Friday, 22 October 2010

Shooting Script


Internal. House, Hallway Morning

Establishing shot

The scene is filled with a house and its surroundings the house doesn’t overwhelm. It is a conventional home and ensures safety.

Zoom

The house now only fills the shot the surrounding are now out of shot.

Zoom

The door is the main feature of the shot.

The door slowly opens in a accidental way

The inside of the house is exposed

A man appears beyond the doorway, he is wearing a premium quality suit he is not a threat and wears a smile. He eyes are tired, tired of the usual 9 to 5. He picks up his keys.

External. Garden, Road. Morning

Cut

Reverse shot

The man is standing in the doorway of his home his car can be seen within the background of the shot


Cut

The man is now walking towards his car in a routinely fashion

Cut

Mid shot

He is now opening the car door reluctantly



Cut

Mid shot

Man enters the car

Internal. Car. Morning

Cut

Eye line shot

Man sitting in drivers seat, his eyes are fixed on the road

Cut

Wide shot

The two front seats and driver can be seen in the shot

Cut

Wide shot

The man can be seen reversing in a cautious fashion

Cut

Long shot

A shot of the car with the man inside concentrating on the road in front of him

Cut

Pan

The car drives across the screen leisurely

Cut

Long shot

Another shot of the car moving


Cross cutting between the following two scenes

Cut

Mid shot

Man sitting in driving seat

Cut

Extreme close up

The mans face is in profile

Zoom

The mans face is in profile, same expression

Pan

His face is slightly more exposed

Pan

His entire face is now revealed

Zoom

Close up

The shot is focused on his open right eye

Zoom

Close up

The shot is focused on his right eye, closer than the first shot. His has the same expression throughout the scene

External. Estate. Morning


Long shot

The shot contains a typical brick wall

Pan slowly to the right

The wall is now seen from a slightly different angle

Pan continues

Woman’s feet walk into the shot

Pan continues

Woman’s feet now walk out of the shot casually

Cut

Long take

The woman is walking casually. Her torso fills the shot. The woman is wearing rosary beads around her neck; this can be seen moving from side to side.

Cut

Long take

The woman is now being shown from a different angle, her lower back a legs are in shot. Within the grip of her hand is a playing card, the ace of spades. She is walking on a path.

Cut

The woman is still holding the card in her hand, with her back to the camera

Cut

She raises the card to her chest; the front of her body is on the camera

Cut

A shot is taken from the back of her head; she is looking to the card

Point of view shot


The ace of spades card is in her hands

Cut

Close up

She is now facing away from the camera; her hair is long and full of flowers

Long take

The girl walks away with her hair dancing in the breeze, petals float to the ground and create a path of flowers. She drops the ace of spades card, which then floats to the ground along with the petals

Cut

Close up

Long take

The back of the girl’s head is shown

She turns her head to the left and back to the centre

Cut

Zoom out

Cut

Girl is in same positions

Cut

Tracking shot

The girl is standing in the middle of the road, her facial expressions remains calm until towards the end of the shot her expression changes to show she is shocked or scared

Cut

Mid shot

Girl seems to be floating, petals are floating and she is almost dancing

Fade to white

Fade in

Extreme close up

Long take

Man’s eye is closed

Man’s eyes gradually open

Zoom out

Man’s face gradually is revealed

Long take

A shocked expression is written on his face, his hands cover his face and mouth.

Once his hands fall from his face revealing blood on his face and hands  

Cut

Mid shot

Back of man’s head. Background of shot a dress is on the road with petals scattered, a puddle of blood is on the floor where the head would be situated

Mid shot

High angle shot

The dress is lying on the floor wearing rosary beads and smothered in petals

Tilt downwards

This reveals the bottom of the dress

Continues to tilt downwards

Reveals more of the dress, ace of spades is on the floor along with petals

Cut

Wide shot

An angle from the side of the road looking at the dress

Cut

Man is sitting on chair in the middle of the road seen from behind the man. The girl lay where the empty dress once was along with the petals and rosary beads

Transition to black

High angle

The girl body is misshaped and motionless. Her face is out of shot

Transition to black

High angle

Her body is shown from the top of her body and includes her legs, again she lays motionless

Cut

Extreme close up

The shot shows half of her face. Her eyes are tightly closed

Cut

Extreme close up

Face is in same position her eyes suddenly open

Cut

Long take

Time lapse

Her distorted body starts to slowly move and rise from the blood stained road. She rises from the road and starts to walk towards the car where the man remains sitting in the drivers seat. The girl then places her arm into the car and takes a key.

Cut

Point of view shot

Her hand is shown hold a key

Cut

Close up

Girls face. Tongue is stuck out the key is then placed on her tongue. Her tongue along with the key retract back into her mouth

Cut

Wide shot

Long take

The girl is standing in the middle of the road

Wide shot

An empty road

Cut

Wide shot

A basket appears in the middle of the road

Cut

Long take

Man gets out of car, stands and looks for the girl with a confused expression. Brakes down and falls to the floor.

Fade to black

Man in the church kneeling on the floor

Camera moves forward and backwards track and dolly

Flickers between two shots

Man kneeling, man kneeling with blood on the back of his shirt

Mid shot

Long take

Girl walks towards camera, kneels down to pick the basket up and reappears into the shot

Cut

Long shot

Girl walks into shot, a candle is not lit and in the middle of the road

Cut

Extreme close up

The girls face fills the shot; the candle is directly under her nose

The girl exhales smoke falls to the candle

The candle is now lit

Cut

Mid shot

The girl puts the lit candle in her basket

Cut


The girl picks the apple from a tree

Cut

Mid shot

The girl then bites into the apple

Long shot
After she has bit the apple, her lips have bright red lipstick on them


The girl puts the apple into her basket   


Cut

Time lapse

Man is in forest crawling, two doctor walk beside the man

Cut

Long shot

Girl walks over to tree, finds a box covered with leaves. She moves the leaves of the box and opens. Inside the box a heart is revealed with the key she swallowed on the heart. She picks up the heart cautiously, looks at it and puts in her basket.

Cut

The man is lying down on the floor of the forest. Dead petals and leaves are falling on the man

Cut

Time lapse

Girl walking dreamily

Cut

Man is lying on the ground leaves covering his entire body

Girl takes a bunch of flowers off his chest and starts to rip off the petals

Cut

Time lapse

Girl walks away

Fade out

Flash of light extreme

Black screen

Credits 


By Amy Greenaway

Risk Assessment and Location list



I took this picture while on location, I thought that we could use it somewhere on the poster…


 Ash wood  - Location 5 – Here we will film the man where he is crawling around in the leaves…

Ash Church - Location 4 - Where we will film the church scenes at the alter, with the man...
... Road - Location 2 - 'Scene of the crime' / where the 'crash' happens and where all the event begin... 























Ash Common - Location 3 - Surreal happenings etc...