Final script of short horror film A2 media coursework

1. Senseless
(Working title)
By
(Dark Arts) Productions
Everyone has a good and a bad side, unfortunately Mila’s
bullies discover both.

2. 1. EXT. MILA IN WOODS 1-DUSK
OCTOBER 3RD 2013
FLASHBACK
LONG SHOT
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,
MID SHOT OF MILA
FROM HER SHOULDERS DOWN.
FOLLOWED BY TRACKING SHOT OF HER HAND WITH THE KNIFE STABBING
ONTO THE BULLY
MILA kneels, 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
CLOSE UP
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.
TRACKING SHOT OF HER FEET WALKING TO BATHROOM
JUMP CUTS TO SHOW HER ROUTINE
LONG SHOT OF THE BATHROOM DOOR. CAMERA STAYS STILL.
3. MILA Walks into the bathroom in her PJs
MILA walks out with her outside clothes on
TRACKING SHOT OF HER FEET TO THE KITHCEN
MILA (Silently) Walks to the Kitchen to make toast. Mila uses
her butter knife and cleans.
CLOSE UP SHOT OF ATNIDEPRESSANT BOTTLE
MID SHOT OF TAKING THE PILLS AND SIGHING

3. 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!”
CLOSE UP OF MILA’S EYES
MILA Looks straight into BULLY1’s eyes in fear.
DISSOLVE
BULLY 1 looks straight into Mila’s eyes in fear
DISSOLVE
INT- MILA’S HOUSE 2- DAY
TRACKING SHOT OF MILA WALKING OUT OF KITCHEN
LONG SHOT OF DOOR
5. MILA exits her house for work – DAY
CLOSE UP
MILA takes a pill into her hand and
MID SHOT
MILA swallows it with water.
LONG SHOT
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.

4. 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 arewide 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.
CLOSE UP OF HER EYES READING THE TEXT
CLOSE UP OF THE MESSAGE ON HER PHONE
CLOSE UP OF TEAR COMING OUT OF MILA’S EYE
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.
JUMP CUTS TO SHOW HER ROUTINE
LONG SHOT OF THE BATHROOM DOOR. CAMERA STAYS STILL.
8. MILA Walks into the bathroom in her PJs
MILA walks out with her outside clothes on
MILA Makes her toast, eats it,
TRACKING SHOT OF MILA WALKING OUT OF KITCHEN
LONG SHOT OF DOOR
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)
Tracking shot of Mila walking into the living room.
A ready-made bowl of pasta waits for her on the table and the
television is already switched on. Mila walks into the living
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.
CLOSE UP OF FORK HITTING GROUND FROM BESIDE IT ON THE FLOOR
BIRD’S EYE VIEW/HIGH ANGLE OF FORK DROP TO GROUND
TRACKING SHOT OF MILA TO KITCHEN
CLOSE UP OF MILA’S HANDS

5. 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.
WIDE SHOT OF HER STANDING IN FRONT OF THE SOFA
CLOSE UP OF TV, NEWSREPORTER TALKING
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.
PANNING TO TV
ZOOMS INTO CCTV FOOTAGE
10. CCTV footage of a girl stabbing a body ruthlessly.
DISSOLVE IN
FLASHBACK
CAMERA PANS TO MILAS FACE
CLOSE UP OF MILA’S FACE FROM ALL ANGLES
11. MILA gradually realises that she is the person running on
screen.
CLOSE UP OF HER EYES SHOOTING WIDE OPEN
CLOSE UP OF THE PILLS DROPPING ON THE FLOOR IN SLOW MOTION
BACK TO CLOSE UP OF THE TV, NEW CCTV FOOTAGE OF GIRL RUNNING
DISSOLVE
THE FOOTAGE IS NORMAL, MILA IS THE ONE RUNNING AND PANTING
FADE OUT TO BLACK
FLATLINE SOUND
FADE IN, EXTREME CLOSE UP OF MILA
MILA Begins to smirk.
FADE TO BLACK

6. CREDITS ROLL
The End.