Working Script

Working Script

Shot 1:

Close up shots of male protagonist and cult leaders feet passing the camera, in a chase sequence. Low angle to get their legs in shot. The cult leader is about 2-3 seconds after the male protagonist.

Shot 2:

Medium-length shot widens the what the audience will see and thus introduces the male protagonist, as the audience will see clearly his face. However the cult leader is masked or hooded so he will be ambiguous.

Shot 3:

Fade in first line of text ‘A community misguided’ writing is white on a black screen then the font fades out to black.

Shot 4:

Jump shots between male protagonist sitting on a chair and just a chair in a room. The room will be messy with piles of boxes and a white brick wall in the background. The protagonist will be tied to the chair and screaming. The jump cuts add a jolt effect in the trailer, disorientating the audience.

Shot 5:

Extreme close-up shot of female protagonist (child)’s face. Focusing on eyes, not getting eye contact yet. However this is the establishing shot for the female protagonist and this shot will be reused so the audience can remember her.

Shot 6:

Low angle, showing characters running past the camera showing more then the first shot, but faces are not seen. Male protagonist slips up but carries on running.

Shot 7:

Medium close-up shot of same action however the audience can see male protagonist’s face. Father is in despair pushing himself to his destination. The cult leader looses pace.

Shot 8:

Fade in second line of text ‘The children are ill-fated’ writing in white on black screen, faded into black.

Shot 9:

Extreme close-up shot of shoulders and bottom half of face as child turns to the camera in confusion and worry.

Shot 10:

Jump cuts between the action in medium-length shots of the workbench showing various tools including rusty nails and saw.

Shot 11:

Tracking shot showing protagonist running to car with his child. The camera rises from low-angle by the car and up to the car window, looking through seeing male protagonist running towards the car.

Shot 12:

Fade in third (and last) line of text ‘All except one’ writing in white on black screen, faded into black.

Shot 13:

Panning shot past black figure (shadow-like) in dark woods. The figure is facing away from the camera and hands are out from his sides. Medium-length and quite fast.

Shot 14:

High angle close-up on bloody hands shaking and tied up, connecting the audience to the pain and torture unable to escape it (like the protagonist) Fast cut.

Shot 15:

High angle close-up of female child smiling to juxtapose shots before medium close-up.

Shot 16:

Low angle shot of black figure again, this time the camera tracks upwards

Shot 17:

This shot is linked with previous and contains (same shot as shot 10) a workbench however this time the saw is slammed down on the table. Shot 16 and 17 are cut up and intwined to create a jolting effect.

Shot 18:

Fade into film title writing in white on black screen, faded into black. Longer pause on this text then before text as it is the main film title and needs to be seen and remembered.

Shot 19:

Is made up of various little shots like high angle medium shot of black figure, close-up shot of female child showing direct of address and medium-shots revealing the black figure is carrying weapons (all jump cuts)

Shot 20:

Fade into ‘Coming soon’ writing in white on black screen, faded into the website of the film, and then fade out.