL STOOD. JONATHAN’S FACE IS FULL OF HORROR.

JONATHAN: Get out! They are all dead. (Scared).

AS JONATHAN SPEAKS, ERIC GRABS HIM FROM BEHIND, DRAGGING HIM BACKWARDS. ERIC BITS DOWN ON JONATHAN’S NECK. THE REST OF THE CLASS MOVE TO JOIN THE FIGHT, COVERING THE CAMERAMAN’S VIEW OF JONATHAN. JONATHAN IS SHOUTING WITH PAIN, BUT THAT SUDDENLY CEASES. THE PRESENTER IS SHOUTING SOMETHING BEHIND THE CAMERAMAN. HE TURNS, STILL FILMING. THE PRESENTER IS MAKING A HASTY RETREAT DOWN THE HALL.

PRESENTER: Come on!

THE CAMERAMAN RUNS TO CATCH UP. THE PRESENTER IS IN FRONT BUT TURNS TO LOOK BACK PAST THE CAMERAMAN.

PRESENTER: They’re coming.

THE CAMERAMAN TURNS AND LOOKS. THE DEAD ARE NOW POURING OUT OF THE CLASS ROOM IN PURSUIT OF THE PRESENTER AND THE CAMERAMAN. HE TURNS BACK. THEY GO THROUGH SOME DOORS AND DOWN THE STAIRS INTO THE DESERTED ENTRANCE. THEY RUSH THROUGH THE ENTRANCE DOORS, DOWN THE FRONT STEPS AND INTO THE CAR PARK, HEADING TOWARDS THEIR CAR. THE PRESENTER STILL HOLDS ONTO HIS MICROPHONE.

PRESENTER: Come on! We are nearly at the car.

THE CAMERAMAN FILMS A COUPLE OF PEOPLE AROUND THE CAR PARK WALKING SLOWLY, UNTIL THEY HEAR THE TWO RUNNING, THEN THEY HEAD IN THEIR DIRECTION. THE CAMERAMAN TURNS TO SEE ALL THE ZOMBIES POURING OUT OF THE FRONT ENTRANCE AND DOWN THE STEPS. HE TURNS BACK TO THE PRESENTER AS HE UNLOCKS THE CAR WITH HIS REMOTE LOCKING. A ZOMBIE COMES FROM NOWHERE NEXT TO THE PRESENTER. IT COMES AT HIM WITH SPEED.

CAMERAMAN: Look out!

THE PRESENTER TURNS SUDDENLY, AND RAMS THE MICROPHONE INTO THE ZOMBIES MOUTH. HE THEN KICKS IT HARD IN THE STOMACH, SENDING IT HARD TO THE FLOOR. THE PRESENTER AND THE CAMERAMAN JUMP INTO THE CAR, AND SLAM THEIR DOORS. THE PRESENTER LOCKS ALL THE DOORS FROM HIS DOOR.

PRESENTER: I think I did learn something at that lecture.

HE PUTS THE KEY IN THE IGNITION AND TURNS IT TO START THE ENGINE. THE CAMERAMAN TURNS BACK TO THE CAR PARK. A BAND OF ZOMBIES ARE RUSHING FORTH TO THEIR LOCATION. HE NOTICES ONE ZOMBIE STOOD ON ITS OWN BEHIND THE BAND. HE ZOOMS IN ON IT. IT IS JONATHAN. HE IS DEAD WITH BLOOD ON HIS CLOTHES. THE PRESENTER TURNS THE CAR’S LIGHTS ON. THE ZOMBIE HE HAD FLOORED HAS CLAMBERED TO ITS FEET AGAIN. THE MICROPHONE IS STILL IN ITS MOUTH.

CAMERAMAN: Go!

THE PRESENTER DRIVES OFF WITH SPEED. HE SWURVES AROUND THE ZOMBIE SO AS NOT TO DAMAGE THEIR CAR. THEY DRIVE DOWN PICKAQUOY ROAD, AND TURN ONTO THE MAIN ROAD AT ITS END.

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Marshall J. Dean 2005

[XhuntedoverlordX]

I've only read about half so far, but i'll to finish it later. Looks good from what i've read, keep up the good work.

[OutcastJiob]

Quite interesting! It's a good idea, the only thing I disliked was the dialogue in some places; it seemed a bit forced every now and again. The plot is good, though, just tweak the dialogue a bit and you'll have a very good script.

[DarkElastic]

Thank you for your comments. I agree some of it seems forced. This will be the next stage of the writing, as this first draught was written in a week. I will then dissect each section and act out - to myself and whoever else is working on it with me - all the speech to see if it works. I am sure quite a bit will change.

[the_boy]

Who do you think you are Romero, you write like a bald puff

[mickcar73]

Who do you think you are Romero, you write like a bald puff

(to the boy)
I havent read it yet but your a critisizing dick head

[Mr.Anderson]

Yeah really, i mean christ, no one is gonna write a zombie script equal to that of Romero. Thats like trying to write a tradgedy expecting it to be better than Shakespeare. I havent read all of it yet but it seems to me hes not trying to make a masterpiece topping all other zombie movies, but more like a funny, fairly original little zombie flic. So lighten up prick.