1) The film opens in reverse chronology showing a female character experiencing increasing paranoia and delusions as she writes frantically in her journal about escaping confinement and hearing demonic voices. 2) It is revealed she has a man unconscious next to her, whom she speaks to in a childlike voice, before smiling and continuing to write in her journal. 3) The sequence ends by showing the woman writing calmly on the first page of her journal, now appearing refreshed in a bright room, before cutting to the title.

1. ANONYMOUS
Film Opening Sequence
by Rica Angelica Adarlo
Based on The Yellow Wallpaper
by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

2. FADE IN FROM BLACK
INT. A BEDROOM - DARK
Infrasound begins.
The film sequence opens in reverse chronology. The FEMALE
CHARACTER is sitting on the floor with her back facing the
audience. She rocks back and forth, we hear her inaudible
whispering.
The FEMALE CHARACTER is visibly shown twitching as she
tries to pick up a pencil, and her eyes look around the
room very frantically. Her head turns slightly to the right
and her eyes are shown looking down at something. She is
wearing a nightgown and has messy long hair.
CUT
The FEMALE CHARACTER, whose face is not revealed, crawls
over to her desk where her journal is, and sits on the
chair. The camera follows from behind her head and the
screen goes black. It fades in and out (to mimic blinking)
and we can see the blank page of her journal.
She begins writing “I’ve got out”, “You can’t put me back”
multiple times. Her journal entry starts off small and she
writes slowly. She gradually quickens the pace of her
writing, and the letters become bigger, and the writing
becomes messier. Audience can hear quick pencil scratches.
A voice over of creepy/demonic voices fade in.
DEMONIC VOICE (VO)
(inaudible words)
FEMALE CHARACTER
(answering voices)
Go away...stop...
Close-up shot finally reveals the FEMALE CHARACTER, and she
can be seen trying to cover her ears whilst writing in her
journal. The demonic voices gradually get louder.
CUT
POV shot of her writing in her journal. She is still
writing “I’ve got out”, ”You can’t put me back”. She is

3. smirking as she is writing.
FEMALE CHARACTER
(quietly)
I’ve got out...you can’t put me back. I’ve got out...you
can’t put me back.
The FEMALE CHARACTER’s pencil marks get deeper on the
page.
FEMALE CHARACTER
I’ve got out!
FEMALE CHARACTER hears shuffling behind her, looks back
quickly, then closes her journal hurriedly. The demonic
voices become very quiet - barely audible.
CUT TO BLACK SCREEN
INT. A BEDROOM - DARK
FEMALE CHARACTER grabs her journal and crawls back to the
floor where she sat in the beginning of the film. She looks
down to her right.
FEMALE CHARACTER
(child-like voice)
You’ll be ok young man...rest well dear
WILL
(groans quietly)
The camera zooms out and reveals WILL lying next to FEMALE
CHARACTER, unconscious. The FEMALE CHARACTER then giggles
to herself and crawls back to her chair. She looks back
quickly at WILL, smiling, and an over-the-shoulder shot is
used to show her flicking through her journal to the first
page.
CUT
The close-up is used to show her writing a new entry on the
first page of her journal. Her handwriting is neat and she
is writing calmly. The FEMALE CHARACTER is finally
revealed, but this time her appearance looks refreshed. The
room is also bright now. The camera moves swiftly from the
page and shows her face. She looks at the screen and it
cuts to the title.
END OF SCENE