DECLAN.

By
Dr. Joshua Silverwood
Playground Ext.
(Soundtrack: Lux enertia -
Clint Mansell)

WIDE:
we see Declan staring at children as they play happily. He
begins to drool and lick his lips. holding onto the fence he
begins to rub the bars.

He is wearing a long black coat. no other items of clothing

are visible. he holds the coat tightly.
children play in foreground out of focus. Declan in middle
ground is in focus.

MEDIUM CLOSE UP: Declan’s eyes stare downwards off shot.

Drool runs down the lips.
(Declan’s inner monologue )
I have jaffacakes. you want jaffa
cakes? I have jaffacakes you want
jaffacakes? I have jaffacakes. You
want jaffacakes?
WIDE: PAN RIGHT.
We see Declan pull Jaffacakes out of his jacket and shuffle
Right, hunched, towards playground gates.
(Declan’s inner monologe)
I HAVE jaffacakes! You WANT
jaffacakes! I HAVE FUCING
jaffacakes! You WANT FUCKING
Jaffacakes!!

CLOSE UP: DECLANS FACE

Declan begins to sweat and panic as he moves forward. the
panic is visible on his face.

DECLAN’S INNER MONOLOGE:

FUCK YOU! JAFFACAKES! FUCK ME!
JAFFACAKES! LET ME FUCK YOU!
JAFFACAKES! LET YOU FUCK ME!
JAFFACAKES!
CUTAWAY: Mother pulls her little girl off swing and runs
away.
CLOSE UP: Declans hand tightly grasping the box of
jaffacakes while furiously rubbing the box with the other.
MEDIUM: Young black child sits on slides alone. he is
innocent and clueless.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 2.

(Music begins to build)

OVER THE SHOULDER: We look over Declans shoulder as he
slowly approaches the child on the slide. we can see in the
background mothers running away, in the middle ground out of
foucus the child on the slide sits alone playing with a lady
bug. in the foreground is the back of Declans ginger head.
DECLAN’S INNER MONOLOGE:
FUCK! JAFFACAKES! FUCK! JAFFACAKES!
FUCK JAFFACAKES! FUCK! FUCK FUCK
FUCK!
EXTREME CLOSE UP: The lady bird wonders along the child arm
EXTREME CLOSE UP: Childs face smiles and laughs, then stops,
he looks up out of shot.
EXTREME CLOSE UP: Declan Licks his lips.
(Music stops, there is silence
except for distance noise of
children playing)

TWO-SHOT: The child sits innocently on the slide, he is

looking up in amazement at declan who looks down with a
creepy smile on his face.
Declan stretches out his arm with the jaffacakes. he then
opens his coat. we do not see what he reveals.
DECLAN
Jaffacakes?
CUT TO BLACK
(Pitch black screen, block
white capital text fades into
view)
DECLAN’S INNER MONOLOGE:

TEXT
DONT TRUST GINGERS.
END.