Script
- 1. Characters: Driver: Chris Francis an oblivious man who will do anything to help a friend. Passenger: Jack Baxter a stressed man eager to use cigarettes as a method of relaxation. Shot List: Establishing shot (wide angle): Chris relaxing on sofa (equilibrium/calm) watching T.V, he then receives a text 2nd shot (Close up- phone in foreground Chris in background) : From this shot we establish that there is a disturbance in the equilibrium as we see Chris’s negative reaction to the text close up. 3rd shot (still shot): Chris gets of sofa and runs out of shot, the audience understand there is some sort of urgency. 4th , 5th, 6th shot : “ “ Close ups of Chris running in and out of shots, winding in and out of different rooms/doors this confuses and agitates the audience… disequilibrium. 7th shot (Extreme close up): Chris’s hand pushing down door handle and opening door, this directs the audiences focus purely to the action taking place. 8th shot (Extreme close up or close up): Door handle on the other side pushing down and opening, this is the shot reverse shot effect but with an object rather than characters this disorientates the audience. 9th shot ( Full character shot) : Chris runs out of shot. 10th shot (close up): car lights come on this signifies to the audience that the car has been unlocked. 11th shot (close up): Chris’s hand on car door handle opening it fast, another clear signifier of what the character is doing. 12th shot (Waist up): Chris gets in car / sits on seat 13th shot (extreme close up): Key into ignition and twisted this clearly indicates to the audience that he has started up his car 14th shot (close up): HUD lights switch on another sign that collates with the ignition key to secure the understanding of Chris starting his car. 15th shot (close up): Exhaust rumbles, signifier of aggressive driving and hast. 16th shot (Pan/wide angle): Car drives out of shot fast, tire screech to link to the signifier of hast.
- 2. 17th shot (close up): Chris’s hand changing gears fast, adds disorientation. 18th shot (wide angle): Jack waiting for Chris to drive up, Chris speeds into shot and Jack runs into the car, shouts “DRIVE!” This I one of the only segments of dialogue in the whole film this makes that one word very powerful to the audience leads them to be unsettled. 19th shot (Standard shot): Car speeds out of shot with both characters looking unsettled. 20th shot (close up) : wheel spin out of shot. 21st shot (standard): Out of window houses/scenery breezing past. 22nd shot (wide angle): car pulls into petrol garage. 23rd shot (waist up): Jack opens door gets out and runs out of shot. 24th shot (waist up): Jack opens door to petrol garage shop. 25th shot (waist up) : Jack opens door and comes out of shop calmly and slowly, this confuses the audience and makes them question why the character is no longer rushed, it is here where the misconception becomes clear. 26th shot (waist up) : Jack opens car door gets in calmly. 27th shot (2 shot): Chris asks “so this was all for a pack of cigarettes!”, Jack replies yes in a comedic way. It is here that we realize the whole film has been a misconception. 28th shot (Final): Poster of a pack of cigarettes with a slogan saying, “Don’t run out… stock up!” … This is not promoting cigarettes; I aim to comically excaudate the lengths people go when stressed to get cigarettes and how the addiction is rather controlling.