This is the official script (w/o camera shots) for Senseless- a short psychological horror film by Dark Arts Productions.
Senseless is about a girl named Mila who cannot seem to run from her past. As she goes about her daily routines and life, people that used to bully her in secondary school begin to die. Who's the killer? Is Mila in danger?...
2. 1. EXT. MILA IN WOODS 1-DUSK
OCTOBER 3RD 2013
FLASHBACK
MILA Dressed in all black with her face hidden with the hood
of her jacket making her appear almost unrecognisable
(Heavy breathing) pushes BULLY 1 aggressively to the floor,
MILA Kneels then takes a knife and fatally stabs once with no
trace of remorse.
FADE INTO BLACK WITH STING
FLASHFORWARD
FADE OUT
2. INT. IN MILAS HOUSE 1- DAY
MILA Wakes up
MILA
(Panting heavily)
MILA Dressed in pyjamas, the distraught face slowly morphs
into confusion from the strange nightmare. MILA busies herself
by frantically searching for her phone, to her relief she
finds and sees notifications from WhatsApp, Facebook, and
Snapchat. Subconsciously, she scrolls down her phone ignoring
it with the nightmare still fresh in her mind. Mila shrugs of
the vivid nightmare and gets up from bed.
3. MILA Walks into the bathroom in her PJs
MILA walks out with her outside clothes on
MILA (Silently) Walks to the Kitchen to make toast. Mila uses
her butter knife and cleans.
MILA (Frantically)Opens her bottle of antidepressant pills and
takes a pill with water, hoping to calm her nerves. Mila sighs
in relief.
DISSOLVE
FLASHBACK
4. EXT – SCHOOL PLAYGROUND 1– DAY
BULLY 2 Behind BULLY 1 laughing
BULLY 1 Holds Mila against the wall and grabs her neck
throwing Mila onto the floor,
BULLY 1
“You’re worth nothing you little Bitch!”
MILA Looks straight into BULLY1’s eyes in fear.
DISSOLVE
BULLY 1 Looks straight into Mila’s eyes in fear
3. DISSOLVE
INT- MILA’S HOUSE 2- DAY
5. MILA Exits her house for work – DAY
MILA Takes a pill into her hand and
MILA Swallows it with water.
MILA Grabs her pills and phone and throws it into her bag
MILA Exits – DAY
She walks out of the main house door for work
(8:30am in white text on bottom right)
MILA Re-enters – EVENING
(5pm in white text on bottom right)
MILA Sighs and goes to her room and lies down on the bed. She
closes her eyes escaping from the dreadful day at work.
FADE IN WHITE
6. INT. OPERATING THEATRE
BULLY Lying on the operating table, lights coming from all
directions.
MILA At a distance but walks closer to the patient struggling
on the table, patient struggles to get out and silently cries,
turns her head and blood is dripping everywhere,
MILA Examines the body with her eyes and sees blood all over
the clothes, she starts the panic and hyperventilates, she
screams from utter fear
FLASHBACK, FADE OUT WHITE
7. And again the notifications wake her up. Her body still,
petrified. She continues to hyperventilate.
MILA Eyes are wide open, her corpse-like body dripping in
perspiration, wipes her sweat. Notifications are still
sounding, faster and faster. She picks up her phone, again
reads through the notifications. Someone has died.
MILA Gets up from bed, sits on the edge and cups her face in
her hands. She sighs and stands up to walk to the door.
8. MILA Walks into the bathroom in her PJs
MILA Walks out with her outside clothes on
MILA Makes her toast, eats it,
MILA Exits her house for work – DAY
(8:25am in white text on bottom right)
9. MILA Re-enters – EVENING
(5:05pm in white text on bottom right)
A ready-made bowl of pasta waits for her on the table and the
television is already switched on. Mila walks into the living
4. room with her fork, sits down and begins to eat. As the news
plays in the background, Mila lifts her head AND THE FORK
FALLS (she is surprised but interested) on the sound of a
familiar name and looks to the TV.
MILA Rushes to her bag in to kitchen to grab her bottle of
antidepressant pills to calm her nerves.
Anxious to open the bottle of pills
MILA ENTERS THE LIVING ROOM AGAIN
MILA Opens the bottle of pills as she gets back to the living
room
The sound of the news reporter gets louder
Her face is pale and shocked, and she is breathing heavily.
NEWS REPORTER
Breaking news coming in this morning from East London, where
two young girls were brutally murdered in the woods. Whilst on
their journey to school, some children came across parts of
the victims’ severed body parts, scattered across Victoria
Park. After the police arrived at the crime scene, it was
stated that the deceased were both 19 year olds, Olivia Carter
and Sophie Faldo. Police are asking for help in identifying
who the suspect is. Local authorities have found CCTV footage
of the murder. Viewer discretion is advised as some may find
the following content distressing.
10. CCTV footage of a girl stabbing a body ruthlessly.
DISSOLVE IN
FLASHBACK
11. MILA Gradually realises that she is the person running on
screen.
DISSOLVE
THE FOOTAGE IS NORMAL, MILA IS THE ONE RUNNING AND PANTING
FADE OUT TO BLACK
FLATLINE SOUND
FADE IN
MILA Begins to smirk.
FADE TO BLACK
CREDITS ROLL
The End.