ENIGMA

An original radio drama by Freya Davies

PRODUCTION SCRIPT
January 22, 2024
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ENIGMA

CAST

NARRATOR Voice of Anastasia

ANASTASIA A young girl, friend of Louis and Nikita
LOUIS A young boy, friend of Anastasia and Nikita
RODNEY Anastasia’s dad
NIKITA A young girl, friend of Anastasia and Louis
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ENIGMA

SCENE ONE: INT. WOODS – AFTERNOON

(Anastasia, Louis)

SOUND: LOUD SLAM, FOLLOWED BY A HIGH-PITCHED SCREAM

LOUIS: Anastasia?!

SOUND: ORIGINAL SCREAM ECHOS, ECHO BEGINS TO GET QUIETER AND

QUIETER UNTIL IT IS NO LONGER HEARD, PEACEFUL, WILDLIFE SOUNDS
ARE HEARD, AUDIO FADE.

SCENE TWO: EXT. WOODS – NIGHT

(Rodney)

RODNEY: Anastasia?! ... Anastasia?! ... Where are you?!

MUSIC: SLOW OMINOUS MUSIC FADES IN

SOUNDS: FOOTSTEPS, WIND HOWLING,

BRANCHES BLOWING IN WIND, SNAPPING TWIGS, LEAVES RUSTLING

MUSIC: SLOW OMINOUS MUSIC FADES OUT

SCENE THREE: INT. WOODS - MORNING

(Anastasia, Rodney, Louis)

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SOUNDS: WALKIE-TALKIE SOUNDS

ANASTASIA: Nikita? I went to explore that place in the woods. The

place that people talk about all the time. It's dark in here, and
all I have is this walkie-talkie, a torch and a little food and
drink.

pause

ANASTASIA: ... Great, no response.

SOUNDS: MUFFLED MALE VOICE TALKING TO

THEMSELF

ANASTASIA: Hello?! I’m down here. Please help me.

SOUNDS: BANGING ON DIRT WALL,

BANGING FADES OUT, FOOTSTEPS IN WOODS

RODNEY: Where is she? Anastasia?!

SOUNDS: FOOTSTEPS FADE OUT

ANASTASIA: Please help me! I’m stuck in here.

SOUNDS: BANGING ON DIRT WALL AGAIN, ZOOMING

OUT SOUND, LOUD SLAM SOUND
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LOUIS: Great now we’re both trapped here.

SOUNDS: TORCH TURNING ON

LOUIS: There's so many tally marks here, this could be decades if

not centuries old.

SOUNDS: ZOOMING OUT SOUND AGAIN, SOUND OF

STONE WALL LIFTING UP, TORCH TURNING ON

ANASTASIA: That’s the only way I can go then

SCENE FOUR: INT. WOODS – AFTERNOON

(Anastasia, Nikita, Louis)

MUSIC: INTENSIFYING MUSIC BEGINS PLAYING

SOUNDS: CRAWLING SOUNDS, STONE WALL SLAMMING

SHUT

NIKITA: Anastasia? Are you there?

ANASTASIA: Nikita! Yes, I’m here.

NIKITA: Where are you? Please don’t tell me you went to that
place in the woods you keep talking about.

ANASTASIA: I did, sorry

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SOUNDS: STATIC FROM WALKIE-TALKIE

ANASTASIA: It’s really cold and I've already spent one night down
here. I don’t want to sleep here again.

SOUNDS: STATIC FROM WALKIE-TALKIE

ANASTASIA: Where are you?

NIKITA: Anastasia? I can’t hear you; it keeps cutting out.

ANASTASIA: Nikita?

SOUNDS: STATIC FROM WALKIE-TALKIE

ANASTASIA: Can you hear me now?

NIKITA: Anastasia? Are you still there?

ANASTASIA: Yes, I’m here

SOUNDS: STATIC FROM WALKIE-TALKIE

ANASTASIA: Please hurry, I'm scared.

Pause/silence
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ANASTASIA: *Yells* Why does this not work?!

SOUNDS: WALKIE-TALKIE HITS SOMETHING METAL AND ECHOS

LOUIS: Hello?

ANASTASIA: Hello? Who are you? What are you doing here?

LOUIS: It’s Louis there are people looking for you, your dad is
out there too. Why are you down here?

ANASTASIA: I just wanted to know if the stories were real. I was

curious.

LOUIS: You shouldn’t have come here alone.

ANASTASIA: I know, I'm sorry

LOUIS: It’s ok. At least we know this place is real now. We just
have to find a way out.

ANASTASIA: Do you have any ideas?

LOUIS: No, but I'm sure either Nikita or your dad will find us
soon. Besides there’s a way in, so there’ll be a way out.

ANASTASIA: Yeah, you're right, we shouldn’t panic.

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SCENE FIVE: INT. WOODS – AFTERNOON

MUSIC: SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC FADES IN

SOUNDS: FOOTSTEPS, WIND HOWLING, TWIGS

SNAPPING, LEAVES RUSTLING, WALL SLAMMING, CRAWLING, WALL
SLAMMING, CRAWLING, WALL SLAMMING, CRAWLING

NIKITA: Anastasia? Louis?

ANASTASIA AND LOUIS: Nikita?

ANASTASIA: How did you know we were here? The walkie-talkie

wasn’t working.

NIKITA: It wasn’t hard to figure out where you were when Rodney
couldn’t find you.

ANASTASIA: Thanks for coming after us

NIKITA: What are friends for?

LOUIS: Do either of you have an idea of how old this place is?

ANASTASIA and NIKITA: No

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LOUIS: Well, according to the tally marks I saw earlier I would

assume it’s quite old. So, the repeated slamming can’t be good
for its structure.

SOUNDS: OF THE WALLS COLLAPSING

NIKITA: We have to get out of here NOW!

LOUIS: How?!

NIKITA: Anastasia where is the walkie talkie?!

ANASTASIA: I threw it over there when it stopped working.

NIKITA: Louis! Find it and start digging at the walls.

LOUIS: Got it!

SOUNDS: DIGGING MUD SOUNDS

MUSIC: INTENSIFYING MUSIC

NIKITA: Come on Louis, hurry up it sounds like it's getting

closer.

ANASTASIA: I think I can see sunlight!

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SOUNDS: BIRDS SINGING, BREAKING THROUGH
MUD WALL

NIKITA: Go! Get out!

SOUNDS: OF ENTIRE MAZE COLLASPING IN ON ITSELF

ANASTASIA: That was close

LOUIS: Yeah, let’s get out of here

SCENE SIX: EXT. EMPTY ROAD – AFTERNOON

NIKITA: So, what do you think that was?

ANASTASIA: I don’t know I'm just glad we got out

LOUIS: I think it was a maze

NIKITA: Yeah maybe, it was confusing with all those walls in

there. Why do you think the doors would shut whenever we crawled
through to the next room?

ANASTASIA: Whatever it was it doesn’t matter it’s gone now

NIKITA: Yeah, I guess we’ll never know what it was.

END