Writing exercise

EXT. BIKE TRACK ALONG RIVER BANK

He rode through the thick still air, and as he rode around the bend, alongside his friend, his smile was brought to a halt, as he saw quite an unfortunate familiar face. Standing in the middle of the track were two thirteen-year-old boys with faces you’d expect to see in a nightmare. They were in the year above in school, although they should be two above, but they were held down. He stopped his bike and yelled at his friend to stop, but he turned around in confusion and rode straight into the boys. They had him. They grabbed him and pulled a tomahawk to his neck. He watched his friend stand there in fear, with nothing he could do.

This could be filmed in a sequence with quite literal shots, like a drama scene that shows the two boys riding their bikes next to the river. Although, it could also be filmed in an abstract way with a narration. The shots that follow the narration could be shots of either a school yard, or just shots of where a child is usually found with friends, like a park or their backyard etc.

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