New script.
Starts in the forest on a Friday night
and it’s dark and creepy
Girl is screaming and running away
from something. She is panting heavily and running as fast as she can. Someone
is running after her. *Use of shaky chase cam and long
shots * whilst she is running she suddenly has
Flash back
cut to school scene. *Use editing technique to
convey it’s a flash back such as cloudy filter to indicate the past
Flash back takes place in one of the
school wings talking to her best friend lily about how she is meeting up with
this guy tonight for a date but lily comes across as sceptical.
*Camera
is angled so you can see lily, Emily and ex
in the same scene
Emily: I can’t
wait to meet him tonight
Lily: Emily
don’t you think you’re moving on a little fast after your last breakup with
Ryan? I mean I guess that doesn’t matter but have you actually met this guy
before?
Emily: No
lily, but he seems really nice and I’ve been talking to him for a while now.
You can’t stop me, anyways I promised him I’ll meet so I’m going either way.
Lily: At least
tell me where you are meeting him, call me if you need to tonight ok?
Emily: Ok, and
near the bit of woods where me and you used to hang out.
Behind them
is the girl’s obsessive ex. He overhears
the conversation and scrunches his face in anger. (Close up of his eyes and then cut to a close
up of his fist clenching. He is wearing a distinct ring)
END
OF FLASHBACK
Still outside we see her stop and hide
behind a tree, she is panting heavily and then everything goes quiet. Just as
she is about to turn around we see a hand cover her mouth and she screams. Her
phone drops on the floor and the camera slowly pans down to the phone on the ground
as screaming and struggling is heard off cam. Camera zooms in to her phone to
see the time and date (when editing: add in title sequence with some creepy
background music). Time stamp: Friday 5th Jan 9:36pm
The next scene is then a flash forward to the next school day (MONDAY) at
the school. There are a group of teenagers quietly discussing something in the
corner of the canteen.
Lily: I
haven’t seen her since Friday afternoon when I dropped her off at home I told
her not to go out and meet this random guy, god I hope she's fine.
Josh: Has
anyone heard from her since then?
Ryan: No. She
should learn to turn on her phone. (Creepily) I’m sure she’s fine. She's ran
away from home before so it’s probably nothing to worry about.
Josh: I don't
know Ryan I got a bad feeling about this... Why else would the principle ask us
to wait in the canteen?
They all
look at each other, confused and concerned.
(Detective
Atkinson walks through the canteen up towards the teenagers in the corner)
Atkinson: Hello,
I’m Detective Atkinson, I’m working on a new case. I've been informed by the
principle that you all knew Emily quite well. I need to speak to you all in
private so please can you follow me.
(They all
follow the detective to the room together)
Atkinson: Ok
its important you tell me where Emily could have been last located, her mental
state and anything else that you may think is important
*Over
shoulder shot of detective whilst with other 3 in view
*Extreme
close up on Ryan’s eyes as they look down (shot lasting around 2 seconds)
Josh: No clue,
last time I saw her was at school.
Ryan: Last
time I spoke to her she seemed relatively okay, although this is probably just
one of her stupid running away phases again. She has a habit of running away from
her problems...
Lily: She was
meeting some guy from what she told me, I told her it was a stupid idea
considering it was her first time meeting him.
Atkinson:
Where was she meeting him? We need to go back there.
Lily: She said
she was meeting him near a small patch of woods. We used to hang out there a
lot so I know where it is.
Atkinson: It’s
imperative we go to her last known location as soon as possible.
I'll have my
two best personal detectives go with you as soon as possible. I need to stay here
and fill in the paperwork and I'll talk to the principle about allowing you a
day off...
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