SCENE ONE (and an explanation of what the hell is going on with these posts)

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SUNSHINE’S NIGHT OF DARKNESS

Synopsis:  It’s Sunshine’s first day of work in security at the P.U.R.E Corporation and all she wants to do is make it through orientation, but first she’s got to fill out a name tag requisition form, fit her uniform, meet a cute computer geek … oh, and save her fellow employees from genetically-mutated, blood-lusting vampires.

Notes: All work is registered with the WGC & the WGA.

– Scene Sixteen –

INT. HUMAN RESOURCES/EXT. IRMA’S OFFICE – LATER

The group waits as Irma crosses back out of her office. Human Resource EMPLOYEES bustle around desks and computers and the assistant continues to bind booklets. Irma hands a form to Sunshine and a binder to Huxley.

IRMA

Your name tag requisition.

SUNSHINE

Thanks.

HUXLEY

(re: binder)

Oh, that’s okay. I have one.

Irma just stares at him.

HUXLEY (CONT’D)

I like to keep up on the homework if I miss a class, and study ahead.

CALLIE

(sarcastic i.e. undermining Irma)

I totally knew it, there is going to be a test!!

Sunshine snorts.

IRMA

(just trying to get through it)

P.U.R.E continually looks to build a dedicated team. You’re encouraged to better yourselves both physically and mentally. To this end, the spa and other facilities can be accessed off hours for an employee rate, as outlined in your orientation manuals. We offer a comprehensive dental and medical plan…

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SUNSHINE’S NIGHT OF DARKNESS – a screenplay by Meghan Ciana Doidge

SCENE ONE

SCENE TWO

SCENE THREE

SCENE FOUR

SCENE FIVE

SCENE SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE, TEN

SCENE TEN

SCENE ELEVEN, TWELVE, THIRTEEN, & FOURTEEN

SCENE FIFTEEN

SCENE SIXTEEN (above)

THINGS ARE GETTING CRAZY THIS WEEK!!!

SCENE ONE (and an explanation of what the hell is going on with these posts)

——————-

SUNSHINE’S NIGHT OF DARKNESS

Synopsis:  It’s Sunshine’s first day of work in security at the P.U.R.E Corporation and all she wants to do is make it through orientation, but first she’s got to fill out a name tag requisition form, fit her uniform, meet a cute computer geek … oh, and save her fellow employees from genetically-mutated, blood-lusting vampires.

Notes: All work is registered with the WGC & the WGA.

N.B. – O.S stands for off screen

– Scene Fifteen –

INT. LAB 17, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, P.U.R.E CORPORATION – LATER

Leila’s heart monitor flat lines.

Dixon freaks. He shuts down the program and the blood drains back into Leila. He tries shocking, through the monitor pads already attached, Leila’s heart, but it doesn’t respond.

He pulls a needle and a stimulant out of the cupboard and injects Leila. Nothing happens. Dixon throws the needle on the counter in despair.

He paces and then crosses to a computer panel by the door. He taps the touch screen to call up the security menu, starts to speak but then stops himself. He then inserts his key and opens a private channel.

DIXON

Dixon, Head of Research to Head of Security. Priority, Lab 17.

Dixon waits.

Leila moans and Dixon’s head snaps to her. The heart monitor is still flat-lined. He steps to Leila.

Leila reaches up and begins to disconnect herself from the machines. Dixon, who is overwhelmingly confused, cannot speak.

Leila unsteadily stands, pulls her hair away from her face and stumbles to the mirrored glass that divides the lab from an observation room. In the mirror: She is transformed, her skin rejuvenated, her hair full and shiny, and her eyes blindingly blue.

LEILA

Oh! It’s me, only better.

She laughs; young, free and delighted.

LELIA

(a little ominous)

Wait, just wait until everyone sees me.

TARO (O.S.)

(through computer panel)

Taro, Head of Security. Please indicate nature of the priority, Lab 17?

Leila grimaces, pained. She cups her face, as her skin begins to pull back from her eyes, her mouth, and her nose like a sponge rapidly drying out.

Dixon moans and Leila turns to him in utter disbelief.

LEILA

My face! My skin! What have you done!!

Dixon scrambles towards the computer and, in his panic, manages to jab himself with the discarded needle. He yells and yanks the needle out. Blood swells from the deep puncture in his hand.

Leila moans at the sight of his blood and, instantly, she is by him; she lifts his hand to her mouth and sucks on his wound. He howls in horror and tries to pry her off his hand, but she clamps down harder and blood begins to spurt.

He swoons in a mixture of pleasure and pain, and grasps at Leila’s bowed head. His knees buckle and she follows, still feeding, as he collapses.

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SUNSHINE’S NIGHT OF DARKNESS – a screenplay by Meghan Ciana Doidge

SCENE ONE

SCENE TWO

SCENE THREE

SCENE FOUR

SCENE FIVE

SCENE SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE, TEN

SCENE TEN

SCENE ELEVEN, TWELVE, THIRTEEN, & FOURTEEN

SCENE FIFTEEN (above)

SCENE SIXTEEN

SCENE ONE (and an explanation of what the hell is going on with these posts)

——————-

SUNSHINE’S NIGHT OF DARKNESS

Synopsis:  It’s Sunshine’s first day of work in security at the P.U.R.E Corporation and all she wants to do is make it through orientation, but first she’s got to fill out a name tag requisition form, fit her uniform, meet a cute computer geek … oh, and save her fellow employees from genetically-mutated, blood-lusting vampires.

Notes: All work is registered with the WGC & the WGA.

This week’s excerpt opens with a montage:

– Scene Eleven, Twelve, Thirteen & Fourteen –

INT. ACCOUNTING, OFFICE LEVEL, P.U.R.E CORPORATION – LATER

DATA TRANSLATORS crunch numbers into computers.

INT. PUBLIC RELATIONS, OFFICE LEVEL – CONTINUOUS

A GRAPHIC DESIGNER mocks up a P.U.R.E magazine advertisement: with the byline: it’s young, it’s fresh, it’s the newest you.

INT. HUMAN RESOURCES, OFFICE LEVEL – CONTINUOUS

An ASSISTANT slices bundles of paper in a hefty cutter and then binds them into information booklets.

INT. HALLWAY, OFFICE LEVEL – CONTINUOUS

Irma leads the group as they pass by various administration offices filled with EMPLOYEES.

IRMA

Administration is the heart of the P.U.R.E CORP, without it the facility would cease to function –

A sweet-looking man, LIONEL, 35, wanders passed with a coffee.

LIONEL

Hi Irma.

IRMA

Lionel, from accounting. We just visited your office, Lionel.

LIONEL

Too bad I missed you.

He nods to the group and moves on down the hallway.

Irma pauses at a gold-brushed wooden box mounted by a door.

IRMA

The suggestion box. A mainstay of human resources, we want to hear from you! Oh, but this is not to be used for payroll inquires, correspondence, or form submission. Suggestions, only.

CALLIE

Will there be a test? Because no one else is taking any notes and I didn’t realize –

IRMA

No test, Callie. Just the accumulation of knowledge for knowledge’s sake –

CALLIE

Not grades?

Irma spins away, swipes her ID by a computer panel and, when the door opens, crosses into Human Resources. Callie, having deliberately wound Irma up, smirks.

CALLIE (CONT’D)

She really shouldn’t frown like that, it mars.

SUNSHINE

People’s personalities can’t be contained within a constructed façade forever.

CALLIE

(almost gleeful)

You think she’s had work done? No, you’re right. It’s better to radiate, be radiant, you know, see the good inside parts on the outside.

RASHID

Bottle that and you’d put P.U.R.E out of business.

HUXLEY

Can’t be done, unless we lock all the good people up and continually harvest them to medicate the bad.

RASHID

And a virulent virus always overwhelms wholesome cells, unless you have huge quantities at inception.

SUNSHINE

And who would decide? Who was good enough?

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SUNSHINE’S NIGHT OF DARKNESS – a screenplay by Meghan Ciana Doidge

SCENE ONE

SCENE TWO

SCENE THREE

SCENE FOUR

SCENE FIVE

SCENE SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE, TEN

SCENE TEN

SCENE ELEVEN, TWELVE, THIRTEEN, & FOURTEEN (above)

SCENE ONE (and an explanation of what the hell is going on with these posts)

——————-

SUNSHINE’S NIGHT OF DARKNESS

Synopsis:  It’s Sunshine’s first day of work in security at the P.U.R.E Corporation and all she wants to do is make it through orientation, but first she’s got to fill out a name tag requisition form, fit her uniform, meet a cute computer geek … oh, and save her fellow employees from genetically-mutated, blood-lusting vampires.

Notes: All work is registered with the WGC & the WGA.

– Scene Ten –

INT. LAB 17, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, P.U.R.E CORPORATION – LATER

Leila sits hooked into various machines, one of which looks like it cycles blood. Dixon toggles through a series of windows and programs on a laptop computer.

DIXON

… DNA can be resequenced. It remembers its original pattern, so we reshuffle to reflect … thirty?

LEILA

Twenty-five.

DIXON

(still a little unsure)

Right … and refresh and recharge all your blood. We have to wait for reabsorption –

LEILA

I’m not interested in details just outcome.

DIXON

Well, it’s important you understand –

LEILA

Youth, beauty, sex, money, power. I’m only missing the former, and I expect you to provide it without cluttering my mind with your science.

DIXON

Ummm … all right. Well … Side effects?

LEILA

(bored)

Continue.

DIXON

Sensitivity to light. Um, your eyes and skin could be sensitive to sunshine, heat, so stay out of direct contact. And, ah … well, death.

LEILA

I do read your reports, whether I like to or not.

DIXON

Oh, good, good –

LEILA

The treatment?

DIXON

Yes.

Dixon hits the space bar and a sequence runs on the computer.

DIXON (CONT’D)

You should feel drowsy and then …

Leila’s eyes bat close. Blood fills the cycling canister and then pumps through various tubing into various machines until a bloody web of plastic tubing forms around Leila.

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SUNSHINE’S NIGHT OF DARKNESS – a screenplay by Meghan Ciana Doidge

SCENE ONE

SCENE TWO

SCENE THREE

SCENE FOUR

SCENE FIVE

SCENE SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE, TEN

SCENE TEN (above)

SCENE ELEVEN, TWELVE, THIRTEEN, & FOURTEEN

SCENE ONE (and an explanation of what the hell is going on with these posts)

——————-

SUNSHINE’S NIGHT OF DARKNESS

Synopsis:  It’s Sunshine’s first day of work in security at the P.U.R.E Corporation and all she wants to do is make it through orientation, but first she’s got to fill out a name tag requisition form, fit her uniform, meet a cute computer geek … oh, and save her fellow employees from genetically-mutated, blood-lusting vampires.

Notes: All work is registered with the WGC & the WGA.

– Scene Six, Seven, Eight, Nine –

INT. SPA, TREAMENT ROOM, P.U.R.E CORPORATION – LATER

A WOMAN, swathed in plastic, gets a facial.

INT. SPA, MUD ROOM – CONTINUOUS

A MAN soaks in a mud-filled, marble soaker tub.

INT. SPA, SUN BED ROOM – CONTINUOUS

A YOUNGER WOMAN lies tanning in a U.V. tube-filled coffin.

INT. FOYER, SPA – CONTINUOUS

A waterfall runs down one granite wall and over a grouping of river rocks. The group follows Irma, who acknowledges the pretty girl, MIKI, behind the granite front desk.

IRMA

Miki.

MIKI

Hi, Irma. Hello new people. Callie.

CALLIE

Hi!

HUXLEY

(looking around)

Swank.

IRMA

Yes. We are the top rated spa in the country. This is P.U.R.E’s most public face and its soul. Each client is treated like royalty in their own home. P.U.R.E Prompts the Ultimate Revitalization of Energy with its pristine spa.

Huxley offers Sunshine a mini eye roll and grin at Irma’s continual use of acronyms, but Sunshine has her nose buried in her orientation folder. Irma gestures and moves towards a set of ornate double doors. Rashid follows.

IRMA (CONT’D)

Through here we –

A sign-clad PROTESTOR bursts in through the main doors. His signage screams of P.U.R.E’S animal testing, shady morality, and promotion of unnecessary plastic surgery, and he screams as BUZZ, a security officer, yanks him back by his hair. BUZZ is closely followed by another security officer, PHIL.

PROTESTOR

P.U.R.E promotes pernicious, obsequiously risky, engineered, arggg –

Phil hits the Protestor with a stun gun and he falls. Sunshine, hoping to help, steps forward.

BUZZ (to Phil)

Watch it with that.

(noting Sunshine)

Hello, darling. Lost?

SUNSHINE

I thought… you might need help?

Phil hauls the rather limp Protestor to his feet and turns back towards the door.

BUZZ

(snorting)

Right! You’re the Sunny everyone’s talking about. A little girl in security. Well, it’ll be a hell of a ride … for us.

He turns his back on Sunshine and exits. Rashid and Callie look a little put off by the Protestor while Huxley glares after Buzz.

HUXLEY

(concerned, to Sunshine)

Hey, I think you –

SUNSHINE

Nevermind.

Irma, imperturbable through out the incident, prompts:

IRMA

Shall we?

SUNSHINE

Ummm, yea.

Irma continues further into the spa. They all follow.

CALLIE

(whispering)

What was that?

SUNSHINE

(shrugging)

You read his sign.

HUXLEY

(rhetorical)

Why do you think they need so much security?

CALLIE

Their high-end clients –

HUXLEY

Ask Rashid. If he’ll talk about it. He knows what they really do here.

SUNSHINE

What we need to do here is our jobs, nothing less.

Huxley and Callie look a little chastised. Irma looks back and raises her voice to prompt the others to focus/follow.

IRMA

The treatment rooms are luxury personified, and the sun beds –

CALLIE

Are just the thing if you want to forgo your leather jackets and just wear your own skin.

Sunshine snorts and Callie giggles, glad to have broken through Sunshine’s ice. Irma is not pleased.

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SUNSHINE’S NIGHT OF DARKNESS – a screenplay by Meghan Ciana Doidge

SCENE ONE

SCENE TWO

SCENE THREE

SCENE FOUR

SCENE FIVE

SCENE SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE (above)

SCENE TEN

 

SCENE ONE (and an explanation of what the hell is going on with these posts)

——————-

SUNSHINE’S NIGHT OF DARKNESS

Synopsis:  It’s Sunshine’s first day of work in security at the P.U.R.E Corporation and all she wants to do is make it through orientation, but first she’s got to fill out a name tag requisition form, fit her uniform, meet a cute computer geek … oh, and save her fellow employees from genetically-mutated, blood-lusting vampires.

Notes: All work is registered with the WGC & the WGA.

– Scene Five –

INT. LAB 17, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, P.U.R.E CORPORATION – LATER

Leila, still in sunglasses, crosses her ankles and perches on a chair while Dixon paces.

DIXON

Leila, I really must caution –

LEILA

You have.

DIXON

The animal tests have not been conclusive … and … and … your multiple surgeries … perhaps compromised immune system … don’t make you an ideal –

LEILA

What makes me ideal is my signature on your paycheques and the generous, shall we say, grants that keep your department top-of-the-line.

DIXON

Of course, I meant –

LEILA

We also wouldn’t want the government catching wind of any of your … experiments, which I, for the sake of P.U.R.E’s dedicated clients, would have to disavow any knowledge of. In fact, to the board your grants could look a little like … embezzlement?

DIXON

But –

LEILA

Were some of the trials successful?

DIXON

Well, yes. But –

Leila removes her sunglasses. Her eyes (and her face) are stretched almost beyond that of a recognizable human.

LEILA

I need this.

DIXON

– not yet on humans!

LEILA

I refuse to go on this way. I know the risks and the rewards … I have a dinner party tonight, and many of my guests, my wealthy friends would pay many, many hundreds of thousands if you can do what you say you can.

DIXON

I … I –

LEILA

– could open your own lab on your own private island with your percentage. That is, if you ever wanted to leave P.U.R.E.

DIXON

Never. I would never want to leave.

LEILA

Good. So, I sit in that chair over there?

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SUNSHINE’S NIGHT OF DARKNESS – a screenplay by Meghan Ciana Doidge

SCENE ONE

SCENE TWO

SCENE THREE

SCENE FOUR

SCENE FIVE (above)

SCENE SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE

 

SCENE ONE (and an explanation of what the hell is going on with these posts)

——————-

SUNSHINE’S NIGHT OF DARKNESS

Synopsis:  It’s Sunshine’s first day of work in security at the P.U.R.E Corporation and all she wants to do is make it through orientation, but first she’s got to fill out a name tag requisition form, fit her uniform, meet a cute computer geek … oh, and save her fellow employees from genetically-mutated, blood-lusting vampires.

Notes: All work is registered with the WGC & the WGA.

– Scene Four –

EXT. DOOR/INT. MAIN SECURITY, P.U.R.E CORPORATION – MOMENTS LATER

Taro swipes his name-tag by a scanner next to the glass door, the door slides open, and the group enters behind Taro. Multiple security screens display multiple rotating camera angles throughout the building. A bank of computers run security programs including a tracking application that details employee movement and currently highlights a red dot on the roof.

IRMA

Expanding on our theme of renewal and revitalization, main security used to be the mail room, and though they moved the elevator in the renovation they kept the chutes for that classic touch. On every floor –

TARO

Right, back to security … as you see each section of the building requires a specially coded badge or visitor pass, and through them we can track where people are in the building.

Irma moves away, clearly not happy at Taro rushing her.

TARO (CONT’D)

(indicating a monitor)

See? Someone with a master key just entered the roof. Huxley has been tweaking the program for us, Huxley?

HUXLEY

It’s good to go, good to go.

Huxley slides in front of a keyboard and toggles a few keys. Taro reads off the screen from over Huxley’s shoulder.

TARO

Ah, Mr. Dixon, Head of Research and Development, but he doesn’t talk about it much.

Taro nods to Rashid, who grins at his own joke.

TARO (CONT’D)

All heads carry a master key for higher function access.

Taro pulls on a chain around his own neck that holds a similar key to Dixon’s (seen in the previous scene).

CALLIE

But automation doesn’t sound very safe…

TARO

How safe it is, is the point. There’s no room for human error but, so not to worry you pretty little spa girls, there’s nothing that can’t be overridden with the right clearance.

Sunshine, not taking too kindly to Taro talking down to Callie, attempts to reinsert a professional tone.

SUNSHINE

If we need to access a non-job description defined area?

TARO

You ask for a security escort. Sunshine, your pass will get you most anywhere in the building, except the roof, and restricted computer access.

CALLIE

(to Sunshine)

So … if I start seeing that cute guy from accounting, you’ll be able to help with our rendezvous’.

SUNSHINE

(not too sure about this)

Ah…

TARO

Top-of-the-line fire, flood, and earthquake protection … a building doesn’t get safer than this one!

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SUNSHINE’S NIGHT OF DARKNESS – a screenplay by Meghan Ciana Doidge

SCENE ONE

SCENE TWO

SCENE THREE

SCENE FOUR (above)

SCENE FIVE

 

SCENE ONE (and an explanation of what the hell is going on with these posts)

——————-

SUNSHINE’S NIGHT OF DARKNESS

Synopsis:  It’s Sunshine’s first day of work in security at the P.U.R.E Corporation and all she wants to do is make it through orientation, but first she’s got to fill out a name tag requisition form, fit her uniform, meet a cute computer geek … oh, and save her fellow employees from genetically-mutated, blood-lusting vampires.

Notes: All work is registered with the WGC & the WGA.

– Scene Three –

EXT. HELIPAD, ROOF, P.U.R.E CORPORATION BUILDING – AFTERNOON

A very upscale helicopter lands.

LEILA stretches long legs from the chopper to the tarmac and places a gloved hand to her wide-brimmed couture hat to combat the wind.

A mouse-of-man, DIXON, 45, scampers out of the chopper past Leila to the roof entrance where he fiddles with a security checkpoint.

Leila joins Dixon, her true age plasticized and plumped, and her large designer glasses hide more than her eyes.

LEILA (bored)

Dixon.

DIXON

I don’t usually enter this way, just a minute.

He pulls out a multi-teethed key and slides it into a lock by the computer console.

DIXON (CONT’D)

Here we go. After –

Leila strides passed him into the building.

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SUNSHINE’S NIGHT OF DARKNESS

SCENE ONE

SCENE TWO

SCENE THREE (above)

SCENE FOUR

 

SCENE ONE (and an explanation of what the hell is going on with these posts)

——————-

SUNSHINE’S NIGHT OF DARKNESS

Synopsis:  It’s Sunshine’s first day of work in security at the P.U.R.E Corporation and all she wants to do is make it through orientation, but first she’s got to fill out a name tag requisition form, fit her uniform, meet a cute computer geek … oh, and save her fellow employees from genetically-mutated, blood-lusting vampires.

Notes: All work is registered with the WGC & the WGA.

– Scene Two –

INT. MAIN FOYER, P.U.R.E CORP HEADQUARTERS – MOMENTS LATER

Massive tinted-glass entrance doors open and close via motion sensors. A swell of voices, PROTESTORS outside, come and go with each opening. A grand marble fountain is dedicated to a children’s charity and littered with coins. A gigantic, overly ornate metal clock reads: 12:58pm.

Sunshine crosses by a bank of elevators towards Irma, who chats with a small group.

IRMA

Good, we are all accounted for. I am Irma, and I am your orientation leader. I am also your liaison in Human Resources.

She indicates her clip board which bares the logo: P.U.R.E

IRMA (CONT’D)

P.U.R.E desires to be a Perfectly Unique Restful Experience. There are many benefits in working with P.U.R.E. Taro?

Irma nods, rather frostily, to the large, well-muscled man TARO, 29, who is dressed very similarly to Sunshine.

TARO

At your service. Head of security and Sunshine’s new boss…

He indicates Sunshine and the others turn to her.

SUNSHINE

Ah… Jones actually.

Taro raises a perfectly sculpted eyebrow at Irma.

IRMA

Sunshine has already requested a name-tag requisition form. Sunshine, would you continue?

SUNSHINE

Jones. Right, ah, new girl in security, this is my first day, so, ah, yeah. Looking forward to it.

Sunshine looks to CALLIE, 18, a very pretty, well-groomed red head. Callie looks to Irma for approval before continuing:

CALLIE

Callie. Short for Callista.

She points to her name-tag which does indeed read: Callie. Sunshine throws a look at Irma, which Irma ignores.

CALLIE (CONT’D)

I’ve been here three days, in the spa, doing minor waxing, eyebrows, lip, chin, but I hope to start doing facials soon.

(to Sunshine)

I’d love to practice on you, anytime.

Sunshine looks a little thrown by this offer.

RASHID, 34, with a lab coat and pocket protector, continues:

RASHID

Rashid, research and development. And no, I can’t talk about it…

(this isn’t funny)

Ah… Two children. A girl, eight and my boy is six. I –

A young dark-haired man, HUXLEY, 24, slides, from a mad dash across the foyer, into a space within the group.

HUXLEY

Not late, am I? Didn’t want to be late.

IRMA

And you are?

HUXLEY

Huxley.

He glances around the group and grins at Sunshine.

HUXLEY (CONT’D) (to Sunshine)

Hi!

She tries not to smile at him and drops her gaze.

IRMA

You’re not on my list.

HUXLEY

Right, I was supposed to be here last week but I forgot, got caught up, you know.

IRMA

Oh, you.

HUXLEY

Yeah, me. Huxley. Computers. Hey Taro.

TARO

Hey, Huxley.

IRMA

Let’s move on.

She begins to move through the foyer.

IRMA (CONT’D)

The P.U.R.E Corporation acquired the Hyperion Hotel ten years ago and literally revitalized it from extinction. You’ll note, and this is key to all things P.U.R.E, how the older features, the fountain, the marble, integrate with the unbreakable, Ultra Violet protected glass enclosures and the highly technical security –

TARO

Let’s head that way.

Irma, not happy being interrupted, glares at Taro.

TARO (CONT’D) (to Irma)

I don’t have all afternoon.

IRMA

I haven’t handed out the binders!

TARO

Go for it.

While the group follows Taro, Irma passes everyone their orientation binders, though she doesn’t have one for Huxley, who plays up the fact that she leaves him empty handed.

RASHID (to Taro) Security?

He indicates Sunshine, who happens to be surveying the area. Taro leans toward Rashid as if confiding, but really he’s just bragging about his newest “acquisition.”

TARO

Oh, yeah. She’ll kick your ass, higher ranked in most martial arts than I am.

Irma, in a slight huff, joins Taro at the head of the pack, and Huxley maneuvers himself beside Sunshine.

 

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SUNSHINE’S NIGHT OF DARKNESS

SCENE ONE

SCENE TWO

SCENE THREE

 

So, as some of you may know – if you’ve been hanging with me long enough – I come to novel writing via screenwriting and filmmaking. So, while I do have a rather large backlist, it’s all in screenplay format that I can’t simply throw at an editor, and then get it up and published.

My novella Love Lies Bleeding was originally a screenplay, and I just had a fun idea of sharing some of my other screenplays on the blog – scene by scene – for Throwback Thursday posts.

I’d like to start with my second favourite screenplay of all time, Sunshine’s Night of Darkness. The draft that I’m sharing comes from 2013, but it looks like I’ve got files dating back to 2006. I’d love to bring Sunshine (Etc) to readers in comic book form, but I haven’t even spent a single moment looking into how to do that exactly.

Reading a screenplay is much different than reading novel but I hope you will find it entertaining. The emphasis is on the dialogue, then action, not the description of the scene. I call Sunshine (Etc) one of my bloody comedies, but the literary world would refer to it as an urban fantasy.

Without further ado, scene one of Sunshine’s Night of Darkness.

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SUNSHINE’S NIGHT OF DARKNESS

Synopsis:  It’s Sunshine’s first day of work in security at the P.U.R.E Corporation and all she wants to do is make it through orientation, but first she’s got to fill out a name tag requisition form, fit her uniform, meet a cute computer geek … oh, and save her fellow employees from genetically-mutated, blood-lusting vampires.

Notes: (O.S) means off-screen. All work is registered with the WGC & the WGA.

– Scene One –

INT. CHANGE ROOM, P.U.R.E CORPORATION HEADQUARTERS – DAY

A credit card size gold name-tag on a navy uniform shirt reads SUNSHINE in etched black block letters.

SUNSHINE (O.S.)

I don’t actually use Sunshine. I go by Jones.

IRMA (O.S.)

Sunshine was listed on your application.

SUNSHINE (O.S.)

Yes, but I circled Jones to indicate –

IRMA (O.S.)

A circle, to illustrate name preference, is not officially recognized within the protocols and procedures of the P.U.R.E Corporation.

A thumb jabs at the name-tag.

SUNSHINE (O.S.)

(getting testy)

I don’t go by Sunshine.

IRMA (O.S.)

You may request a name-tag requisition form and file it with Human Resources.

SUNSHINE (O.S.)

I get the form, where?

IRMA (O.S.)

From me.

SUNSHINE (O.S.)

(grumbling)

Mentioning that might have been an idea.

A hand reaches up to remove the magnetic name-tag.

IRMA (O.S.)

I, and Human Resources, are here to assist the employees of P.U.R.E, not anticipate … You must wear the identification badge at all times while in the building.

SUNSHINE (O.S.)

You just said –

IRMA (O.S.)

From the time you submit the request, it will take ten working days to requisition a new ID, so you must be Sunshine until then.

The hand falters.

SUNSHINE (O.S.)

Whatever.

IRMA (O.S.)

We read, English, from left to right.

Irma pauses, but Sunshine doesn’t reply.

IRMA (O.S.) (CONT’D)

The ID belongs on your right.

SUNSHINE, 21, her gold coiled hair pulled back in a low bun, grabs the tag and repositions it on the right. She glances over her shoulder to watch IRMA, 27, cross to the exit with a flick of her cascading blonde tresses and a turn of her high heel enhanced, well-toned calf.

IRMA (CONT’D)

Orientation, ten minutes, main foyer.

SUNSHINE

Thanks.

Irma leaves.

SUNSHINE (CONT’D)

For nothing.

Sunshine tightens the laces on her leather-soled, uniform-issued shoes. The remainder of her uniform; a pocketed dress shirt and navy cotton dress pants fit her lithe body like a lycra glove.

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SUNSHINE’S NIGHT OF DARKNESS

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