[Offscreen]
Gary
Yeah, I'd say its got way out of control.
(Laughs)
You'd have thought i would have realised before
now.
EXT. Central sheffield. early morning.
Gary, A man of 35 is stood within a city landscape, some greenery and a park bench can be seen out of focus. He has short brown hair, unshaven however not untidy. He is from a working class background. The man walks into focus of the camera with a grin.
Gary
I'd say I've always been a positive person, you've got to
be these days, with all the conflict and shit! and to be honest I've had my fair
share of that.
(Nervous chuckle)
Gary looks nervous almost as if hes holding something back. Any incline to this is dismissed by Gary shaking it off with a light grin.
Gary
I
wouldn't say Ive got too many interests or ambitions, i suppose I'm quite into
footie.
Gary pulls his head down and takes his hat off and points at the badge.
GARY
Yeah.. supported the blades since 86 and always will!.. I
used to be quite into my fitness too I guess, I'd go jogging with my mate Ben
and in the summer we'd meet up with the lads and find a beer garden for a cheeky
pint!....
Gary drops his hat accidentally due to his hand gestures, he mutters oops under his breath and stumbles to pick it up, he comes back into shot, wipes his hat and puts it onto his head, grinning lightly.
GARY
I
remember this time when I was a little un' I was having a kick about in the back
garden. Picture this; neighbours brand new green house, one of them big
expensive ones, my foot merely touched the leather when I heard a crash of
glass.
Gary stops and kicks the air and looks into the distance as if he is re-enacting. The sound of glass smashing is added over the top as the words are spoken.
Gary
I
got into some trouble for that!
gary's mum
GARRY!!!! what you done now!?
GARY
Yeah
(Chuckles)
CUTAWAY:
EXT. Scenic location. behind train station/norfolk park
Gary is walking along side camera, his happy go lucky attitude can be seen as he walks along pushing something out of shot. Occasionally though, his gaze wonders almost like he is daydreaming , and its then that hints towards something deeper that troubles him .
GARY
Yeah, Family life is crazy aint it - has its ups and
downs. Im a family man myself yanno! aye ive got two kids myself..A boy and a
girl. ERE'
Gary stops suddenly and reaches straight for his pockets and pulls out a ragged wallet. CU of wallet. Gary pulls out what looks like multiple pieces of paper from the wallet and flicks through them, we see several old scratch cards and a betting slip before he reaches a picture of his two children.
GARY
My
boy, I'd like to think, is a chip of the block.
He
sees the good in everything, and a little accident just like his old
man.
Gary is in the same location as before, sat on a bench.
GARY
This was before my brother was born, after he came along
it all changed.
(Pauses and seems to drift of in his own world after a
while a smile comes on his face and he starts to laugh, Audio sounds of beach,
such as children and waves)
It was one of the best holidays I went on as a child,
we stayed in this tiny caravan. It was fuckin' pissin it down. I was sat
probably moaning, my dad had had enough and packed us into the
car.
(Pauses)
We
parked up on the beach front, me and my mum looked at each other, we thought
he'd gone mad.......he had stripped down to his boxers and was of running down
the beach in the pouring rain, mental! The crazy fuck went for a swim in
torrential rain,
(laughs to himself)
think he went a bit mad stuck in a small caravan with me
and mum.
The rest of the holiday was hot and sunny, but the old man got 'man
flu'
(pauses)
He
proper made that holiday for me
.
EXT. SCENIC LOCATION. BEHIND TRAIN STATION/NORFOLK PARK
Same walking location as before.
Gary is just putting the wallet back into his jeans. As he does so, a stack of scratch cards fall out of his pocket. He scrambles to the floor trying to quickly pick them up, making embarrassed glances to camera
GARY
I'm not close to my kids anymore or wife, nobody to blame
other than myself i guess.
I'd started hanging round with an older crowd,looking
back now it was a bad idea to be honest. We would all go to the dogs, or the
footie and would always place bets, i felt like I'd have to join in....It just
got out of control, every time I'd win it was the best feeling ever, like a
thrill, a kind of high.
EXT. CENTRAL SHEFFIELD. EARLY MORNING.
GARY
Tessa, My wife didn't find out for some years. I used to
head to the casino with the lads after work and not come home till late. Got
hard to hide though after all the bills kept coming through the
door
.
Int. Corridor of a house. flash back.
Gary is in a low lit room staring towards the letterbox. One letter flies through the door.
GARY
They just kept coming, more and more brown envelopes. I
tried to hide them but it got too much and I found myself in quite a
mess.
EXT. CENTRAL SHEFFIELD. EARLY MORNING.
GARY
When she found out, well, it wasn't a good
day.
God bless her, we were going through a tough time as it
was, I should have got my act together. She threw me out it was so humiliating.
I lost everything that day.
ext. house. day time. flash back
Gary is scene outside his house shouting at the top upstairs window which was also in sight, clothes were being thrown out of it.
GARY
I
could see the kids in the upstairs window while she threw my clothes out...i was
so stupid to through everything away.
EXT. SCENIC LOCATION. BEHIND TRAIN STATION/NORFOLK PARK
GARY
So
yeah, my life has changed a lot since then. It's been like this for about a year
now.
When i got chucked out, Ben, my best mates helped me
through it, he was there for me, i cannot thank him enough.
But for now I'm on the streets, scraping by.
I
need to build myself up again. It gets pretty lonely on the streets, everyone
needs someone there for them no matter who it is.
TWO-SHOT: Gary and his dog, Ben.
Don't we Ben, Lad!
He feeds the dog a biscuit and ruffles his head. He gets up and walks off with the dog lead in one hand and pushing a trolley.
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