Step Outline Rewrite @Phil

Act 1:

The scene starts with a slow zoom out of a Penny dreadful with ‘The Tattoo Artist’ on the cover, as well as a figure holding a knife and a victim on the floor. From the Penny dreadful the camera pans up to the current crime scene where someone lies dead outside a theatre and the police are surrounding the body.

A detective enters the scene examining the body with a magnifying glass, looking at the strange symbols on the victim's body. He heads back to Scotland yard to analyse what little evidence they have so far. On a board is a map of London with three points on it, marking where the victim’s of ‘The Tattoo Artist’ have been found so far. Alongside the map are sketches of the symbols and Shakespeare soliloquies found on each of the victim’s bodies.

Act 2:

The detective believes there's a connection to the theatre. Frustrated with lack of progress the detective stops for a break, then picks up a newspaper. Turning the pages the detective notices an advertisement for the theatre. Shocked the detective realises that some of symbols found on the victims match ones found on the advertisement.

Now confirming his suspicions, the detective heads to the theatre. The detective waits till night to go and investigate, when no one is around.

Act 3:

The detective breaks into the theatre but before he could even look around he was blinded by spotlights. Suddenly, the detective hears “Welcome Mr detective, you finally found me”, the spotlights go out and on stage appears ‘The Tattoo Artist’. “Come with me detective, it’s time for the final act”. The murder seemingly excited runs off and heads to the roof. Curious to find out what the “final act” is the detective chases after him to try and put and end to this.

Once on top of the theatre, there’s a makeshift stage with lights so everyone below can see. The murderer shouting to wake up everyone in the surrounding area. The detective fed up with the murderers games, throws a punch. This just overjoys the murderer who wants an action packed final scene. “All those murders, have led up to this moment...MY moment”. As the detective tries to detain the murderer he fights back. Until his makeshift stage collapses and the two slide down the roof. The detective narrowly grabs the edge of the roof, the murderer consumed by a lot of the stage falls to his death.

The ending seems a little abrupt but considering the run time I did not want to add too much