Peek a boo script
- 1. PEEK A BOO SCRIPT LOCATION TRANSITION CHARACTERS TYPE OF DIALOGUE SHOT 1. Cut to: (CEMENTARY IN BEESTON – FRONT GATE) ESTABLISHING LONG SHOT The area is deserted - silence – suddenly CHILDREN run past the gate screaming and laughing in Halloween costumes – the area becomes silent once again Dolly shot/zoom towards the inside of the graveyard: Cut: 2. (from here onwards - INSIDE OF THE CEMENTARY, ON THE PATH) CAMERA HEIGHT & TRACKING Legs/feet of Lauren shown – she walks up the path slowly Cut: 3. LONG SHOT Lauren walks up the path – keeps looking around – surroundings shown – the gate creaks and slowly closes – trees rustle Cut:
- 2. 4. POV - EXTREME LONG SHOT Lauren is shown walking up the path, looking around and shouting ‘EMMA!’ from Larry’s POINT OF VIEW – shaky camera - hides behind a tree – shuffles feet – snaps a twig Cut: 5. OVER THE SHOULDER SHOT Lauren suddenly stops – holds her breath – looks in the direction in which the sound came from Cut: 6. Lauren shown panicking – looking around in circles Cut: 7. POV + TRACKING Lauren is shown facing away from Emmas direction Cut: 8.
- 3. CUTAWAY When Emma is an arm length away from Lauren she jumps out from behind a grave and screams at Lauren, providing a false scare for the audience Cut: 9. BACK TO POV – REACTION SHOT Lauren jumps, turns around and shrieks – shock and terror seen on her face she SCREAMS Cut: BLACK SCREEN CREDITS PLAY (short creepy clips merged with text - burning photos of the family – mothers face burned out with a cigarette, chainsaw shown, playground in the dark – swings squeaking strange noises) font/names fading. 10. BACK TO OVER THE SHOULDER REACTION SHOT Emma's hand is shown reaching to her face and taking off the mask and she is laughing - Laurens face goes from shock to relief – she smiles and lightly pushes Emma away Lauren – ‘Emma! You scared the hell out of me!’ Cut: 11. LONG SHOT Both Lauren and Emma are shown together in the gravegard
- 4. Cut: 12. A FEW SHOT REVERSE SHOT CLOSE UPS (180 DEGREE RULE) Dialogue between Emma and Lauren Emma – ‘HAHA, got you! You should have seen your face!’ Lauren – ‘Hahaha, it’s not that funny, you really scared me! My heart practically stopped, haha, anyway, come on, those lads from the party want to meet up with us’ Emma – ‘OOO, then what are we waiting for? Hahaha’ Emma is smiling and laughing and so is Lauren 13. CLOSE UP & ZOOM of Emmas face Her face expression changes – she stops smiling, she freezes and stares into the space behind Lauren Cut: 14. CLOSE UP of Lauren Lauren - ‘Whats wrong Emma’ (Larry is stood behind her – just see a shadow/outline, not much detail)
- 5. Cut: 15. CLOSE UP/EXTREME CLOSE UP of Emma Lauren -‘whats happening’,’Whats wrong?’ Emma is still frozen – she manages to whisper ‘Beee….beehhinddd yo…’ Cut: 16. MEDIUM CLOSE UP of Lauren Larry is obviously standing behind – Laurens face changes to terror– Antagonist whispers - Larry - ‘Peek a boo’ Cut: 17. QUICK ZOOM OUT – SLIGHT LOW ANGLE in front of Lauren Antagonist is standing behind Lauren – chainsaw in one hand which he lifts up and turns on Cut: 18. SCREEN GOES BLACK (chainsaw sound & screaming) 19. TITLE (fades onto the back screen)