Pilot: Scene 6

Pilot Scene 6

Daniel walks in where his assistant Louise was waiting for him.

Louise:
Good morning. Seen the news?

Daniel:
Let’s not go there.

Louise stands up and walks around to stand by Daniel.

Louise:
 What does Mark thin8k?

Daniel:
That it won’t be an issue.

Louise:
It shouldn’t be. It’s not Mark’s fault that this stuff happens.

Daniel:
He doesn’t help though.

Louise sits down and smiles, pulling out a notebook.

Louise:
David ask you to work on an alternative scene?

Daniel sits down and looks nervous. Daniel:
Yeah.

Louise:
Where do we start?
Daniel:
We don’t.

Louise looks confused.

Louise:
Why not?

Daniel sighs.


Daniel:
I don’t know. It’s Mark’s scene. His favourite scene I think, I don’t want to tread on his toes.

Louise:
You are the writer you know.

Daniel:
So are you, would you want to do it?

Louise smiles.

Louise:
Change that scene? Hell no.

Daniel:
Then you know what I mean.

Louise:
So what are we working on?Daniel:
The confrontation for episode three.

Louise:
Mark wants us to write the confrontation?

Daniel:
So he says.

Louise:
I will print the pages.

Daniel:
Also print the two pages before.

Louise:
Why?

Daniel:
I want to work on the scene before first.

Louise:
The build-up scene, there is a full day of work in that.

Daniel:
We can’t write the confrontation without the scene before.

Louise:
We have the chance to work on a big scene. At Mark’s request might I add and you want to focus on the small scene before, that Mark would have you writing anyway. Why not get this scene done before he comes and does it all himself anyway instead of wasting our time on a build up scene.

Daniel:
One, we are paid to write the build up scenes and two, well Mark’s having a rough time with this on the news. He might not admit it but he is and I want to make sure this is perfect so we are going to work on the build up, get our setting and our frame of mind in the right place so that when I hand it to him, he isn’t going to want to change everything.

Louise stands up.

Louise:
I’m going to print those pages.

Daniel:
Can you print off Mark’s notes for this scene as well please. He will kill me if I don’t use them.

Louise shakes her head.

Louise:
Whatever you say boss.