Final Shooting Script

FINAL SHOOTING SCRIPT

Written by Kia Yasmin Dacres – Lebrun & Briony Anne Dillon

 

1.  CLOSE UP OF THE BALLERINA BOX BEING WOUND UP BY MARIANNE FOLLOWED BY A ZOOM IN OF THE BODY OF THE BALLERINA.

 

2.  MARIANNE WALKS OVER TO HER BED CLUTCHING ONTO THE LETTER IN HER HAND, PALE FACED.
- Continuation of the ballerina box music.
- Background consists of her band posters and photos of ballerinas on her wall.

 

3.  SHE SITS ON HER BED STIFFLY, LOOKING AT THE LETTER WITH A DEEP SIGH. SHE OPENS THE LETTER.
- Ballerina box music quietens, original music begins.

 

4.  OVER THE SHOULDER SHOT OF MARIANNE HOLDING THE OPENED LETTER. BRIEF LOOK OF THE LETTER, WITH LARGE RED ‘X’’S OVER PHOTOS OF HERSELF.
- Music loudens and settles.
- TITLE: “Music By: Briony Anne Dillon & Kia Yasmin Dacres – Lebrun”

 

5.  EXTREME CLOSE UP OF THE LETTER. PHOTO’S OF MARIANNE AND OTHERS WITH LARGE RED ‘X’s SCRIBBLED OVER HER FACE SPECIFICALLY.
- TITLE: “Amy Rodrigues”

 

6.  EXTREME CLOSE OF MARIANNE’S GLARING, WATERY EYES.
- Voiceover of taunting whispers overlapping, her clustered thoughts.  

 

7.  CLOSE UP MARIANNE, THEN APPEARS ANDREA, HER “BULLY”, BESIDE HER.
- Andrea: “Remember me?”
- TITLE: “Wendy Kouassi”

 

8.  EXTREME CLOSE UP OF MARIANNE’S MOUTH, SCREAMING. ZOOMS INTO HER MOUTH, FADING INTO BLACKOUT TO THE NEXT SHOT.

 

9.  LONG SHOT OF MARIANNE ON HER BED, LOOKING AROUND FRANTICALLY, BREATHING HEAVILY.

 

10.         BIRDSEYE VIEW OF MARIANNE RUNNING OFF HER BED.
- TITLE: “P.S Be Careful” blood-splattered on her bed.

 

11.         LONG SHOT OF MARIANNE RUNNING TO HER DRAW, WITH HEAVY FOOTSTEPS.

 

12.         BIRDSEYE VIEW OF HER OPENING HER DRAW, TAKING OUT HER MEDICATION AND CLOSING IT.
- A lot of subliminal objects in her draw, e.g. a red marker and a knife.
- TITLE: ‘Directed by Kia Yasmin Dacres – Lebrun and Briony Dillon’ in newspaper cuttings.

 

13.         MIDSHOT OF MARIANNE PUTTING MEDICATION PILL IN HER MOUTH AND IMMEDIATELY SPITS IT OUT.

 

14.         SHE SITS IN THE CORNER OF HER ROOM, SLIDES DOWN THE WALL IN TEARS.