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Opening sequence- screenplay EXT.PARK.

DAY ELLA is playing in the park with her brother WILLIAM CHILDREN Laughing and running (slow motion) LINDSEY Come on kids its time for lunch LINDSEY prepares food for CHILDREN on the picnic blanket WILLIAM starts to run towards LINDSEY WILLIAM Come on ELLA WILLIAM carries on running until he reaches the picnic blanket and sits down ELLA feels that somebody is watching her ELLA turns to look at the road HARRY disappears behind tree ELLA turns and runs back to the picnic blanket

EXT.TOWN CENTRE.DAY 3 DAYS LATER ELLA and LINDSEY are shopping in the town centre LINDSEY How was your day at school today then YOUNG GIRL? ELLA It was good we did reading then writing and swimming (excited LINDSEY Ah wow that sounds great, who did you play with at lunchtime? ELLA Emily, Freya, Lucy. LINDSEY turns to look in window, not paying attention to ELLA

ELLA sees something she likes in a shop window ELLA runs to see it and gets lost in the crowd. ELLA Have you seen my mummy? PUBLIC ignore the ELLA ELLA (Nearly crying) Oh no I cant find my mummy HARRY appears in the crowd, looking evil ELLA runs to a corner where HARRY approaches HARRY Dont worry well go and find your mummy ELLA turns around and HARRY grabs her ELLA wriggles and tries to escape ELLA (Screams) HARRY puts ELLA in the car INT.POLICE STATION.DAY LEXI rings police panicking about the missing child POLICE OFFICER Hello Bedfordshire Police LEXI Hello (panicking) POLICE OFFICER Calm down, no thats alright calm down. Whats happened? LEXI I witnessed someone has been kidnapped (panicking) POLICE OFFICER Youve witnessed somebody being kidnapped? Alright come down, its ok. If I can just ask some details please

LEXI She was a young female, looked about 8 she was taken in a white car POLICE OFFICER Yeah okay, young female, okay, in a white car POLICE OFFICER What was she wearing? LEXI Grey trousers, a grey coat and a pink rucksack. I dont know what I should do (panicking) POLICE OFFICER Thats alright, calm down, its fine its fine. Where did this happen? LEXI Dunstable Town Centre POLICE OFFICER Alright there is CCTV around there so Im sure we will be able to find something! How long ago did this happen roughly? LEXI Just now POLICE OFFICER Okay, just now, right okay POLICE OFFICER What did the male look like? LEXI He was very tall POLICE OFFICER Tall okay, and what was he wearing? LEXI A black jacket

POLICE OFFICER A black jacket, okay did you get a number plate or anything? Right, okay, Im just going to update the control room, if you just bear with us, okay thank you, goodbye. POLICE OFFICER is talking into Walky-Talky POLICE OFFICER Control room can you show me on route POLICE OFFICER is running down the corridor POLICE OFFICER is running to get in his police van/ Turning the lights on

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