Script Version 6 for 'Untitled City'

written by Samuel Jackson

1 INT - SAINSBURYS UNIT 3 1

A man sits alone at his desk in a metallic room lit by the

screens of 12 cctv feeds of Camden Road and Sainsbury's.
A framed certificate on the wall with the a picture of the
man reads:

"Ray Johnson - Head of Security"

2 INT - KITCHEN - AFTERNOON 2

Ray cooks a disgusting Sainsbury's ready meal for himself

in his dirty overcrowded Kitchen full of old food
packaging. He's distant from what he's doing, but his
movements show he's well practiced and could do this with
his eyes closed. He walks depressingly to his dining table,
places his meal down in front of the television and sneaks
into a small gap where he can sit. He turns the TV on.
Charlie then begins praying unintelligibly for 10 seconds,
cuts to food bubbling in plastic container, and then
without hesitation, he efficiently consumes the sloppy food
with his hands. He then washes himself with a bowl of water
and a cloth. (Reflections of the tv on his wet face).
Switches the TV off.

3 INT - OFFICE - AFTERNOON 3

Ray walks into his office where all his footage is stored.
He clicks a button, a drawer opens on the side of a
projector-like contraption and he reaches into his bag to
grab a cartridge of motion picture film, and slots it in.
He presses another button and the room is filled with the
glow of the opening light leaks of film reel. Footage from
Camden Road appears. He uses another contraption to
mechanically play some sound recordings of the City over
the top of his footage. He pulls a 7 inch record out of its
sleeve and inserts it into a player. The needle crackles
and the score is layered into this composition. The footage
begins to break up into fragmental planes of space as the
score increases in intensity.

4 INT - STAIRCASE - AFTERNOON 4

Ray opens the internal door stands in the metallic stairway

of his building with a worried look on his face. Sounds
from the street begin to flood his home and echo hauntingly
like he's inside a drum (sudden loud jump scares and
bangs). He hesitates walking down the stairs to open the
door and pops his head through the porthole to scout Camden
Road for potential dangers. A world of creepy and weird
creatures lay in wait below him on a road muddled with
abstract electric orange shapes and grey and white graph
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patterns. He checks his watch and sees his shift is about

to begin and thus he must leave. He softly walks down the
stairs, turns the handle to open the door and then walks
out exposed.

5 EXT - CAMDEN ROAD (NORTH AFTERNOON) 5

Near the entrance of Sainsbury's, a crazy man in an all

white jumpsuit with bleach blonde spiky hair and dark eye
make-up (The Batman) stands beside three ladies clad in
equally garish attire. The crazy man locks eyes with Ray
some distance away. Ray immediately flinches and attempts
to calmly look away, he is clearly familiar with this man.
An anxious internal monologue, eeking out as if all his jaw
is clenched and muscles are tense, plays over shots of his
uncomfortable body language

RAY (V.O.)
Has he seen me?

Cut to over the shoulder shot of Ray with the crazy man out
of focus in the background. Pulling focus to the crazy man
reveals a confronting wide stance and an aggressive middle
finger pointed directly at Ray (La Haine).

RAY (V.O.)
Fantastic. sarcastically

Camera attempts to recreate what it feels like to observe

someone in your peripheral vision. Ray tries his best to
ignore him and walk in an ever so slightly diverging path
so he can cross the road. However, A crash zoom on the
crazy man reveals he has taken a real interest in Ray
(Scarecrow effect - Batman Begins), and without warning he
begins to accelerate head on at Ray (head tracking camera
on gimbal)[Beau is Afraid]. Ray, moving in an odd turning
circle like motion speedily walks in the opposite direction
of the crazy man, trying to make it look natural, steadily
bringing his pace up to a full sprint as he approaches the
corner of Camden St.

CRAZY MAN
COME BACK HERE YOU FUCKER!

The crazy man, precision locked on Ray, sees him turn the
corner. He suddenly transitions from chase on the pavement
to scaling the building, climbing up the industrial beams,
until he reaches the roof of the Sainsbury's unit where Ray
lives. With clear determination and blinded by rage, he
jumps onto the suspended roof of the supermarket with a
thud and continues to storm across to the other side.

6 INT - ISLE 8 (INTERNATIONAL FOODS) - AFTERNOON 6

Cut to shoppers of the supermarket. In a state of

confusion, they look up at where the thudding footsteps are
emanating from. Dust and small debris begin to fall from
the roof.
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7 EXT - CAMDEN STREET BRIDGE - AFTERNOON 7

Ray, having turned a corner on to Camden street, continues

running for some 200 m up the road and thinks he has lost
the crazy man. (Hitchcock build up tension - we know the
crazy man is lurking somewhere on the roof ready to
pounce). Ray spends a moment catching his breath but before
he can fully recover two gentleman require his attention.

BUSINESS MAN
Excuse me sir, do you know this
woman?

Holds out a black and white photograph of the most fucked

up crazy woman you've ever seen.

DETECTIVE NANA
Yes, we believe she has stolen a
number of this mans belongings from
his home on Camden Road.

Cut to super 8 montage of Ray's last 3 encounters with this

woman, each time stealing a pastry directly from his hand.

RAY
Umm, heavy breath Yes I've seen
her many times on my way to work.

Detective Nana swiftly brings out bright chrome handcuffs

from his belt bag.

DETECTIVE NANA
Great! Well, you'll be coming with
us then.

RAY
Whathe fuck?

Detective Nana slaps one of Ray's wrists with the handcuffs

and attempts to restrain the other one. Ray, panicked by
this sudden threat of arrest, shoves Detective Nana and
decides to run back in the direction he's just come from.
However, at this very moment, blaring round the corner are
the 3 ladies associated with the crazy man.

CRAZY GIRLS (in unison)

There he is!

Ray feels he is left with no option but to jump into the

canal to escape.

8 INT - UNDERWATER IN REGENTS CANAL - AFTERNOON 8

A 15 second underwater scene where Ray, in a delusional

state, gets to observe the topography of Regents Canal, old
bicycles next to electric Lyme bikes, huge odd looking
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whiskery carp next human skeletons in vintage streetwear.

[Trainspotting]. Meanwhile, predictably, the crazy man
jumps full whack in to the canal and pierces his stomach on
a rusty bike frame, adding to the unique composition of
people and objects in the canal.

9 EXT - REGENTS CANAL WALKWAY - AFTERNOON 9

Ray emerges from the water on the other side of

Sainsbury's, where birds are tweeting and people are nice
and not creepy (representing the duality of the road). Ray,
a Camden resident who's accustomed to seeing things like
this, is relatively unfazed by the prior incident, perhaps
the shock of cold water and moment of respite below the
surface helped. Ray climbs out of the canal and onto the
footpath cramped with tourists on their way to Camden
Market. He stands up and makes a sharp turn revealing the
Sainsbury's Grimshaw housing units towering over the canal.
He knows where he needs to be.

10 EXT - CAMDEN SAINSBURYS STATION - EARLY EVENING 10

Ray swiftly enters the train station, taps his Oyster card,
and gets through the barriers, runs up the stairs to the
overground and waits till the last moment to jump on the
train (Le Samourai).

11 INT - UNDERGROUND CARPARK 11

Ray can't get through the escalator doors. Ray spots an

unusual ornate wooden door with the words "fire exit"
above, connected without context to the grey concrete walls
of the car park. He opens the door.

12 INT - RETROCHOIR (ST. MICHAELS CHURCH) - EARLY EVENING 12

13 INT - MAIN HALL CHURCH - EARLY EVENING 13

Defeated, Ray, sits down looking weak, and enjoys the

silence of the church halls for a moment after a
distressing day and falls asleep at the bench.

14 INT - CHURCH TOWER - LATE EVENING 14

Ray awakens on the rebuilt church tower,

where the orange light projects over Camden road. He looks

out over the city, at all the projected lights miles
around. profound realisation.