shooting script: zombie pandemic lockdown


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a group of two hundred protesters gather outside the state capital.  many are standing closely together.  most are wearing casual street clothes.  a few are clad in protective body armor & n95 surgical masks.  some carry signs that signal their anger at the government.  a reporter approaches an unmasked protester wearing a hoodie, jeans & running shoes.

a distance away from the protest are the sounds of roaring, moaning, growling, & howling  

reporter:  can i ask you a few questions?  you are not worried about the zombie pandemic?

protester: i haven't seen a zombie, my family & friends are not zombies, i'm not a zombie.  i think the mainstream media blown up the zombie pandemic out of all proportion & forced the economy to shut down

reporter: you don't think that the zombie pandemic is wreaking hell all around the globe?.  you don't see the thousands upon thousands upon thousands of dead & infected & those numbers are growing exponentially?  soon the numbers of dead & infected will be in the millions?

protester:  it looks like hell in china & italy & nyc, but that's way over there.  nothing is happening in my life.  i don't see no zombies around here today

reporter: why are you here?  what is it that you do want?  

protester: i want to show that they can't take away my freedom.  i want to show the zombie virus pandemic i don't believe in it.  it's just the flu.  the flu killed more people last year than zombies.  i want the government to reopen the economy

the sounds of roaring, moaning, growling & howling moving a little closer

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