Monday, March 14, 2022

PRE-PRODUCTION SCRIPT

   

1.      (EXT) Establishing, the tilt of the school.

SFX: Intense and scary music making you feel like something is about to happen.

2.      (EXT) School parking lot - After noon.    CUT-    Tracking shot /Single shot/ of Taylor Anders walking towards his car. With the intuition that he is being followed.

SFX: Intense and scary music getting more intense.

3.      (EXT) School parking lot - After noon.    CUT-     Zoom In just enough for a medium shot. Taylor turns his back and darkness.

SFX: Intense boom in SFX music giving the impression that something bad had happened.

4.      (EXT)School courtyard – Morning.                    CUT-   Medium Shot, Hip level Single shot of Nadia Malarkey walking towards the camera.

The narrator starts talking. NARRATOR: [Nadia] [ V.O.] “Hey, It’s me. The one that nobody cares about. The one that plays no sport, doesn’t participate in any type of school activities, The one that doesn’t party, the one that has no friends. At least not anymore. My best friend and I we are no longer in good terms after we got to high school. She became popular.”- Background music- Paul Kelly-peace.

 

5.      (INT) High school hallway -Morning.   CUT-  Hip level, tracking shot of security guard walking. The Nadia comes into the frame. Walk by the security guard.

NARRATOR: [Nadia] [ V.O.]  “And decided to date my ex-boyfriend who is now a football player. I don’t know if it’s for fame or love but anyways.” Background music- Paul Kelly-peace.

 

6.      (INT) High school hallway -Morning.     FADE IN---   Nadia stops and looks at the security guard walking away.

SECURITY GUARD: “Hey I need those students to write a statements for me in the B building”. NARRATOR: [Nadia] [ V.O.] “Now he is missing.” Background music- Paul Kelly-peace.

7.      (INT) Classroom – Morning        CUT-   Wide shot/Static/Crowd shot of Katherine crying over her boyfriend’s disappearance. Whilst Nadia enters and sits at her respective sits.

NARRATOR: [Nadia] [ V.O.]  “I was late to class when I heard the news. Background music- Paul Kelly-peace.”

8.      (INT) Classroom – Morning        CUT-   180-degree rule technique/Medium close up shot/single shot/static/Eye Level shot of Nadia starting a conversation with her friend Stefan.

NADIA: “What is going on?” Background music- Paul Kelly-peace.

9.      (INT) Classroom – Morning        CUT-    180-degree rule technique/Medium close up shot/single shot/static/Eye Level shot of Stefan answering Nadia’s question.

10.  (INT) Classroom – Morning        CUT-    Nadia turns around with a facial expression demonstrating that she is surprised but wants nothing to do with that.

STEFAN: “Your ex is missing.Background music- Paul Kelly-peace.

11.  (INT) Painting Club Classroom-Morning.   CUT-     Medium close up shot/Static/Two-shot/ Eye-level shot of Nadia and Katherine as kids painting. 

NARRATOR: [Nadia] [ V.O.]  “We used to be real’ close as kids.” Background music- Paul Kelly-peace.

12.  (INT) Painting Club Classroom-Morning.    FADE IN -   Medium Insert shot of the painting brush that is being used by Nadia.

NARRATOR: [Nadia] [ V.O.]  “We’ve known each other since elementary school.” Background music- Paul Kelly-peace.

13.  (INT) Painting Club Classroom-Morning.    FADE IN-    Medium Medium shot/ Static/ Two-shot/ cowboy shot of Nadia and Katherine painting. Whilst Nadia leave the frame.



14.  (INT) Painting Club Classroom-Morning.   FADE IN-     Medium Over the headshot/Two-shot/Static of both the girls washing the paint out of their hands.

NARRATOR: [Nadia] [ V.O.]  “We used to paint together.”

NARRATOR: [Nadia] [ V.O.]  “Mostly cause of her. She had a thing for painting.” Background music- Paul Kelly-peace.

15.  (INT) Nadia’s House – Morning   FADE IN-   Wide shot/ Two-shot/ Static of the girls sitting down in a bedroom having fun.

NARRATOR: [Nadia] [ V.O.]  “We used to match clothes.” Background music- Paul Kelly-peace.

16.   (INT) Nadia’s House – Morning   FADE IN-    Wide shot/ Two-shot/ Static of the girls sitting down in a bedroom having fun.

NARRATOR: [Nadia] [ V.O.]  “And I remember we would cry when we couldn’t.” Background music- Paul Kelly-peace.

17.  (EXT) Playground at a park – Afternoon     FADE IN-    Wide shot/ four shot/Static shot of the girls swinging and another girl, a man who most would assume being her father and a dog having fun in the background.
 

NARRATOR: [Nadia] [ V.O.]  “We used to go to the park together have fun.” Background music- Paul Kelly-peace.

18.  (EXT) High School courtyard – Morning   CUT-    Wide shot/ Two-shot/ Tracking of Katherine and small pan that showcases that Katherine can clearly see her or acknowledge her presence but instead removes herself quickly from the area.

NARRATOR: [Nadia] [ V.O.]” But now we avoid each other as much as possible.” Background music- Paul Kelly-peace.

19.  (EXT) School courtyard – Morning   CUT-    Medium close-up shot/ Tracking of Nadia walking towards Katherine and her boyfriend Taylor.

20.  (EXT) School courtyard – Morning   CUT-    Medium close-up shot/ Static shot of Katherine sitting down with her boyfriend and having a conversation. She pans her eyes and sees Nadia coming and starts getting cozy with Taylor.

NARRATOR: [Nadia] [ V.O.]  “Unless of course she sees me walking.” Background music- Paul Kelly-peace.

NARRATOR: [Nadia] [ V.O.]  “and she’s with him.Background music- Paul Kelly-peace. 



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