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Written by Sunraj Bolina: Shooting Script Behind Closed Doors

1. Lucy arrives home exhausted and looks through old photos of her deceased mother, becoming upset. 2. Mr. Wicks, Lucy's father, finishes up detention at school and hurries home. When he arrives, Lucy does not respond when called. 3. Mr. Wicks finds Lucy upset in her bedroom and comforts her, but then the scene takes a dark turn as Mr. Wicks makes unwanted advances toward Lucy.

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Written by Sunraj Bolina: Shooting Script Behind Closed Doors

1. Lucy arrives home exhausted and looks through old photos of her deceased mother, becoming upset. 2. Mr. Wicks, Lucy's father, finishes up detention at school and hurries home. When he arrives, Lucy does not respond when called. 3. Mr. Wicks finds Lucy upset in her bedroom and comforts her, but then the scene takes a dark turn as Mr. Wicks makes unwanted advances toward Lucy.

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SHOOTING SCRIPT BEHIND CLOSED DOORS Written By SUNRAJ BOLINA

Oaks Park High School 45-65 Oaks Lane Newbury Park Ilford IG2 7PQ [email protected]

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L.S, Blurred at start then then normal

FADE IN
C.U, Ambient & slow score music (eerie)

SCENE 1 M.S, Panning from right to left. Ambient sound

EXT. STREET Afternoon

C.U Lucys eyes

starts
M.S, Panning from right to left C.U, Score music stops

C.U LUCY (17) is exhausted; she calmly walks down the street to get to her house. LUCY arrives at her house and takes her keys out of her bag; she opens the door Low angle and enters the hallway. LUCY looks exhausted as she panning right to left goes straight upstairs into her bedroom. She drops her bag and walks towards her wardrobe where she M.S, Panning right to picks up a photo album. left SCENE 2

CUT TO MR WICKS IN SCHOOL:

INT. SCHOOL CLASSROOM - Afternoon


C.U, Blurred then infocus, Score music C.U, then P.O.V. Ambient sound

MARK (17) is in detention after school for behaving badly, MR WICKS (35) is with him (teacher) MARK is sitting in front of MR WICKS doing his classwork looking ashamed. MR WICKS is marking students homework effortlessly.
M.S

C.U showing DETENTION

M.S, Eye line match C.U

MR WICKS looks at the clock to check the time, MARKS detention is over. MR WICKS
M.S, Diegetic dialogue O.T.S of Mark, Mr Wicks visible

P.O.V of Mr Wicks

You can go now Mark

M.S

MARK gets up and puts his paper and pencil in his bag; he then looks at MR WICKS angrily. He walks to the door, urgently opens it and exits the classroom. MR WICKS continues to mark the rest of the students work before he has to leave. CUT TO LUCY: INT. LUCYS BEDROOM - AFTERNOON
SCENE 3

P.O.V of Mr Wicks

M.S, Score music ends

C.U, Pan from left to right. Score music starts

C.U, Tilt from top to bottom

P.O.V of Lucy

LUCY looks upset as she looks through old pictures of her deceased mother. LUCY begins to whimper as she M.S, Ambient sound, Score glares at a photo of her mother.
music stops

SCENE 4

CUT TO MR WICKS: EXT. STREET - EVENING


M.S, Hitchcock movement, ambient sound

MR WICKS walks down the street in a hurry to get home.


M.S, low angle

INT. HALLWAY - EVENING

SCENE 5

MR WICKS enters the hallway; he takes off his shoes and drops his bag. Low angle, Diegetic dialogue MR WICKS Lucy? (louder) Lucy?
C.U, Diegetic dialogue

Pan from left to right

MR WICKS looks confused as his daughter does not respond even though he knows that she is at home. MR WICKS walks towards the living room; he pops his head into the room to see if LUCY is there. MR WICKS Lucy? She doesnt seem to be in the living room therefore MR WICKS walks out of the room and goes back into the hallway. MR WICKS (loudly)Lucy? MR WICKS makes his way upstairs towards LUCYS bedroom. CUT TO LUCY IN HER BEDROOM: INT. LUCYS BEDROOM EVENING
SCENE 6 Pan from left to right, then right to left. Ambient sound

MR WICKS Lucy? (Prolonging) Luucy? MR WICKS worriedly enters LUCYS bedroom, LUCY does not respond to him entering her room. MR WICKS Lucy are you okay? Whats wrong? LUCY is very emotional therefore she does not reply to her fathers questions. Mr Wicks walks towards the bed and sits down.
M.S, Tilt from top to bottom M.S. Ambient sound, Diegetic dialogue

MR WICKS I cant believe its been two years since shes gone, if she was still here things would be so much different. LUCY (smiling) Weve still got each other MR WICKS smiles as they both look at each other. MR WICKS Yeah You remind me so much of her, so beautiful
M.S

MR WICKS strokes LUCYS hair and takes his blazer off. MR WICKS places the photo album on the floor, out of the way. LUCY looks uncomfortable as MR WICKS leans in closer to Lucy, making her lie down.
Start to fade out, Tilt to the bottom. Completely fade out

FADE OUT

FADE IN

INT. LUCYS BEDROOM EVENING


SCENE 7

Tilt from bottom to top. Ambient sound

Pan from left to right

M.S

MR WICKS puts his shirt on as he walks towards the door; he suddenly stops and ruthlessly looks at LUCY. He then leaves the room and slams the door shut. INT. (1 WEEK LATER) LIVING ROOM EVENING
SCENE 8

C.U, Score music C.U

MR WICKS is calmly watching television whilst enjoying a couple of beers. He slowly begins to drift off into a deep sleep. He is shown lying on the sofa sleeping, with a bottle of beer still firmly in his hand. Tilt from top to bottom CUT TO LUCY: INT. LUCYS BEDROOM EVENING
SCENE 9

Mix of pan and tilt to make ellipsis effective

Zoom out

LUCY is crying, her mascara is running down her eyes. LUCY (crying) MUM
C.U, Diegetic dialogue

She looks at herself in the mirror in disgust as she holds a pregnancy stick in her hand. She opens the cap of the pregnancy stick to double check the result as she is in despair. FADE OUT END
M.S, Fade out

C.U

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