The Invisible Man

EXT. PARK. DAY.

We can see a middle aged man with a polaroid camera taking photos of the lake while eating
a sandwich. A racoon suddenly approaches the man and puts its paw on the man’s leg. The
man gets startled and drops the polaroid camera in a deep puddle of water.
MAN
Goddammit.

The man proceeds to pick up the camera and starts walking away.
INT. KITCHEN. DAY
The same man from the lake is now in his home, what appears to be a classic one story
American house. He puts the camera on the fridge and gets himself a beer out of the fridge.

The camera zooms into one of the beer bottles in the fridge
2months later
The camera zooms back out and we can see a man take a beer out the fridge. When the fridge
closes we can see the polaroid camera on top of it.

Ext. Street. Night

It’s a calm night, at 1AM nothing particular is happening, it’s almost too quite. The road
itself is illuminated by flickering lampposts. The only thing that breaks the silence is a distant
police siren.

Int. Living Room. Night.

2 Men are sitting on the couch smoking and drinking lemon flavoured beer. One of them is
wearing khaki bottoms and a wife-beater and the other one is wearing a discoloured purple
hoodie and baggy jeans. Both of them are middle aged and have a heavy build.
They are watching a show about Pawn Shops, the old TV is flickering with the image of a
young guy trying to sell a $5 bank note supposedly worth $50,000

WHEELER
What are the chances of finding a sumabitch like that. All I
need to get out of this shithole gaddammit.

JOHNSON
(staring at wheeler for a few seconds before repling)
Damn right. 50 grand sure would be nice right about now.

The TV cuts to a coming-soon commercial of the show

“how it’s made” it’s about the process of making invisible ink.
For some reason this catches Johnson’s attention. The camera cuts to him intensely staring at
TV while Wheeler gets up to grab yet another beer.
The show mentions how lemon juice is used to create invisible ink.

JOHNSON
 (surprised with a nefarious look on his face)
Well I’ll be darned.

The camera cuts to Wheeler trying to open his beer bottle but struggling. Johnson can be
heard shouting from upstairs

JOHNSON
(shouting)
Wheeler get me another beer I’m dry over here

WHEEELER
Come down and get it yourself you fat
sumabitch.

Johnson gets up from the couch and is seen making is way goofily down the stairs.
The clock reads 1:36
Wheeler opens a beer for Johnson and tries handing it to him.

JOHNSON
(Looking at the clock and putting on his jacket)
Cheers buddy, but I better be making my way
home.
I got work in the morning and the boss is still is
still breaking my balls bout’ my tardiness,

WHEELER
Alright then you goddamn aristocrat I’ll see you I’ll see
you then.

EXT. STREET. MORNING

We can see some sped-up footage of cars on the highway with the moon setting and the sun
raising behind them.
The camera cuts to a classic American 3 bedroom house with an old Ford F series parked
outfront.

INT. CAR. MORNING.

We see Johnson getting in his car pulling his seat belt over his chest ready to start the car.
Before the car starts he starts aggressively checking his pockets.

JOHNSON
What in tarnation? I must’ve left my
smokes.

Johnson is exiting his truck when on the other side of the road he sees a young boy selling
lemonade for ¢50. He stares at the stand for a few seconds, the boy waves at him, he
hesitantly waves back.
Heading back inside, he remembers the “how it’s made” ad he’d seen the night before.
He grabs his cigarettes and heads back to his car.
While stuck at a red light he turns on the radio

RADIO
Alrighty folks for our next story we’re gonna the
story of young man who managed to buy his mother a car using the
profits from a lemonade stand
Isn’t that amazing Kimberly a story abou---

The audio slowly fades into nothingness while the camera zooms into Johnson’s face, he is so
focused on nothing he is completely zoned out. We can hear a faint beep that gets louder and
longer each time it rings. Johnson snaps out of realising that the light has turned green and the
beeping comes from the cars behind him. A man puts his head out a car behind Johnson.

ANGRY DRIVER
Get a move on Sleeping Beauty!

Johnson puts his hand out the window waving to the angry driver behind him.

JOHNSON
(under his breath)
Goddamn liberals.

INT. HOUSE. MID-DAY.

Doug Stone- I’d be better off is playing on Wheeler’s old radio.
Wheeler can be seen making a coffee, dancing and singing along to the radio, his beard is
unkept, hangover, still in his pyjamas.
He doesn’t have job, he doesn’t want a job, he is content.
He pulls out and opens a flask from the inside pocket of his robe, he pours about 2 shots
worth of liquor in his coffee before taking a sip and exhaling.
Wheeler makes his way to the living room upstairs, the music getting quitter with each stair
he climbs, stepping over empty beer bottles and sunflower seed packets.
Wheeler’s phone rings just before he sits down. He thinks about it for a second and decides to
ignore it. The phone rings again and again then finally after 4 missed calls Wheeler stands up.
WHEELER
Goddammit.

Wheeler slowly heads back downstairs to answer the phone.

WHEELER
I’m coming goddamit!

Wheeler takes a breath then picks up the phone.

WHEELER
Hello?

JOHNSON
Wheeler! I’m coming over!

Johnson hangs up the phone and Wheeler is left looking confused as to what that’s about.
EXT. STREET. MID-DAY.
Johnson’s truck is seen pulling in Wheeler’s driveway he turn the engine off and runs inside
Wheeler’s house.
Wheeler tries saying hello but Johnson cuts him off.

JOHNSON
LEMONS Wheeler LEMONS!

Wheeler looks at Johnson confused without saying a word.

JOHNSON
Wheel, you got lemons yes or no?

WHEELER
Ye, I got lemons watcha need em for?

Johnson proceeds to tell Wheeler about his invisibility theory.

JOHNSON
If the main ingredient in invisible ink is
lemons, then if we spread lemon juice on our
skin, we can turn invisible.

Wheeler is left looking flabbergasted by Johnson’s stupidity, but before Wheeler can say
anything Johnson has already grabbed a lemon and started squeezing it into a cup. He starts
spreading the lemon juice all over his face and asks Wheeler to take a picture of him.
Wheeler does as Johnson asked him, surprisingly the polaroid comes out blank.
JOHNSON
SEE I TOLD YOU I’M INVISIBLE GODDAMIT!

WHEELER
I can see you, moron.

JOHNSON
I know you can but the camera ain’t seen
nothing.

Wheeler is now convinced he grabs a lemon, cuts it in half and starts rubbing it on his face.

WHEELER
Take a photo of me Johnson!

Johnson uses the polaroid and takes a photo of Wheeler, yet again the polaroid comes out
blank.
Both of them are so confused and amazed they cannot contain themselves.
JOHNSON
(SHOUTING)
WHEEL, LET’S ROB A BANK!
Wheeler looks at Johnson wondering if he is serious.

JOHNSON
They aint never gonna know it’s us.
They will never have proof it’s us, we can’t be
seen by cameras wheeler.
Let’s start off small. Let’s call this a practice
run.

Wheeler agrees so they start preparing

The Clash – BankRobber starts playing in the background as they get ready for the big heist.
They open 2 bottles of beer they ching and then down the beer.
Wheeler heads upstairs to grab a change of clothes for him and Johnson as well as his semi-
automatic hand gun.

EXT. STREET. MID-DAY.

Johnson heads back to his truck reversing it into the road and warming up the engine before
they go.
Wheeler gets in the truck and they start driving. We can see the car drive away the screen
then fades to a shot of Mellon Bank.

INT. BANK. AFTERNOON

Wheeler and Johnson confidently walk as if they cannot be seen. Johnson places himself in
line and Wheeler goes to talk to the bank teller, he pulls out the hand gun and a plastic bag
that he found in Johnson’s car from the inside pocket of his jacket. He tosses the bag at the
teller and points the gun at her waving it up and down.

WHEELER
Put all the money you got on hand in this bag
right now! Make it quick!
The teller listens to him and quickly puts the money in the bag.
Wheeler snatches the bag away from her as soon as she’s finished he quickly turns and starts
heading to the door.

EXT. STREET. AFTERNOON.

Johnson and Wheeler rush back to the car, Johnson puts the car in drive and starts driving.

INT. CAR. AFTERNOON

Wheeler opens the bag and starts counting how much money he made it out with.

WHEELER
WE GOT $10,000 DOLLARS JOHNSON!
Let’s hit another bank this was easy as pie.

Johnson nods and they start heading towards the nest bank.

EXT. FIDELITY SAVINGS BANK. AFTERNOON.

We see Wheeler and Johnson walk in and get out just as fast.
They return to the car with a fuller bag this time and head home driving into the sunset.

SIX DAYS LATER.

INT. WHEELER’S HOUSE. 23:00PM

Wheeler and Johnson are sat on their couch watching TV with the usual beer in their hand.
The Tv looks brand new and so does the TV stand.
The program is interrupted by breaking news.
The news is aring a video tape of Wheeler and Johnson robbing the banks. Before they can
get a word out a knock can be heard.

OFFICER 1
Police, open up wheeler!

Wheeler hesitantly heads downstairs and opens the door, before he can say anything the
police grab him and Johnson and put them in hand cuffs.
OFFICER 2
McArthur Wheeler, Clifton Earl Johnson you are
both under arrest for armed robber. You have
the right to remain silent anything you say can and
will be used against you in a court of law.

Both Wheeler And Johnson look too stunned to speak Wheeler mutters some unintelligible
words

OFFICER 1
What was that?

WHEELER
B-But I wore the juice

The camera slowly approaches the fridge through the front door, pointing at the polaroid
camera zooming into it’s lens.
In the background you can faintly hear the program how it’s made start.

TV
On today episode of how it’s made we are gonna be
looking at invisible ink, for when something has to be kept secret.

FIN.