The Choice
A Short Film by Oliver Smyth
The Cop – Voiceover
The voiceover will
be accompanied by a collection of shots, starting with a close up of The Cop’s
face taking up one half of the shot, the other half shrouded in rain.
“This city is
Diseased.
The vermin that call
it home infected it with crime.”
The camera observes
as he walks along the canal-side, unaffected by the rain.
“Theft, rape &
murder are just a daily occurrence, as sure as the sun will rise and set.
Half the police are
paid to turn a blind eye, but I see it. I always see it.”
He stops on a
bridge and looks at a photo, it’s of a girl. His daughter. The Girl.
“It took the disease
to affect me first hand however to do something.”
A flashback of when
The Cop finds The Girl plays, before cutting to int. of a dingy shed/garage/basement
with The Boy tied to up on the floor.
“But what do you do
with the scum when the justice system is unjust; they’re barely behind bars
before they’re back on the streets.”
A series of close-ups of The Boy, The Cop,
His Badge and His Gun.
“I want to remove
this tumour from my city surgically.
But I can’t.
Can I?”
Cut to Title Scene
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