Initially when i heard 'science fiction' i considered an alien invasion however i couldn't think of how to expand on it and to be honest i've never been keen on aliens, although i am keen on zombies. As an avid lover of The Walking Dead i'd jump at the chance to write a script about an apocalypse and 2-4 pages is all I needed!

I knew that any exposition i wanted to add had to be minor with such a short script, so i decided to adapt a scene from this idea i had for a novel into a script. It takes place in a settlement (that used to be the brit school) that had been pulverized by a savage group of brutes known as 'The Reapers.' This group know no boundaries and will not shy from slaughtering every settlement or camp they see. After attacking the settlement they drag the leader of the settlement, Roman, out to see their handy work. Reaper leader 'The Minister' makes his appearance and belittles Roman, makes him know how easy it was to slaughter his people and destroy his home. At the climax of the scene he places a noose around his neck and Roman gets hanged...

The script writing progress was actually not too difficult. The only thing i really found myself having trouble doing is writing dialogue which is a common problem with my writing. It's just hard to tell if it's realistic without it being said by two people. I played it through a few times in my head and i was happy with it after ironing out a few kinks. I did strive in the action script writing however. There was something quite freeing about being able to forget about whether something sounded like something someone would say or whether it all made sense but I was free to just concentrate on the action and enjoy the writing.

Overall feedback was very good. I asked two people to read through my script and nothing was picked out of it, however, I knew there were things wrong with it but I couldn't figure it out so eventually, I emailed it to my teacher for him to deconstruct it and I am glad I did as he picked out a few things I wouldn't have noticed otherwise:

1) The beggars should have character names and be centered even if ‘beggar one'

2) New scene head of int deli- is this still night?

3) All seats empty bar one but is Pillar of the community? I would imagine it having more people there for this.

4) at Opposite 'her'- do you mean him?

5) Given Spencer's anguish I’d consider altering the way he drops his cigarette. He drops it in your script. Consider a more destructive act.

These all made sense to me, or at least I could see where he was coming from. The beggar's dialogue in the script was more to add ambiance instead of them being actual characters but he did have a point and they should still be named and centered regardless. I decided to cut them out of the revised version as they seemed a bit irrelevant anyway; you got the general idea from 'blanking the beggars huddled under shutters and gaps. All of shunned and ignored.' To make them their own characters would've been a general waste of time and bad script economy. The new scene heading of 'INT. PATRICK'S DELI' without the 'CONTINUED' was an oversight and was rectified quickly; as well as the statement about it being a pillar of the community and it was basically empty, a bit of a silly mistake. And of course the 'her' typo was another mistake which was recitifed quickly.

The final point was an interesting one and really made me think about the kind of person Spencer is. I never really thought of him being an outwardly angry person at anything or anyone. But he still feels emotions of course. I decided to alter the bit by showing him dropping the cigarette to a more aggressive squashing of the butt as it seems more realistic with his character. He may never be angry to anyone in person but he will take it out somehow, even if it's on himself.