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screenplay- 13/11/2020

   He Rubs his hands together and returns to the task. After sifting through some papers and files he picks up a file marked 'glove' he shakes his head and lets out an exasberated sigh before standing and opening the file which is full of reports about the finding of the glove and why it may have been viable evidence. 

He flicks through various photos and When he turns to the image of the glove we are met with a montage of the glove being presented in court and OJ trying it on in court

Back in his office he scoffs while closing the file and throwing the file onto the desk with litte care. He goes behind the desk and produces a half empty bottle of vodka which he's clealy been making his way through and a glass, while poring the glass he says in a passive aggressive tone with a humourless laaugh,


"If the glove doesn't fit you must acquit"

He fills the glass and drinks it in one go, he makes a grimace and pours another glass he takes a small swig before sitting amongst the papers and documents. He sorts through them putting some in the bin and some on the desk when he comes across a documents that looks much different to the rest. 

A sombre yet frustrated expression crosses his face as he opens it. It is a document containing divorce and custody documents. He looks at a picture on his desk of him, his ex-wife and the 2 children, it is obviousy a happy scene and Macrias face fills with remorse for the life they had. 

He stands and picks up the picture looking at it with a fondness at the memory.. 

FLASHBACK:                                                   

Distorted pov shot- his wife and him watching the kids playing. There's an awkwardness between the two when the children are out of sight she scoots across the bench and gives him a dirty look. He runs his hands through his hair 

Back in the office

He runs a hand through his hair similarly before placing the picture back on the desk facing downward.

He sits in his chair with the glass of vodka in hand. He picks up a remote and turns the tv on. It is a evening talk show gossip channel that has female guests and host. They turn to the subject of the OJ trial and then onto Marcia's appearance.

They first talk about his hair and make crude comparisons to sheep and just mocking his overall appearance (there will be mocking photos of her on the screen). They then begin discussing her choice of a shorter skirt(change to shorts in this context) at OJ's house tour. His leaked photos are once again brought up but the tone of their discussion is criticising and sexualising "Marcia" for the choice 

They begin talking about Johnny cocrin and the comparison of how they're talking about them shows the hypocrisy and makes "Marcia" mad so he turns the tv off angrily. He sands and storms out of the office, slamming the door behind him. The screen fades to black.


Black screen fades into Dianas scene 


Diana 

A blonde man with curly hair blue eyes and pale skin walks into a 'den' type of room where it it's very neat with family memorobilia. He goes to a mini fridge and grabs a beer. He sits on the brown leather sofa and picks up the newspaper on the coffee .it is silent 

Over the shoulder shot where we see the headline in his hand we see him physically stiffen at the headline. It's a headline about his leaked gym photos he analysis it with a sombre and tired look upon her face, clearly sick of the ridicule he receives daily from the media and royal family.

Montage of media coverage about her and Charles's divorce and mocking headlines- espescially calling her 'di' as it shows she does not have the same respect as the rest of the royal family. 

A red headed girl runs in and jumps on him he smiles gently and puts the beer down.

"Hey harry how was Mummy's? Wheres Charlie?" 

Harry sits up leans on the back of her feet and tilts her head to the side. 

"it was fun granny liz took us to see the horses. Wendy went upstairs because she's being grumpy"

He smiles at the little girl and tucks a piece of hair behind her ear but subtly winces at the mention of the queen.


"go get ready for bed I'll tuck you in in a minute" 

The girl hugs him and then runs out the door and up the stairs. He leans back and looks fondly out the door the child just ran out of. 

MONTAGE of Dianna and Charles after Harry and Williams' births and media coverage from when the boys were be born. Also the media saying that she was not a good mother.

His face has drooped and he picks the beer up once again taking a large swig of the beer. And leaning over running a hand through his hair while taking a deep sigh. H stands abruptly and there is a cut to the top of the stairs. 

The shot is from the top of the staircase which he slowly climbs. Then a closeup of his side profile, along the wall is photos of the family prior to the separation and photos of young William and Harry. He stops at the top and looks at a photo of all of them 

MONTAGE of when the two split and how much heat came down on Diana. 

Cuts to an extreme closeup of his face looking tired and melancholy, he looks down and bites his lip in thought before turning round walking into his bedroom and closing the door behind him. 

Cut to a black screen at the sound of the door closing. In the same typewriter font as before the words 

29th August 1997


A black screen and we hear a nman and a woman arguing when there is a sudden smash and we see a broken lamp on the ground with droplets of blood surronding it. A petite girl is cowering on the ground next to the mess. There is apov shot from the girl, she sees blood on her hands and turns her head to see a man standing above her breathing heavily.

It is completley silent other than his breathing after  few seconds his face changes to one of realisation of what he' done. He stabds straight and runs his hands through his f=hair and across his face. He paces the room before crouching in the corner and he ebgins to shake from crying while muttering 'sorry' over and over again. The girl meanwhile has pulled herself into a fetal positon.

Two extreme closeups of the pair crying is folowed by news coverage of Caroline Flack when the news broke and memes posted oon social media and Daily Mail articles. 

We see the same man in the same flat ut it isclear time has passed. The only lightsource in the room is from a new lamp. We see him on his phone with tears rolling down his face.

 

There is a bottle of vodkaon the table whixh is 3/4 empty he takes a large swig before standing and walking into the kitchen and opening a cabinet from which he produces a noose he looks at it and breaksdown holding it to his chest before stading and walking into the bathroom, closing the door behind him. 

AT THE SOUND OFTHE DOOR CLOSING THE SCREEN AGAIN GOES BLACK WITH THE WORDS "CAROLIN FLACK. 1979-2020 AGE 40 THE SCREEN FADES TO BLACK AND IMAGES OF ALL 3 WOMEN APPEAR ON THE SCREEN 


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