Tuesday, 24 January 2012

Original script - Blackout

The filming starts with the camera focused on bathroom door, the actor opens the door and turns the light off. – Medium shot.
Actors walks down the stairs and walks into the lounge - High angle shot
Actor has a laptop in front of him, the remote next to him; he turns the television off mute and listens to some music. – Long shot.
Camera is now focused primarily on the window, after 5 seconds something or someone runs past outside; the actor doesn’t notice anything though. – Wide angle shot.
Actor hears a knock at the door; he puts the music on pause, then puts the laptop down and walks out of the room towards the door. – Long + wide shot.
Actor walks across the hallway and opens the first door. – Panning shot.
Actor holds the camera himself turns the door handle and opens the door and steps outside, but no one is around. – Point Of View
Dialogue – “Hello, anyone there”.
Camera is focused on the kitchen door; then the actor is shown walks side to side across the camera going one way, then going back the other. Suddenly the kitchen door slams inside; when this happens the screen blacks out. – Mid shot.
Screen is back to normal again with the camera focusing purely on the actors face, showing emotions of fear. – Extreme close up.
Actor opens the kitchen door and looks both ways. – High angle shot.
Actor heads out of the kitchen, closing the door behind him, and walks into the living room. – Long shot.
The camera is now an over the shoulder shot; actor notices the changing channels, occurring by themselves. – Over the shoulder shot.
Dialogue – “What is happening?”
Now extremely frantic he races out of the room and heads for the door to get out the house. – Panning shot.
As the actor is about the head outside he hears the ladder sliding down from the upstairs loft. He stops, slowly pushes the door to then the screen blacks out again. – Medium shot.
Screen turns normal again, the camera is being handheld by actor, slowly and now extremely scared he creeps up the second flight of stairs, he walks closer to the ladder and looks up at it. – Point Of View.
Dialogue – “Oh my god, what the hell is going on?”
Actor slowly climbs up the ladder, as he gets closer to the top his legs get taken away from him, the actor screams, then the screen blacks out , heavy breathing occurs. – Low angle shot.

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