Script - Draft Five

Script – Draft Five

Cast/Crew:

Protagonist – Tom Barden

Antagonist (Creature) – John McDonald/CGI

Camera – Josh Endersby

Scene One: Setting – Catherine Close (General area), Byfleet. Night.

Inside protagonists house as they leave.

Establishing shots of Catherine Close and protagonists house. Titles begin to roll.

Mid/long shot from hallway of protagonist getting out an old photograph

(Over the shoulder?) Close up shot of an old photograph of a girl with protagonist, followed by a close up of the protagonists face (as if photo were the camera.)

Mid/long shot from hallway as protagonist prepares – putting on coat.

Long high angle shot from staircase as protagonist leaves through front door.

Scene Two: Setting – Outside the house/along Catherine Close.

Match-on-action as protagonist leaves house, letting door fall shut behind.

Long shot from across road of protagonist walking along pavement - under and through streetlights (this adds to the contrast between the light and dark). Walks up and around corner, with match-on-action around corner. This continues for around 20 seconds until titles have finished.

As titles finish, music fades out and a front-on close up, over the shoulder shot of the protagonist as the antagonist is seen in the background. *Silence* Protag. spins around with match on action to mid shot of him looking around, into a point of view shot (from the point of the protagonist) as they look around, concerned. Protag. continues to walk down street – front on mid shot.

Scene Three: Setting – Same as previous scene, moves around area. Protagonist gets This scene is the longest, and exists to build tension for the end of the scene and sets up the final scene (in which the protagonist wakes up in an unknown location and the shot cuts to black.)

Protag. is walking around the area, lots of match on action around corners as the antag. is also revealed in various locations. The match on action allows us to create our own world, meaning we can use more appropriate locations and sew them together during editing.

Scene Four: Same setting – The tension has built up and the music is fast paced.

Protagonist has become terrified of what he can’t see and begins break into a run. Wherever he goes, the antagonist is there (The section of the film is POV). Fast editing and loud music portrays the chaos of the scene. He freaks out and passes out.

Scene Five:  Early morning light (blue tinted) with a big close up of the protagonists’ face. He lies unconscious for a few seconds before waking up with a gasp. Before the gasp ends, the video cuts to black.