Script I shot Cupid (1).pdf
- 1. Created using Celtx TITLE SEQUENCE. FADE INTO AN INSERT SHOT: INT. BEDROOM - EVENING SLOWLY PANS LEFT ALONG THE DESK REVEALING TISSUES HAVE BEEN IN USE, TIPPED OVER ICE CREAM, STOPS AS PICTURE FRAME IS IN SHOT WITH A PICTURE OF A COUPLE. TITLE FADES IN. Sobbing heard in background. CUT. HEARTBROKEN. INT. BATHROOM - BEHIND THE SHOULDER SHOT. Girl ugly crying, head down facing sink with tap running. Sniffling, she lifts her head looking at herself, where we see her face through the mirror. Makeup and hair a mess. MED CLOSE-UP LOOKING UP AT CHARACTERS FACE FROM CORNER OF SINK. Wipes face with tissue and throws the tissue into toilet. Flushes chain and walks out of frame. WORM EYE VIEW ON FEET. Character steps out of bathroom, walks over to the bed and collapses. RHYTHMIC, CAMERA CUTS TO BLACK AS BEDS SPRING. ANGUISH. FADE IN. INT. BEDROOM - EXTREME CLOSE-UP ON CHARACTER WAKING UP. Character blinks. CLOSE-UP. Character buries head into pillow sniffling. INSERT SHOT, ZOOMING IN ON PHOTO. SHOTS FLASHING BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN PHOTO AND CHARACTER, SPEEDING UP AS CHARACTER
- 2. 2. Created using Celtx IS MORE FRUSTRATED. WIDE SHOT. Character gets up and smashes frame. CLOSE UP ON CHARACTER HEAVY BREATHING. INSERT SHOT/WIDE SHOT OF BROKEN FRAME. Character walks past and leaves room. CUT. REVENGE. INT. STAIRCASE - WIDE SHOT OF CHARACTER GOING DOWN. CLOSE-UP OF HAND ON BANISTER. WORM-EYE VIEW OF CHARACTER WALKING ACROSS HALL WAY. MEDIUM CLOSE-UP CHARACTER WALKING THROUGH A DOOR. THIRD PERSON POV AS CHARACTER LOOKS FOR THE DOOR TO WALK THROUGH. Camera tracks character as they open door, crabs left. OTS REVEALING TWO FIGURES ON THE COUCH, LAUGHING. EXTREME CLOSE-UP ON MANS HAND RESTING ON THE OTHER'S THIGH. Male notices character, pauses in response. CLOSE-UP OF OUR CHARACTER IN SHOCK. REVERSE SHOT OF MALE LOOKING AS FEMALE TURNS HER HEAD TO LOOK. CLOSE-UP ON FEMALES FACE HIGHLIGHTING MAKEUP. CLOSE-UP ON CHARACTER AS TEAR FALLS. Character looks down. DIRTY, WORM-EYE VIEW LOOKING UP AT CHARACTER. Cross bow reveals to be in shot. TENSION EDITING BETWEEN FOUR SHOTS CUTTING BETWEEN THE THREE
- 3. 3. Created using Celtx CHARACTERS AND PROP. Cupid character begins to move as our character swipes the prop, flipping the arrow from red to black end. Aims and shoots hitting the girls chest. Setting darkens, male is still in daze as female grows cold and purple before falling. MEDIUM CLOSE-UP BEHIND CHARACTER AS SHE TURNS AROUND IN THOUGHT WITH A SMIRK. CAMERA TILTS DOWN REVEALING MALE STARING BETWEEN CHARACTERS LEGS BEFORE SHE WALKS OVER CAMERA WITH DOOR SLAMMING SHUT. FADE TO BLACK, CREDITS ROLL.