Hey, you there!

So I just wanted to write any silly bollocks. Tell me what you think.

EXT. SHOP – DAY

IN THE STYLE OF AN OLD BLACK AND WHITE INFORMATION FILM.

A MAN STANDS OUTSIDE THE SHOP DOOR ABOUT TO ENTER.

VOICE OVER
Hey you there.

THE MAN STOPS, TURNS AROUND TO FACE THE CAMERA AND POINTS TO HIMSELF.

VOICE OVER
Yes you. What do you think you are doing?

THE MAN GESTURES GOING INTO THE SHOP.

VOICE OVER
Are you sure you want to be doing that?

THE MAN NODS HIS HEAD EAGERLY

VOICE OVER
Think about it now, are you really sure?

THE MAN THINKS (BEAT) THEN HE REMEMBERS.

VOICE OVER
See I told you.

THE MAN NODS AND THEN RUNS OFF SCREEN. (BEAT) HE RETURNS HOLDING A PISTOL.

VOICE OVER
See now you're learning.

CUT TO:

INT. SHOP - DAY.

THE OTHER SHOPPERS GO ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS AND THE MAN WALKS UP TO THE COUNTER, HE THEN RUNS QUICKLY TO THE DOOR.

VOICER OVER (FIRMLY)
Wait.

THE MAN STOPS IN HIS TRACKS AND LOOKS AT THE CAMERA.

VOICE OVER
Haven’t you forgotten something?

THE MAN SHAKES HIS HEAD AND LAUGHS.

VOICE OVER
That’s it, go back and try again.

THE MAN WALKS BACK UP TO THE COUNTER WITH THE SHOP ASSISTANT ON THE OTHER SIDE.

HE RAISES THE PISTOL UP TO HER AND THEN POINTS AT THE TILL.

THE WOMAN AND EVERYONE ELSE RAISES THEIR HANDS.

VOICE OVER
That’s it you’re doing well. Just fire a few shots into the air, to show your serious.

THE MAN FIRES SHOTS INTO THE AIR, EVERYONE DUCKS, WITH THEIR HANDS STILL RAISED. THE ASSISTANT STARTS FILLING A BAG WITH MONEY

THE MAN WAVES THE PISTOL IN HER FACE SOME MORE UNTIL SHE FINISHES FILLING THE BAG WITH MONEY.

HE GRABS THE BAG OFF HER AND RUNS OUT OF THE DOOR.

EXT. SHOP - DAY

THE MAN RUNS OUT OF THE SHOP BUT IS GREETED BY THE BOBBIES. [\b]

VOICE OVER
Oh no, it’s the Bobbies, quick man run faster.

THE MAN RUNS, BUT IS CAUGHT BY THE BOBBIES, WHO HIT HIM OVER THE HEAD WITH THEIR TRUNCHEONS.

VOICE OVER
Better luck next time, old chap.

THE MAN BEING HELD UP BY THE BOBBIES NODS HIS HEAD.

CUT TO:

INT. POLICE STATION INTERROGATION ROOM – DAY

WE NOW SEE EVERYTHING IN NORMAL FULL MODERN COLOUR.

TWO POLICE MEN STAND OVER THE MAN INTERROGATING HIM.

POLICEMAN 1
I think this guy is hearing voices; he doesn’t appear to be with us.

POLICEMAN 2
I think you might be right; he’s a total whack job.

CUT TO:

INT. POLICE STATION INTERROGATION ROOM – DAY

WE NOW SEE EVERYTHING BACK IN BLACK AND WHITE.

THE MAN LOOKS INTO THE CAMERA

VOICE OVER
You there, you know what to do.

THE MAN NODS HIS HEAD EAGERLY.

END

It's a bit Harry Enfield - in the good old days.

How does it feel to get caught by the Bobbies?

Yes half way through writing it I remembered about Harry's Info films. Darn! Much, much better as well.

The idea's OK though. Maybe you could alter that bit. Change the exact wording somehow.

I might re-write because the idea I had isn't really what I wrote, it's late and I just wanted to finish it.

There's plenty of stuff still to be had form teh info films. Look at what Reeves and Mortimer did with the genre. "Are you wallpapering that plough?" has got to be an all time great.

That's the one I was thinking of - Reeves & Mortimore, not Harry Enfield.