Freedom

Act 1

EXT. San Francisco – Sunrise

Scene 1: Opening credits role as the camera shows different angles of the terrorist act that happened in San Francisco. The camera starts to zoom in on one of the docks in the bay area where it reveals the main characters of the story, Marcus, Sever Haircut Lady, Daryll, Jolu, and Van.

Camera is a long shot of the 4 kids getting off the boat on the dock

Marcus, Jolu, Van, and Daryll exit Severe Haircut Lady’s boat.

Camera positioned in a medium closeup, with the lens pointing up to make it appear as though the woman is the superior force.

Severe Haircut Lady:

Get out of the boat! I know that you four played a role in yesterday’s attack especially you Marcus.

Camera pans over to Marcus and his friends

Marcus:

I’ve told you time and time again that I had nothing to do with the terrorist attack on the bridge. You have to believe me!

Camera then has a close up of just the woman’s face

Severe Haircut Lady:

This isn’t the last you’re going to see me. This isn’t over.

Fade out

Ext. Suburban townhouse – Night

Camera is a medium long shot of the front of a house unseen before in the film.

INT. Boy’s Bedroom – Night

Camera is above a boy’s bed. The room is clearly a boy’s room as there are many posters on the walls of sports figures and other typical things in a boy’s room. The camera slowly starts to zoom in on the figures face. As the camera zooms in the boy sleeping in the bed is Daryll. The camera zooms in all the way to the boys face until the camera is entirely his face. The boy is still sleeping. Then there is a creaking iin the door and the boy opens his eyes.

INT. Boy’s Bedroom – Night

Camera is now at the base of the bed. Daryll sits up in his bed and looks concerned about the noise that he heard.

Daryll:

Hello? Is there anyone there?

After looking around the room for a few more seconds Daryll lays back down in his bed and tries to fall asleep.

Camera now shifts to a camera angle from the night stand. Daryll then hears another noise and he rises from his bed quickly this time as he clearly never fell back asleep.

Daryll:

Hey what are you doing here?

Camera now is a close up of a barrel of a gun.

Daryll:

Why are you doing th….

Man fires the gun on daryll while he was still talking. Camera then shows the smoking gun for a second and then the shooter starts to walk away from the bedroom.

Camera then shows the dead body of daryll. The background noise is the shooter walking out of the room. The door then creaks as the shooter walks out of the room.

INT. Marcus’ bedroom – Night

Camera focuses on the telephone next to Marcus’ bed. The phone then starts to ring and Marcus reaches across his bed and all you can see is his hand reach for the phone.

Marcus:

Hello?

Camera switches to an aerial view of Marcus as he is talking on the phone.

Marcus pauses while the person on the other line is talking.

Marcus:

Oh my God!

Marcus then slams the phone down and immediately starts crying.

Fade out

EXT. Downtown – Afternoon

Camera shows Marcus from behind as he is walking into the burrito shop that clearly he has been to many times due to the familiarity that the workers have with him as he walks in.

INT. Inside Burrito shop – Afternoon

Camera then is focused on Marcus upper body as he walks in to the restaurant as he starts to tear up. Marcus then takes a few steps forward and reaches his hands out.

Marcus:

Van! Jolu!

Camera then shows the three of them all hug as they are clearly all still distraught over the death of their friend Daryll.

Marcus:

How are you guys holding up? Alright guys lets try not to make too much of a scene here, so lets sit down.

Van:

Alright.

Camera shows all of them sit down trying to collect themselves and withhold their tears, so they don’t grab everyone’s attention.

Camera now shows the that the three have sat down in a booth at the restaurant and the camera is stationed outside of the booth so the we can see the side of everyone face.

Marcus:

How are you guys holding up?

Jolu:

It’s tough man, I cant stop thinking about Daryll, he was such a good friend to all of us and now he’s gone.

Van: Who would do such a thing like this?

Camera now shifts to a close up of Marcus’ face which implies that he is clearly about to say something important and serious.

Marcus:

You know guys I’ve been thinking since I first heard the news, do you think there is a chance that severe haircut lady was involved in this.

Camera focuses on Jolu in a close up

Jolu:

No way man, she works for the government. The government would never do something like that.

Camera back on Marcus as he is clearly getting heated in having this debate with Jolu and Van

Marcus:

I bet before a week ago you would never think that the government would torture 4 teenagers for a terrorist attack that they had nothing to do with either. Just think guys, she clearly thinks that I am a terrorist. She could be doing this to try and beat it out of me. It could be like some extreme source of torture where instead of physically abusing us she is mentally torturing us by killing our friend.

Close up on Van

Van:

This sounds completely paranoid Marcus. There is no way that she is behind all of this.

Camera back on Marcus

Marcus:

Guys! Think! She needs someone to pin this on, and make it look like all of these extra security measures were worth it. If she can make it seem as though I am in some way involved with this, the DHS will win, and we don’t want that.

Jolu:

I don’t know man, I mean its possible I guess, but it just seems so unlikely.

Marcus stands up from the table as if he is going to leave. Camera is now on Marcus standing up, but you can still see Van and Jolu sitting at the table.

Marcus:

Alright guys I’ve got to go do something, but do you guys want to meet up later at our secret spot.

Camera now focused on Van

Van:

You mean the old abandoned house, where we used to sneak alcohol and just hang out.

Marcus:

Yup that would be the one.

Fade out.

EXT. Old house - Night

Camera pans across the front of the house showing how the house has clearly not been furnished in a long time and that it is somewhat falling apart. Van and Jolu are approaching the house together looking around suspiciously trying to figure out what is going on. Camera then shifts to the front door where Van and Jolu are knocking on it to see if Marcus is there.

Van:

Marcus! Are you there! Is everything ok, we both got the text from you about how you wanted to meet us here, and that it was urgent.

Van and Jolu don’t hear a response so they try and open the door and then they walk in.

Jolu:

Marcus!

Marcus cries out from a distance.

Marcus:

Yea guys I’m upstairs, come on up!

Van and Jolu both look at each other as if something doesn’t seem right, but then they decide to go upstairs.

Camera shifts to the top of the stairs as Van and Jolu are walking up them searching for Marcus.

Marcus: Hey guys over here!

Van and Jolu are walking side by side with the camera at a medium close up on them. Behind them a shadowy figure appears behind them and knocks both of them out cold with a shovel. Both van and Jolu fall to the ground and now it is revealed to the audience for the first time that Marcus was the one who knocked them out.

INT. Random bedroom – Night

Camera is focused so that Van and Jolu can only be seen sitting in two folding chairs taped to the chairs. Jolu slowly starts waking up clearly scared and he looks over to see that Severe Haircut lady as well as Van has been taped to chairs.

Jolu:

Help! Somebody!

Marcus:

Nobody is going to help you Jolu.

Camera now shows Marcus face as he looks very cynical holding a pistol in his mouth.

Jolu:

Why are you doing this? What is wrong with you?

Marcus:

I’m sorry that it had to come to this Jolu, but the DHS has gotten out of control and this is the only way I know to keep everything in check so that this doesn’t continue.

Camera close up on Jolu.

Jolu:

What do you mean man?

Camera back to Marcus

Marcus:

I killed Daryll. I had to. He was my best friend. I never wanted to do something like this. As much as I care about you guys as my friends, I care more about freedom for all Americans.

Camera back on Jolu. Jolu begins crying

Jolu:

Youre the one who killed Daryll? Why?

Marcus:

Because! It was the only I could think of to get the DHS out of San Francisco and out of our lives. I am going to kill you. And then I am going to Kill van. Then I will make it look as though SEVERE HAIRCUT LADY killed herself. It will make it look like this was an interrogation that went terribly wrong.

Jolu:

So your saying you are killing me for freedom! That makes no sense!

Marcus:

No it does make sense and I’m sorry friend, but it’s the only way that we can achieve our goals. I will never forget the sacrifice that all of you guys are making for freedom. You will not be forgotten.

Camera then focuses on the barrel of the gun like in the scene with Daryll in his bedroom. Then the gun fires twice and the audience is supposed to assume that Van and Jolu were killed.

Camera then focuses on Marcus face as he is clearly crying.

Marcus:

I’m sorry

Marcus then walks over to SEVERE HAIRCUT LADY and points the gun directly to her head. Camera goes to black and then a gunshot is fired.

Screen is still black and on the screen it says “One week later” in white writing.

EXT. CITY HALL – AFTERNOON.

Camera is a medium shot of Marcus as he is standing behind a podium giving a speech with pictures of VAN, JOLU, And DARYLL behind him. MARCUS is speaking at their memorial service.

MARCUS:

I stand before all of you today to say that I am no hero. The real heroes are the people whose picture you see behind me. Two weeks ago me and my friends were taken in by the DHS for no reason and beaten and tortured for suspicion of being involved in a horrific event. I stand before you all today saying that I am not a terrorist and neither were my friends. We were 4 kids who happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. The DHS was out of control. They claimed that they were defending us, but all they were doing was hurting us. If anything good can come from their deaths its that the DHS is no longer in San Francisco. Freedom has been achieved. The women who killed my friends and thankfully was unable to get to me, represented the DHS. She is gone. So is the DHS. The war on terrorism still exists. But the war for freedom in America has finally been won by the people. Freedom is ours because of the sacrifice my friends made.