THE DROP
Exterior, night – a foggy parking lot. Cool light glints faintly off the hood of a car. A shadowy figure – the courier – moves into frame and the headlights come on, throwing them into sharp silhouette. The car’s window begins to roll down and the courier walks over to it. A small object is passed out of the window. The courier takes it and exits.
Same location – we see the handle of a door. The courier pulls it open and enters a building.
The courier is now moving through a long, strange hallway. As they near its end, the sound of music increases.
Interior, a club environment with brightly colored, flashing lights. The courier enters the room and is surrounded by a small knot of people dancing. The courier removes the an old bellows-style camera from their coat and fires off a shot.
The flashing lights – and people – disappear. The courier is in a completely different environment, surrounded by lush greenery and enveloped in warm light. They survey the environment and take another shot.
The environment changes again. The courier is now in a misty graveyard. They survey the environment again, and take another shot.
Again, the environment changes. The courier is in a dark room with long slashes of light falling across the wall. They advance slowly.
Same location. There is a figure seated at a desk, rimmed in light – the boss. The courier advances towards the boss with the camera. On cue, lights from the left and then the right appear, illuminating the boss. They look up at the courier.
The boss: “Do you have it?”
The courier nods, sets the camera on the desk before the boss, and backs away.
The boss opens the back of the camera. Light spills out from it.
Colored lights flash across the faces of the boss and courier. The courier looks on nervously. The boss smiles. After a few moments of this, the boss lowers the lid again.
The room falls back into near darkness. The boss looks up to the courier.
The boss: “Nice work.”
The courier nods, then turns and walks away.
END