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GLOBAL
FREQUENCY #1
�BOMBHEAD�
Written
by WARREN
ELLIS
22
pages
THIS
IS A SCRIPT SAMPLE, containing the script for the first six pages of art,
supplied directly to this store by Warren Ellis as part of a zip file also
containing the series logo and preview art.
DIAMOND
ORDER CODE:� AUG020270
All
material herein � and � WARREN
ELLIS, 2002.
GLOBAL
FREQUENCY created by Warren Ellis.
This
material supplied for review only.
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http://www.warrenellis.com
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PAGE
ONE
Pic
1;
Half
the page.� We�re inside a
car.� It�s night.�
A young woman with long red hair, in casual clothes, is driving.�
We�re taking this shot from just behind her, looking forward
through the windscreen.
Someone is hitting the
windscreen.� The car has run
someone over and he�s been catapulted over the front of the car and is
cannoning, back first, into the windscreen, sending glass blasting into
the interior of the car.
DISPLAY
LETT:�������������
�BOMBHEAD�
Pic
2;
The
car is halted.� The figure has
careened off to hit the sidewalk.� Male,
dressed in a shabby raincoat, old sneakers and jeans, in his early
fifties.� JANOS VOYDAN.� The WOMAN is getting out of her car.� We�re in San Francisco, at the top of a hill.
WOMAN;�������������������������������
OH MY GOD, OH MY GOD�
WOMAN:�������������������������������
ARE YOU OKAY?� CAN YOU
TALK?
Pic
3;
Janos
Voydan�s head lolls up, bleeding from a few cuts to the face, nose
bleeding a little� and his eyes are BACKLIT, and his mouth is LIT FROM
WITHIN, like there�s an electrical fire inside his head�
(no
dialogue)
PAGE
TWO
Pic
1;
A
car has pulled up behind the woman�s car, sleek and black.�
JOHN STARK, a gaunt-faced black man in his early thirties, in a
black suit with a white shirt and black tie, is getting out.�
He has his GLOBAL FREQUENCY CELLPHONE in his hand.�
GF SYMBOL badge on the lapel.
(no
dialogue)
Pic
2;
Close
up: his thumb hitting the button on the phone that has the GLOBAL
FREQUENCY SYMBOL on it.
(no
dialogue)
Pic
3;
Stark
approaches the Woman and Voydan, phone to his ear.�
She sees him:
WOMAN: ������������������������������
HE JUST LEAPT OUT IN FRONT OF MY CAR, I�M ON THE EARLY SHIFT AT
WORK, I WASN�T LOOKING �
STARK:����������������������������������
ALEPH, THIS IS 288.
Pic
4;
Big
pic, rest of page.� In the
room we�ll know as CENTRAL (description to follow � it�s a circular
room, with a circular console, the walls all being huge display screens
showing different views of pretty much everywhere on Earth via spy cams,
constantly changing � part of the console is given over to another
display screen called THE BIG BOARD)�
�ALEPH,
who runs everything.� (a young
Asian-American woman in a black t-shirt with a white GF SYMBOL on and a
headset).
ALEPH:������������
YOU�RE ON THE GLOBAL FREQUENCY.
�
PAGE
THREE
Pic
1;
She
zips across on her chair to the Big Board, which shows Stark�s face in a
mugshot style, and the text: JOHN STARK - #288.
ALEPH:����������������������������������
THE BIG BOARD PUTS YOU IN SAN FRANCISCO, SURVEILLING JANOS VOYDAN.
ALEPH:����������������������������������
WHAT�VE YOU GOT FOR ME, JOHN?
Pic
2;
John�s
down on one knee by Voydan, who�s half-conscious, and now has his face
turned down to the ground, so Stark can�t see it.�
Stark looks him over professionally.
STARK:����������������������������������
VOYDAN�S STILL HAVING FITS, AND HE�S JUST BEEN HIT BY A CAR.�
FROM PHONE;
��������������������
NEXT TIME WE PUT YOU TO WATCHING SOMEONE, JOHN, LOOK FOR CARS
TOO�
JOHN;������������������������������������
DO WE HAVE AIR SUPPORT?� I
DON�T KNOW IF I WANT HIM IN A REGULAR HOSPITAL.
Pic
3;
Aleph
hits a keypad by the Big Board, and its display shifts, to show a blonde
woman in her thirties, and the text: ALISON FITZGERALD - #702.
ALEPH:����������������������������������
ALLY FITZGERALD�S AT SFO WITH A CHOPPER.�
I�LL GET A LOCATION FIX OFF YOUR PHONE AND MAKE THE CALL.
Pic
4;
John
starts to turn Voydan over.
JOHN:�������������
�����������������������
I�M STANDING BY HERE.
JOHN:�������������������������������������
LET�S GET A LOOK AT HIM.� I
HAVE SOME ARMY MEDICAL TRAINING.
WOMAN:�������������������������������
YOU�RE A SOLDIER?
JOHN:�������������
�����������������������
USED TO BE.
PAGE
FOUR
Pic
1;
CUT
TO: A GLOBAL FREQUENCY CELLPHONE going off on a hotel room�s bedside
table (it lights up).� Dark.
(no
dialogue)
Pic
2;
ALLY
FITZGERALD answers it, flicking the bedside lamp on.
ALLY:������������
�����������������������
702.
Pic
3;
CUT
TO: Aleph, a dynamic angle that presents her with the world scrolling
behind her�
ALEPH;����������������������������������
THIS IS ALEPH.� YOU�RE
ON THE GLOBAL FREQUENCY, ALLY.
ALEPH:����������������������������������
JOHN STARK NEEDS CHOPPER SUPPORT IN CENTRAL SAN FRANCISCO.�
BIG BOARD SAYS YOU�RE SLEEPING AT THE AIRPORT TONIGHT.
Pic
4;
CUT
TO: The hotel room, with Ally�s BOYFRIEND clambering out of the bed in
shorts, sleepy, headed for a CHROME BRIEFCASE on the floor.
ALLY:������������
�����������������������
GARY, GET MY SPECIAL CASE.
ALLY:������������
�����������������������
GIVE ME THE CO-ORDS, ALEPH.
Pic
5;
Boyfriend
has the case open in his hands.� Inside
is a leather jacket with the GF symbol emblazoned on its back.� He stares out at us, stunned.
BOYFRIEND:�������������������������
�WHEN WERE YOU GOING TO TELL ME YOU�RE ONE OF THEM?
ALLY (OFF);��������������������������
THOUGHT I�D WEAR IT FOR YOU ON OUR WEDDING NIGHT.
PAGE
FIVE
Pic
1;
CUT
TO: San Francisco: and John stares at Janos Voydan�s face, lit from
within�
JOHN:�������������
�����������������������
GOD ALMIGHTY.
WOMAN:�������������������������������
WHAT�S WRONG WITH HIM?
WOMAN:������������������������������� I DON�T THINK BEING HIT BY A CAR CAN DO THAT TO YOU. Pic
2;
And
suddenly Janos MOVES � strikes John hard in the chest with the flat of
his hand, banging John backwards with huge force �
(no
dialogue)
Pic
3;
Clambers
up, backhanding the woman �
(no
dialogue)
Pic
4;
--
gets into her car �
(no
dialogue)
Pic
5;
--
tears off in a hell of smoke and rubber.
(no
dialogue)
�
�
PAGE
SIX
Pic
1;
CUT
TO: MISHA NORTON, a black girl in her early twenties, at a computer
monitor in her small, chaotic apartment.�
It�s dark here too, and she�s only got one anglepoise lamp
light on.� She swigs Red Bull.�
She�s in a hooded top with a GF SYMBOL on the breast.�
SPEAKERPHONE next to her keyboard.
SPEAKERPHONE:
MISHA NORTON, YOU�RE ON THE GLOBAL FREQUENCY.
MISHA:����������������������������������
HIT ME.
SPEAKERPHONE:
CAN YOU GET A SPYSAT TASKED OVER SAN FRANCISCO?
Pic
2;
She
starts working the keyboard � the graphic of a SATELLITE spins on her
screen.
MISHA:����������������������������������
BRINGING HIGHBIRD 4 ONLINE.� DON�T
TELL COLIN POWELL.
MISHA:����������������������������������
IS THIS ABOUT THAT ELECTROMAGNETIC ANOMALY I SAW ON YESTERDAY�S
WEST COAST SAT PASS?
Pic
3;
Aleph
spins in her chair, as aerial photography of San Francisco flashes on to
her screens�
ALEPH:����������������������������������
YEAH.� WE CENTERED IT ON A RUSSIAN �MIGR�, ONE JANOS VOYDAN.
ALEPH:����������������������������������
WE PUT JOHN STARK ON TO WATCH HIM.�
VOYDAN�S HAVING SEIZURES THAT SEEM TO ASSOCIATE WITH THE ANOMALY.
Pic
4;
Misha�s
eyes go wide, face lit by the screen�
MISHA:����������������������������������
YOU�RE DAMN RIGHT.
MISHA:����������������������������������
I�M SENDING YOU THE SAT�S TAKE RIGHT NOW.
MISHA:����������������������������������
I WOULDN�T WANT TO BE ON NOB HILL WITH A PACEMAKER RIGHT NOW.�
YOUR ANOMALY JUST DOUBLED IN OUTPUT.
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