shooting script

1. Shot camera/action characters location duration audio
1 Low angle Long
shot of dark
narrow hallway
none hallway 00:04 Sinister phone vibration
2 Close up of an
iPhone ringing on
bedside table.
Mum is calling.
none bedroom 00:04 Phone vibration.
3 Close up of girl
moving towards
phone. Camera
follows slightly
behind her
shoulder.
Girl bedroom 00:04 Phone vibration.
4 Close up - hand
moves slowly
towards the
phone (still
ringing) on the
table. She picks up
phone.
Girl bedroom 00:03 Phone vibration.
5 Girl sitting on bed
on facetime. She is
on the right of the
scene, showing
large windows
(dark outside)
behind and to her
right.
Girl bedroom 00:10 Dialogue of daughter and
mum. Mum says that she
will be home in the
morning (establish that the
girl will be home alone)
they say goodnight. Girl
sounds
young/innocent/vulnerable.
6 Phone screen
showing mum on
facetime with girl.
Girl, Mum bedroom 00:06 Same
7 Cut to close up to
the front camera
showing the girls
face. We notice a
small movement
behind her
(maybe a
reflection in the
window) but she
doesn’t notice.
Girl, Mum Bedroom Same
8 Side profile
looking at the
right side of the
girl’s face (which is
on the left of the
screen). Empty
Girl bedroom 00:06 House noises. We notice
how quiet the house is and
alone she is.

2. space on the right
– quickly zoom out
to show empty
space. Girl puts
the phone down -
looks slightly
uneasy but fine.
9
(option
a)
Camera behind
the shoulder of
the girl. TV can be
seen in to the left
in front of the girl
(she is facing the
TV)
Girl bedroom 00:04 Audience laughter from the
sitcom that has just come
on, on the TV.
9
(option
b)
Camera outside
the bedroom door
looking in at the
girl (who has her
back to us) she is
looking at the TV
which can be seen
behind her. Slight
Dutch angle. We
can also see
another door
which is closed to
the left of the
open bedroom
door.
Girl Hallway,
looking
into the
bedroom
00:04 Distance audience laughter
from the TV.
9
(option
c)
Wide shot of the
whole of the
windows from
outside. We see
the girl through
the window
turning on the TV.
She is facing the
right side of the
scene.
Girl Outside
of the
window
00:04
10 Girl walks out
from the bedroom
into the
bathroom. Camera
pans, following
her. When she
goes into the
bathroom the
camera stays
there, lingering on
the empty space
Girl Hallway 00:08 Audience laughter

3. after the girl has
left.
11 Close up of the girl
in the bathroom
mirror. Mirror on
the left of the
scene and a
window is to the
right but
unfocused and in
the background.
Girl Bathroom 00:04
12 Close up of her
eyes as she
removes contact
lenses – once she
removes her
contact lenses, the
camera loses focus
(showing that her
vision in blurred
now).
Relatively dark
lighting. The
camera stays still
on the mirror and
we see the girl (in
the reflection)
turn around and
walk out of the
bathroom and into
her bedroom –
still out of focus.
Girl Bathroom 00:10
13
(option
a)
Girl walks back
into her bedroom.
Close up of her
face. Camera
moves backwards
as she walks
forward towards
the camera.
Follow her from
the bathroom
until she gets to
the curtains
Girl Bedroom 00:04 Rain on the windows
13
(option
b)
POV of the girl
walking into her
bedroom from the
bathroom. Camera
out of focus to
show that her

4. vision is blurred
after taking her
contact lenses out.
14 Girl draws the
curtains and
doesn’t see the
reflection of a
masked face in the
window. Long shot
(slight low shot)
from behind the
girl.
Girl, Killer Bedroom 00:03 High-pitched background
noise.
Audience laughter.
15 Low medium shot
of girl drawing
curtains from
behind her.
Girl Bedroom
16
(maybe)
0.5 shot of the
girl’s face as she is
drawing the
curtains. Front
perspective of the
last shot.
Girl Bedroom Scary noises
17 Outside of the
house. Other side
of the bedroom
window. Curtains
drawn – we see
what is happening
through
silhouettes.
Camera zooms out
while moving
downwards
towards the road
(turning into the
POV of an
onlooker on the
street). We see
silhouette of the
girl being stabbed
by the masked
killer.
Girl, Killer Outside 00:15 Audience laughter.