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[guilt]

SCRIPT

 

[luiz dos santos] 

[28/07/2011]

 

Synopsis:

“GUILT” is a shot story about Annie, a woman that blames herself for killing her husband in a car crash. She was the driver and she cannot forgive herself for that. Annie has an alcohol addiction problem and is mentally unstable. She has constant nightmares regarding her guilt. The story unfolds with scenes that interpolates between reality and fiction (her daily basis actions and her nightmares). This short story is also a background narrative  for a music video where story and music will be interposed nicely throughout the film.

 

 


 

OPENING CREDITS [SLOW TEMPO ORCHESTRA – DIALOGUE]-

 

OPERATOR:111 …

ANNIE: THERE WAS AN ACCIDENT.

OPERATOR: KEEP YOURSELF CALM. PLEASE TELL WHERE YOU ARE.

ANNIE: I LOST CONTROL  OF MY CAR I DON’T KNOW WHERE I AM. MY HUSBAND IS BADLY INDJURED AND HE’S UNCONCIOUSS. I’M SO SORRY I DIDN’T MEAN.

OPERATOR: ARE YOU AT HOME?

 

 

 

IN THIS SCENE THE MAIN CHARACTER(ANNIE) IS CAUGHT UP INSIDE A NIGHTMARE. SHE IS TRYING TO SCAPE FROM A FIGURE IN BLACK THAT IS WEARING A MASK. SHE TRIES TO ESCAPE AS THE ANTAGONIST CHASES HER.

[SCENE01] [ACT01]

START

FADE IN:

 

[NIGHTMARE – ESCAPE SCENE]

INTERNAL (NIGHT TIME)

{ZOOM IN ON A KITCHEN TABLE}. A HAND EMERGES FROM UNDERNEATH THE TABLE TRYING TO REACH IT . IT IS A FEMALE HAND (NAIL POLISH IS CRACKED) AND THE  HAND IS COVERED IN BLOOD. AS THE PROTAGONIST TRIES TO USE THE TABLE AS A SUPPORT TO GET UP, SOMEONE PULLS HER LEGS AND SHE CANT HOLD THE TABLE ANYLONGER. (SQUEAKY NOISES OF NAIL SCRATCHING THE TABLE – MARKS OF BLOOD LEFT BY THE FINGERS). AS THE CHARACTER TRIES TO HOLD HER LEGS SHE KICKS HIM ON THE FACE GIVING HER TIME TO GET UP AND RUN. SHE IS LIMPING AND CANNOT RUN AT A FAST SPEED. SHE THEN FALLS AND THE MAN IN BLACK REACHES HER WITH A KNIFE ON HIS HANDS.

 

CUT:

SHE WAKES UP.

 

 

[THE CHARACTER REALISES IT WAS A NIGHTMARE]

(FAST BREATHING). SHE LOOKS AROUND A FEW TIMES AS IT TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS REALLY A NIGHTMARE.SHE THEN PUTS HER HANDS OVER HER HEAD AND LOOKS  DOWN AT HERSELF. SHE SUDDENLY GETS UP AND GO STRAIGHT TO THE KITCHEN AND GRABS A GLASS AND A BOTTLE OF WHISKEY AND STARTS DRINKING HEAVYLY. AFTER A FEW GULPS  SHE HEADS TO THE KITCHEN AGAIN,OPENS THE CABINET AND GRABS A FEW PILLS AND HAVE THEM ALL AT ONCE. SHE THENS LEANS AGAINST THE WALL (BREATHING HEAVILY)AND LOOKS AT SOMETHING. (CAMERA POINTS TO WHAT SHE IS LOOKING AT)SHE SPOTS A PICTURE FRAME WITH A PHOTO OF HER AND HER LATE HUSBAND. SHE WALKS TOWARD THE PICTURE AND GRABS IT AND HOLD IT CLOSE TO HER CHEST. SHE THEN DROPS THE PICTURE (PICTURE FRAME FALLING IN SLOW MOTION – SHOT IN 60 FRAMES IN ORDER TO GET A GOOD SLOW MOTION EFFECT) [END OF SCENE]

FADE IN. PHONE RINGS AND WAKES ANNIE UP. SHE TRIES TO KEEP HER EYES OPEN WHILE THE PHONE KEEPS RINGING. OUT OF SUDDEN ANNIE GETS UP AND WITH ANGER THROWS THE PHONE ON THE FLOOR. SHE LAYS ON THE FLOOR ON FETAL POSITION (CAMERA SHOOTING FROM ABOVE) AND  PUTS HER HANDS OVER HER HAND AS IF SHOWIND A SIGN OF FRAGILITY.  THEN SHE LOOKS TO THE CLOCK AND GETS UP.

 

CUT:

TRAIN SCENE -EXTERNAL.

 

SHOT OF A TRAIN STATION FOLLOWED BY  ANNIE GETTING INSIDE A TRAIN.

 

CUT: ANNIE INSIDE THE TRAIN. HER HEAD LEANS AGAINST THE WINDOW. SHE LOOKS DISTRACTED AND DAYDREAMING. SHE SUDDENLY REALISES HER STOP IS CLOSE AND GETS UP.

 

CUT [CEMETERY SCENE]

SOME SHOTS AT ANNIE WALKING AND LOOKING AROUND (CREATE TENSION) SHE HEARS STRANGE NOISES AND CANT FIGURE OUT WHERE THEY ARE COMING FROM .

ANNIE ARRIVES AT A CEMETERY.  

SHOT OF ANNIE LOOKING AT THE ENTRACE (CAMERA CUTS TO A WIDE SHOT OF THE CEMETERY)

RANDOM SHOT OF DEAD FLOWERS, AND GRAVES

ANNIE WALKS TOWARDS A GRAVE AND LOOKS DOWN AT IT FOR A FEW SECONDS. THIS SCENE IS INTERRUPTED BY A STRANGE NOISE AND ANNIE LOOKS QUICKLY AROUND HER AS IF  TRYING TO KNOW ITS SOURCE. SHE GETS SCARRED AND LEAVES THE PLACE QUICKLY .

CUT: ANNIE BACK AT HER HOUSE.

SCENE OF HER OPENING THE DOOR (INSIDE SHE LEANS AGAINST THE DOOR RELIEVED SHE IS FINALLY HOME). ANNIE THEN  GETS INSIDE AND DROPS  HER BELONGINGS ON A TABLE AND RUSHES  TO THE KITCHEN. SHE ONCE AGAIN GRABS AN EMPTY GLASS AND A BOTTLE OF WHISKEY AND STARTS DRINKING HEAVILY.

CUT: BAND STARTS PLAYING.

SHOTS OF A MAN PLAYING THE CELLO ON A LARGE HALL.

SHOTS OF BAND MEMBER PLAYING THE INTRO OF THE SONG WHILE SCENES OF ANNIE SLEEPING ARE INTERPOLATED.

CUTS between BAND MEMBERS.

CUT: ANNIE SLEEPING ( CAMERA ZOOMS IN HER FACE)

NIGHTMARE STARTS.

FEVER HOSPITAL SCENE.