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PRODUCTION SCRIPT
Working Title : The Door Page: 1
W/S – Door in a dark room slightly opened,
letting in sliver of light through gap.
M/S – Computer in the same dark room,
white screen lighting up the room slightly,
camera zooming in slowly.
C/U – Alarm clock in a bedroom going off, [ Alarm Going Off ]
camera focused on the clock with everything
else out of focus, clock reads ‘9 am’.
M/S – Camera looking at the back of a news- [ In recent news, hundreds of people have
paper, protagonist reading it ‘hiding’ behind, been disappearing over the pastfew days.
shot stays on the newspaper until the news - Officials still unsure what is casing this,
report in the background finishes. but it is thought that the revelation of… ]
M/S – Back of protagonist as he is putting on
his jacket, before opening the doorand
leaving the house.
W/S – Protagonist in the distance walking
down an empty street.
M/S – Right side of protagonist as he
continues to walk until he comes to a stop and
stands still, camera slowly pans until it is over
the shoulder of the protagonist.
Over Shoulder (O/S) – Right shoulder of
protagonist looking forward at the bodies on
the floor, another personapproaching the area
in the distance, and when they get close they
stop as well.
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C/U – Camera pointed at the face of the
bystander looking at the bodies, face on the
left of the screen.
C/U – Camera pointed at the face of the
protagonist, as he looks at the bystander.
O/S – Shoulder of protagonist, as we see the [ Sound Effects as Flashback Starts ]
bystander slowly fall to the ground, focus on
bystander.
M/S – Panning as audience sees the same
bystander gardening in one of the houses near
by.
W/S – Back to the door in the dark room, still
slightly opened as before.
M/S – From behind protagonist and his friend
sitting on a bench at the park, drinking
something.
M/S – Right side of protagonist capturing
both their faces as they laugh, followed by
focusing into friends’ face as he slowly
stops laughing and his face turns into a
concerned look.
M/S – From protagonist’s view, as he looks at
his friend who is now on the floor.
M/S – Camera looking up at protagonist with
sad look on his face trying to get help,
bystanders approaching the scene.
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M/S – Showing the bystander who is now on [ Sound Effects of Flashback Fade Out ]
the floor, like the other bodies.
C/U – Protagonist’s face, on the right of the
screen, followed by a short nod, and he walks
towards and past the camera.
[ A Few M/S and W/S of Protagonist [ …an item that many describe as a
Walking Down a Few More Empty Streets, computer in a dark room. It is still unclear
Accompanied by the Rest of the News what it could mean, but officials are
Report] looking into it. ]
W/S – (Dissolve to separate montage from [ Sigh ]
this shot) Front of the protagonist sitting on
the same bench, drinking water alone.
Another bystander walks up to the bench and
sits next to him and lets out a sigh.
M/S – Left of the stranger that sat down. [ So… You too huh. ]
The protagonist tilts his head slightly in the
direction of the stranger, and gives a slow
nod.
W/S – Front of the two as they sit there,
protagonist taking another sip, and they both
sit in silence for a few seconds.
M/S – Right of the protagonist, the stranger [ Well, think about it before you do it,
speaks and then stands up slowly. alright? It might not be too bad. ]
W/S – Stranger now standing, speaks and [ Perhaps we’ll meet again. I’ll be going
then walks off to the left. Protagonist is left now. ]
sitting and pondering life for a few seconds,
and after the short time he too gets up and
walks away, the oppositeway.
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W/S – Behind protagonist, walking back up
the street towards his house, now completely
empty, no bodies on the floor.
M/S – Left side of protagonist, as he turns
his head slightly, looking at where the
bodies used to be, camera following his head
as he turns his head whilst walking.
M/S – Front of protagonist, as he walks
towards the camera whilst the shotslowly
fades to white.
C/U to M/S – Camera zooms out of a white
screen, till it is far enough that we can see
the computer.
C/U – Protagonist’s face, sitting down and lit
up by the bright white light coming from the
screen, followed by camera panning to the
right revealing the doorbehind him.
M/S – From the doorlooking at the [ Creak of Door ]
protagonist sitting at the computer, as he
slowly turns his bodyto face the
camera/door, which creaks before cutting
back to the real world.
C/U – Alarm clock in a bedroom going off, [ Alarm Going Off ]
camera focused on the clock with everything
else out of focus, clock reads ‘9 am’.
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M/S – Camera pointed at protagonist [ In recent news, hundreds of people have
sitting at the same kitchen table, this time been disappearing over the past few days.
drawing something, whilst the same old Officials still unsure what is causing this,
news report is heard in the back, but during but it is thought that the revelation of…]
the last sentence of the news story there’s a [ Distant Knock ]
knock on the door, which makes the
protagonist lift his head.
C/U – Tilted, above protagonist, looking
down at the drawing whilst he stands up and
walks away from the shot, revealing the
drawing is of the doorin the black room.
O/S – As main protagonist is opening the [ How’s it going! I’m Gabriel. ]
door, which he takes a breather before doing
so, and when he opens a man is outside and
begins speaking.
O/S – Of Gabriel, as he continues to speak. [ I see you choseto stay behind huh? ]
C/U – Protagonist with a kind of [ I’m gathering a small group of people
disinterested look, listening to the Gabriel who choseto stay too, want to come
speak. along? ]
O/S – Of main protagonist again as the two [ You won’t be losing anything. ]
stand there in silence for a second, before the
Gabriel finishes.
W/S – Behind the two walking down the [ You know, usually when I find people
deserted street. who chosenot to go they are usually
pondering life or grieving. You don’t
seem to be doing either. ]
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M/S – Left side of protagonist, as Gabriel [ Or maybe I’m wrong. ]
turns his head slightly and takes a look at
him for a second, then looking forward and
speaking again.
W/S – Back to this shot as they continue to
walk down the empty street.
M/S – (After Dissolve) The two finally get to
their destination, but the protagonist
stops to take a look.
W/S – From protagonist’s perspective,
looking at the people gathered in the distance
talking and enjoying themselves.
M/S – In front of Gabriel who is slightly [ Whatever you’ve gone through, we’ve
ahead but stops when he realizes the halt, all seen it happen. ]
takes a look at the floor, slightly turns his
head and speaks.
M/S – Gabriel speaking over a shot of the [ We all knew it was going to end
doorin the dark room, which is slightly more somehow, and it looks like this is it. ]
opened than last time.
M/S to C/U – Camera zooming into [ The only difference is you can chooseto
computer while Gabriel continues to speak. wait for your time, or leave whenever you
feel like it. ]
C/U – Of protagonist’s face, on the right of [ So. What will it be? ]
the screen, still looking ahead and thinking
of an answer, followed by Gabriel finishing
by asking a question.
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O/S – Of protagonist with Gabriel in view [ We’ll get to the dooreventually. So
looking back at him, and says one last thing. what’s the hurry? ]
C/U – Of protagonist’s face once again,
as he looks down and takes a deep breath,
and it quickly fades to the next shot.
C/U – Right side of protagonist looking
towards the computer for a few seconds.
C/U – Left side of protagonist looking
towards the doorfor a few seconds.
C/U – Of protagonist who is looking down,
and the camera slowly zooms out to a fade
to black, symbolizing the end of the short
film.
[ Credits ]
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