Shooting Script

Shooting Script

Int. Bedroom

Thump

Close-up of the actor’s eyes, looks drained and tired. Holds for 3 seconds

Zooms out into mid-shot, sitting on bed, black clothing. Zooms out for 4 seconds. No action.

Camera starts to move around.

Ext. Park

Shot changes on the camera movement. Same girl sitting on bench. Mid shot. Camera still moving around. Gets a third of the way around her. 3 seconds. Straight cut. No dialogue

Ext. Bridge

Long shot from bridge. No action. Can hear running footsteps in distance coming towards camera. Holds for 2 seconds. Straight cut.

Ext. Park

Girl still sitting on bench. Mid shot. Camera continues moving around her. Goes another third of the way around her. 3 seconds. Straight cut. No dialogue.

Ext. Bridge

Long shot from bridge. No action. Can hear running footsteps again in the distance but closer this time. Holds for 2 seconds. Straight cut.

Ext. Park

Girl still sitting on bench. Mid shot. Camera continues moving around her. Goes another third of the way around her. 3 seconds. Straight cut. No dialogue.

Ext. Bridge

Close-up of legs running past the camera. Running footsteps very loud. 1 second. Straight cut.

Ext. Wall

Extreme close-up of hand grabbing girl’s face. Muffled shouting and screaming. 2 second. Straight cut.

Int. Kitchen

Mid-shot of girl in chair at table. Different clothes, red (?). Muffled shouting. Slow zoom. Kettle boiling in background (+sound). 4 seconds. Straight cut.

Int. Kitchen

Shot-reverse-shot. Man standing on other side of table. Muffled shouting (“what do you think you’re doing?”). Out of focus. 3 seconds. Straight cut.

Int. Kitchen

Mid-shot of girl in chair at table. Muffled shouting. Slow zoom. Kettle boiling in background (+sound, more high pitched now). Chair falling back, camera follows. 4 seconds. Straight cut.

Int. Bathroom

Match on action of girl falling and changes from falling backwards on chair to falling into bath. Bath has black water. Camera falls quickly as girl is submerged (hear water sloshing) into a close-up of the water. Title will then appear and hold for 4 seconds. Straight cut.

Int. Stage

Mid-shot from the front of the girl standing on stage. Camera moves around her gradually. 6 seconds. Stops after a complete 180. Sound of quiet muffled clapping as chairs are revealed. Straight cut.

Ext. Tunnel

Long shot of girl in tunnel. Slow zoom into her. Dark. 5 seconds. Sounds of train moving above. Straight cut.

Int. Bedroom

Match on action of girl from tunnel to door. Camera zooms in as door bangs each time. Sound of door banging. 5 seconds. Straight cut.

Ext. Bus Stop

Girl still sitting at bus stop. Mid shot. Camera continues moving around her. As camera moves around her shots from previous scenes start to cycle faster and faster. Cycle then suddenly stops. 6 seconds. Straight cut.

Int. Doctors

Cycling suddenly stops and cuts to extreme close-up of girl’s face, this time in doctors. Camera holds for 3 seconds. Sound of muffled speech of doctor saying girl’s name, gradually becomes clearer as the camera zooms out. Camera zooms out for 5 seconds.