shooting script- hidden truth

8/13/2019 Shooting Script- Hidden Truth

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HIDDEN TRUTH

By

CRYSTAL BUKENYA

Email: [email protected]

Address: 45-65 Oaks Lane, Ilford,Essex

Number: 07981253441
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]


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FADE IN:

CREDITS

PHONE CALL

*Rings*

WILL

Hello?

VOICE

There will be a package for you outside your house. Its

a message from your wife.

WILL

Who is this?

Hangs up.

INT. GARAGE AFTERNOON

In an unfamiliar garage, a mysterious man is slowly

setting his tools on a table under a dimmed light. He

briefly sharpens one, and lines all the tools in place,

before selecting a small axe. He then places the axe to

the right end of the table, before turning away and

slowly walking out of the garage door.

CUT TO

EXT. WALKING DOWN HIS ROAD - EVENING

WILLIAM SHAWDER(WILL) aged 25, enters from right and is

closely approaching his door way, holding his briefcase

and his keys. As he pushes his gate open, he sees a box

placed on the step outside his door, with his name

attached, WILLIAM SHAWDER, on a small white paper. Hewalks to the step, and picks up the box feeling anxious,

just before he enters his house.

CUT TO

INT. LIVING ROOM- EVENING

WILL switches on his living room light and drops his

briefcase by the right side of the couch, and places the

box and keys on the coffee table before taking off his

coat and throwing it onto the bigger sofa. He sits on thecouch and examines the box before opening it. WILL finds

Directors film on

screen (A Crystal

Bukenya Film)

Fade-in into

medium shot oftable and tools,

following a fade-out

Fade-out of

antagonist leaving

garage doorLong shot as

antagonist leaves

Weather shot smoothly

angling down into medium

long shot of Will

Medium

shot ofWills

shoes as

he walks

Extreme close-

up of his hand

pushing

against camera

lens( acting as

gate)POV shot of looking at box seen

on door step and being picked up.

Low angled

shot Close up of hand on light switch

Medium shotCamera acts as box opening in low

angel. Close up of Wills face


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a DVD inside with his name written on, and is still very

puzzled. He picks up the DVD, puts it into the player and

turns on the TV. Footage of his wife, KAREN SHAWDER, aged

24 appears. She is tied to a chair with a bag over her

head, and breathing heavily. WILL begins to panic and

moves closer to the screen.

WILL

(Quietly to himself)

Oh no..

WILL watches the screen anxiously, breathing heavily. On

the TV screen, the bag is removed from KARENS head by a

mysterious man wearing all black, with black gloves and a

balaclava. Karen begins to look around the room pantingand terrified. Suddenly, she looks into the camera and

opens her mouth to speak. WILL moves in closer to the

screen, and begins to panic.

KAREN

(trembling)

WILL...listen carefully ok. I dont know where I am..

KAREN briefly looks down to compose herself. She takes a

deep sigh.

KAREN

(Reading)

I have been instructed to deliver this message via cue

cards. If you attempt to call for help, or repeat what

you are witnessing.. I will be killed. If you ignore or

refuse him what he is asking for, I will be killed.

WILL begins to sweat on his forehead and runs his fingers

through his hair. He loosens his tie for air.

KAREN continues to read the cue cards.

KAREN

(Reading)

You will be watching this long after it had been

recorded and sent to you.

Over the

houlder

hot

Medium

shot

Close up revealing

onfusion and

panic

Medium

shot of

Karen in

footage

Extreme close

up of eyes

Medium

shot of

Karen in

footage

Cut to

extreme

close up of

forehead

and hair

Extreme close up

of neck-

swallowing

Cut to medium shot ofWill watching screen


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KAREN

(Reading)

You must empty the safe and the cash must be handled in

sacks and dropped off precisely at 10pm. You will deliver

the cash in 2 days.

WILL grabs a pen from his blazer pocket and quickly

scrambles below the TV to get some paper. He begins

writing the details.

KAREN

(Reading)

The address you will deliver it to is Number 40, Revert

Road. I do not know where I am, but if you ever want tosee me again, you will do as he says. He will show you

that he means business...

( to kidnapper)

What do you mean you mean business?

On screen, the camera drops and KAREN is no longer in

shot. Her heels and another pair of dark shoes can only

be seen. The dark shoes approach her near a table. There

are noises of tools being sharpened whilst KAREN cries

for WILLS help.There is a shadow of a small axe in thekidnappers hands.

KAREN

(screaming)

YOU TOLD ME YOU WOULDNT HURT ME! WILL! WILL! WILL

PLEASE!

WILL falls back and stops writing. He is distressed by

her screams and is nodding his head in fear and panic.

Suddenly, there is a long, loud scream from KAREN,

following the sound of an axe chop.

WILL

AH! F*CK!

Cut to extreme close up

of Wills eyes

POV shot as Will

scramblesMedium shot of Will writing

Cut to footage of

Karen- medium

shotCamera

tilts down

Dutch tilt

Medium shot in

footage


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WILL gets up and swings his arm in anger to knock the box

on the floor. Something rolls out the box. As he moves

towards the object, and examines closer, he finds KARENS

cut off finger with her ring still on.

FADE OUT.

CUT TO

*FILM TITLE*

HIDDEN TRUTH

FADE OUT.

Medium long shot

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ngled

medium

ong shot

Low angled

close up shot

Zoom in to

extreme close up

of finger

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