Thriller Script

1. “FULL HOUSE”
By
Piers Montgomery, Joe Crawshay, Tom Walaski and Harry
Alderson
Sandy Lane,
Reeds School,
Cobham,
piersmontgomerymedia@gmail.com,

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CIGAR SCENE
Someone lights up a cigar, with him starting to smoke it
and blowing smoke towards the camera.
CLOSE UP SHOT OF FACE/CIGAR/LIGHT
This will show the old school nature of the film and
express the characters emotion and seriousness while
lighting the cigar
BAR/BOTTLE SCENE
The camera pans showing bottles close up and the
poker players out of focus in the distance. This
shot then tracks across behind a dark bartender
figure and onto his other side where you see the two
glasses of whiskey finishing being poured
TRACKING SHOT
The tracking shot keeps the tension of the scene not
revealing the characters involved while leading onto
the next shot nicely. It also sets the scene of
being in a bar/casino environment.
WAITRESS CARRYING WHISKEY SCENE
The camera tracks the waitress who has picked up the
whiskey glasses originally poured. It will then
follow her as she walks to put down the glasses
down. Switching to her front half way through.
TRACKING, SHOT/REVERSE SHOT
This shot will show off the wealth of the people
playing the poker game as well as keeping the
ambiguity of the scene as the shots don’t give
enough away but still sparks interest as well as
using the girls assets to attract the male viewers.
PUTTING THE GLASSES DOWN
The girl will put the whiskey glasses down in their
correct places and walk away out of shot. Then a
hand hold one of them and swirls it around.

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MEDIUM CLOSE UP
This shot again keeps the ambiguity of the scene
only showing bits of the main characters playing
poker keeping the sense of suspense.
CUTTING OF CARDS
The dealer will cut the cards a few times and start
to turn over cards into the middle.
Flashback: There will be a brief shot of a body crumbling
to the floor in a dark room and a gun shot echoing due to
the effect of the flashback but will be a very brief
cutaway.
This will spark the audiences interest and hint at signs of
a past history between the two main characters.
Continues to place the cards.
CLOSE UP SHOT
This shot and flashback will start to hint at more
of the backstory keeping the suspense but raising
new questions. As well as using another convention
of a typical crime thriller
THE PLACING/THROWING OF CHIPS INTO THE MIDDLE
Both characters will put there chips into the
middle. One character will throw there chips into
the middle and the other will slide them into the
middle.
Dialogue
SHOT/REVERSE SHOT, OVER THE SHOULDER BACKGROUND OUT
OF FOCUS
This shot will show the first bit of dialogue that
isn’t illegible. The dialogue will hint at the
reason why they are playing due to the emotion in
the voices. One will be calm and collect and the
other angry
STARE OUT (TWO)(EYELINE)
This will be both the people in the same shot with

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background out of focus. One will down there drink.
Flashback: A car will pull into a drive way at night switch
of its lights and a man will get out. Again this will be
very brief and the sound of the door shutting will be
echoing.
This again will create a sense of history between the main
characters as well as start giving the idea of what the
film is about.
The other look at his watch.
Dialogue
TWO SHOT TO EYELINE MATCH
The scene will show the sourness between them and
the ultimate concentration and eeriness of the room
expressing the importance of this game. Making the
audience wonder about what the game is for.
THE REVEALING OF THE CARDS
Dialogue
The dealer will ask to reveal there cards. Each player will
throw there cards into the middle but the scene will snap
to black with writing on the screen saying three 8 years
before.
AERIAL SHOT OR TWO SHOT
This will be the ambiguous start of a film making
the audience want to watch the rest of the movie as
there are so many un answered questions. Especially
with the subtitles at the end.
THE END