This document contains a shooting script for a film with scenes that take place at Vincent's house. In scene 2, Vincent invites Abigail inside but makes her remove her shoes. In scene 4, Vincent startles Abigail by pretending to threaten her with a knife before offering her cake. In scene 6, Abigail discovers a corpse in Vincent's upstairs bathroom. She calls 999 for help while Vincent watches from another room. The script follows Abigail's disturbing interactions with Vincent in his home.

1. Scene 1 - INT VINCENT’S LIVING ROOM - DAY
Shot Number Shot Description
OPENING SEQUENCE - GALLERY/TV : (Pre Production)
1 CU - Vincent’s ringing phone. Vincent’s hand picks up the phone.
2 CU - Vincent’s face, side-on. He answers the phone.
3 ECU - Vincent’s smile - “Excellent”.
Scene 2 - EXT VINCENT’S FRONT DOOR - DAY
Shot Number Shot Description
4 MS - Vincent opens door. Abigail is behind door.
5 OSMS - Conversation between Vincent and Abigail begins.
6 POVMS - Continued Conversation
7 CU - Vincent speaking between door and door frame.
8 CU - Abigail on other side of door.
9 M2S - Vincent opens door and beckons Abigail inside.
10 MS - Abigail attempts to go inside. Vincent’s hand stops her.
11 M2S - Vincent points to Abigail’s feet. “Shoes off please”.
12 CU - Abigail’s shoes.
13 MS - Abigail looks up to find Vincent no longer in door frame. Door is
open.
14 MS - Abigail hears a glass breaking sound. She looks to the left.
15 MS - She enters the house.
Scene 3 - INT HALLWAY - DAY
Shot Number Shot Description
16 Tracking MS - Abigail begins pacing through the hallway. She
continues to look to the left/right, acknowledging the certificates
hung on the wall.
17 CU - Certificate of Arts and Sciences Contriubtion
18 CU - Platinum Diploma
19 CU - Certificate of Knighthood
20 CU - Certificate of Expositional Documentation
21 MS - Abigail reaching the edge of the hallway is stopped by the
sound of a ringing phone
22 CU - The phone goes to voicemail.
23 MS - Abigail listens to the message. She then heads into the kitchen.

2. Scene 4 - INT KITCHEN - DAY
Shot Number Shot Description
24 CU - We zoom out of the blank painting canvas
25 CU - Kettle boiling intensely
26 MS - The canvas. The back of Abigail head comes into frame
27 CU - Knife rack. A butcher knife is removed.
28 L2S - Close-up on Abigail’s face looking at the canvas, we pull focus
from Vincent brandishing the knife in his left hand.
29 OSS - Vincent holding the knife over Abigail’s back.
30 L2S - Abigail looks in the corner of her eye and swiftly turns
31 CU - Abigail’s eye widen with panic.
32 MS - Vincent Smiles holding in his other hand a plate of Battenberg
Cake. “Cake?”
33 MONTAGE CAKE SEQUENCE: (Pre Production)
Scene 5 - INT LIVING ROOM - DAY
Shot Number Shot Description
34 L2S - The two sit on a sofa, eating the cake.
35 TEA Montage 1 - (Pre Production)
36 CU - Pen clicking
37 ECU - Notebook being opened.
38 CU - Abigail’s head
39 CU - Vincent’s face
40 TEA Montage 2 - (Pre Production)
41 MS - Vincent Drinking tea
42 MS - Vincent Spitting Out Tea
43 MS - Vincent drinking tea (satisified)
44 Shot reverse Shot: - Vincent answering questions
45 Shot Reverse Shot: - Abigail Asking Questions
46 CU - Pen unclicking.
47 ECU - Notebook Closing
48 CU - Abigails Face.
49 L2S - Vincent stands to see to her to the door.
50 WS - Door frame.
51 CU - Abigail’s concerned face.

3. 52 MS - Vincent standing
53 MS - Abigail sitting
54 M2S - Abigail standing eye to eye with Vincent
55 2CU - Face to face.
Scene 5 - INT LIVING ROOM - DAY
Scene 6 - INT UPSTAIRS/ BATHROOM - DAY
Shot Number Shot Description
56 Montage - Toilet (Pre Production)
57 LS - Abigail exits bathroom
58 CU - Abgigail turns and walks past bathroom next door.
59 LA LS - Abigail begins walking down the stairs
60 WS - Bathroom door (Groan sound)
61 HA MS - Abigail turns to go back up the stairs.
62 WS - The Staircase
63 LS - Abigail opens the second bathroom door.
64 WS - The bathroom. Corpse is in bath tub.
65 CU - Corpse’s face.
66 LS - Abigail begins to pull the door shut
67 CU - Vincent’s hand slams against the door next to Abigail’s
hand
68 CU - Vincent’s face.
69 M2S - Vincent slides past her shoulder into the bath room.
70 ECU - Abigail’s static eye.
71 CU - Vincent dips the tea-cup into the bath tub
72 ECU - Vincent’s lips
73 MS - Abigail remains motionless, Vincent enters frame and
passes in front of her.
Scene 8 - KITCHEN - DAY
Shot Number Shot Description
74 CU - Blank Canvas
75 LS - Vincent pulls up chair next to canvas and sits on it.
76 ECU - Blood filled mug.
77 ECU - Vincent’s fingers trail through a paintbrush. Cleaning them.

4. 78 ECU - Vincent takes a sip of tea from another mug.
79 2S - CU on Vincent as he looks at the canvas, we pull focus to a long
shot of Abigail walking through the door frame.
80 CU - Vincent dips the paint brush in the blood filled mug and swirls it.
81 ECU - Vincent biting his lip.
82 CU - The kettle clicks off from boiling
83 ECU - The brush impacts the canvas and a drop slides off the brush.
84 MS - Abigail talking
85 2S - Vincent replies whilst painting
86 MS - Abigail talking
87 CU - The brush painting against the canvas.
88 ECU - Vincent’s spectacles.
89 CU - Clock ticking
90 CU - The brush painting against the canvas.
91 ECU - Abigail’s eye line
92 MS - The canvas
93 CU - The kettle steaming
94 CU - The Corpse’s face upstairs screaming
95 ECU - Vincent smacking his lips
96 CU - Abigail’s eyes widen
97 CU - Clock (persists ticking)
98 WS - The canvas has a circle around it.
99 MS - Vincent arises from the chair.
100 MS - Abigail stares at the canvas. The back of Vincent enters frame
and blocks her.
101 MS - Vincent passes her a phone. He exits right of shot
102 LS - Abigail, phone in hand stares at the canvas
103 ECU - The numbers 999 appear on the phone
104 CU - Abigail puts the phone to her ear.
105 LS - We listen to their conversation, in one continuous shot we pan
round her several times, each time passing the door frame we view
Vincent preparing something but blurred by pull focus.
106 CU - Abigail’s face ‘Please. We pan away to the canvas.
CUT TO SHOT FROM SEQUENCE 1
Scene 8 - KITCHEN - DAY