Post by Dale on Aug 6, 2008 12:40:30 GMT -5
Jester in Ashes
Castlist
Jason Bie’reil- Cillian Murphy
Officer #1- Anthony Heald
Officer #2- Michael Biehn
Priest- Brendan Gleeson
Lane Murdock- Harry Fielder
Scene 1
MORNING
DOVER, WHITE CLIFFS
FADE-IN. *Nocturne Op. 9 No. 2 plays softly in the background. ( www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvxS_bJ0yOU )* The camera is looking out of the mouth of a cave. The cave is about midway up the large cliff face. The outer rim of the shot is covered by the walls of the cave. The centre of the shot shows the beauty of the outside.
The sea extends far into the distance. The light of the morning sun glistens magically on the gentle sea. A flock of sea gulls slide across the image. The gentle lapping of waves can be heard.
Jason Bie’reil V.O (Spoken gently and calm); Even... The most beautiful of creations can be... ‘taunted’.
SLOW MOT. Suddenly from the top of the shoot, several lifeless silhouettes of bodies begin to fall through the shot. They fall flimsy and motionless into the depth of the water below.
UNDER WATER shot looking up. The water distorts the noises of nature. Bodies plop into the sea with an incoherent sound of weight hitting water. Suddenly weightless, the bodies float, moved only by the gentle waves. The shot looks directly up at the silhouette of the bodies against the burning light of day.
LONG DISTANCE UNDER WATER shot. The vastness of the sea stretches out in front of the camera. The murky darkness extends forever until it is swallowed by pure darkness. Sunlight feebly falls down from above lighting a small spot of the ocean. Suddenly and silently, a single body drifts down from above. Its arms extend lifelessly as if trying to reach for the dimming light.
CUT TO BLACK
*The music stops*
Jason V.O (menacing); Poetic....
RAPID CUT to next scene.
Scene 2
TIME UNKNOWN
PLACE UNKNOWN
Close-up of a panic stricken, blood shot eye. The camera stays on this eye as the scene develops.
Strange voice #1; You’re gonna die bitch!
The pupil of the eye flickers to the left and widens.
Strange voice #2; You’re gonna fry little piggy!
The eye blinks rapidly.
Strange voice #3; Goodbye friend. See you in hell.
A drop of sweat falls into the eye.
Jason Bie’reil V.O; When I close my eyes, all I see is pain.
The eye strains even more. The owner of the eye can be heard breathing heavily. Suddenly a blooded tear falls from the eye.
CONT; When I open them, all IS pain.
Sudden cut to BLACK.
Scene 3
NIGHT
EXIT OF TRAIN STATION/ LARGE TOWN
BLACK AND WHITE WIDE Shot of a Victorian style town. It is raining heavily. The street is lit by streetlights. In the centre of the shot is an old train station. Disoriented loud muttering fills the screen. Distorted figures, much like shadows, walk the streets huddled under umbrellas. The scene is very film noir.
Jason Bie’reil exits station into the rain.
CLOSE UP of Jason’s tired looking face. He takes a deep breath and begins to walk down the street.
LONG SHOT of Jason walking down a narrow road. Tall Victorian Terraced houses flank him either side, towering menacingly above him.
Jason walks with his head down. He seems lost in thought.
Jason V.O; I’ve always prided myself on my ability to blend in. The world passes me by like a river...
Suddenly one of the vague, hazy shadow people pass Jason’s path. Jason walks threw them as if they are smoke.
Jason CONT; The world passes me by like a river and regards me as just another stone caught in the stream.
A loud high pitched buzzing noise is heard. It grows louder as the scene develops. The road that Jason is walking down stretches out before him seemingly endless. The houses towering above him seem to press further in with every step. The black and white world around Jason slowly begins to blur until he is the only one in focus. Jason begins to notice that something is wrong. His steps quicken.
The world around Jason slowly begins to catch fire. Jason watches transfixed as the flames begin to envelop the world around him.
Mysterious V.O; Upon the days of fire, when man shall die in its mistakes, one shall have mercy.
Jason breaks into a run. The road seems endless.
CONT; As the shadows grow, and the blood of our kind shall flow, one shall have mercy.
Several screams fill the air. Jason stumbles and falls to the ground. The fire presses in around him, illuminating his face. The shadow people swam him.
CONT; As the winds tear the trees, and the sky shall darken one shall have mercy... Let the Lord of Chaos Awaken...
Jason covers his ears in horror as a high pitched terrifying scream bursts in his ears. The shadow people bend down and snatch at Jason.
Mysterious Muttering; SAVE ME! DON’T LET ME BURN! THE FIRE! FIRE!!!
Jason swipes the shadow people away but his hands fall through the shadow people like they are mist. POV shot of Jason looking up at the chaos of fire and shadow people. One particularly large shadow creature bends into view. Suddenly the black mist of its face tears open to reveal a large blooded mouth.
Large Shadow person (screaming madly); I KNOW WHO YOU ARE!
Jason screams and thrashes as the mouth closes around Jason’s mouth. Jason’s eyes go wide as he struggles for air. The shadow creature continues to press its large inhuman mouth against Jason. Jason kicks in desperation.
The scene suddenly blurs and falls apart leaving just the silhouette of Jason on the floor panting for breath.
Jason V.O; and into their eyes.... My face remains.
FADE OUT
Scene 4
TIME UNKNOWN
PLACE UNKNOWN
Close-up of a panic stricken, blood shot eye. The camera stays on this eye as the scene develops. The Camera is a little further out this time, revealing a bruise under the eye.
Stranger #4; “An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth…”
The pupil of the eye widens.
Stranger #4; “Do to others what you would have them do to you.”
The eyelid flickers
Stranger #4; “For the Lord is a God of retribution; he will repay in full.”
The pupil is exposed to bright light and adjusts quickly.
Stranger #4; “Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed; for in the image of God has God made man.”
The new bright light flickers on and off lighting the eye.
Stranger #4; “"Do not accept a ransom for the life of a murderer, who deserves to die. He must surely be put to death.”
The eye squeezes shut.
Jason V.O; I’m stuck in my own Chaos Theory. Twisted in my own sick logic. Will it end?
CUT TO BLACK
Scene 5
NIGHT
OLD APARTMENT HALLWAY
The hallway of the building is well lit due to a glowing orange light from outside the building. Shot of a door slamming cutting off most of the light. A small beam of light pours in from a broken window. A figure moves into the light revealing its face; it is Jason. He is drenched in sweat and breathing heavily.
Jason VO; I can’t run from them when there faces are burnt in my mind. Following my every breath. I did what I did for a reason.
Jason begins to climb the stairs. The steps are narrow and made of cracked old stone. Each step seems to be getting narrower leaving less room for Jason to put his feet. Jason suddenly stops, panting for breath. *Mysterious discordant dark music starts up in the background.*
Jason, suddenly alarmed, looks down the staircase to see a rising inferno of fire building up. Moans and screams echo menacingly from the flames. Ash rises up staining Jason’s sweat-drenched face. Terror strikes Jason as he uses his hands and feet to climb the ever narrower staircase.
Jason looks up in hope to see that he has almost reached the top of the staircase.
CLOSE-UP of Jason’s face as the relieve slides of his face replaced by horror. The camera rotates to reveal one of those smoke creatures hanging over the edge of the staircase looking down on Jason. They are about two feet apart.
Music abruptly stops.
Jason (to Shadow person); please! Help me up!
The shadow person stretches its mouth unnaturally wide and leans forward towards Jason.
Shadow Creature (whispered menacingly); I know who you are...
The shadow creature suddenly lashes out striking Jason hard. Jason looses his grip and begins to fall backwards.
SLOW MOT. Silence. We see a wide side on shot of Jason falling off the ledge into the flames below. His body flays out wildly.
CUT TO BLACK.
Suddenly we hear a peering scream fill the air.
Rapid cut to next scene.
Scene 6
LATE NIGHT
APPARTMENT ROOM
Jason suddenly bolts upright. He is in his own bed in a small dirty looking room. Sweat covers his face. The moonlight from an open window catches Jason’s wet skin making it shine.
Jason is breathing heavily. He is obviously disturbed. He pulls himself out the bed and heads into the bathroom. The camera follows him.
Shot of Jason looking in a mirror. He looks at his tired looking features in dismay. Jason splashes a handful of cold water over his face. As he looks back up the mirror, the glass suddenly shatters. Jason jumps back as a sheet of glass crashes into the sink. Jason looks around the room madly.
Jason V.O (calmly); everything wants me dead.... But I things to prove yet.
Jason slowly lowers himself to the bathroom floor. Without warning there is a huge crashing noise from the front room. Jason’s eyes go wide. He lunges to his feet and grabs a razor from the bathroom side.
The camera follows Jason shakily as he runs into the bedroom and stops by the door leading into the front of the apartment. Jason is heavy breathing. Suddenly Jason kicks through the door and into the room. It’s empty. Jason takes a deep breath to calm himself. A light whistling noise can be heard. Jason slowly turns. *Light dark music begins to build up* Shot of Jason’s scared face as he turns. Shot of the window which exits out onto a tiny balcony. Jason slowly approaches it with the razor drawn and ready. *The music continues to build up loudly* Jason reaches the window. Jason curiously extends his head through the open window and looks out. *the music reaches a peek and becomes disjointed and clashing*. Shot of an empty balcony. *Music abruptly stops* Jason sighs with relieve and relaxes.
*The music comes screaming back* as we see a cloaked figure tear at Jason from behind him. The figure grabs Jason unaware and forces him over the balcony. Jason swaps his legs over the window ledge to stop himself falling. From behind the cloaked figure tries to force Jason over. Jason looks below at the horrific sight of the burning inferno slowly making its way up the building again. Jason tries to fight of his attacker and manages to turn.
Pure horror spills its way across Jason’s face as he sees his attacker.
The cloaked person is masked. An oval white face mask with a blooded hand print across it stares back at Jason. Jason is staring at Jester.
Jester (manic, demonic); LOOK AT ME! WHO AM I?
Jason (frantically); I don’t know! Please!
The eye beneath the mask looks completely black. The reflection of Jason’s petrified face can be seen clearly.
Jester (Shouting madly); TELL ME ABOUT THE CHAOS THEORY!
Jason (begging); please....
Jester; TELL ME!
Jason (sobbing); they... They say a butterfly can flap, can flap its wings and those tiny movements made could, could grow and eventually cause a hurricane.
Jester presses into Jason’s face.
Jester; I see right through you Jason. All the people you have killed....
A sobbing Jason shockingly snaps and begins to kick and scream violently. In the distance we can see the rising fire.
Jason (full of anger and venom, screamed); I KILLED FOR GOOD REASON! Chris Farwell and his son, Tom, ruined my life! They killed my whore mother because of what she was! They made her a whore! Chris fucked her and made me! Tom never knew I was his real brother... (Jason begins to chuckle. Suddenly his voice goes even more manic and hysterical) All those years of planning my revenge! Chris never new of me! I wormed my way in as a friend to him and then I killed him! (manic laughter). Then I went after his beautiful daughter Ways. Oh yes, I remember her and her friends.... And that bitch cop (Jason abruptly screams then laughs. He hair, matted with sweat, flies into his face making him look even more mad). And then I wormed my way into Tom’s life and ripped his family to pieces from the inside out!
Jason thrashes around with a demotic look in his eye.
Jason; do you know what it is like to watch the life die out of someones eye?! To know that the last thing the'll ever see is your face..... No better satisfaction.... IMBACE DEATH!
Jason breaks into a laugher which is close to crying. Jester suddenly leans back letting go of Jason. Jason falls to the floor of the small balcony drenched in sweat and tears. Jason looks up at Jester madly.
Jester (calmly); Who are you?
Jason smirks.
Jason (admitting defeat); I’m you, old friend.
Jester’s hands slowly rise to his face and remove the mask. Beneath is a slightly younger Jason. Jester/ Jason smile and Jason. Jason begins to chuckle joined by Jester/ Jason.
ARIAL shot of the apartment. A gray a dire world stretches out all around. The huge inferno is rapidly climbing up the building, burning everything in its path.
Shot inside the apartment. The fires slowly enter the room. POV shot from Jason’s point of view as we see the fires devours his apartment and Jester/ Jason. Jester/ Jason smiles as the fire melts his skin and burns through his flesh.
Jason begins to laugh again as the fire reaches him and begins to burn though his body. The orange of the fire covers the entire screen as we hear Jason’s chocked laugh slowly die away.
FADE TO BLACK.
Scene 7
DAY
HIGH SECURITY PRISON
Close up of the bloodshot eye. The camera slowly pans out to reveal that the eye belongs to an older, battered looking Jason Bie’reil. His hair is grown and unkempt and he is slight stubble. He is being marched down a prison hallway by to large officers. Officer #1 (Anthony Heald ) carries an air of authority. Offier #2 (Michael Biehn)
Jason is wrapped in a strain jacket. Either side of him prisoners are leaning against the glass screens of their cells and shouting threats.
Jason passes one cell where a 50ish looking man which thinning hair, slicked back, stares up at him. The man smiles devilishly.
Man (muttered); I could kill for some Fava beans and a nice Chianti....
Jason passes several other cells before being roughly forced through a pair of double doors.
Jason enters a large pentagon shaped room. The doors he entered from a thick and is a security doors. At another end is a large double window. In the centre of the room is a lone chair.
The prison guards drag Jason to that chair and begin to strap him in. Jason looks to the double mirror knowingly. He can only see his own refection in it. The PRISONER breathes rapidly. Cut to a small dark lit room. Several rows of witnesses look out of the window to see Jason staring back at them as he is strapped to his chair. The camera lingers on the man and woman sitting up front and centre. The woman is startled at the sight in front of her and reaches for her husband's hand.
A smile slowly spreads across Jason’s face as he turns away from the window. The double doors open and a small Irish priest (Brendan Gleeson) enters carrying a bible.
Officer #1; Get this over with quickly.
The Priest nods and edges closer to Jason.
Priest; you asked to see a priest before you die, my son.
Jason smiles slowly and speaks gently and tiredly.
Jason; I wanted to say a prayer, father.
The priest regards Jason with a sad look and slowly opens to bible. Officer #1 suddenly steps forward.
Officer #1; this is wrong. There is no time for damn prayers! (To Officer #2) inject him.
Officer #2 slowly approaches Jason with a needle drawn. The needle slowly approaches Jason’s arm.
Priest; No! this is wrong! Let the boy pray!
Officer #1; with all due respect father, if you had been here on time he’d be begging forgiveness in his cell. Now shut up and let me put this bastard down.
The needle if centimetres away from Jason’s arm. Without warning, a seemingly calm Jason lunges forward. The needle misses Jason and catches the leather of the buckle attached to Jason’s arm. Officer #1 charges over to a trapped Jason and back hands him hard across his face.
Officer #2; he’s broken the fucking needle.
Officer #1 (shouting in anger); get another fucking one now and I’ll hold the bastard down this time!
Jason; Father! Please let me pray!
The priest seems hesitant.
Priest (to Officer #1); let his hands loose so the boy can pray! This is his last chance and also his right!
Officer #1; listen, this cunt isn’t going to float up to the angels in the fucking sky, so what the fuck does it matter?
The officer walks briskly over to Jason and grabs him by his hair. He pulls Jason’s head back sharply. Jason holds the Officers piercing stare with a slight grin on his face.
We see a shot of Jason’s hand slowly reaching for the officer’s gun which is at his belt.
We see a shot of the leather strap which holds Jason’s arm down. It is tearing where the needle hit it.
Suddenly, lighting fast, Jason’s arm explodes free and grabs the gun at the officer’s belt.
Officer #1 (shouted, panic stricken); call-
Jason fires without hesitation. The officer’s body explodes back hitting the white wall. Blood laces the wall in fine splatters and slowly begins to dribble down the white wall.
The priest, horror struck, presses himself against the wall. He is on the far side of the pentagonal room with Jason in between him and the door.
Jason rapidly marches over to the body of the officer and takes his baton.
Jason slides the baton in the handle bar of the security door stopping anyone from entering. Within seconds several officers are banging on the door from the outside.
Jason takes a deep happy breath. Close up of Jason slowly turning towards the priest. Jason wears a menacing look.
Priest (in horror); may the father forgive you for the sins you have committed my son.
Jason smiles.
Jason; open that Bible of yours and read me a verse.
The Priest hesitates. Jason abruptly moves towards the priest. The priest panics and opens the bible.
Priest; “Every man is tempted, when he is drawn away from his own lust, and enticed. Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin, and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.”
Jason stops in his tracks and closes his eyes. Peace falls over his face as he listens to the Bible verse.
Jason (muttered); poetic.
Without warning, Jason swiftly turns towards the double mirror and shoots. After several shots the glass shatters. Behind the glass, a scared crowd of people stand. These are the relatives of Jesters victims.
PAN ACROSS of the crowd. They are all deadly silent and seem content on staring Jason.
Jason makes eye contact with a very solomn man in the front row. This is Lane Murdock (Harry Fielder).
Jason; you all look at me with hate. Why did you not look at your own kin with hate? I never killed an innocent man.
Jason looks directly at Lane.
Jason; Lane Murdock... the man who finally brought me to justice.
Jason slowly raises the gun to Lane. Shot of Lane looking deep into Jason’s eyes. Lane’s face is riddled with hatred and loathing.
Lane; you’ll never get out of here Jason. It all ends for you now.
Jason laughs. The gun slowly raises above Lanes head.
Jason; Oh I know that...
The gun rises higher.
Jason CONT; so then why did I do this.....?
The gun rises even higher. Shot of Lane looking confused hot knowing where Jason is gonna point the gun.
Jason CONT(menacingly); Just to prove I could....
Jason smiles devilishly. He draws the gun under his neck and fires. The world slows. Blood flies into the air in slow motion. Shot from inside the witness room looking out of the shattered glass into Jason. Jason’s head is thrown back by the impact of the bullet. His arms are flung out at his sides. All sound fades away. *Nocturne Op. 9 No. 2 plays softly in the background. ( www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvxS_bJ0yOU )*
Jason’s dead body slowly falls backwards in SLOW MOT. The world around him begins to dissolve away being replaced by a beautiful scene of Jason falling of the white cliffs of Dover.
The sun shines beautifully down on the egde of the white cliffs. below the sea stretches out vastly.
Jason’s dead body finally topples over the cliff. The camera follows his limp body as he slowly falls into the waiting sea below.
FADE-OUT to white.
The music continues to play as the credits roll.
Credits
A Psycho Bunny Productions episode
Written and directed by Pele Hearne
Based on character/s from ‘Chronicles of a Killer’ by Pele Hearne
Cillian Murphy as Jason Bie’reil/ Jester
Anthony Heald as Officer #1
Michael Biehn as Officer #2
Brendan Gleeson as Priest
Harry Fielder as Lane Murdock
Special thanks to Y2gatti and Cristo.
Thanks for watching!
Castlist
Jason Bie’reil- Cillian Murphy
Officer #1- Anthony Heald
Officer #2- Michael Biehn
Priest- Brendan Gleeson
Lane Murdock- Harry Fielder
Scene 1
MORNING
DOVER, WHITE CLIFFS
FADE-IN. *Nocturne Op. 9 No. 2 plays softly in the background. ( www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvxS_bJ0yOU )* The camera is looking out of the mouth of a cave. The cave is about midway up the large cliff face. The outer rim of the shot is covered by the walls of the cave. The centre of the shot shows the beauty of the outside.
The sea extends far into the distance. The light of the morning sun glistens magically on the gentle sea. A flock of sea gulls slide across the image. The gentle lapping of waves can be heard.
Jason Bie’reil V.O (Spoken gently and calm); Even... The most beautiful of creations can be... ‘taunted’.
SLOW MOT. Suddenly from the top of the shoot, several lifeless silhouettes of bodies begin to fall through the shot. They fall flimsy and motionless into the depth of the water below.
UNDER WATER shot looking up. The water distorts the noises of nature. Bodies plop into the sea with an incoherent sound of weight hitting water. Suddenly weightless, the bodies float, moved only by the gentle waves. The shot looks directly up at the silhouette of the bodies against the burning light of day.
LONG DISTANCE UNDER WATER shot. The vastness of the sea stretches out in front of the camera. The murky darkness extends forever until it is swallowed by pure darkness. Sunlight feebly falls down from above lighting a small spot of the ocean. Suddenly and silently, a single body drifts down from above. Its arms extend lifelessly as if trying to reach for the dimming light.
CUT TO BLACK
*The music stops*
Jason V.O (menacing); Poetic....
RAPID CUT to next scene.
Scene 2
TIME UNKNOWN
PLACE UNKNOWN
Close-up of a panic stricken, blood shot eye. The camera stays on this eye as the scene develops.
Strange voice #1; You’re gonna die bitch!
The pupil of the eye flickers to the left and widens.
Strange voice #2; You’re gonna fry little piggy!
The eye blinks rapidly.
Strange voice #3; Goodbye friend. See you in hell.
A drop of sweat falls into the eye.
Jason Bie’reil V.O; When I close my eyes, all I see is pain.
The eye strains even more. The owner of the eye can be heard breathing heavily. Suddenly a blooded tear falls from the eye.
CONT; When I open them, all IS pain.
Sudden cut to BLACK.
Scene 3
NIGHT
EXIT OF TRAIN STATION/ LARGE TOWN
BLACK AND WHITE WIDE Shot of a Victorian style town. It is raining heavily. The street is lit by streetlights. In the centre of the shot is an old train station. Disoriented loud muttering fills the screen. Distorted figures, much like shadows, walk the streets huddled under umbrellas. The scene is very film noir.
Jason Bie’reil exits station into the rain.
CLOSE UP of Jason’s tired looking face. He takes a deep breath and begins to walk down the street.
LONG SHOT of Jason walking down a narrow road. Tall Victorian Terraced houses flank him either side, towering menacingly above him.
Jason walks with his head down. He seems lost in thought.
Jason V.O; I’ve always prided myself on my ability to blend in. The world passes me by like a river...
Suddenly one of the vague, hazy shadow people pass Jason’s path. Jason walks threw them as if they are smoke.
Jason CONT; The world passes me by like a river and regards me as just another stone caught in the stream.
A loud high pitched buzzing noise is heard. It grows louder as the scene develops. The road that Jason is walking down stretches out before him seemingly endless. The houses towering above him seem to press further in with every step. The black and white world around Jason slowly begins to blur until he is the only one in focus. Jason begins to notice that something is wrong. His steps quicken.
The world around Jason slowly begins to catch fire. Jason watches transfixed as the flames begin to envelop the world around him.
Mysterious V.O; Upon the days of fire, when man shall die in its mistakes, one shall have mercy.
Jason breaks into a run. The road seems endless.
CONT; As the shadows grow, and the blood of our kind shall flow, one shall have mercy.
Several screams fill the air. Jason stumbles and falls to the ground. The fire presses in around him, illuminating his face. The shadow people swam him.
CONT; As the winds tear the trees, and the sky shall darken one shall have mercy... Let the Lord of Chaos Awaken...
Jason covers his ears in horror as a high pitched terrifying scream bursts in his ears. The shadow people bend down and snatch at Jason.
Mysterious Muttering; SAVE ME! DON’T LET ME BURN! THE FIRE! FIRE!!!
Jason swipes the shadow people away but his hands fall through the shadow people like they are mist. POV shot of Jason looking up at the chaos of fire and shadow people. One particularly large shadow creature bends into view. Suddenly the black mist of its face tears open to reveal a large blooded mouth.
Large Shadow person (screaming madly); I KNOW WHO YOU ARE!
Jason screams and thrashes as the mouth closes around Jason’s mouth. Jason’s eyes go wide as he struggles for air. The shadow creature continues to press its large inhuman mouth against Jason. Jason kicks in desperation.
The scene suddenly blurs and falls apart leaving just the silhouette of Jason on the floor panting for breath.
Jason V.O; and into their eyes.... My face remains.
FADE OUT
Scene 4
TIME UNKNOWN
PLACE UNKNOWN
Close-up of a panic stricken, blood shot eye. The camera stays on this eye as the scene develops. The Camera is a little further out this time, revealing a bruise under the eye.
Stranger #4; “An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth…”
The pupil of the eye widens.
Stranger #4; “Do to others what you would have them do to you.”
The eyelid flickers
Stranger #4; “For the Lord is a God of retribution; he will repay in full.”
The pupil is exposed to bright light and adjusts quickly.
Stranger #4; “Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed; for in the image of God has God made man.”
The new bright light flickers on and off lighting the eye.
Stranger #4; “"Do not accept a ransom for the life of a murderer, who deserves to die. He must surely be put to death.”
The eye squeezes shut.
Jason V.O; I’m stuck in my own Chaos Theory. Twisted in my own sick logic. Will it end?
CUT TO BLACK
Scene 5
NIGHT
OLD APARTMENT HALLWAY
The hallway of the building is well lit due to a glowing orange light from outside the building. Shot of a door slamming cutting off most of the light. A small beam of light pours in from a broken window. A figure moves into the light revealing its face; it is Jason. He is drenched in sweat and breathing heavily.
Jason VO; I can’t run from them when there faces are burnt in my mind. Following my every breath. I did what I did for a reason.
Jason begins to climb the stairs. The steps are narrow and made of cracked old stone. Each step seems to be getting narrower leaving less room for Jason to put his feet. Jason suddenly stops, panting for breath. *Mysterious discordant dark music starts up in the background.*
Jason, suddenly alarmed, looks down the staircase to see a rising inferno of fire building up. Moans and screams echo menacingly from the flames. Ash rises up staining Jason’s sweat-drenched face. Terror strikes Jason as he uses his hands and feet to climb the ever narrower staircase.
Jason looks up in hope to see that he has almost reached the top of the staircase.
CLOSE-UP of Jason’s face as the relieve slides of his face replaced by horror. The camera rotates to reveal one of those smoke creatures hanging over the edge of the staircase looking down on Jason. They are about two feet apart.
Music abruptly stops.
Jason (to Shadow person); please! Help me up!
The shadow person stretches its mouth unnaturally wide and leans forward towards Jason.
Shadow Creature (whispered menacingly); I know who you are...
The shadow creature suddenly lashes out striking Jason hard. Jason looses his grip and begins to fall backwards.
SLOW MOT. Silence. We see a wide side on shot of Jason falling off the ledge into the flames below. His body flays out wildly.
CUT TO BLACK.
Suddenly we hear a peering scream fill the air.
Rapid cut to next scene.
Scene 6
LATE NIGHT
APPARTMENT ROOM
Jason suddenly bolts upright. He is in his own bed in a small dirty looking room. Sweat covers his face. The moonlight from an open window catches Jason’s wet skin making it shine.
Jason is breathing heavily. He is obviously disturbed. He pulls himself out the bed and heads into the bathroom. The camera follows him.
Shot of Jason looking in a mirror. He looks at his tired looking features in dismay. Jason splashes a handful of cold water over his face. As he looks back up the mirror, the glass suddenly shatters. Jason jumps back as a sheet of glass crashes into the sink. Jason looks around the room madly.
Jason V.O (calmly); everything wants me dead.... But I things to prove yet.
Jason slowly lowers himself to the bathroom floor. Without warning there is a huge crashing noise from the front room. Jason’s eyes go wide. He lunges to his feet and grabs a razor from the bathroom side.
The camera follows Jason shakily as he runs into the bedroom and stops by the door leading into the front of the apartment. Jason is heavy breathing. Suddenly Jason kicks through the door and into the room. It’s empty. Jason takes a deep breath to calm himself. A light whistling noise can be heard. Jason slowly turns. *Light dark music begins to build up* Shot of Jason’s scared face as he turns. Shot of the window which exits out onto a tiny balcony. Jason slowly approaches it with the razor drawn and ready. *The music continues to build up loudly* Jason reaches the window. Jason curiously extends his head through the open window and looks out. *the music reaches a peek and becomes disjointed and clashing*. Shot of an empty balcony. *Music abruptly stops* Jason sighs with relieve and relaxes.
*The music comes screaming back* as we see a cloaked figure tear at Jason from behind him. The figure grabs Jason unaware and forces him over the balcony. Jason swaps his legs over the window ledge to stop himself falling. From behind the cloaked figure tries to force Jason over. Jason looks below at the horrific sight of the burning inferno slowly making its way up the building again. Jason tries to fight of his attacker and manages to turn.
Pure horror spills its way across Jason’s face as he sees his attacker.
The cloaked person is masked. An oval white face mask with a blooded hand print across it stares back at Jason. Jason is staring at Jester.
Jester (manic, demonic); LOOK AT ME! WHO AM I?
Jason (frantically); I don’t know! Please!
The eye beneath the mask looks completely black. The reflection of Jason’s petrified face can be seen clearly.
Jester (Shouting madly); TELL ME ABOUT THE CHAOS THEORY!
Jason (begging); please....
Jester; TELL ME!
Jason (sobbing); they... They say a butterfly can flap, can flap its wings and those tiny movements made could, could grow and eventually cause a hurricane.
Jester presses into Jason’s face.
Jester; I see right through you Jason. All the people you have killed....
A sobbing Jason shockingly snaps and begins to kick and scream violently. In the distance we can see the rising fire.
Jason (full of anger and venom, screamed); I KILLED FOR GOOD REASON! Chris Farwell and his son, Tom, ruined my life! They killed my whore mother because of what she was! They made her a whore! Chris fucked her and made me! Tom never knew I was his real brother... (Jason begins to chuckle. Suddenly his voice goes even more manic and hysterical) All those years of planning my revenge! Chris never new of me! I wormed my way in as a friend to him and then I killed him! (manic laughter). Then I went after his beautiful daughter Ways. Oh yes, I remember her and her friends.... And that bitch cop (Jason abruptly screams then laughs. He hair, matted with sweat, flies into his face making him look even more mad). And then I wormed my way into Tom’s life and ripped his family to pieces from the inside out!
Jason thrashes around with a demotic look in his eye.
Jason; do you know what it is like to watch the life die out of someones eye?! To know that the last thing the'll ever see is your face..... No better satisfaction.... IMBACE DEATH!
Jason breaks into a laugher which is close to crying. Jester suddenly leans back letting go of Jason. Jason falls to the floor of the small balcony drenched in sweat and tears. Jason looks up at Jester madly.
Jester (calmly); Who are you?
Jason smirks.
Jason (admitting defeat); I’m you, old friend.
Jester’s hands slowly rise to his face and remove the mask. Beneath is a slightly younger Jason. Jester/ Jason smile and Jason. Jason begins to chuckle joined by Jester/ Jason.
ARIAL shot of the apartment. A gray a dire world stretches out all around. The huge inferno is rapidly climbing up the building, burning everything in its path.
Shot inside the apartment. The fires slowly enter the room. POV shot from Jason’s point of view as we see the fires devours his apartment and Jester/ Jason. Jester/ Jason smiles as the fire melts his skin and burns through his flesh.
Jason begins to laugh again as the fire reaches him and begins to burn though his body. The orange of the fire covers the entire screen as we hear Jason’s chocked laugh slowly die away.
FADE TO BLACK.
Scene 7
DAY
HIGH SECURITY PRISON
Close up of the bloodshot eye. The camera slowly pans out to reveal that the eye belongs to an older, battered looking Jason Bie’reil. His hair is grown and unkempt and he is slight stubble. He is being marched down a prison hallway by to large officers. Officer #1 (Anthony Heald ) carries an air of authority. Offier #2 (Michael Biehn)
Jason is wrapped in a strain jacket. Either side of him prisoners are leaning against the glass screens of their cells and shouting threats.
Jason passes one cell where a 50ish looking man which thinning hair, slicked back, stares up at him. The man smiles devilishly.
Man (muttered); I could kill for some Fava beans and a nice Chianti....
Jason passes several other cells before being roughly forced through a pair of double doors.
Jason enters a large pentagon shaped room. The doors he entered from a thick and is a security doors. At another end is a large double window. In the centre of the room is a lone chair.
The prison guards drag Jason to that chair and begin to strap him in. Jason looks to the double mirror knowingly. He can only see his own refection in it. The PRISONER breathes rapidly. Cut to a small dark lit room. Several rows of witnesses look out of the window to see Jason staring back at them as he is strapped to his chair. The camera lingers on the man and woman sitting up front and centre. The woman is startled at the sight in front of her and reaches for her husband's hand.
A smile slowly spreads across Jason’s face as he turns away from the window. The double doors open and a small Irish priest (Brendan Gleeson) enters carrying a bible.
Officer #1; Get this over with quickly.
The Priest nods and edges closer to Jason.
Priest; you asked to see a priest before you die, my son.
Jason smiles slowly and speaks gently and tiredly.
Jason; I wanted to say a prayer, father.
The priest regards Jason with a sad look and slowly opens to bible. Officer #1 suddenly steps forward.
Officer #1; this is wrong. There is no time for damn prayers! (To Officer #2) inject him.
Officer #2 slowly approaches Jason with a needle drawn. The needle slowly approaches Jason’s arm.
Priest; No! this is wrong! Let the boy pray!
Officer #1; with all due respect father, if you had been here on time he’d be begging forgiveness in his cell. Now shut up and let me put this bastard down.
The needle if centimetres away from Jason’s arm. Without warning, a seemingly calm Jason lunges forward. The needle misses Jason and catches the leather of the buckle attached to Jason’s arm. Officer #1 charges over to a trapped Jason and back hands him hard across his face.
Officer #2; he’s broken the fucking needle.
Officer #1 (shouting in anger); get another fucking one now and I’ll hold the bastard down this time!
Jason; Father! Please let me pray!
The priest seems hesitant.
Priest (to Officer #1); let his hands loose so the boy can pray! This is his last chance and also his right!
Officer #1; listen, this cunt isn’t going to float up to the angels in the fucking sky, so what the fuck does it matter?
The officer walks briskly over to Jason and grabs him by his hair. He pulls Jason’s head back sharply. Jason holds the Officers piercing stare with a slight grin on his face.
We see a shot of Jason’s hand slowly reaching for the officer’s gun which is at his belt.
We see a shot of the leather strap which holds Jason’s arm down. It is tearing where the needle hit it.
Suddenly, lighting fast, Jason’s arm explodes free and grabs the gun at the officer’s belt.
Officer #1 (shouted, panic stricken); call-
Jason fires without hesitation. The officer’s body explodes back hitting the white wall. Blood laces the wall in fine splatters and slowly begins to dribble down the white wall.
The priest, horror struck, presses himself against the wall. He is on the far side of the pentagonal room with Jason in between him and the door.
Jason rapidly marches over to the body of the officer and takes his baton.
Jason slides the baton in the handle bar of the security door stopping anyone from entering. Within seconds several officers are banging on the door from the outside.
Jason takes a deep happy breath. Close up of Jason slowly turning towards the priest. Jason wears a menacing look.
Priest (in horror); may the father forgive you for the sins you have committed my son.
Jason smiles.
Jason; open that Bible of yours and read me a verse.
The Priest hesitates. Jason abruptly moves towards the priest. The priest panics and opens the bible.
Priest; “Every man is tempted, when he is drawn away from his own lust, and enticed. Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin, and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.”
Jason stops in his tracks and closes his eyes. Peace falls over his face as he listens to the Bible verse.
Jason (muttered); poetic.
Without warning, Jason swiftly turns towards the double mirror and shoots. After several shots the glass shatters. Behind the glass, a scared crowd of people stand. These are the relatives of Jesters victims.
PAN ACROSS of the crowd. They are all deadly silent and seem content on staring Jason.
Jason makes eye contact with a very solomn man in the front row. This is Lane Murdock (Harry Fielder).
Jason; you all look at me with hate. Why did you not look at your own kin with hate? I never killed an innocent man.
Jason looks directly at Lane.
Jason; Lane Murdock... the man who finally brought me to justice.
Jason slowly raises the gun to Lane. Shot of Lane looking deep into Jason’s eyes. Lane’s face is riddled with hatred and loathing.
Lane; you’ll never get out of here Jason. It all ends for you now.
Jason laughs. The gun slowly raises above Lanes head.
Jason; Oh I know that...
The gun rises higher.
Jason CONT; so then why did I do this.....?
The gun rises even higher. Shot of Lane looking confused hot knowing where Jason is gonna point the gun.
Jason CONT(menacingly); Just to prove I could....
Jason smiles devilishly. He draws the gun under his neck and fires. The world slows. Blood flies into the air in slow motion. Shot from inside the witness room looking out of the shattered glass into Jason. Jason’s head is thrown back by the impact of the bullet. His arms are flung out at his sides. All sound fades away. *Nocturne Op. 9 No. 2 plays softly in the background. ( www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvxS_bJ0yOU )*
Jason’s dead body slowly falls backwards in SLOW MOT. The world around him begins to dissolve away being replaced by a beautiful scene of Jason falling of the white cliffs of Dover.
The sun shines beautifully down on the egde of the white cliffs. below the sea stretches out vastly.
Jason’s dead body finally topples over the cliff. The camera follows his limp body as he slowly falls into the waiting sea below.
FADE-OUT to white.
The music continues to play as the credits roll.
Credits
A Psycho Bunny Productions episode
Written and directed by Pele Hearne
Based on character/s from ‘Chronicles of a Killer’ by Pele Hearne
Cillian Murphy as Jason Bie’reil/ Jester
Anthony Heald as Officer #1
Michael Biehn as Officer #2
Brendan Gleeson as Priest
Harry Fielder as Lane Murdock
Special thanks to Y2gatti and Cristo.
Thanks for watching!
