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- 1. A Silent scream script: Film synopsis A teenager who is an outsider from the rest of society decides to put his sick ideas into action when he starts to experiment on animals by killing them and soon starts to try that on humans. Joel (Nathan) is the teenager who finds it hard to function properly in society. He starts to take an interest into the insides of animals the moves on to his mate Liam (Ethan). He ends up putting a drug into Liam’s drink which causes himto fall asleep while Joel ties him up ready for him to cut into him as he can’t defend himself. Logline A silent screamis a short horror movie about a teenage boy who has a weird obsession with the insides of living things then one day decides to kill his friend to feed his obsession. Screenplay structure Act1: the main character can be seen standing in the middle of the woods with blood on his face and top witch is easily visible. Then goes onto him killing an animal in the woods. Act2: This part is of him planning out the time he is going to kill his friend. Act3: He actually drugs his friend and kills him in this part finally satisfying his needs. Film treatment Joel who seems to be a normal teenager to everyone else has a dark idea of what he likes to do this includes him looking at the insides of things. He kills animals in the woods so that he is able to satisfy himself by doing that and after this has got boring for him he then decides to kill a human. He plans out this so that he is able to kill his friend he drugs him by putting stuff into his drink which means that he gets knocked out and then Joel goes and kills himin the woods after he has tied him up. Locations: River near my house My bedroom Street near mine Actors: Nathan (Joel) Ethan (Liam) Kaine (Chris) Equipment: 1 camera 1 microphone 1 tripod fake blood
- 2. Dead animal prop Adobe Premier pro Lights Target audience The target audience for this filmwill be 15+ as it would not be suitable for anyone who is younger than that as it has violence in it and bad language. Script: SCENE 1: THE OPENING OF THE SHORT FILM WILL BE A MID SHOT OF JOEL (NATHAN) STANDING STILL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WOODS LOOKING DIRECTLY INTO THE CAMERA WITH SOME EERIE MUSIC PLAYING. HE HAS BLOOD ON HIS FACE AND HIS TOP WHICH IS CLEARLY VISIBLE TO THE PEOPLE WATCHING. SCENE2: IT THEN CUTS TO JOELS (NATHANS) ROOM WHERE HE IS SITTING DRAWING INTO HIS BOOK WHICH CONSITS OF DRAWINGS OF SKELETONS OF ANIMALS AND INSECTS. A TRACK OF HIM WILL START PLAYING OF HIM TALKING ABOUT HIMSELF AND HOW HE NEVER REALLY FELT LIKE HE WAS LIKE EVRYONE ELSE. JOELS AUDIO: I’ve never really seen myself as the same as everyone else I’ve just been different I suppose. Social events never really appealed to me I just never really fit in with the other people I guess I’mjust a freak. My minds been wondering however to new places recently where I have grown a fond obsession with looking at the inside of creatures. Pictures have been able to satisfy me up to now but I now want to experience this for myself first hand. I want to catch something and see for myself. CAMERA ANGLES: FIRST SHOT IS A WIDE ANGLE SHOT OF HIM IN THE CORNER OF HIS ROOM WRITING OVER THE SHOULDER FOR THE FIRST SHOT OF HIM WRITING TURNS INTO A CLOSE UP SHOT OF THE BOK IN THE END SHOWING WHAT HE HAS BEEN WRITING SCENE3: JOEL IS WALKING IN THE WOODS WHERE HE HAS SET A TRAP TO CAPTURE A BIRD SO THAT HE CAN FEED HIS NEW OBSESSION THAT HE HAS RECENTLY JUST ACQUIRED. HE IS ABLE TO CATCH SOMETHING WHICH THEN HE GOES OVER TO AND STARTS TO CUT INTO THIS ANIMAL WITH A GRIN ON HIS FACE AS HE IS DOING IT. JOEL IS SEEING WALKING INTO THE TREES WJERE HE CROUCHES DOWN AND SETS A TRAP SO THAT HE CAN CATCH SOMETHING WHICH HE CAN KILL. HE WAITS BEHIND A TREE IN THE DISTANCE WHERE THE CAMERA IS THERE GIVING AN OVER THE SHOULDER SHOT WHICH ALLOWS PEOPLE WATCHING TO SEE THE TRAP IN ACTION.
- 3. THE TRAP WILL GO OFF WHICH CAN BE SEEN AS THE BUSHES AROUND START TO SHAKE INDICATING THAT SOMETHING HAS BEEN CAUGHT IN IT. JOEL THEN INSPECTS THE TRAP WHERE U ARE THEN ABLE TO SEE THE ANIMAL HE HAS CAPTURED. CAMERA ANGLES: AS HE IS WALKING INTO THE FOREST IS WILL BE A WIDE SHOT SO YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE HIM WALKING ABOUT. SHOT AFTER WILL BE FOCUSED ON A TREE WHICH WILL UNFOCUS ONTO HIM PUTTING THE TRAP DOWN TO CATCH THE ANIMAL FOLLOWING THAT WILL BE A SHOT OF THE TREES SHAKING AS THE OTHER BIRDS HAVE FLOWN AWAY KNOWING THAT ONE OF THEM HAS BEEN CAUGHT THE SHOT AFTER WILL B A CLOSE UP OF THE ANIMAL AND JOEL AS HE STARTS TO CUT INTO IT. SCENE4: THIS SCENE WILL CONSIST OF JOEL WALKNG WITH HIS MATES CHRIS AND LIAM THIS IS WHERE THEY WILL TALK ABOUT USUAL THINGS LIKE WHAT THERE GOING TO DO ON THE WEEKEND SUCH AS GOING OUT SKATING OR GOING TO A GIG.. CHRIS: SO WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS FOR THE WEEKEND THEN LIAM: PROBABLY JUST GO FOR A SKATE OR SOMETHING AS USUAL CHRIS: NO SURPRISE THERE THEN THAT’S ALL YOU DO THESE DAYS LIAM: IT’S A GOOD WAY TO ESCAPE FROM EVERYTHING CHRIS: A WILL PROBABLY JUST GO TO A GIG TBH IVE GOT NOTHING ELSE TO DO WHAT ABOUT YOU JOEL JOEL: NOTHING REALLY A DON’T HAVE ANY PLANS CHRIS: YOU MUST HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WHAT DID YOU DO LAST WEEKEND JOEL: ERM NOT MUCH JUST WENT OUT FOR A WALK IN THE WOODS I TOOK SOME PHOTOS IF YOU WANT TO SEE CHRIS: YEAH WHY NOT GIVE IS A LOOK THEN JOEL THEN SHOWS THEMTHE PHOTOS OF THE WALK HE HAD AS HE SHOWS THEM THE NORMAL PHOTOS HE ACCIDENTLY SHOWS THEM ONE OF THE PHOTOS OF THE BIRD WHICH HE HAD KILLED. THEY LOOK AT HIM IN DISGUST AS CHRIS SAYS CHRIS: WHAT THE FUCKS THAT MATE WHY YOU TAKING PHOTOS OF THINGS LIKE THAT JOEL: ERM I JUST SEEN IT AND WAS INTRESTED AT WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE. CHRIS: WELL THAT’S WEIRD THAT MATE SEE YOU IN ABIT ANYWAYS AM GOING HOME LIAM: YEAH SEE YOU LATER MATE JOEL: SEE YOUS LATER CAMERA ANGLES DOLY SHOT IN FRONT OF THE ACTORS AS THEY ARE WALKING DOWN THE STREET TALKING WHEN JOEL SHOWS HIS PHONE THE CAMERA ANGLE HAS CHANGED SO THAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT IT FROM JOELS POINT OF VIEW
- 4. WHEN THE OTHER TO REACT THE ANGLE CHANGERS AGAIN TO A MID SHOT IN FRONT OF THEM SO YOU ARE EASY ABLE TO SEE THERE REACTION SCENE5: This scene starts with Joel on his phone texting Liamabout going out to get something to eat one day on the weekend. Cuts to his phone showing the texts that are being sent to each other. JOEL IS ALSO SEEN MAKING A DRINK WITH SOME SORT OF CHEMICAL IN IT WHICH WILL KNOCK LIAM OUT SO THAT HE IS ABLE TO KILL LIAM. SCENE6: Joel is walking through the trees with Liam as there talking about things that happened in college that week. LIAM: THAT FOOD WAS ALRIGHT LIKE I ENJOYED THAT JOEL: YEAH IT WAS CANNY NICE Liam: COLLEGE HAS BEEN CANNY BAD THIS WEEK DON’T YOU THINK JOEL: YEAH ITS BEEN PRETTY BAD LIKE LIAM: A CANT BE BOTHERED TO GO BACK NEXT WEEK JOEL: SAME ITS SHIT LIKE, DO YOU WANT A DRINK THEY LOOK DRY EATING THEM LIAM: ERMYEAH GO ON THEN THERE CANNY DRY LIKE JOEL THEN PASSES LIAM A DRINK FROM HIS BAG WHICH JUST LOOKS LIKE A NORMAL DRINK UNTIL THE CAMERA STARTS TO GET BLURRY AS IT HAS NOW TAKING ON LIAMS PERSPECTIVE IT CUTS TO BLACK. SECNE7: THIS SECENE THEN OPENS UP WITH THE CAMERA LOOKING DOWN ON LIAM (JOELS PERSPECTIVE) WHO IS LYING ON THE FLOOR WITH HIS HAIR ALL MESSED UP AS HE HAS BEEN DRAGED INTO THE WOODS BY JOEL BY HIS LEGS. JOEL: SORRY MATE BUT I HAD TO JOEL THEN STABS LIAM FROM A FIRST PERSON PERSPECTIVE SO THAT YOU ARE CLEARLY ABLE TO SEE HIM GETTING KILLED AS THERE WILL BE BLOOD COMING OUT OF LIAMS TOP. THE CAMERA THEN STARTS TO ZOOMOUT AS YOU ARE THEN ABLE TO SEEE THE FULL SCALE OF WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO LIAM. IT THEN CUTS TO BLACK WHERE THE CREDITS WILL ROLL WITH SOME MUSIC OVER THE TOP OF THEM.