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Title: Autopsy

Series: No such place

Writer: P E Leody

SYNOPIS: THE BAND HEADLINE A MAJOR FESTIVAL

PAGE 1


An old fashioned radio

Sfx: THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE TO WIN TICKETS TO THE SOUTH DOWNS FESTIVAL. THE WEEK LONG EVENT SOLD OUT WITHIN 2 HOURS OF BEING ANNOUNCED


Jenny's baby is standing up in it's cot

Sfx: ITS MUCH MORE THAN A MUSIC FESTIVAL, IT'S MORE LIKE A WEEK ON A DIFFERENT PLANET.

Sfx: THE HEADLINING ACTS ARE SHROUDED IN SECRECY BUT WE DO KNOW THE PRESTIGIOUS PRE-WEEKEND HEADLINE SLOT HAS BEEN FILLED BY THE REFORMED "TERRACED ECLIPSES", WITH THEIR ORIGINAL LINE UP.

Sfx: THE BAND WHO WERE THE DE FACTO BLUEPRINT FOR THE INDIE SCENE BLEW APART IN UNEXPLAINED CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT A GRASS ROOTS FAN BASE HAS BROUGHT THEM BACK FROM THE BRINK


The baby is looking through the door, his father Stuart and his mother Jenny can be seen in shadow talking

STUART: I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S RIGHT BUT IT'S WHAT WE'VE GOT TO DO

JENNY: ITS MEANT TO BE ABOUT THE MUSIC

STUART: I FORGET WHY, I JUST TAKE ONE DAY AT A TIME

JENNY: YOU'RE JUST FOLLOWING HIM

STUART: WHY NOT, HE LED ME TO YOU

PAGE 2


An outside shot of a Moley's workshop

Sfx: THE BAND HAVE BEEN GIGGING RECENTLY WITHOUT THEIR FOUNDING MEMBER ANDY


Andy approaches guitar slung over his back

Sfx: SOURCES CLOSE TO THE BAND HAVE NOT DENIED OR CONFIRMED WHETHER THEY ARE RE-INSTATING THEIR TRADEMARK JUST MINOR GUITAR CHORDS IN PLACE OF THE NEWER JAZZIER LILT


Ian appears with a trolley or beer

Sfx: DRUMMER THEIR DRUMMER HAS BEEN GATHERING RAVE REVIEWS FOR HIS OFF SHAFTESBURY AVENUE REVIEW OF THE LIFE AND TIME OF ELVIS. THAT'S COSTELLO FOLKS.


Stuart arrives with baby in a papoose

Sfx: THE BASSIST AND FOUNDER MEMBER IS NOW A FAMILY MAN AND PART OF A CELEBRITY COUPLE WITH JENNY D J, ANDY' SISTER


A VU meter

Sfx: THE BIG MYSTERY OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ANDY AND ERSTWHILE CHANTEUSE THURSDAY STILL ENTHRALLS FAN, EAGER TO DISSECT THEIR LYRICS HOPING FOR SOME PROOF OR DENIAL


A guitar amp

Sfx: IF THIS GIG IS SUCCESSFUL, A MAJOR WORLD TOUR AND RECORDING OF NEW MATERIAL AWAITS. IF THEY STICK TO THEIR INDEPENDENT PRINCIPLES THEY COULD BECOME MAJOR PLAYERS IN THE DEVELOPING FORMATLESS MUSIC SCENE


A folded piece of paper in Andy's pocket

Sfx: RUMOUR HAS IT THE BAND'S RIDER STILL INCLUDES A CLAUSE FOR NO KEYBOARDS TO BE WITHIN 100 YARDS OF THE STAGE

PAGE 3


Andy carries a bunch of flowers

Sfx: RUMOURS HAS IT THAT THURSDAY HAS NOT BEEN ATTENDING REHEARSALS, AND THAT ANDY HAS BEEN SEEN WITH BUNCHES OF FLOWERS IN WEIRD PLACES


Andy approaches an arrow pointing in a direction

Sfx: SO HOW GOOD WHERE THEY? HOW GOOD WILL THEY BE?


Andy walks down a long sterile corridor

Sfx: HOW MANY WILL THERE BE? WILL THERE BE ANYONE THERE?


A shot of Thursday lying in a coma, Andy appears as a shadow

Sfx: SO IT ALL KICKS OFF THIS WEEK, STAY TUNED FOR BREAKING NEWS, MEANWHILE HERE'S "TERRACED ECLIPSES" AS THEY USED TO BE, AND HOPEFULLY AS THEY WILL BE WITH THURSDAY ON THURSDAY

PAGE 4


A Nurse talks to Andy

ANDY: HOW'S SHE DOING NURSE

NURSE: YOUR WIFE..

ANDY: NO SHE'S

NURSE: GIRLFRIEND?

ANDY: NO..

NURSE: NOT NOW OR NOT EVER?

ANDY: ARE YOU A NURSE OR A REPORTER


Andy nudges close to Thursday

NURSE: A NURSE AND I'M OFF IN AN HOUR

ANDY: SORRY I'VE GOT TO WORK THIS WEEKEND

NURSE: BUMMER I'M GOING TO THE FESTIVAL, THEY'RE BROADCASTING IT ON THE RADIO, SHALL I LEAVE IT ON?

ANDY: CAN SHE HEAR IT?


Close up of Thursday with the Nurse lurking

NURSE: ITS MUSIC MAN, SEEPS INTO THE SOUL AND LIBERATES THE MIND

ANDY: THANKS

NURSE: SEE YOU AROUND. MAYBE LATER

ANDY: ALMOST CERTAINLY

PAGE 5


Andy in the stage wings waiting to go on, Moley on the other side of the wing hands him his guitar. The huge crowd can be seen in the centre of the frame

ANDY: CAN'T DO IT MATE

MOLEY: I KNOW I WAS HERE THE LAST TIME YOU BOTTLED IT

ANDY: NO, I MEAN I CAN'T DO THE GUITAR, ANY NOTE I PLAY'LL BE LIKE AN EXPRESSIONLESS IMBECILE COMPARED TO HOW SHE PLAYED THE SONGS RECENTLY.

MOLEY: BEING ABLE TO, IS A LONG WAY FROM DOING. THOSE KIDS OUT THERE WANT THE ROUGH, UNREHEARSED, RAW, FRAGILE, BRITTLE COOL COCKY SODS YOU USED TO BE.


Andy sits front stage with the keyboard he recently game Moley. Stuart is playing bass, Jenny D is on guitar and Ian on drums. The crowd is silenced.

ANDY: THURSDAY AUDITIONED FOR THIS BAND ON THIS VERY KEYBOARD, HAVING HEARD HER PLAY THE SONG WE BANISHED KEYBOARDS FROM THIS BAND. SHE WAS THAT GOOD. THAT IS NO LONGER A PROBLEM, SO HERE'S THE SONG SHE PLAYED, IT COMPLETED THE BAND


Overhead view of the festival

ANDY: #YOU DON'T ANSWER YOUR PHONE CALLS ANYMORE#

ANDY: #YOUR MAIL IS ADDRESSED ATTENTION OF THE MORGUE#

ANDY: #YOU'VE A HELL OF A WAY OF BEING EX-DIRECTORY#

ANDY: #I'M BEING TO FEEL YOU AIM TO REJECT ME#

ANDY: #VALENTINES DAY I RECEIVED JUST THE ONE CARD#

ANDY: #STILL FROM MY MOTHER SO THERE'S NO NEED TO BE ALARMED#

ANDY: #INTERFLORA CAN'T DELIVER YOUR DOOR IS NAILED FAST#

ANDY: #YOU'VE A WILTING COLLECTION IN YOUR STONE VASE#

ANDY: #I NEVER KNEW HOW YOU SURVIVED WHEN YOU WERE ALIVE#

ANDY: #AUTOPSY'LL GIVE ME MORE OF AN INSIGHT#

ANDY: #EVERYTHING'S A MISS NOT EVEN A GHOST#

ANDY: #BEEN AND SCARED AWAY THE LAST GLIMPSE OF HOPE#

ANDY: #ONCE YOU WERE A SPECTRUM NEEDED TO COMPLETE ME#

ANDY: #NOW YOUR THE SPECTRE CRUSHING TO DEFEAT ME#

ANDY: #YOU NEVER LET MY MIND UP CLOSE AND INSIDE#

ANDY: #AUTOPSY'LL GIVE ME THE GLIMPSE OF THE PRIZE#

ANDY: #IN HECTIC LIVES WERE NEVER HAD TIME TO DANCE#

ANDY: #AUTOPSY'LL TELL ME IF EVER THERE WAS A CHANCE#

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