Midnight
Radio Outline
Opening
Narrative Sequence (4 of 15 minutes, also scripted)
- The communications officer, Sebastian, is found hanging in his control room.
- Darren Parker, another crew member, is tasked with manning the “night shift” in com.
- He and his friend Davis discuss Sebastian's death.
- Darren is told to report his findings to the captain.
- Darren is scanning through frequencies and finds some sort of sound through the static.
- Tries to hone in on it: It's a saxophone playing a slow dirge
- A specter of a saxophone player stands behind Darren, playing the song.
- Darren runs out of the room, finds entire crew dead (Korean thriller style).
- Disembodied voice proclaims that they have “skipped ahead” of script, says to proceed with unknown thing.
- Entire band of specter musicians appear and play doom jazz amongst the bodies, providing the score for the film.
- Darren runs back into the communications room. He turns around and finds himself no longer in space or on a ship, but in a park on a stormy day.
- SEQUENCE OF VISIONS (rest of film)
- Darren is directed to murder a couple which represent the memories of his own parents.
- Ghostly masked director and film crew capturing events
- Band still “scoring” the scenes
- Darren sees visions of his wife as she is directed towards a different man and a different life
- Director separates Darren from wife
- Band still “scoring”.
- Darren tries to attack the director, but he runs into a nearby building. Darren chases him.
- The building is a club. On stage are the band and director. The director removes his mask and is revealed to be the image of Davis.
- The director/Davis offers Darren a razor blade. Darren picks it up and it is a microphone.
- The entire band breaks out into the final song to “score” Darren's demise. Darren sings with the group, becomes a part of them.
- When the song ends, Darren falls over. He is seen in his chair in the communications room, his throat cut open.
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