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Title: Zenith

Series: No such place

Writer: P E Leody

SYNOPIS: THE BAND LOOKS SET TO WIN THE COMPETITION

PAGE 1

The phone rings in a house

Sfx: KERRING, KERRING

Jenny talks on the answered phone through a headset microphone

JENNY: OH YOU'RE STILL UP, I THOUGHT YOU'D BE IN BED BY NOW

Close up of Jenny's mouth

JENNY: OH YOU SAUCY THING

Very close up of Jenny's mouth

JENNY: LOVE YOU... LOVE YOU LOTS... LOVE YOU

Cut to Jenny being a DJ behind a huge sound system and dance hall

JENNY: SORRY ABOUT THE NOISE, BUT IT'S ONE OF THE HAZARDS OF MY WORK

The person on the other end of the phone is revealed to be Stuart

STUART: SEE YA LATER JENNY

JENNY: TOOTDLEPIP STU

PAGE 2

Moley is his workshop soldering some audio boards, Andy is at the door

MOLEY: DON'T TRY IT ON MR ANDY

ANDY: TRY WHAT ON MOLEY?

MOLEY: THIS COMPETITION THE BAND'S BECOME A FAVOURITE TO WIN

ANDY: I'M NOT IN ANY BAND

MOLEY: I'VE SEEN ALL YOUR MOVES BEFORE MANY TIMES

Andy prods a very small stack like amplifier

ANDY: WHAT'S THIS?

MOLEY: YOU HAVE BEEN AWAY A LONG TIME, THAT'S A PRACTICE AMP, FITTED WITH A SATE OF THE ART DSP TO RECREATE ANY SOUND SYSTEM YOU COULD DREAM UP

Andy picks up a nearby guitar

ANDY: WHAT EVEN THE ACOUSTICS OF THAT FISH SMOKING HALL IN FINLAND

MOLEY: YOU DON'T NEED A DSP FOR THAT YOU NEED TCP

Andy plays the guitar

ANDY: IF I WERE TO TURN UP AT A GIG AND REVEL MYSELF, WOULD THEY LET ME PLAY WITH THEM?

Moley keeps on soldering with a pair of headphones

MOLEY: DSPS CAN ALSO BE USED IN NOISE CANCELING HEADPHONE, CAN'T HEAR A THING NOW

PAGE 3

Close up of Thursday's guitar playing

THURSDAY: #THE FORCE#

THURSDAY: #THAT YOU CALL ON#

THURSDAY: #IS FALLING#

THURSDAY: #HAS FALLEN#

Close up of Ian's drumming

THURSDAY: #THE VOICE#

THURSDAY: #YOU CALL WITH#

THURSDAY: #IS FADING#

THURSDAY: #HAS FALLEN#

Group shot of the band in full flow

THURSDAY: #ZENITH#

IAN: #AH HA#

STUART: #AH HA#

Thursday with her foot on the front monitors playing to the crowd

THURSDAY: #THE BREATH#

THURSDAY: #YOU DRAW ON#

THURSDAY: #IS FREEZING#

THURSDAY: #HAS FROZEN#

Thursday sings

THURSDAY: #ZENITH#

IAN: #AH HA#

STUART: #AH HA#

Guitar solo

THURSDAY: #THE LIFE#

THURSDAY: #YOU ARE PART OF#

THURSDAY: #IS BREAKING#

THURSDAY: #IS BROKEN#

Reveal shot of the hall, there are thousands of people at the gig. At the back the 3 judges watch., POV looking over the judges heads towards the stage

THURSDAY: #ZENITH#

IAN: #AH HA#

STUART: #AH HA#

PAGE 4

The Compere addresses the crowd

COMPERE: AND SO WE ARE DOWN TO THE FINAL 2 BANDS. OUR JUDGES HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE CHOOSE BETWEEN THEM

The judges

COMPERE: SO IT'S TIME FOR ONE MORE SONG FROM EACH. IF EITHER HAS A BIG FINISH NOW WOULD BE THE TIME TO PULL IT OUT

View from behind the stage. Andy and Moley are on opposite sides of the tabs in the foreground in the background TERRACED ECLIPSES are on stage

MOLEY: YOU ARE NOT THEIR GRAND FINISH, YOU'RE A GUITAR TECH

ANDY: BUT I COULD SWING IT THEIR WAY

MOLEY: NOT THIS TIME, NOT NOW

Close up of Andy

ANDY: THEY'D BE DISQUALIFIED IF I PLAYED, BUT AT LEAST WE'D BE BACK TOGETHER

Andy starts to walk on stage

MOLEY: NO MR ANDY PLEASE

PAGE 5

The Compere interrupts

COMPERE: STOP, STOP, STAY YOUR NAGS, I AM SORRY TO HAVE ANNOUNCE A BREAK IN THE RULES, TERRACED ECLIPSES HAVE BEEN DISQUALIFIED

Close up of Thursday, Stuart and Ian

THURSDAY: WHAT

STUART: WHAT

IAN: SORRY

Close up of Andy out of sight of the band

ANDY: WHAT

The band walk off the shot is of their legs

IAN: THE MONTH AFTER I GOT OUT OF DETOX I WAS A CONTESTANT ON STARFACE MAKER,

STUART: YEAH OF COURSE, SHORTER HAIR, YOU WERE ENRICO

IAN: ACTUALLY I HAD LONGER HAIR AND WAS JUKEBOX JANE

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