NT. SHOP. MORNING. BRIGHT .

Nate (mid twenties) reads a newspaper as he walks out of the newsagents. The shelves are bare other than newspapers and cigarettes. A woman (mid fifties) bumps into him.

WOMAN

Prick.

NATE

Hang on you bumped into me.

WOMAN

Just watch it.

NATE

Oh get lost.

She backs away into the shop. Nate continues to read his newspaper.

HEADLINE IN NEWSPAPER

‘CARBON ASTRONAUT BLOWS OUT BRAINS LIVE ON AIR’