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INT inside house in front of door NIGHT 3.0 Secs

Shot Description= Anna runs through the door and slams it shut before pressing her back against it and sounding out of breath
before slowly walking away and stops to stare at the door while looking scared
Very slow camera zoom from a medium close up shot to a Close up placed parallel to the door facing Anna until she moves away
from the door when the camera pans to follow Anna slowly
Figure Movement= Anna only moves through the door, slams it shut and rests her back against it before walking away from the
door
Sound = No speech apart from sighing ,no music
Editing=Straight cut to next shot

INT hallway of Anna’s house at NIGHT 4.0 secs

Shot Description= Anna turns and walks away from the door and into another room, a dark figure walks behind the window and
stares through the door. Camera zooms from medium long shot too medium close up slowly showing the dark figure in centre
frame gradually getting more and more dominant within the frame
Figure Movement= Anna turns and walks away from the door and after she is out of shot the dark figure walks behind the door
and stops and stares through it, not moving from that position
Sound= No Speech. Music gradually gets louder and louder and louder as the camera zooms in (music is low pitch plucking noise)
Editing= Straight cut from previous shot

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INT inside front room of house NIGHT 1.5 Secs

Shot Description= Anna walks into her front room and walks towards a chair, the front room is dark and the lights are off
until she turn the light on before walking to the chair. High angle shot looking down on Anna but not too high while the
camera tracks her around the room
Figure Movement= Anna walks through a door, flips a switch and walks towards a chair
Sound= No speech. No non diegetic. Only hear switch clicking when Anna uses it and the footsteps when she walks to the
chair
Editing= straight cut from previous shot
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INT inside front room showing chair Anna will sit on at NIGHT 7.0 Secs
Shot Description= Anna sits in chair and looks up after she sighs then speaks under her breath, the rest of the front room is visible
behind Anna and is really dark, when a scratching noise can be heard, Anna sits up quickly. No movement from medium shot at a
low angle look at Anna.
Figure Movement= Anna sits down and looks up after sighing and sits up really quickly when she hears the scratching noise
Sound= Anna says very quietly under her breath as she sighs “I can’t do this anymore”. No non-diegetic. The sound of footsteps
and the noise of her sitting down can be heard before she talks when all other noise stops before a slight scratching noise can be
heard after silence which follows Anna talking
Editing= Straight cut after previous shot
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INT inside front room NIGHT but with lights on 1.5 secs
Shot Description= Anna sits up quickly and looks around the room, the scratching continues. Anna sits up suddenly when she
hears the scratching
Figure Movement= Anna sits up suddenly when she hears the scratching
Sound= no speech. no non diegetic. scratching noise with shorter and shorter pauses becoming louder and louder

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INT inside front room NIGHT but with lights on 3.0
Shot Description= looking at door into hallway with the door centre frame and camera slowly zooms in from medium long shot
to medium shot. no camera movement only zoom
Figure Movement= no figures in shot
Sound= no speech. no non diegetic. scratching noise becoming faster and louder

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Editing= straight cut from previous shot 3.0 Secs

Shot Description= medium long shot showing Anna sat in the chair (exactly 180 degrees from previous shot) very slowly
zooming in from medium long shot to medium shot. no camera movement apart from zoom
Figure Movement= Anna tenses up and sits further forward
Editing= straight cut – shot reverse shot - from previous shot
Sound= no speech.no non diegetic. scratching becomes louder and faster

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INT front room at NIGHT but artificial lights are on 2.0 Secs
Shot Description= high angle medium shot of Anna standing up out of the chair and walking to the doorway camera
tracks her along the room. camera pans and tracks to follow Anna
Figure Movement= Anna stands up out of the chair slowly and starts to cautiously walk towards the door
Sound = no speech but Anna can be heard breathing heavily. no non diegetic. scratching continues and Anna footsteps
can be heard

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INT hallway at NIGHT with only the light coming in from the front room lighting the shot 6.0 Secs
Shot Description= high angle medium close up of Anna as she speaks and the camera rotates to a low angle shot
looking up the stairs. Camera looks at Anna but pans and tilts up to look up the stairs
Figure Movement= Anna walks to the bottom of the stairs and grabs the banister before she speaks
Sound =Anna says “hello” very reluctantly with shock and fear heard in her voice. no non diegetic. when Anna speaks
the scratching suddenly stops

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INT hallway at NIGHT with artificial light from front room lighting up the shot 3.5 Secs
Shot Description= high angle shot at the top of the stairs looking down at Anna as she climbs them. no camera
movement
Figure Movement= Anna slowly climbs the stairs
Sound = no speech . no non diegetic. creaking of the stairs is the only sound that can be heard

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INT stairs at NIGHT with very little artificial light 3.0 Secs

Shot Description= low angle shot dollying up the stairs and tracks around the banister to look at all the rooms which are
dark with not much visible in the rooms, each room fills up half the page. Camera dolly’s up the stairs and rotates round
the corner to look at all the rooms in a medium shot
Figure Movement= no figure in shot
Sound= no speech. no non diegetic. creaking of the stairs is the only sound that can be heard

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INT upstairs landing at NIGHT with no light until Anna turns it on 3.5 Secs

Shot Description= Anna reaches the top of the stairs which is shown in a medium shot of the upstairs landing and then
walks towards to a room doorway in which the room is visible in shot. camera tracks Anna as she walks towards the
room
Figure Movement= Anna walks slowly up the stairs turns the light on and walks towards one of the rooms stopping at
the door way
Sound= no speech. no non diegetic. sound of Anna breathing and her footsteps can be heard but the shot is mainly
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INT upstairs landing at NIGHT with artificial lighting shining into the rooms 4.0 Secs

Shot Description= Over the shoulder shot of Anna looking into one of the rooms which is dark, the camera zooms in to
show the room is empty but the window is open (this is only hinted, not focused one as Anna doesn’t notice) camera
zooms in to show the room is empty
Figure Movement= no figure movement
Sound =no speech. no non diegetic. the sounds of the street can be heard as one of the windows is open

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INT bedroom 2 at NIGHT with only the light from the landing shining in 2.0 Secs

Shot Description= long shot from inside the bedroom looking at Anna with the light behind her, the room is clearly
empty. no camera movement
Figure Movement= Anna moves into shot inside the doorway
Sound =no speech. no non diegetic. Same as previous shot

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INT Bedroom 2 at NIGHT with artificial light behind her 4.0 Secs

Shot Description= medium shot showing Anna in the doorway with the dark room taking up 2 thirds of the shot and the
door taking up 1, when a noise is heard from downstairs the camera zooms in slightly. camera zooms in slightly when a
noise is heard
Figure Movement= Anna stands in the doorway, when a noise is heard from downstairs Anna turns her head quickly to
look over her shoulder and at the stairs
Sound= no speech. no non diegetic sound. Loud bang from downstairs
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INT upstairs landing at NIGHT with artificial light 3.0 Secs

Shot Description= Medium shot of the stairs as the shot slowly zooms in as someone is heard walking towards the
stairs. Camera slowly zooms in
Figure Movement= No figure in shot
Sound = no speech. no non diegetic sound. footsteps are heard getting louder and louder, nothing else is heard

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INT upstairs landing at night but with artificial light 2.0 Secs

Shot Description= Anna is shown in a medium close up as she slowly backs into the room, the doorway is centre frame.
no camera movement. Anna puts her hand on the light switch and turns the light of as she walks backwards into the
room
Figure Movement= Anna slowly shuffles backwards into the bedroom
Sound= No speech. High pitched string instruments music (high volume) .The footsteps get louder

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INT bedroom 2 at NIGHT with very little light shining in from the landing 4.0 Secs

Shot Description= Camera tracks Anna as she franticly runs around the room looking for somewhere to hide, staying in
medium close up. Camera tracks and dolly's at high speed to keep up with Anna
Figure Movement= Anna frantically runs around the room, breathing heavily
Sound = no speech. High pitched violins as music. The sound of footsteps is getting louder and Anna’s heavy breathing
can be heard

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INT bedroom 2 at NIGHT with little lighting up the left of the cupboard 2.0 Secs

Shot Description= medium shot of cupboard as Anna opens the door and gets in. No camera movement
Figure Movement= Anna pulls the door open frantically and gets in shutting it behind her but leaving it open a little
Sound = no speech. music fades out. footsteps are getting louder as they come up the stairs and the creaking of the
stairs can be heard

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INT cupboard at NIGHT with only a line of coming through the crack in the door 3.0 Secs

Shot Description= low angle close up of Anna inside the cupboard looking out
Camera Movement= no camera movement
Figure Movement= Anna fidgets and looks out the cupboard
Sound= no speech. no non diegetic noise. creaking of the stairs get louder and louder

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INT cupboard looking out the crack at NIGHT with the landing lit by artificial light 5.0 Secs

Shot Description= POV shot looking out the crack in the door at the stairs. no camera movement
Figure Movement= dark figure walks up the stairs
Sound= heavy breathing can be heard from Anna. no non diegetic. creaking of the stairs can be heard

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INT cupboard at NIGHT with light shining through the crack 4.0 Secs

Shot Description= Anna in close up low angle shot crouching down and covering her mouth. no camera movement
Figure Movement= Anna crouches down in the cupboard and covers her mouth to stop herself from screaming
Sound= Slight squealing from Anna but the sound is smothered. No non diegetic. The sound of the mysterious figure
walk up the stairs and into the other room

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INT cupboard at night looking into the landing through bedroom 2, the landing is light up 3.0 Secs

Shot Description= Anna looks through the cupboard at the landing through a medium POV shot. no camera movement
Figure Movement= no figure in shot
Sound= no speech. no non diegetic. sounds of banging and rustling in the next room as the dark figure looks round it

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INT cupboard at NIGHT with a little line of light shining on Anna through a crack 3.5 Secs

Shot Description= low angle close up of Anna looking out the cupboard. no camera movement
Figure Movement= Anna looks out the cupboard and takes a deep breathe before she decides to make a run for it
Sound= no speech. no non diegetic. Anna’s heavy breathing can be heard and she looks like she is trying to brave up
before running out the cupboard

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INT bedroom 2, upstairs landing, stairs at NIGHT, only the landing is lit up 5.0 Secs

Shot Description= camera placed at long shot showing Anna run out the cupboard and towards the foreground and
down the stairs, the camera tracks her then tilts up to look at the dark figure in the other room staring at her
Figure Movement= Anna runs out of the cupboard frantically and the dark figure just stares at her she runs past
Sound= Anna is heard swearing as eh runs down the stairs. violins scream as she runs out of the cupboard and get really
loud and high pitched as the dark figure is shown. Anna is heard running down the stairs but other than that there is no
diegetic sound
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INT hallway, front room and kitchen 20.0 Secs
Shot Description= camera tracks Anna a she runs down the stairs and runs round the house looking for keys, then when she drops them, the camera tilts up to show the ceiling tilts down
and pans right to show the room behind Anna in a close up of her with her in the left third of the shot. When Anna opens the door the camera dolly’s back to show her running out the
garden and slowly stops to show the figure stood at the door
Figure Movement= Anna runs down the stairs and sees the keys in the door are gone, she runs though the front room and into the kitchen to look for keys, she finds them, tries to open
the back door and drops the keys. A loud aggressive scream is heard from upstairs and she hears someone coming down the stairs, she pick the keys back up and open the door. When she
opens the door the mysterious figure bursts through the door behind her and starts running at her. Anna runs out the door and into the garden
Sound= Anna says, “come on” a lot when she is trying to open the door and the scream her after she drops the keys is very loud and aggressive. High pitched violins are played when she is
running round the rooms but when she drops the keys the music stops and the whole scene is silent until the loud scream and a short pause. After this a loud banging on a piano is heard.
When Anna runs out the door and the camera focuses on the figure, a low pitch drone is heard. The noise of the keys hitting the floor is very loud and Anna’s footsteps are loud too, so
are the footsteps of the figure coming down the stairs. Also the noise of the figure bursting through the door is very loud

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