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Enjoying the Chase:

Two of the Gold Coast’s finest private detectives embark on an assignment to capture one of the greatest drug lord’s of the century and find the blue butterfly diamond.

Story by Amanda Tauber, Emma Jordan-Opie, Laura Shemish-Layehy and Alice Woskanian

atauber@sthildas.qld.edu.au

KEY CHARACTERS:

Katherine “Katie” Samuels, is a private detective based in the mysterious Gold Coast. She is a confident girl in her early twenties but though she appears tough she can be fragile and needs her friends. She is a very close friend with her partner Skylar Grey and they enjoy solving mysteries together. Her flowing brown hair is constantly in a ponytail and she always wears dark clothes that highlight her toned figure.

Skylar Grey is a friendly and caring 27 year old with a fun sense of humor. As she was brought up in a dangerous neighborhood and was bullied as a child, she has learned to be careful yet to be always open and caring to those who need it. Though she is sometimes shy around strangers, Skylar is best friends with her partner Katie and the pair has been inseparable since they joined the force. Skylar is best at dealing with the emotional side of cases; often comforting the people who have lost loved ones. Skylar has light brown hair, which highlights her blue eyes and white skin. 

Victor Irving and Ella Tresamine are the underworld criminals. Victor is one of the highest-ranking drug lords in the underworld hierarchy and has learned all the “tricks of the trade” when it comes to avoiding reasonable prosecution. At a height of 5’2 his olive skin and dark black eyes his tough and hard devoir allows him to overpower his weaker-willed allies and enemies. Whereas Ella, with her blond hair and blue eyes is an inexperienced jewel thief, trying to prove herself to the underworld. Though she is clumsy, she can be toyed with easily and though unknown to her – is the main selling point in the hiring of her.

KEY LOCATIONS:

Detective’s office: A small room with blinds on the windows. It is messy, with coffee stains on the desk and multiple disregarded papers scrunched up in the near area of the bin. On the desk there is one mac laptop and a desk light. There are two spinning chairs on either end of the desk.

Crime Scene/Chapel: An organ is at the rear end of the chapel and there are two rows of seats leading from the end to the front. There is an long altar in the middle of the stage with an empty glass box which once surrounded the diamond.

Victor’s Lair: A darkly lit concrete room with a sub-room. There are cigarette butts on the ground and sealed boxes labeled “Client #1” etc. There is a cupboard with half bottles of alcohol in there. A big office table has a large chair behind it with a thick fur coat hanging off it.

FILM SYNOPSIS

The camera starts on the floor numbers at the top of a grey lift climbing up. Credits appear in the bottom right of the screen, showing the directors names. “DING” the lift stops at level 23 and the metal doors slide backwards to revel the hallway and the films title. It then cuts as Katie walks out of the lift and turns to the first of a series of doors whilst a series of actor’s names are appearing in the bottom corners of the screen. Katie then unlocks the door and enters the office. Sitting on the desk is Skylar, who pauses flipping through a folder to look up to Katie and they exchange greetings. Katie slides into the chair opposite Skylar as Skylar passes her the folder. Katie begins to read through the folder. Inside the folder there are profiles of Victor Irving and Ella Tresimene along with images of a large diamond named the blue butterfly and sweep shots of a chapel. Cutting between Katie and Skylar, Skylar explains more about the assignment and they both decide to start at the scene of the crime. They both walk out of the office and into the lift. The doors shut and it cuts to the next scene.

It cuts to outside a large building and both girls get out of a red car and walk to the chapel. They enter the church and there one girl in dark clothes praying at near the back of the church and the organist. The organ plays as they walk up to the altar and empty box on the middle. Sliding on gloves, Katie closely examines the box while Skylar takes pictures. Working in silence, Katie sees a single hair on the glass and delicately picks it up and places it into a snap-lock bag showing it to Skylar who nods. They both exit the chapel while the person who was once praying is staring at them.

Inside a science lab, Skylar is closely examining the hair under a microscope while Katie is impatiently passing back and fourth. After a small period of time, Skylar pushes herself back from the microscope and explains to Katie how there was a special chemical on the hair and Kaite finishes her sentence by saying that there is only one building that could hold that chemical. Skylar nods and they both grab their jackets and head out the door.

Katie and Skyla both get out of the car and walk down the many triangle roofed houses, they stop outside the door of one. Slowly they make their way towards the door to find it slightly adjar. Katie, who is infront shoots a glance towards Skyla who just nods and shuffles her grip on her gun. With a deep breath, Katie pushes open the door and both girls quickly make their way in, bringing their guns to eyelevel. After a quick scan of the room Skyla nods to Katie and goes off in a different direction.

Suddenly, a shriek pierces the air and Katie, now alone turns and makes her way towards the noise. As she turns the corner she sees a sobbing and beaten up Ella knelling at the feet of Victor Irving who is examining the Blue Butterfly diamond. “Well, well, well, hullo there pretty thing” Victor says in his rich Russian accent. The sounds of Katie’s heartbeat pounds and she raises her gun to him. Victor places the diamond into his pocket and asks; “Are you sure you know how to use that thing”. With that Katie fired a shot at him, hitting the wall behind him. Victor looks behind him and chuckles, “your gona have to do better than that”. He begins stepping backwards smiling at her but then stops as his head reaches Skylar’s gun. He looks around quickly but with no way out he sighs and places his hands behind his head. Katie, regaining her confidence, steps forward and takes the diamond out of his pocket and he just smiles at her.

It cuts to a few minutes later where Skylar is on the phone to the client and Victor is chained to the desk, still with a smug look on his face. “The client will be here in five” Skylar states to Katie who looks up and behind her. Skylar turns to find Ella holding a gun “and luckily for me, I’ll be long gone” she says, as she steps backwards towards the door. Skylar and Katie both look to their guns, but they are on the table – too far out of reach. Ella, now reaching the door, spins and takes off in a sprint. Leaving the door wide open. Skylar sighs and turns around, making her way towards her gun as Katie crouches down to Victor “you just stay put for a bit”, turns and stands up. Skylar passes Katie her gun and Katie takes it with a smile. “Ready?” asks Skylar, “You bet” replies Katie and the camera sweeps around to follow them at the door, they both leave and the door slams shut. The screen goes black and it cuts to the credits.