Step outline for film opening of Case 39.

Genre: Supernatural Psychological Horror.

Description of
Timings
Mise-en-scene
action
Fades downwards
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Paramount
from black to the
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Pictures Ident.
ident for the company
Paramount Pictures.

Sound
Similar sound to
wind playing.
Non-diegetic
sound of crickets
towards end.
Sound bridge.
Increasing
volume of
diegetic sound of
wind and
crickets.
Creaking of
stairs. Diegetic.

Ident fades to black,

straight cut to old
house at night. Lights
in windows turn off at
the end of the scene.

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House on side
of road at night,
trees
surrounding.

Straight cut to close

up of two sets of feet
walking upstairs.

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Stairs, and
shoes.

Straight cut to black,

door opens letting in
light as a mans head
reveals itself through
a close up looking in.

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Darkness

Door opening,
and sinister
building sound.

Straight cut to light

shining on girl in bed
causing her to wakeup.
Straight cut to girl
lifting up her head and
speaking.
Straight cut to parents
who look intense and
quickly shut the door.
Ends on black.

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Bed/duvet/pillo
w, teddy bear.
Key light used.

Continuation of
sinister music.

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Key light on
face. Duvet.

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Door.

Camerawo
rk

Editing
Fades down from
black.

Long Shot
and towards
the end
begins to
zoom.

Ident fades.
Straight cut from
black.

Close-up of
two sets of
feet walking
upstairs.
Close up
reveals half
a mans face
looking
through
door.
High angle
shot.

Straight cut.

Intense music
and dialogue.

Close-up

Straight cut.

Slamming of
door.

Mid-shot

Straight cut.

Straight cut.

Straight cut.

Typography

Straight cut to closeup of tattoo on back

of mans neck and
pans towards window.
Straight cut to closeup of hand picking up
a pen off the floor.
Follows from previous
frame, woman has
picked up pen and
then proceeds to have
a conversation with
man sitting directly
opposite her.
Straight cut to long
shot of woman sitting
across a table from a
family, consisting of a
mum, dad and son.
Straight cut to Shot
Reverse Shot of father
and woman having a
conversation. Within
this close-up of son
looking shameful.
Straight cut to
panning down from
mother to son.

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Blinds, boxes
and tattoo.

Ambience sound
and dialogue.

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Pen and wheel

of a chair.

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Blinds, lamp
and extras
walking past.

Diegetic sound
of picking up the
pen.
Ambience sound
and dialogue.
Ringing of
phone, and
background
chatter.

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Book, pen,
blinds and
background
extras.

Sound bridge of
dialogue and
ambience sound.

Long shot.

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Lamps door and

blinds.
Background
extras.

Dialogue and
ambience sound.

Close-ups.

Straight cut. Shot

Reverse Shot.

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Lamp and table. Dialogue and

ambience sound.

Straight cut.

Straight cut to Shot

Reverse Shot of father
and woman having a
conversation. Within
this close-up of son.

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Lamps door and

blinds.

Close-up of
mother and
then pans
down to
close-up of
son.
Close-ups.

Dialogue and
ambience sound.

Close-up,
and
panning.
Focus pull.
Close-up.

Straight cut.

Mid shots.

Match on action.
Close-up of her
bending down to
get a pen and
then sitting back
up. Shot Reverse
Shot.
Straight cut.

Straight cut.

Straight cut and

Shot Reverse
Shot.

Opening of same file

to different pages
speedily.

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Files,
photographs
and paper clips
on desk.

Straight cut to woman

on phone with shelf of
files behind her.

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Phone and files

on a shelf.

Straight cut to front

view of woman on
phone.

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Straight cut to high

angle shot to woman
standing up on phone
inside her office
cubicle.
Straight cut to woman
thumbing through
files.

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Jacket,
photographs
and wall
calendar.
Desk and lots of
office
equipment/sup
plies, chair and
computer.
Files.

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Phone ringing,
office noise and
dialogue.
Diegetic
slamming of
book on table
and phone reply.
Sound bridge of
dialogue and
diegetic sound.

Extreme
close-ups.

Straight cut to a
repeat of three
separate shots.

Extreme
close-up.
Narrow
depth of
field.
Mid-shot.

Straight cut.

Sound bridge of
dialogue and
office noise

High angle
shot taken
from
behind.

Straight cut.

Sound bridge of
dialogue.

Close-up of
files.

Straight cut.

Sound bridge of
dialogue, office
noise.

Straight cut.