Annotated Script

EDGEPLAY

written by

Beat Natale

INT. DUNGEON - AFTERNOON

The walls and floor are layered with plastic. PAY PIG awakes, gagged, and hands locked together with tape. A bowl of stinking dirty SHIT stares back at him. THE PROFESSIONAL looms gripping a blade.

(A subtle drone will be heard, this will set the audience up for that dark scenes that will be shown)

THE PROFESSIONAL

If you scream I will injure you, okay?

The Professional smiles gently.

THE PROFESSIONAL (CONT’D)

Remember, don’t scream.

The Professional slowly removes the gag, whilst prodding Pay Pig’s neck with the knife. The Professional picks up a chunk of faeces with a spoon.

PAY PIG

No, wait! What the fuck is this?!

Please!

THE PROFESSIONAL

Open wide!

The Professional force-feeds the retching Pay Pig excrement; causing him to spew.

(The sounds of wretching will be intensified; this will hopefully have a similar effect on the audience, causing them to gag to.)

(Dark ambient sounds will be propping up the sound of the gagging; this will have make the sound seem fuller and textured)

THE PROFESSIONAL (CONT’D) 

C’mon, just a little more, try keep it down this time, you’ll feel better for it.

The Professional nudges Pay Pig’s neck with the blade, before thrusting another spoonful of human waste into his mouth.

THE PROFESSIONAL (CONT’D)

C’mon, chew it.

Pay Pig hesitantly munches; trying desperately to hold the shit down.

(The sound of Pay Pig eating will become the

forefront of the sound design, this will make it a lot more intense, making it very hard listening and watching for the audience)

THE PROFESSIONAL (CONT’D)

There you go!

Pay Pig reluctantly swallows.

THE PROFESSIONAL (CONT’D)

Now stick out your tongue!

Pay Pig abides.

THE PROFESSIONAL (CONT’D)

Good boy! Here, let’s get you up.

The Professional drags Pay Pig upright.

2.

PAY PIG

Please... Can I go now? I won’t tell anyone.

The Professional picks up the bowl, and wanders away.

THE PROFESSIONAL (FROM SHADOWS)

 I’m impressed! You’re handling the pressure really well, considering

your family’s lives are at risk.

Pay Pig struggles desperately to escape. The Professional returns; blowing her nose. Green snot is SPLATTERED on the tissue.

(Electronic industrial sounds will be heard, this will reflect the struggle Pay Pig feels when he is trying to escape, it will also show the dark undertones of the scene)

THE PROFESSIONAL (CONT’D) 

Oh dear, I think I’m coming down with something!

The Professional kneels; tissue and knife in hand.

THE PROFESSIONAL (CONT’D)

Sharing is caring though, right?!

The Professional holds the gunky tissue in front of the grimacing Pay Pig.

THE PROFESSIONAL (CONT’D) 

Don’t be like that, you should try everything once!

Pay Pig turns his head.

THE PROFESSIONAL (CONT’D)

C’mon! Just lick it!

The Professional JOLTS the knife into Pay Pig’s ribs.

(The sound of the knife going into Pay Pigs ribs will be excruciating, I want it to be almost over the top, I want the audience to really feel it as well. Reverb and bass will be used to make it more intense)

PAY PIG

Please! Just stop!

THE PROFESSIONAL

Then lick it!

The Professional twists the blade.

(The twisting of the blade will have a crunching and squelching sound to it, I want the audience to find it hard watching due to the intensity of the sounds.)

THE PROFESSIONAL (CONT’D)

Lick it!

PAY PIG

Okay! Okay! Please, stop!

Pay Pig takes a deep breath, then unwillingly licks the mucus from the tissue; making him sick again.

(The sick noise will also be over the top and disgusting, a bass drone will be lingering under the sound design at this point also.)

THE PROFESSIONAL

Fantastic! You truly disgust me!

3.

The Professional wipes the gooey tissue on the heaving Pay Pig’s face, then tugs the knife from his body. Blood SPURTS. Pay Pig screams.

(The spurting blood will be at the fore of the sound design, the screams will take a backseat, I want the screams to sound almost as if he is suffocating, I think this will give a sense of struggle and will also show how helpless Pay Pig is)

PAY PIG

Please let me go, I’ll tell no one!

The Professional disappears into the shadows. Pay Pig grapples with his tied hands. The grip loosens. Pay Pig fearfully scouts around; wrestling to escape when...

SNAP!

Pay Pig’s hands break free. He stands up. Disorientated. He heads towards the darkness, when OUT OF NOWHERE the Professional RAMS a knife into Pay Pig’s neck.

(I want to reflect his disorientated state with a wobbly bass sound, this will show his unsteadiness.)

THE PROFESSIONAL

Oh no! Now look what’s happened!

Pay Pig’s pain threshold is broken. The adrenaline sends him into a state of ecstasy.

THE PROFESSIONAL (CONT’D)

Does it hurt?

The moment of bliss finally subsides. Pay Pig comes back to reality, and notices his hand drenched with semen, before realising he’s bleeding out.

(The blissfulness will be shown by an ambient electronic sound, this will be a perfect way to show reflect his mood)

(I want to then bring out the ambience as he starts to realize he is bleeding out, this will be replaced by a dark bassy piano, this will show the change in mood)

PAY PIG

Red! Red! Red!

The Professional freezes, leaving the knife in Pay Pig’s throat. Pay Pig fumbles around his pockets, and produces a wad of cash, which he hands over.

PAY PIG (CONT’D)

Thank you.

THE PROFESSIONAL

You’re welcome!

Pay Pig staggers away satisfied; clutching the knife still stuck in his throat.

( A dark ambience will end the film, this will be a reflection of the film as a whole, I want it to be viewed as having dark tones and to have a hard hitting effect on the audience)