Script For Opening Sequence

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FADE IN: EXT. SCENE 1 - AFTERNOON ESTABLISHING SHOT OF PATHWAY BETWEEN TWO LINES OF TREES In forest location.

Backing track played over. Forest appears overgrown, remote, empty. HIGH ANGLE OF TREES Branches tangled together setting uncomfortable atmosphere ESTABLISHING SHOT OF TREES Victim introduced walking through woods on phone TRACKING SHOT MOVING SUBJECT Camera positioned through two tree trunks tracking movement of victim on their phone. No diegetic sound, backing track picks up CLOSE UP FEET Close up of Victims feet. Camera half submerged in leaves. Diegetic sound of leaves crunching on top of backing track OBSTRUCTED SHOT Breaking 180 degree rule. shot between branches of tree. slight camera shake. Camera in focus of branches then focused on victim. character stops still engaged in phone conversation MS OF VICTIM PROFILE Character engages eye contact with subject off frame VICTIM DROPS PHONE CU still of phone released from hand falling past legs. cut to shot of phone falling past shin and feet landing on floor pause for second. silence. diegetic sound wind blowing
VICTIM (shocked tone) What are you doing here?

OVER SHOULDER SHOT OF MURDERER Murderers head/face not caught in shot. Victim in left third of shot concerned expression upon face. Arm revealing numbered code. Non diegetic sound picks up dramatically EXT. POLICE STATION - DAY POLICE CAR DRIVES ALONG ROAD Moving subject still. diegetic sound police siren. ESTABLISHING SHOT POLICE STATION Shot of building from profile then low angled shots and CU of police sign to follow. Non diegetic backing track change with scene INT. POLICE OFFICE - DAY CLOSE UP PROPS IN POLICE OFFICE Quick edited sequence of shots each 1 sec long LA CU of pen click on paper HA CU still of person typing on keyboard. Diegetic sound of keys taping CU still of computer screen. police report on screen CU Pan across flicking paper in book CU still telephone ringing. Diegetic sound of phone ringing CU still finger print sheet CU still Police stamp on paper. Diegetic sound of stamp Scene ends with CU of cell door slamming. Non diegetic sound stops, diegetic sound of slammed door EXT. MURDERER SCENE - MOMENTS LATER TILTED FRAME OF VICTIMS BODY Non diegetic sound develops in to long stringed music. Camera in focus on phone in foreground of shot. Next brought in to focus of body in background. Tilted frame movement

still. 4 second shot. victims eyes closed face sub buried in leaves. Camera angle low

MURDERER WALKS AWAY MS profile camera still. Body in background. Murderer walks towards camera, holding necklace in right hand
CUT TO EXT: ESTABLISHING SHOT

MOA CRIME ANALYSIS TEAM

Match on action shot of crime analysis team member pulling police tape across clearing tying on to tree MURDERER INVESTIGATION

HA of victim. Crime analysist in right hand corner of frame photographing scene. Strong flash. Crime scene tape in left hand corner. Shot in black and white

CLOSE UP OF VICTIM CU LA of victims face emphasising wounds. face half submerged in leaves

FADE OUT.

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