Thursday, 9 January 2014

Screen Play

Scenes set during early evening in a graveyard near a large church. Throughout non-diegetic music will be playing.

Scene One:
Music begins to play
Fade in from black to an extreme close up of a stone wall. 
Early evening 
Camera tracks right along stone wall. 
Camera reaches end of the wall exposing a long shot of the graveyard. Birds "cawing" can be heard

Scene two: 
Long shot of graveyard
Early evening
Camera tracks along some railings 
Scene fades to black

Scene three:
Title screen
Black with white/grey text "Directed by Cara Pearson"
Fade back into graveyard

Scene four:
Medium shot of stone angel
Shallow focus
Early evening

Scene five: 
Extreme close up of gravestone
Camera tilts up exposing low angle long shot of trees
Birds "Cawing" can be heard
Fade to black

Scene six:
Title screen
Black with white/grey text "Staring Megan St James"
Fade back into graveyard

Scene seven: 
Long shot of trees
Teenager walks into frame and walks through trees

Scene 8:
Low angle shot of teenager's feet walking past a gravestone
Slight footfalls can be heard

Scene 9:
Extreme close up of gravestone
Camera tilts up
Fade to black

Scene 10:
Title screen
Black with white/grey text "Zac Lamont"
Fade back into graveyard

Scene 11:
High angle long shot of ornate gravestone

Scene 12:
Long shot of teen sat by a grave
Quiet voice "don't leave."
Next titles "And Callum Younger" fade into top corner of screen
fade to black leaving "And Callum younger on black screen"

Scene 13:
Title screen
Black with white/grey text "and Callum Younger"
Fade back to graveyard

Scene 14:
Long shot of tree with noose swinging from its branches
Quiet creaking of rope can be heard

Scene 15:  
Extreme close up of a gravestone
Camera tilts upwards
Fade to next scene

Scene 16:
Long shot of graveyard. 
Teen's walking towards the noose but keeps fading in and out.
Hear multiple different soft cries. 
Fade to black

Scene 17:
Title screen
Black screen with white/grey text "Music composed by Cara Pearson"
Fade back to graveyard

Scene 18:
Long shot of girl closer to noose
Match on action shot to scene 19

Scene 19:
Match on action shot of girl.
Medium shot.
She lifts noose up and goes to put it over her head.

Scene 20:
Straight cut to black
Loud heartbeat plays, non-diegetic music stops

Scene 21:
Straight cut to extreme close up of rope going tight.
Loud scream plays and the sound of rope being pulled stays on fractionally longer than the scream.

Scene 22:
Straight cut to black screen.
Soft whispers of prayers can be heard until a drum beat cuts them off and the music starts playing again.
Straight cut into next scene.

Scene 23:
Extreme close up of the teen's face, eyes snap open.

Scene 24/25:
Hyper cuts between a medium shot of teen slowly raising their head and the close up of the face.

Scene 26:
Medium shot of teen lunging at the camera screaming

Scene 27:
Cut to black and the title "Delirium" flashes onto the screen and the music stops abruptly with a drum.



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