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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. *
http://www.warrenellis.com
* 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. -- end script sample -- |
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