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’