Dont Burst My Balloon By ??????

INT. TOILET - NIGHT EXTREME CLOSE UP: CLOWNS EYES The clown applies dark eyeliner to his eyes. He pulls down on the skin under his eyes and draws there. FLASHBACK --A clown is walking up to a little boy. half of their bodies are visible. BACK TO SCENE EXTREME CLOSE UP: CLOWNS LIPS The clown extends the corners of his mouth and adds stitches to the ends. FLASHBACK --The little boy drops a balloon, again his face is not shown. BACK TO SCENE CLOSE UP: RED CLOWN WIG ON BATHROOM COUNTER The clown reaches and grabs the wig and takes it off frame. TITLE SEQUENCE MONTAGE Flashes of the children tied up CLOSE UP:ROPE AROUND THEIR ANKLES The mum talking rapidly on her phone in Victoria Park. The clown looking closely at the children, his eyes glinting. EXTREME CLOSE UP: A SINGLE TEAR ROLLING DOWN RYANS FACE. MEDIUM: A RED BALLOON AGAINST THE BLUE SKY. Text: Dont Burst My Balloon BLACK OUT Only the bottom

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INT. STORAGE ROOM - NIGHT EXTREME CLOSE UP: RYANS EYES They flick open in the darkness. The whites of his eyes glow in the dark background. He looks around the storage room. The floor is scattered with butchered dolls barbies, teddy bears ect. a pile of minced meat lies in a corner. The only apparent source of light is a single lightbulb hanging from the ceiling. It is dark but the characters are lit in warm chiaroscuro lighting The little boy - RYAN, 5 - is gagged and tied up on a chair, back facing another child, a girl - JANICE, 7 - who is also tied and gagged. Janice is still unconscious. Ryan struggles against his bindings feebly. He is weak. A bead of sweat rolls down his pale face. After a while, he gives up, he turns his head around to take a look at Janice. Seeing that she is still asleep, he rocks the chair back and forth in an attempt to wake her up. She doesnt. He closes his eyes and shakes his head in despair. He reopens his eyes and glances at the clock CLOSE UP: CLOCK AT THE BACK OF THE ROOM SHOWS 12AM The clock suddenly rewinds to 2:30pm. WHITE FADE OUT: 10 HOURS AGO EXT.VICTORIA PARK - DAY WHITE FADE IN: EXTREME CLOSE UP: WATCH FACE ON RYANS HAND ZOOM OUT: RYAN IS HOLDING HIS MOTHERS HAND LONG SHOT: JANICE, RYAN AND THEIR MOTHER WALKING DOWN A SMALL PATH. Janice is holding her mothers other hand. They walk casually through a Sunday fair in Victoria Park. Ryan and Janice are both wide-eyed and excitedly looking around at all the different stores. Janice points at the jewelry store. JANICE I want a necklace, Mummy! Please! That blue one looks so pretty! Rachel has one. She wore it to School yesterday.

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MOTHER You already have too many! Maybe some other time. Janice pouts but she drops the subject. Ryan starts swinging his mothers hand and points excitedly at a clown ahead. The clown notices them and slowly walks towards them. His large clown shoes make a loud clacking sound on the floor. He grins widely as he reaches them. CLOWN (Over-ly cheerfully) Hi there children! Would you like a balloon? RYAN Yes please! He jumps and grabs at the red balloon, failing to grab hold of anything. After one last jump, he trips and falls to the ground, facing the clowns shoes. The clown bends down to pick Ryan up. his head is only inches away from Ryans face. They eye each other up and the clown gives a small wink. Ryans eyes widen and he hastily gets up. CLOWN (Muttering to himself) Dont pop it. For your own sake. RYAN (A little less excited now) I want a red one. HE POINTS AT THE RED ONE IN THE BUNCH. RYAN(CONTD) That one. Clown picks the balloon from his bunch and hands it to Ryan. Ryan lifts his head to look at his mother as if to ask for permission to take the balloon. His mother gives him an approving nod. Ryan takes it from the clown with a weak smile. Mother takes his hand again and they continue to walk. They reach a bench and the mother puts them down. They all sit and wave the balloon around. The mother takes a few snaps on her iPhone. Suddenly, she gets a call and takes it. A problem had risen in her business deal. She gets worked up in the conversation and wonders further away from the children. Ryan and Janice play with the balloon. They throw it around and giggle as they do so. Ryan grabs it from mid air and holds it in his hands. He squeezes it tight. Suddenly, it pops.

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MEDIUM: THE CLOWN JERKS HIS HEAD TOWARDS THE DIRECTION OF THE BALLOON POPPING. The Clown strides towards the children. By now their mother is a long way away on her phone, talking with animated gestures. The clown reaches them quickly then slowly bends down to Ryan. He whispers into his ear. CLOSE UP: CLOWN WHISPERING INTO RYANS EAR. CLOWN (whispering slowly, exaggerated syllables.) You just popped that balloon. I do not like the sound of popping balloons. I do not like you. Ryan trembles in her seat. The clown slowly backs out and stands looking at them with his hands on hips. He stretches upwards, cracks his neck, then his knuckles. A gleeful smile spreads from on cheek to the other. MEDIUM: THE MOTHER IS STILL ON HER PHONE. The camera is focused on the mother as she chats away. In the blurry background, the clown is dragging both children off their bench. The mother walks off further and the focus is back on the clown LONG: CLOWN DRAGGING BOTH KIDS. The clown drags both kids by the crook of their arm to a secluded part of the park. BACK TO SCENE There is suddenly a loud bang. Janice wakes up suddenly. Ryan jerks in his seat as

LOW ANGLE: THE CLOWN IN THE DOORWAY. The clown flings the door wide open and stands still at the doorway with his arms crossed. He is wearing the scary clown makeup that he had applied earlier on in the webisode. He is lit up by icy blue-tinted lighting.