A directors notes for Hoodwink.

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Hoodwink


Characters:

SHAH

PARKER

LOUCA

O’DONOGHUE

SMITTY

Man with Diamonds

Man with Money

GANSTER #1 – Speaker

GANSTER # 2

GANSTER # 3

GANSTER # 4

Camera focuses in on SHAH, he is angry, there’s a gun to his chin. Camera pans down his right arm, he’s holding a gun to PARKERS head, he’s concentrated, the camera pans down his right arm, he’s holding a gun to LOUCAS temple, he’s shitting it. Camera pans down his left arm, he’s holding a gun to SHAHS chin. The camera goes round the circle two times, then reverses and ends up back on the original shot. When the camera is panning, it goes quickly down the arms and pause for a few seconds on each of the characters faces.

SHAH – Parker you fuck, how could you set me up after all we’ve been through.

PARKER – How bout you shut the fuck up, I know it was LOUCA that set us both up.
LOUCA – You know it weren’t me parker, I wouldn’t do that to you, SHAHS been on the take the whole time.

PARKER – BOLLOX, WHERE WERE YOU?

LOUCA - + stutters +

SHAH - + interrupts + PARKER it was you, give me one reason why I shouldn’t kill you now.

DOOR BURSTS OPEN

O’DONOGHUE– You fucking cunts set me up + Pauses + What are you doing

187 lockdown by kung fu, tune kicks in as matt says ‘thirty….’ Bass kicks in as camera cuts to group playing cards

NARATIVE – SHAH – Thirty minutes ago we were all mates, now look at us. Right old mess this turned out to be, it was meant to be the easiest job in the world.

Join now!

Camera cuts back In time to the same room, LOUCA, SHAH and PARKER are all drinking and playing cards round a table. Camera whizzes around showing drinking shots, smoking cigars and joking about. LOUCA after too many shots slumps on his arm, as the camera stop whizzing around. SHAH + PARKER are drunk.

 SHAH cuts the deck without looking what card he gets and sticks the card to his forehead, it’s the ace of spades. PARKER does the same, he gets a six.

Music quietens so dialogue can be heard easily

SHAH – I bet you a ton

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