Screenplay and Shot List For short thriller

Fade In:

INT. DINING ROOM – Night

On a cold winters night ANTON,  sits at the table smiling at something on his phone. Its a series of pictures of him and his friends, they seem to be having a great time.

EXT. NEXT TO ROAD – Night

KRYSTIAN crouches against a stone wall, right next to the gate of the garden he must infiltrate. He looks at his watch then crouches in front of the gate and peers over. After a short while he quickly hops over the gate and into the garden.Then he gets up confidently and starts walking towards the window, round the tree, cracking knuckles and doing a few stretches as he goes.

INT. DINING ROOM – Night

KRYSTIAN’S jump could be heard faintly which perks ANTON’S attention slightly. He looks up from his phone with a slightly confused look on his face. He gets up and looks out the window from behind him, it’s difficult to see outside. All he can see is a few metres in front of him. All the while the steps are dramatically getting louder. Finally ANTON recoils from window as he sees KRYSTIAN approaching. The scene ends in blank slate.

Shot list

Shot number Camera/ action Location Shot length audio
1 MLS Anton swiping through his phone Dining room 3 seconds Tapping on phone, fan hum Atmos music
2 CU Anton crouching Next to road 3 seconds Car driving past Atmos music
3 MS Anton turns phone off and puts it down Dining room 2 seconds Phone noises, fan hum Atmos music
4 CU Anton checks his watch Next to road 2 seconds Car driving past, watch ticking Atmos music
5 3 seconds Anton checks message Dining room 3 seconds Phone noises, ticking Atmos music
6 Establishing shot just of the area where Anton was Next to road 2 seconds Atmos music ticking
7 MS Anton puts head in hands Dining Room 2 seconds Atmos music Anton sighing
8 MLS Krystian jumping the gate from behind Next to the road <1 second Atmos music, Krystian’s footsteps ticking
9 MLS Krystian lands int the garden Garden <1 second Atmos music Krystian landing on gravel ticking
10 MS Anton lifts his head up and starts to get up Dining room 2 seconds Atmos music Ticking, heartbeat.
11 Krystian walks towards the house Garden 2 seconds Atmos music ticking, heartbeat, footsteps, torch clicking on
12-21 Quick alternating MS between Anton walking and looking through the window from inside and Following Krystian approaching from outside Dining room and garden Every shot <1 second Atmos music, ticking, heartbeat, footsteps.
22 MLS Anton recoils from the window in terror Dining room <1 second Gasp from Anton, Atmos music cuts out, ticking stops, no footsteps.
23 Blank slate N/A 1 second Fast heartbeat

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